Lift-and-shift your workloads with Azure RemoteApp and Azure AD Domain Services
Azure AD Domain Services is a new solution, currently in public preview, primarily designed to simplify “lift-and-shift” scenarios in Azure IaaS; “lift-and-shift” is a strategy for moving your existing...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework (WMF) 4.0 Update now available for Windows...
As part of the November 2014 Update (KB3000850), we released updates to PowerShell 4.0 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. We are now pleased to make these same PowerShell 4.0 updates available...
View ArticleWhitepaper – Architecting Hybrid Cloud Environments
IT is experiencing a rapid sea of change towards greater consumption of capacity and services through public cloud providers. Enterprises are increasingly feeling pressured to leverage the cost...
View ArticleCreating a Site to Site VPN Connection in ARM through the new Azure Portal
In the ever changing and improving world of Microsoft Azure, there has officially been a shift to the new Azure portal as the primary tool for interacting with Azure. On December 2, 2015 an official...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 coming to WSUS
Hi WSUS Admins, The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 will be made available via Windows Server Update Services for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 platforms on 26 January 2016 and this blog...
View ArticleSeattle Area System Center and OMS Meetup
Are you looking for other Windows and Linux System Administrators and Engineers that are using System Center and Operations Management Suite (OMS) in the Seattle Area? This group is for you! Meet...
View ArticleDeploying EMM: Start simple, evaluate, and then extend
People often ask us where to begin an enterprise mobility management (EMM) project. EMM is such a broad space, with so many ways to build an advanced solution, including apps, policies, and device...
View ArticleLunch Break / s2 e1 / Ojas Rege, VP of Strategy, MobileIron
In the opening episode of “Lunch Break” Season 2, I hit the road with Ojas Rege– the vice president of strategy at MobileIron. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know Ojas over the last year, and it was a...
View ArticleAzure Backup Support Tip: Job failed with error (Operation failed. (0x1D4C2))
~ Andy Nadarewistsch | Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi everyone, Andy Nadarewistsch here from the Microsoft DPM and Azure backup team with quick support tip for you. When attempting an Azure...
View ArticleDevelopers: Check out the Nano Server installation option in Windows Server 2016
As organizations move toward modern DevOps practices, the role of the operating system needs to evolve to support both the “Dev” and the “Ops” part of the equation. In November we released Technical...
View ArticleManaging Failover Clusters with 5nine Manager
Hi Cluster Fans, It is nice to be back on the Cluster Team Blog! After founding this blog and working closely with the cluster team for almost eight years, I left Microsoft last year to join a Hyper-V...
View ArticleUsing the Windows 10 Compatibility Reports to understand upgrade issues
This blog discusses on how to obtain and review the Compatibility Reports to troubleshoot Windows 10 Upgrades.On a PC that is eligible for the free upgrade offer, you can use the "Get Windows 10" app...
View ArticleA tour of Operations Management Suite: What is Log Analytics?
One of the great things about cloud-based management is the speed with which we’re able to add features and enhance capabilities. At the same time, that can make it challenging to keep up with what’s...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Node Startup Order in Windows Server 2012 R2
In this blog, my Colleague, JP, and I would like to talk about how to start a Cluster without the need of the ForceQuorum (FQ) switch. We have identified 3 different scenarios and how the Cluster...
View ArticleNew Guided Walkthrough for troubleshooting problems relating to Event ID 1135...
I wanted to post about a new walkthrough that we have to help in troubleshooting an Event 1135 on a Failover Cluster. As a bit of a background, Failover Clustering sends a heartbeat from and to each...
View ArticleTechnical Preview : Management Packs for Windows Server 2016 Server Roles...
Just a quick note to let you know that we updated System Center Operations Manager Management Packs for Windows Server 2016 roles. The table in this blog summarizes the updates made to each of the...
View ArticleServiceManager Lync Up call available
Happy New Year, our first Service Manager #LyncUp Call for 2016 is available for download. Even though SCU was also on, our call was well attended by our Customers and partners. The January call...
View ArticleWhat new workloads would you like SCOM 2016 to monitor?
Many of you have already assisted in our efforts to learn about your monitoring problems and we appreciate your insights tremendously! I’m back with another opportunity to provide feedback to Microsoft...
View ArticleWindows 10 Feature Upgrade breaks client connector for Window Server 2012 R2...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Schumann GE from Product Group and Sandeep Biswas from Global Business Support]This article describes the issue – Windows 10 feature upgrade removes the already...
View ArticleWMI Group Policy Filter issue on Windows 10 breaks Folder Redirection Windows...
Folder Redirection Group Policy setup by the Essentials Dashboard needs to be modified. The issue is caused by the WMI Group Policy filters which compare OS build number not working as expected on...
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