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“Error applying Hard Drive changes” on Generation 2 VMs
A Microsoft employee recently contacted us with this issue:“When I try and attach a virtual hard disk to a generation 2 virtual machine – I get an error message that says ‘Error applying Hard Drive...
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Podcast Thursday: 3 Reasons IT Has a Very Bright Future
In this week’s episode (#14), we revisit a topic I wrote about following TechEd North America: The reasons I believe that the IT industry is changing in ways that really favor IT Pros.The discussion...
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Simplified License Assignment with Azure AD and EMS
Howdy folks, Since launching Azure AD Premium and the Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) we have been hearing your requests for simplifying the Azure AD approach for end user license management. Today we...
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Looking for feedback on Operations Manager and Advisor
The Operations Manager/Advisor product group is looking for feedback from customers who are currently using both Operations Manager and Advisor or are thinking about using Operations Manager and...
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Changing Ubuntu Screen Resolution in a Hyper-V VM
If you install Ubuntu 14.04 inside a Hyper-V virtual machine – you automatically get all the integration components and virtualized drivers. Including the Hyper-V video driver. However, if you try to...
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You asked & we delivered: Collect & Search IIS Logs in Advisor!
You can now collect & search IIS logs (W3C format) using Advisor!This is one of the highest voted feature requests in the Advisor feedback/community forum, so we listened and delivered.To enable...
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Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
In this post, I'm sharing my favorite links related to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. This includes TechEd Presentations, TechNet articles, Blogs and tools related to Storage Spaces in...
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Six Audit Mistakes Everyone Seems To Make With Windows Server
Hi, this is Richard Sasser 'Rick', MCM, Red shirted dude (security guy). This might seem like old data, but you’d be surprised how many people looked at Security Auditing in Windows Server 2008 and...
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Service Manager now supports SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2
Hi folks, we know that some of you have been waiting for this announcement, so here it is!Service Manager 2012 R2 now officially supports Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2012. There are several important...
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Windows Azure Pack VM Deployment Tip: VMM VM Template + Default Network...
Hello Readers!Today I am back with a Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Standalone VM Deployment Tip…ProblemWith the wider adoption of WAP, we have seen a “known issue” crop up for a particular use case when...
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Microsoft cloud protection
Microsoft is using cloud protection to help keep our customers safe. In fact, nearly any detection made by Microsoft security products could be the result of cloud protection. Software developers...
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Updated SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) download, with new Visualization and...
The SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) has seen multiple component releases so far, and this time we are all bringing them together in a single download package!This short blog post summarizes the tools...
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New SMART tool : Visualization and Dependency Mapping Tool
There is a new kid on the “SMA Runbook Toolkit” block!The Visualization and Dependency Mapping Tool creates a visual representation of the dependencies of a group of SMA Runbooks : child Runbooks,...
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Success with Enterprise Mobility: Mobile Task Workers
When you think about how broad and diverse the scenarios for PC and mobility management have become, it is pretty amazing. These scenarios range from light-weight management (where the user is in...
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Best Practices for Windows Server 2003 End-of-Support Migration: Part 3
So we’re back with our 3rd blog post in our Windows Server 2003 EOS Migration Best Practices series. Today we’re going to be reviewing useful tools and solutions that can help you execute the...
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Now available: Cumulative Update 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration...
Today we released Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012 R2).For details on the fixes included in this update as well as a download link,...
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Description of Windows PowerShell changes in Cumulative Update 3 for System...
The article below describes the Windows PowerShell issues that are fixed in Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012 R2). 2999304 -...
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Now available: Cumulative Update 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration...
Author: Brian Huneycutt , Software Development Engineer, Configuration Manager Sustained Engineering Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager is now available as a...
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Lingering Object Liquidator for Active Directory is now live
Hey y’all, Mark back with some news about a new tool you might want to take a look at. Up until today, there hasn’t been a really easy way to scan for and remove lingering objects. Friend of the blog...
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Considerations when applying Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Data...
~ Dwayne JacksonHello, Dwayne Jackson II here. I wanted to take a minute today to detail a quick point to consider after applying Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) Update Rollup 3 (UR3) when...
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