Finding Orphaned Domain Controllers in Active Directory Sites and Services
Hi all. Dougga here after a brief silence of not blogging. Not short on ideas, but writing to such an astute audience is a fun challenge. Your feedback and following is greatly appreciated. Enough of...
View ArticleMicrosoft .NET Framework version 4.5.2 is installed on ConfigMgr 1511 clients
Hi everyone, here’s a quick reminder about .NET Framework and the Configuration Manager build 1511 client that I want to be doubly sure you’re aware of. If you’re running Configuration Manager 1511 or...
View ArticleTyping a string on a virtual machine
This weekend I did a bunch of virtual machine automation – and wanted to share some code snippets. The first snippet is some code that will simply type a string on a virtual machine:$VMName = “Windows...
View ArticleAn Operations Management Suite tour: IT automation
In our ongoing tour through the capabilities of Microsoft Operations Management Suite, so far we have covered log analytics and disaster recovery. Starting today, we will continue the tour with a...
View ArticleFebruary updates to Azure RemoteApp
Within the month of February 2016, we released the following new features and capabilities for Azure RemoteApp:Gallery images were updated with Windows Administrative tools natively installed. Windows...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Underhanded PowerShell Contest
In an effort to improve the validation capability of PowerShell Script Analyzer, we are running a series of contests. We want you – the community members – to help us identify underhanded PowerShell...
View ArticleEnhanced disaster recovery for VMware with Azure Site Recovery
Last week, we looked at how Operations Management Suite (OMS) and Azure Site Recovery (ASR) let you move VMware, Hyper-V, Physical, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) workloads to Azure. ASR’s one-click,...
View ArticleDetails on Microsoft’s security update release for March 2016
Today Microsoft released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As always, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. For...
View ArticlePackage Management Preview – March 2016 for PowerShell 4 & 3 is now available
We’re excited to announce the availability of Package Management related PowerShell modules targeted for PowerShell 4 and PowerShell 3. The MSI based installer can be downloaded from Microsoft Download...
View ArticleOverview of new features in System Center Configuration Manager (current...
Watch this new video to see one of ConfigMgr leads Jason Githens covering all the new features of System Center Configuration Manager (current branch – version 1511) such as: updates to help you...
View ArticleWindows 10 Deployment Links
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am the Supportability Program Manager for Commercial Surface and Windows products. A common question we get from customers is “Can you direct me to information...
View ArticleTyping special characters on a virtual machine
On Monday I showed you how to send a string into a virtual machine. But what if you need to send in special characters? Well – there is a method for that:$VMName = “Windows 10 Enterprise” $VMCS =...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Microsoft Operations Management Suite: IT automation
Earlier this week, we started our tour of IT automation in Operations Management Suite. With both process automation and desired state configuration capabilities in Operations Management Suite, you...
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Previewing Server 2016 TP4: Temporary Group Memberships
Disclaimer: Windows Server 2016 is still in a Technical Preview state – the information contained in this post may become inaccurate in the future as the product continues to evolve.Hello, Ryan Ries...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Service windows are removed from System Center Configuration Manager
Here’s a quick note on a new hotfix we released in case you run into the problem. When a service window is created on one site in a System Center Configuration Manager hierarchy, service windows on the...
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MSRT March 2016 – Vonteera
As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the March release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) will include detections for Vonteera– a family of browser...
View ArticleHelping your end users through the device enrollment process. A step-by-step...
Choosing Intune as your MDM solution is the first of many steps to protecting your corporate data while enabling a great end-user experience. As you move to deployment, you’ll need to ensure you’re...
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The three heads of the Cerberus-like Cerber ransomware
Early this month, we saw a new ransomware family that launches a three-prong attempt to get you to hand over your hard-earned cash.Called “Cerber” (it replaces file extensions with .cerber), we like to...
View ArticleBest friends forever: Windows Server and SQL Server
This post was authored by Erin Chapple, Director of Program Management for Windows Server. 2016 is a big year for the Microsoft datacenter product portfolio. We have new versions of Windows Server and...
View ArticleDeployment guide for conditional access to email with Microsoft Intune
As part of our continuous investments to help you enable and manage mobile productivity for your employees, we have a new deployment guide available that is intended to help you understand how you can...
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