General Availability for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0 . EMET is a free tool, designed to help customers with their defense in depth strategies...
View ArticleSupport Tip: VMs deployed to Hyper-V networks experience delays acquiring an...
~ Prad SenniappanWhen using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 R2), you may discover that some virtual machines that are deployed on Hyper-V Network Virtualization networks with...
View ArticleGRIT 1.2 – Updated Tool to Import and Configure VM Role Gallery Items in WAP
Hello Readers!Today I am happy to publish an updated version of the Gallery Resource Import Tool (GRIT).This post summarizes the new features/enhancements in this version 1.2 and, of course, where to...
View ArticleA particularly convincing nefarious ad
As a researcher with the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), I see a lot of digital advertising. Recently I came across a nefarious ad that is so convincing I need to warn you about it.Below...
View ArticleThe future of independent antimalware tests
Our guiding vision at the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) is to keep every customer safe from malware. Our research team and machine learning systems, as well as industry engagement teams,...
View ArticleLooking at Memory Usage on Hosts when Creating a New VM
In my house I have two Hyper-V servers running multiple virtual machines with dynamic memory enabled. This can make it a bit tricky when I want to create a new virtual machine - and I need to figure...
View ArticleSample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
This blog post shows a bit of C# code to use the Windows Storage Management API (SM-API) classes that were introduced in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.You can find a list of these classes at class...
View ArticleMDT 2013 – Part I: MDT Configuration; Capture a Windows Server 2012 R2 Base...
Greetings and salutations! As many of you know, the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, or "MDT," is a mature, powerful and flexible toolset for client and server OS deployments. My PFE sister-in-arms,...
View ArticleFree download: System Center Management Pack for SQL Server 2014
We first released this a few months ago but I still get questions about it every now and then so in case you missed it, the System Center Management Pack for SQL Server 2014 is available to download...
View ArticleConnecting AD and Azure AD: Only 4 clicks with Azure AD Connect
Howdy folks! We've heard consistent feedback that integrating your on premises identities with Azure AD is harder than it should be. There are too many pages of documentation to read, too many...
View ArticleMicrosoft Remote Desktop Preview V8.1.3 update for Windows Phone 8.1...
My name is David Bélanger, and I’m a program manager on the Remote Desktop team working on Remote Desktop apps. Back in April, we released the first version of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Preview app...
View ArticleAugust updates for Windows Server 2012 R2
In today’s Windows Experience blog, we communicated our intent to deliver regular improvements to Windows in order to address feedback quickly while continuing to bring you an enterprise-class...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Running certain reports in the Configuration Manager console...
~ Eric EllisHi everyone, Eric Ellis here with a quick support tip for you about how a bad report in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 can potentially cause the admin console to crash. The last...
View ArticleAugust updates for Windows Server 2012 R2
In today’s Windows Experience blog, we communicated our intent to deliver regular improvements to Windows in order to address feedback quickly while continuing to bring you an enterprise-class...
View ArticleTo do su or sudo? That is the question
~ Brian McDermottHi everyone, Brian McDermott here with a quick tip on setting up your Run As Accounts for UNIX/Linux monitoring in System Center 2012 Operations Manager. When you are setting up your...
View ArticleSuccess with Enterprise Mobility: “Managed Everything” for Small Enterprises
In the last post I discussed how the “Managed Everything” model works for Large Enterprises, and, in this post, I’ll look at how this approach is also ideal for small organizations. Because of their...
View ArticleNew poster for Cloud Ecosystem: Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 and...
For those who enjoy the Server Posterpedia posters, there is a new one that just became available for download. It’s called the "Cloud Ecosystem: Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System...
View ArticleAdvance Notification Service for the August 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Two of these are rated Critical, and the remaining seven are rated Important in severity. These Updates are for SQL...
View ArticleIntroducing the Azure PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) extension
Earlier this year Microsoft released the Azure VM Agent and Extensions as part of the Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. VM Extensions are software components that extend the VM functionality and...
View ArticleWhat’s the buzz on Advisor?
Have you heard about System Center Advisor Preview Service at TechEd or read some of the customer blogs? Need a single solution to gather, correlate and search all your log data, forecast your data...
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