Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics coming next month
Howdy folks, Customers tell us that one of the things that really differentiates us from competitors is our focus on delivering industry leading identity and security solutions. So I'm excited about...
View ArticleMicrosoft Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack has been updated
Just a quick note to let you know that the "Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack" has been updated. The newest version has the two below changes.- A bug that was preventing mailbox count...
View ArticleMicrosoft Passport and Azure AD: Eliminating passwords one device at a time!
Howdy Folks, Today's blog is about Microsoft Passport, a new set of features in Windows 10, Microsoft Account, Azure AD and (soon!) Windows Server AD, based on the emerging FIDO 2.0 standard, aimed at...
View ArticleService update planned between July 22 and July 30
We will be releasing the next service update for Microsoft Intune between July 22 and July 30. This Intune service update will deliver behind-the-scenes enhancements, allowing us to continue providing...
View ArticleUsing the Enterprise Mobility Suite to Protect Your Organization with...
Securing company data has always been a central concern for IT, and, in a cloud-first, mobile-first world, the massive challenges that accompany the maintenance of this security have become even more...
View ArticleIntroducing pen remoting for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
My name is David Bélanger, and I work in the Remote Desktop team. As we get closer to the release of Windows 10 and the next technical preview of Windows Server 2016, I want to bring attention to the...
View ArticleHelping You Make Your End-Users More Comfortable
If you who are actively managing mobile devices in your company, then you’re already keenly aware of the concerns end-users have when IT wants to bring their device under management – especially if...
View ArticleThe New and Improved CheckSUR
One of the most used and arguably most efficient tools that we utilize when troubleshooting Servicing issues, prior to Windows 8/Windows 2012, is the System Update Readiness tool(also known as...
View ArticleClient Connector availability with Windows Home Server, Small Business Server...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Schumann GE from Product Group, Sabir Chandwale and Sandeep Biswas from Global Business Support]In today’s post we will discuss about the client connector...
View ArticleMailbag: The Windows 10 Double-Bubble Edition (Issue #13)
Welcome to the last Friday before Windows 10 launches! If you've been playing along at home, you likely realized that we did a mailbag post just a few days ago - on Monday of this week. Well, what can...
View ArticleReceive Side Scaling for the File Servers
Hello everyone, Hubert here from the Microsoft Networking Escalation team. In the cause of investigating performance problems on file- as well as on DFS-Servers we often discover that Receive Side...
View ArticleIntegration components available for virtual machines not connected to...
In Technical Preview, Hyper-V began delivering integration components through Windows Update (see blog for more information).Pushing updates through Windows Update was a good first step -- it is the...
View ArticleThird-party Active Directory Migration Tools and KB 3070083
Hello, Chad Munkelt here with my very first post for the Ask PFE Platforms blog. I wanted to discuss a new hotfix that Microsoft released recently: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3070083This...
View ArticlePowerShell Direct - handling authentication for better scripting
In Windows 10 (and Windows Server 2016 TP2) we introduced a great new feature called PowerShell Direct. You can read about it all here:...
View ArticleSCOM 2012 R2 UR 7 release is delayed
A quick note on the Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager – the rollup is delayed by few weeks, as engineering team is working on recently reported issues. Suraj Suresh Guptha |...
View ArticleWindows 10 is coming!
Hello folks, as I’m sure you already know, Windows 10 will be available tomorrow, July 29th. With that said, we will be blogging some of the new features that our team will be supporting in this new...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell Direct for Script Locking
Here is one of the most helpful code snippets that I have come up with using PowerShell Direct:function waitForPSDirect([string]$VMName, $cred){ Write-Output "[$($VMName)]:: Waiting for PowerShell...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework (WMF) 4.0 Update is coming your way …
As part of the November 2014 Update Rollup (KB3000850) for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, we substantially improved stability, diagnosability, and reliability of PowerShell...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 is Now Available
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 is now available for download. Components that are fixed in this update rollupApp Controller: There are no...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now...
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now available for download. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for...
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