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How to register a node with a DSC pull server
In PowerShell 4.0, each node in a DSC configuration identifies itself to the pull server with its ConfigurationId, a GUID. In the case of pull mode (where a node downloads the configuration from a pull...
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How Shared VHDX Works on Server 2012 R2
Hi, Matthew Walker here, I’m a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft specializing in Hyper-V and Failover Clustering. In this blog I wanted to address creating clusters of VMs using Microsoft...
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Using PowerShell and Excel PivotTables to understand the files on your disk
Introduction I am a big fan of two specific technologies that usually don’t get mentioned together: PowerShell and Excel PivotTables. It started when I was explaining PivotTables to someone and the...
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Support Tip: Pushing an Operations Manager agent fails with Error Code:...
~ Arun Kumar | Support Escalation EngineerWhen you are pushing an agent from an Operations Manager management server, you may encounter the following error:The Operation Manager Server failed to...
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The Storage Replica Video Series: Stretch Cluster Automatic Site Failover in...
Hi folks, Ned here again. Storage Replica has many improvements in Windows Server 2016 TP2, including new scenarios like cluster-to-cluster replication, an improved cluster wizard, and vastly superior...
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The Storage Replica Video Series: Plan Your Replication using Test-SRTopology...
Hi folks, Ned here again. Yesterday I introduced my new video series on Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 TP2 with an example of Stretch Cluster disaster recovery. Today I show off a brand new...
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Architecture Matters: Why We Re-Architected Everything When Our Competitors...
A couple of years ago we had to make a very difficult choice about how we were going to deliver Enterprise Mobility management to our customers. At the time, we knew that the solution had to be...
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Support Tip: Synthetic transaction monitoring in Operations Manager fails...
~ Arun Kumar | Support Escalation EngineerYou may encounter an issue in Operations Manager where you will be able to record web transactions just fine, but when running the test manually or when OpsMgr...
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Microsoft Virtual Academy – Learn Failover Clustering & Hyper-V
Would you like to learn how to deploy, manage, and optimize a Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster? The Microsoft Virtual Academy is a free training website for IT Pros with over 2.7 million...
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Now Available: Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 and 2012 R2...
Author: Anurag Gupta, Program Manager, Windows Server and System Center Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) for System Center 2012 and 2012 R2 Configuration Manager UNIX and Linux clients is now available at the...
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Now Available: Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 and 2012 R2...
Author: Anurag Gupta, Program Manager, Windows Server and System Center Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) for System Center 2012 and 2012 R2 Configuration Manager UNIX and Linux clients is now available at the...
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The Storage Replica Video Series: Storage Replica with RDMA and 25km Fiber in...
Hi folks, Ned here again. This week I introduced my new video series on Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 TP2. First it was Stretch Cluster disaster recovery, then Test-SRTopology. Today you get...
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Looking Forward: Microsoft Support for Secure Shell (SSH)
As Microsoft has shifted towards a more customer-oriented culture, Microsoft engineers are using social networks, tech communities and direct customer feedback as an integral part on how we make...
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New Windows Update Client for Microsoft Windows 7 Available
There is a new update to the Windows Update Client available that includes the following fixes:- This update addresses an issue in which the Windows Update Client displays an out-of-memory error during...
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New Windows Update Client for Microsoft Windows 7 Available
There is a new update to the Windows Update Client available that includes the following fixes:- This update addresses an issue in which the Windows Update Client displays an out-of-memory error during...
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May updates to Azure RemoteApp
Within the month of May 2015, we released the following new features and capabilities for Azure RemoteApp: We fixed an issue when publishing applications using path which showed a generic icon and now...
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Virtual Machine Compute Resiliency in Windows Server 2016
In today’s cloud scale environments, commonly comprising of commodity hardware, transient failures have become more common than hard failures. In these circumstances, reacting aggressively to handle...
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The Storage Replica Video Series: Provision and Manage Server-to-Server...
Hi folks, Ned here again. We are a few days into my new video series on Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 TP2. Look back a few posts to see what I’ve covered already. Today it’s provisioning and...
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Azure AD Premium a visionary in Gartner IDaaS Magic Quadrant!
Howdy folks, I'm pretty amped up about the news I get to share with you today! Gartner just released their Magic Quadrant for Identity Management as a Service (IDaaS) and after only ~10 months in...
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Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1.9 now available
My name is David Bélanger, and I work in the Remote Desktop team. Yesterday, we released an update for the Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1 (Version 8.1.9) containing two changes to improve the...
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