Hybrid Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds - The Essentials of Hybrid Cloud
This blog post is authored by Joe Weinman, author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing, and the forthcoming book Digital Disciplines, which explores four business strategies to...
View ArticleNew Search Autocomplete & Intelligent Filter in Operational Insights!
Wish we have more help to leverage Operational Insights' powerful log search capabilities?Well, help is here and it's called Search Autocomplete! Operational Insights can now give us search suggestions...
View ArticleGuidance on Deployment of MS15-011 and MS15-014
Hi, my name is Keith Brewer and many of you will know of me from my other Active Directory related posts. A few folks have recently approached me about the recent security updates (The other week we...
View ArticleOpsMgr 2012 R2 now offers additional support for SQL Server
We are pleased to announce that System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2012 R2) now supports SQL Server 2014 Enterprise, Standard (64-bit) as its database. If you choose to use SQL 2014,...
View ArticleUsing OMA-URI to create custom Wi-Fi profiles for Windows Phone 8.1
Windows Phone 8.1 provides a significant number of features, some of which cannot be configured directly from the Microsoft Intune administration console. To cover these scenarios, we have added a new...
View ArticleHighly Available RDS 2008 R2 License Servers
Hello AskPerf! My name is Matt Graham and today I want to address some questions surrounding the setup of highly available licensing servers. Anyone setting up a RDS infrastructure wants to ensure that...
View ArticleSupport for SQL Server 2014 with System Center 2012 R2 Update Rollup 5
Since releasing System Center 2012 R2 Update Rollup 5 (UR5), we’ve had some questions about which versions of SQL Server the current components support. We’ve been flighting SQL support across several...
View ArticleHyper-V receives Red Hat certification
If you run Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as a guest OS on Hyper-V, you will be interested to know that Red Hat certifies Hyper-V as a supported hypervisor for running RHEL. The support services you...
View ArticleISE Module Browser - A new way to manage your PowerShell modules
High quality reusable modules, like LEGO pieces, enable IT Pros to build automation solutions in minutes! Where can I find those high quality reusable modules? One way is to use PowerShellGet, a set of...
View ArticleKMS Activation High Level Overview
Hello, folks!This blog is aimed to provide a high level overview of the Key Management Server (KMS) technology.You may have found a lot of dispersed activation information available elsewhere on the...
View ArticleHotfix for known issues in Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual...
You may experience the following issues after Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 R2 UR5) is installed: - When you try to deploy or migrate a new High...
View ArticleGo Deep: Sign up for a Focused Pre-Day Session at Microsoft Ignite
Ignite—the premier Microsoft tech conference—is definitely going to be intense. Because that’s the way IT pros like it.There’s an easy way to step it up and learn as much as you can in the shortest...
View ArticlePowerShell Script Analyzer: Static Code analysis for Windows PowerShell...
Introduction:Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview February 2015 includes the addition of a new Windows PowerShell Module called PSScriptAnalyzer. This is a static code checker for Windows...
View ArticleBe Prepared for Tomorrow’s Business: Prioritize Your Windows Server 2003...
Although 75% of IT professionals are aware that support for Windows Server 2003 is ending July 14, 2015, there are still a lot of questions about just how urgent the need to move is. Deprioritizing...
View ArticleHow to Obtain the Prerequisites for the Intune App Wrapping Tool for iOS
When an application is wrapped using the Microsoft Intune App Wrapping Tool for iOS, you need to resign the application with a particular certificate and profile. In this blog post, I’m going to walk...
View ArticleMicrosoft Malware Protection Center assists in disrupting Ramnit
Recent disruption of the Ramnit malware family was successful due to a multinational collaboration, led by Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3), in partnership with Financial Services and...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Registered SMB shares do not appear as a target path option when you...
Just a quick note to let you know about a new hotfix that we have available. The hotfix addresses an issue that can occur after Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine...
View ArticleUpdates for Managing Mobile Devices with Configuration Manager and Microsoft...
Author: Yvette O’Meally, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and Mobility We recently shipped Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. However you may not be aware...
View ArticleUpdates for Managing Mobile Devices with Configuration Manager and Microsoft...
Author: Yvette O’Meally, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and Mobility We recently shipped Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. However you may not be aware...
View ArticleFuel Your IT Strategy at These Breakout Sessions
A gathering like Ignite, the premier Microsoft tech conference, is the perfect place to get the big-picture overview of where technology is heading. And going to Ignite is also the fastest way to learn...
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