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HOTFIX: Console crashes running inquiry after installing DPM 2012 R2 UR5
After installing Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2), when an inquiry is run on the local DPM server or on another attached DPM server for secondary...
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Free Microsoft System Center ebook: Deploying Hyper-V with Software-Defined...
We’re happy to announce the release of our newest free ebook, Microsoft System Center Deploying Hyper-V with Software-Defined Storage & Networking (ISBN 9780735695672), by Microsoft TechNet and the...
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Rethinking Enterprise Storage – Archiving Data with the Hybrid Cloud
Recently, Microsoft published a book titled Rethinking Enterprise Storage – A Hybrid Cloud Model– the book takes a close look at an innovative infrastructure storage architecture called hybrid cloud...
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HOTFIX: Restore fails when the site database uses SQL Server 2014 on a server...
The Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012 R2) Setup Wizard may fail when you try to restore a database on a site that has Microsoft SQL Server 2014 installed. In this...
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Troubleshooting gray agent states in System Center 2012 Operations Manager
Just a quick note to let you all know about a new Guided Walkthrough troubleshooter that’s available to help identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems relating to gray agent states in System Center...
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March Service Manager #LyncUp Recording is now Available
Another great turnout for attendance for our March 17th call. Thank you for attending, we could not share a roadmap, but we had an action packed agenda, with a green St. Patrick’s Day agenda. If you...
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Details on Configuration Manager (LFX) Connector Performance Improvements
One key Service Manager performance issue that the product group keeps hearing about surrounds connectors; mainly the System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) and Active Directory (AD)...
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ITC Podcast: How we use SCCM at Microsoft, Part 2
In part 2 of this discussion (part 1 is here), we continue our discussion about how we use SCCM every day here at Microsoft. In particular, we'll discuss the features/scenarios have we have lit up for...
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KB: Configuration Manager PXE boot causes Windows Deployment Services to crash
You use a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 PXE service point (ConfigMgr 2007) or a Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) distribution point in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr...
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Azure Site Recovery: How to protect a large VHD image to Azure
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery users currently cannot directly protect Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)-formatted data disks whose size is greater than 1 terabyte. This situation occurs because of the...
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Understanding Software Updates Management in System Center 2012 Configuration...
In case you haven’t already seen this, we have a great whitepaper on Software Updates management in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The whitepaper provides an overview of Software Updates...
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Troubleshooting Common Surface Pro 3 Issues Post Deployment
With the launch of Surface Pro 3, enterprises have been testing/deploying them. Almost all deploy a customized image to Surface Pro 3 and sometimes they hit a roadblock. Today, I will talk about some...
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KB 3016537: End-to-end guide for configuring and troubleshooting DirectAccess
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard in a test lab to demonstrate functionality of the simplified deployment experience. You...
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KB 3022362: End-to-end guide for configuring and troubleshooting DirectAccess
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring DirectAccess in a single server deployment with mixed IPv4 and IPv6 resources in a test lab to demonstrate functionality of the deployment...
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SMB Bandwidth Limits and Shared Nothing Live Migration
This week I have been discussing the network QoS options available for a Windows Server private cloud. On Wednesday I talked about the SMB bandwidth limit capability - that allows you to specify...
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PowerShell Examples: Calculating very small and very large numbers
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language.This time we’re using PowerShell to find some very small and very large floating point numbers. The...
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PowerShell Examples: Calculating Prime Numbers
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to find prime numbers. This is not using any sophisticated method,...
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PowerShell Examples: Calculating the value of Pi
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to find the value of Pi. This is done using one of the many methods...
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PowerShell Examples: Generating Random Names
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to generate random full names using common first names and common last...
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PowerShell Examples: Counting words in a text file
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language.This time we’re using PowerShell to count lines, count words, find the largest word and find the most...
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