PSA: Great Series on Windows Performance
This is David Gregory and I wanted to share with you guys a great series on Windows Performance by Mark Renoden, Roger Southgate and Scott Duffey, some PFE’s from Australia. They did a good job of...
View ArticleTwenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re...
I just noticed that last week was the 20th anniversary of my first Microsoft certification. I had to travel nearly 500 miles (from Fortaleza to Recife) to reach the closest official testing center...
View ArticleSubmit your SCOM VNext Feature Requests
Do you have an idea or suggestion based on your experience with SCOM? We would love to hear it through our newly created User Voice site @ http://systemcenterom.uservoice.com/ ! Please take a few...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell for Message Analyzer Text Log Parsers
Using PowerShell for Message Analyzer Text Log ParsersHi Everyone, Brandon Wilson here with you again to discuss how to use PowerShell to generate parsed data output for log files for Message Analyzer...
View ArticleWhy do you have to elevate PowerShell to use Hyper-V cmdlets?
Short answer - you don't! Or more accurately - you should not need to.Every now and then someone complains to me about the fact that they need to run PowerShell "As Administrator" in order to see any...
View ArticleSystem Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System has been...
Just a quick note to let you know that the "System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System" has been updated. The newest version has the below changes.- In 2008, 2012 platforms, the...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Windows 10 + EMS & ConfigMgr
The Best Deployment & Management Options for Windows 10Deploying Windows 10 with ConfigMgrPodcast: Best Practices for Deploying Windows 10Managing Windows 10 with EMS and ConfigMgrPodcast: Best...
View ArticleThe Best Deployment & Management for Windows 10
With the launch of Windows 10, this is, as you can imagine, a very exciting time here at Microsoft. Looking at this with some historical perspective, I’ve been working on Windows management products...
View ArticleDeploying Windows 10 with ConfigMgr
There is no shortage of excitement about Windows 10. A recent survey conducted by Spiceworks, an independent IT community found that 74% of businesses said they plan to upgrade to Windows 10 by 2017....
View ArticlePodcast: Best Practices for Deploying Windows 10
In this podcast, Brad speaks with Mark Florida (Principal Program Manager of ConfigMgr) about best practices for successfully (and painlessly!) deploying Windows 10. You can find a detailed post about...
View ArticleManaging Windows 10 with EMS & ConfigMgr
One great piece of news at the outset ofWindows 10 is that it can be managed from your existing infrastructure – i.e. ConfigMgr 2012 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2. Windows 10 also continues support for Group...
View ArticlePodcast: Best Practices for Managing Windows 10
In this podcast, Brad talks with Mark Florida (Principal Program Manager of ConfigMgr) about best practices for successfully managing Windows 10 with EMS and ConfigMgr. You can find a detailed post...
View ArticleIdentity & Access Management in Windows 10
Identity and access management are two of the most critical facets of your organization’s productivity and security. Active Directory is the predominant enterprise identity solution in use around the...
View ArticleCreate your own fields in OMS with Custom Fields!
We’re happy to announce the Custom Fields Preview’s public release! Custom Fields will allow users to create a new searchable field from their data that is already collected into their in OMS account....
View ArticleMicrosoft and Intel Storage Spaces Direct showcase at IDF
Heya folks, Ned here again. The inimitable Claus Jorgenson just posted about the Microsoft and Intel showcase Storage Spaces Direct with NVM Express at IDF ’15. He demonstrates a 16-node...
View ArticleWindows Server Container Plugfest
Heya folks, Ned here again with a public service announcement from the Microsoft Container and Filter Team and registering for their upcoming free plugfest. Hurry, the registration period ends on...
View ArticleVideo: Talking with ‘'TechNet Radio about Managing and Deploying Windows 10...
Check out this detailed discussion I had with Kevin Remde (host of the always informative TechNet Radio) to talk about how Enterprises can get the most out Windows 10 by approaching it as a service,...
View ArticleSecurity Update Solution Further Protects Customer Devices
On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Microsoft released a security update solution to address a vulnerability . The update is for all supported versions of Internet Explorer. We recommend customers to apply...
View ArticleHow to Link an Azure RemoteApp collection to your existing Azure Virtual...
One of the top requests we have been getting for Azure RemoteApp is the ability to link an existing Azure Virtual Network to an Azure RemoteApp cloud collection. This will allow the applications hosted...
View ArticleName Resolution Performance of a Recursive Windows DNS Server 2012 R2
In a previous article we talked about the name resolution performance of a Windows DNS server when deployed as an authoritative DNS server. This article details the name resolution performance of the...
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