Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager is now available
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager is now available for download. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for details about...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is now...
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is now available for download. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator is now available
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator is now available for download. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for complete details...
View ArticleSecurity Reviews in Preview in Azure AD Premium!
Howdy folks, More cool news to share. We've just turned on the preview of our new Security Reviews in Azure AD Premium! Many large organizations are required to do security reviews (what we identity...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 10 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 10 (UR10) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download. Components that are fixed in this update rollupVirtual Machine...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 10 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack...
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 10 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 (VMM 2012 SP1) is now available for download. There are three updates available for System...
View ArticleSending a script file into the VM using PowerShell Direct
Okay, PowerShell Direct is cool - but sometimes you just want to copy a script (or set of scripts) into the virtual machine and run them there. How can you do that? Fortunately - PowerShell Direct...
View ArticleKB: How to reassociate orphaned VMs with a service instance or VM role in VMM...
When you have Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager with Update Rollup 7 (VMM 2012 R2 UR7) or a later version in your VMM environment, you can now reassociate an orphaned virtual...
View ArticleDeploying Secondary Management Server after SQL 2104 upgrade
Background:From UR6 onwards, SM officially supports SQL Server 2014.Issue:The issue arises when customer wants to deploy an additional Secondary Service Manager after the migration to...
View ArticlePrivate Cloud Health - Systems Alert Feedback Request
For this post, we are glad to host Sarah Sinclair, Program Manager in Microsoft’s Private Cloud Solutions Group. Hello Private Cloud Admins! My name is Sarah and I’m a Program Manager on the Private...
View ArticlePowerShell Direct + Hot Add NIC == Give me an IP address
Here is a fun script snippet that is possible with Windows 10:functionaddNicWithIP([string]$VMName,$cred,[string]$Switch,[string]$IPaddress,[string]$subnetPrefixLength){...
View ArticleWhat's new in DSC Resource Kit
It’s been another busy month and we’ve seen lots of enthusiasm from many of you to help improve the DSC Resource Kit. In only the last couple of weeks we’ve merged 90 pull requests, 8 new resources...
View ArticleLinux Server Usage in your Organizations
We are looking to help better manage your Linux servers and would like to understand your Linux server usage in your organizations. This survey is anonymous. We know most viewers of this blog are not...
View ArticleLinux Server Usage in your Organization
We are looking to help better manage your Linux servers and would like to understand your Linux server usage in your organizations. This survey is anonymous. We know most viewers of this blog are not...
View ArticlePowerShell Direct & Waiting for an IP Address
Here is an interesting problem. With PowerShell Direct it is possible to get connected to a PowerShell session inside a virtual machine before the virtual machine has received an IP address. While...
View ArticleHey Jasmine! What’s it like to be an intern in Microsoft’s Identity and...
Howdy folks, Today we're trying something entirely new! Every year in the Identity and Security Division we have 25 – 30 paid summer interns who join our team. Most of them have just finished their...
View ArticleDemystify Offline Files
Thanks to Hubert Sachs from the German networking team to translate one of his popular blog into English. The blog demystify the core Offline Files concepts. The content below is from...
View ArticleDiving into the Netlogon Parser (v3.5) for Message Analyzer
Brandon Wilson here again talking to you about the next generation of the Netlogon parser for Message Analyzer, which is available with the installation of Message Analyzer 1.3.1. Some of this is going...
View ArticleWhat's new in Hyper-V in Windows 10
There is a bunch of new stuff in Hyper-V in Windows 10. PowerShell Direct, Production Checkpoints and more. Fortunately - you can read all about it...
View ArticleDevelop Windows Universal Apps with Azure AD and the Windows 10 Identity API
Howdy folks, It's time for a new installment in our Azure AD and Windows 10 series! In earlier posts you have learned how Windows 10 offers deep Azure AD integration, both on enterprise owned and...
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