Adware changes – One week to go
A quick note to all of developers out there. You have until 1 July to let us know if you think your software shouldn’t be detected under our new adware criteria.A few months ago I announced some major...
View ArticleLearning from cloud: the opportunity with hybrid cloud
We’re continuing our “Learning from cloud” blog series this week, and we want to start today’s post with a question that is on every IT professional’s mind:“In a cloud first, mobile first world, how...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica to Azure
Late last week we announced “Azure Site Recovery”. This is a new offering that allows you to have Hyper-V virtual machines in your environment replicating to Azure. This gives you the ultimate...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure RemoteApp now available on Windows RT
My name is David Bélanger, and I’m a program manager on the Remote Desktop team working on Remote Desktop apps for the different Windows platforms. On May 12th, we announced the availability of the...
View ArticleLearning from the Cloud: 3 ways hybrid cloud can help your business today
Welcome to the latest installment of our blog series “Learning from Cloud”. In yesterday’s post, we covered the opportunity that hybrid cloud provides. Today we’d like to go into three specific ways...
View ArticleHyper-V Network Connectivity Issues with Emulex Adapters
I retweeted this late last week, but wanted to mention it here on my blog. Emulex has just published a blog post talking about a known issue that is causing network connectivity problems for Hyper-V...
View ArticleThe End is Nigh (for FRS)
Hi folks, Ned here again. At TechEd, I officially announced the end of the File Replication Service. For those that missed the event, I repeat: We are removing FRS from Windows ServerToday I’ll talk...
View ArticleHow to install the Configuration Manager client using Software Update Point...
~ Bindusar KushwahaHi everyone, Bindusar here again. Are you planning to install the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012) client using a Software Update Point but running into...
View ArticleLooking for Storage Administrators to take a 8 question survey on Storage...
We are looking for Storage Administrators to fill out a short 8 question survey to better understand some of the storage management challenges you face today. If you are not a storage admin but know of...
View ArticleIt’s The End of FRS as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Hey y’all, Mark here with a quick post you should check out. Friend of the blog Ned “wears the black hat” Pyle has put up a post everyone needs to read, and subscribe to their blog while you’re there...
View ArticleCalling all System Administrators and Security Analysts to provide feedback...
We are looking for System Administrators\Security Analysts to take a very short anonymous survey that will take only a minute to complete regarding managing Security Threats in your environment. This...
View ArticleTenant deletion now available
Howdy folks, Over the last 12 months many of you have asked when we would add the ability to delete your un-used Azure AD tenants. This seems like an obvious feature, but it turns out it is relatively...
View ArticleStreamlined Migration of FRS to DFSR SYSVOL
Hi folks, Ned here again. When telling people about the coming removal of FRS from Windows Server, the main response is usually: “Sure, I have occasional problems with FRS and know that I should...
View ArticleKB: VDI VMs deployed through RDS do not appear in the VMM 2012 console
After you create Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) based virtual machines (VM) in new Collections by using Remote Desktop Services (RDS), the VM may intermittently fail to appear in the System...
View ArticleAzure Site Recovery - FAQ
Quick post to clarify some frequently asked questions on the newly announced Azure Site Recovery service which enables you to protect your Hyper-V VMs to Microsoft Azure. The FAQ will not address every...
View ArticleAzure Site Recovery - FAQ
Quick post to clarify some frequently asked questions on the newly announced Azure Site Recovery service which enables you to protect your Hyper-V VMs to Microsoft Azure. The FAQ will not address every...
View ArticleLearning from cloud: blinkbox uses Microsoft Azure for cloud scale
We’ve been talking about hybrid cloud approaches this week, and how customers can benefit from the “scale on demand” model of cloud. While every business experiences peaks in demand for IT resources,...
View ArticleKB: First logon to Windows 8 image deployed via ConfigMgr 2012 fails with...
After using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager or System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to deploy a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 image, when a user starts the system that has the image...
View ArticleThe Cloud-Device Convergence
Whenever a really disruptive technology has come along there have been functions, categories, and even entire market segments that merge as a result. Consider, for example, the impact of smartphones:...
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