New Extension Now Available: Conditional Access for Exchange Online
Author: Chris Green, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and Mobility In December , we released a service update for Microsoft Intune that enables admins to set up conditional access to Exchange...
View ArticleAzure AD and Enterprise Mobility Suite now available without an Enterprise...
Howdy Folks, Many of you have asked on this blog or over Twitter when you would be able to purchase Azure AD Premium outside of an Enterprise Agreement. So I thought you'd be excited to know that we've...
View ArticleThe Four Stages of NTFS File Growth, Part 2
A few years ago I wrote a blog entry entitled, “The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth”.This attempted to explain what happens to a file as it gains complexity. Complexity being akin to fragmentation.If...
View ArticleMailbag: Starting To Get The Hang Of This (Issue #9)
Hey y’all Mark, Tom and Hilde back for another mailbag Friday. Keep the questions coming and we’ll keep answering them. This week we are getting back into the Hyper-V pool and always some ADFS...
View ArticleDeveloper News Roundup: Identity Features in VS2015 CTP6, ADAL v3 Preview...
Howdy folks, What a week it's been here in the Identity and Security Division. Just so much cool stuff to tell you about. I thought I'd end the week with a post that rounds up a bunch of Azure AD news...
View ArticleThe MS15-10 Security Update for Windows Server 2012/R2 Essentials and the...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Sabir Chandwale from Global Business Support]When we try to restore files and folders for a client connected to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials or Windows Server...
View ArticleCase Studies on Storage Spaces, Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 or both
There are many customers out there using Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 since their initial release in Windows Server 2012 a few years back.Every once in a while, someone will ask...
View ArticleThe Windows Server team is looking for feedback in the area of Storage. Fill...
I know you have a lot of feedback in the area of server storage. Would you be interested in shaping the future of Windows Server? Our team is looking for feedback to help define the next generation of...
View ArticleTell us what you REALLY think of Storage
Hi folks, Ned here again to lead with my chin:Are you interested in shaping or influencing the future of storage solutions? The Windows Server team is looking for feedback to help define the next...
View ArticleNew version of the Storage Spaces physical disk validation PowerShell script
The Storage Spaces team has just published a new version of the Storage Space disk validation script written in PowerShell.This script makes sure that the physical disks in a system have everything...
View ArticleSHA-1 Deprecation and Changing the Root CA’s Hash Algorithm
Hi, Rick Sasser here, with what was intended to be a quick blurb on security that back references one of my original posts on Choosing a Hash and Encryption Algorithm for a new PKI? and somehow turned...
View ArticleGetting QoS Right with Hyper-V and Converged Networking
Back in the "olden days" of Windows Server 2008 R2, getting networking right for a Hyper-V private cloud was simple. Annoying - yes. But simple. Basically - you just had to have a separate network...
View ArticleMore Updates on User Voice and Recruitment for Microsoft System Center VMM...
~ Keiko Harada | Program Manager I would like to thank the customers who have registered on VMM User Voice and providing votes and ideas. We've been busy reviewing VMM User Voice. In some of the ideas,...
View ArticleIntroducing RemoteApp PowerShell Cmdlets and SDK
My name is Sandeep Patnaik, and I work in the Remote Desktop team. Many of you reached out to us and asked for a way to manage Azure RemoteApp collections programmatically. I am excited to announce the...
View ArticleEnrolling corporate-owned devices using the Apple Device Enrollment Program
Recently, the Intune team announced support for the Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP). DEP enables companies, educational institutions, and government organizations to enroll iOS devices into...
View ArticleThe Increasingly Great Combination of Microsoft Intune and OneDrive for Business
Operating an infrastructure that is integrated end-to-end is the make-or-break feature for any forward-looking (there’s a lot of hyphens in this post...) IT team. IT integration means that data can...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Exchange Protection and Recovery Issues in Data Protection...
Just a quick note to let you know that we have a new Guided Walkthrough troubleshooter available that helps identify and resolve some of the more common issues related to Exchange Protection and...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Data type conversion error after you install UR5 for System Center...
After you install Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, you may experience the following issues: 1. The following event is logged on your Service Manager Data Warehouse...
View ArticleHow to create a RemoteApp template image in Azure
You asked for it and we have it for you – you can now use Azure VMs to create images for RemoteApp. We’re also making available an Azure VM Gallery Image that meets all the requirements for RemoteApp –...
View ArticleConverged Network QoS and Live Migration over SMB
On Monday I gave you a pointer to a great resource on configuring network QoS in converged networking configurations. One thing that this documentation does not cover is how to configure QoS for Live...
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