The GA of Azure RemoteApp!
Do you have apps that just don’t work across all your end user’s devices? Do your users demand access to apps in places beyond your control, like public or shared computers without domain/workspace...
View ArticlePowerShell Job Debugging
This is the third of a series of blogs discussing the new PowerShell 5.0 script debugging features. These new features are available through the PowerShell 5.0 preview, which is part of the WMF...
View ArticleMonitoring the Cloud Fabric in the Cloud Platform System (CPS)
My CPS stamp just arrived and I can’t wait for my customers to begin spinning up their own VMs! But once CPS is up in my datacenter and I start running customer workloads how do I know if the fabric of...
View ArticleAnnouncing GA of Disaster Recovery to Azure - Purpose-Built for Branch...
Today, we are excited to announce the GA for Branch Office and SMB Disaster Recovery to Azure. Azure Site Recovery delivers a simpler, reliable & cost effective Disaster Recovery solution to...
View ArticleNow Available: Java EE Management Pack Update
I am proud to announce an update for System Center 2012 R2 Management packs for Java EE http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44576. Java application monitoring was first released in...
View ArticleManaging JBoss Application Server 7 with System Center Operations Manager...
Java Application Server management with System Center Operations Manager has been available since 2010, and with the latest Management Pack update...
View ArticleA timeline of consent and control
In October we announced some changes to our BrowserModifier detection criteria. These changes were designed to keep a user in charge of their web browsers through consent and control. Since the changes...
View ArticleKB: Error ID 1602 occurs and the Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine...
When you try to start the Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) console, the console does not start and you receive the following error message: Unable to connect to the VMM...
View ArticleEndpoint Zone, Episode 4: The Biggest Month EVER in EMM
The title of this post is no hyperbole – check out as we discuss the jaw-dropping updates to Intune, the general availability of Azure Remote App, and the new Enterprise Cloud Suite. s
View ArticleWire transfer spam spreads Upatre
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) is currently monitoring a spam email campaign that is using a wire transfer claim to spread Trojan:Win32/Upatre.It is important to note that customers...
View ArticleMailbag: Tech the Halls (Issue #4)
Hey y’all, Mark, Tom and the AskPFEPlat crew back for our last mailbag of 2014. It’s getting around the holidays, lots of people start to take vacation including myself. But don’t worry we’re really...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Please Give Feedback on System Center Orchestrator & Azure...
I'm back with another call for feedback, this time on the topic of automation. As you are probably aware, the engineering team you originally knew as System Center Orchestrator (SCO) is also...
View ArticleHandling Endless Delegation Chains in Windows DNS Server
DNS servers that are acting as caching resolvers send queries to the authoritative DNS servers. One of the possible responses that an authoritative server can send is a 'referral response' . The most...
View ArticleSecuring DC to DC communication with IPsec using Windows Firewall with...
Hi folks, Lakshman Hariharan and Martin Solis here with a post on how to secure domain controller to domain controller communications using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) Connection...
View ArticleAzure AD Connect: One simple, fast, lightweight tool to connect Active...
Howdy folks, Back in August I posted a blog announcing the beta release of Azure AD Connect. Since then we have received a lot of feedback and made improvements in AAD Connect and AAD Sync, including...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at the Virtual Machine Manager cluster overcommit algorithm
~ Hilton Lange | Software EngineerOne common question we get here on the support team for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager is regarding the ‘over-committed’ status and why it might be...
View ArticleKB: Distribution point installations or upgrades may take longer than...
On Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012) sites that have many Standard or Pull distribution points, installing or upgrading all distribution points may take longer than...
View ArticleTower of Power - December 2014 Update
You may remember Jeffrey posting about the "Tower of Power" in 2008: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2008/03/27/tower-of-power-part-2.aspx.For curiosity, I was just doing a little...
View ArticleNew Video Overview of Service Manager Capabilities
Microsoft’s US ITSM Practice recently hosted this “Introduction to System Center 2012 Service Manager” for customers who are looking for initial insight in the features, capabilities and selling points...
View ArticleTroubleshooting ConfigMgr 2012: Using Extended Events to Find Blocks in SQL...
~ Scott Rachui | Support Escalation EngineerRecently I worked with a customer who was using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012) and having a significant problem with queries that...
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