Lunch Break / s2 e9 / Blair Hanley Frank, IDG News Service
In a (hopefully) small change of schedule, we’re saving part 2 of my great convo with Michael McBride for a couple weeks. In the meantime, this week I take the rental car for a spin with Blair Hanley...
View ArticleNow Available: Update 1602 for System Center Configuration Manager
Today, we are excited to announce the release of our first update for the current branch of System Center Configuration Manager! The latest version of Configuration Manager is now 1602.This update...
View ArticleControlling the mouse on a virtual machine
Continuing on my series of how to automate virtual machines – you can also script the mouse on a virtual machine. Take a look at this chunk of code:$VMName = “Windows 10 Enterprise” $VMCS =...
View ArticleMobile device and app management at Microsoft
Do you want to know how Microsoft IT uses Intune to enable Microsoft employees to access email and files on their mobile devices while also keeping corporate data protected? Read this technical case...
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Debugging PowerShell DSC Class Resources
Traditionally PowerShell script debugging has been limited to script running inside the PowerShell console or ISE (Integrated Script Environment), which means you are limited to debugging script that...
View ArticleHOTFIX: ConfigMgr 1511 cannot connect to a SQL server that has the Service...
If you find that your System Center Configuration Manager 1511 site server can’t connect to your SQL server, check for entries that resemble the following in both the smsexec.log and hman.log files on...
View ArticleMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager build 1602 is now available
We are happy to announce that our first update for the current branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released! The latest version of Configuration Manager is now 1602.This update...
View ArticleReading the mouse position of a Hyper-V VM
Last week I showed you how to automate setting the mouse position in a virtual machine. You can also read the current position of the mouse cursor using this code:$VMName = “Windows 10 Enterprise”...
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Secure Administrative Workstations
Hi All. This Jerry Devore a Midwest PFE back after a long hiatus from blogging.If you thumb through the owner’s manual of your car you will find a maintenance schedule section. There you can see how...
View ArticleWindows & Linux Patching Survey
The Operations Management Suite product team wants to hear about your requirements and frustrations with managing Patching/Compliance for Windows & Linux servers.To provide feedback, please follow...
View ArticleBasic UI Customization in new Self Service Portal (HTML5)
With new HTML5 Self Service portal, one of the key aspect is level of customization which it supports. One of the basic thing which everyone wants is to change look and feel of portal based on their...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure reaches milestones in Canada, Germany and United States to...
This week the Microsoft Cloud reached new major milestones to bring the benefits of Microsoft Azure to additional customers in the Canada, Germany and the United States in order to help them achieve...
View ArticleA hybrid approach to IT automation in Microsoft Operations Management Suite
Last week, we began looking at IT automation capabilities in Operations Management Suite (OMS) as part of the OMS tour blog series. Today, we will look at how automation can work across a hybrid...
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Offline Files and Continuous Availability: the monstrous union you should not...
Hi all, Ned here again with a quick chat about mixing Continuous Availability and Offline Files. As you know, we have several publicdocs recommending against combining CA and Client Side Caching (aka...
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#AzureAD and Windows 10 on mobile phones!
Howdy folks!Just a quick post today. The Windows phone fans among you will be excited to know we published a TechNet article about using Azure AD (including Azure AD Join) with your Windows 10 Mobile...
View ArticleChecking the mouse button state in Hyper-V
Continuing in my series on Hyper-V automation; as well as being able to get the position of the mouse cursor in the virtual machine – you can also check the mouse button state.$VMName = “Windows 10...
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Work Folders for Android – Released
We are happy to announce that an Android app for Work Folders has been released into the Google PlayStore® and is available as a free download. Work Folders for Android app in the Google PlayStore –...
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ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Resource Deployment
Hello Readers! This blog is part 4 of the series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll discuss how resource deployment concepts (in particular for VMs) you are...
View ArticleUpdate 1603 for Technical Preview – Available Now!
Today we are announcing the release of Update 1603 for Technical Preview. New features in this update include:List View for Applications in Software Center – In the Software Center Applications tab,...
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Configuration management in Microsoft Operations Management Suite
Configuration management at scale, whether to align machines to organizational policy or to enable continuous deployment, can be a tedious and error-prone process. As an organization’s infrastructure...
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