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Announcement: February 2013 Downloadable Documentation for Configuration Manager
We’re pleased to announce a new release of the downloadable documentation for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The downloadable files contain the product documentation for Configuration...
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Announcement: February 2013 Downloadable Documentation for Configuration Manager
We’re pleased to announce a new release of the downloadable documentation for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The downloadable files contain the product documentation for Configuration...
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Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Update Rollup 1 and Zero Client Drivers now...
We’re happy to announce that WMS 2012 UR1 has been signed off. We recommend that all customers apply this as it has some changes that increase general system stability. But most importantly it adds...
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New Data Warehouse Architecture Diagram
I just posted the data warehouse architecture diagram that I showed during my presentation at System Center Universe 2013 to the TechNet Gallery. You can download it from...
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How ‘netmask ordering’ feature in DNS affects the resultant queries
Hey y’all, Mark here again. When visiting a customer PFEs tend to get a bunch of questions that have been “saved up” over time. One of my frequent customers always has a massive list for me when I get...
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Windows Backup and Hyper-V in Server 2012
Here is something new in Windows Server 2012 that I have not seen much discussion of yet: Windows Server backup now has native support for Hyper-V:What this means is that:You no longer need to do...
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New hotfix for issue with memory leak when you use an App-V package that...
If you use App-V with Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 then you might want to take a look at this new hotfix we published. It addresses a situation where you can have a memory leak if the App-V package...
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Hotfix: Backups are unsuccessful when you use Windows Azure Online Backup
When you try to back up data by using Windows Azure Online Backup, is the backup process is unsuccessful? If so this hotfix may be for you.The Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) certificate...
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SearchStorage.com Products of the Year: Windows Server 2012 takes the Gold!
Windows Server 2012 was recognized as the top Storage System Software product in TechTarget’s SearchStorage.com and Storage Magazine Products of the Year competition. Specific features that caught the...
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FREE: Introduction to Hyper-V Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations, webcasts, whitepapers and other technical content about Microsoft’s Cloud technologies. It is public, free...
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FREE: Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations, webcasts, whitepapers and other technical content about Microsoft’s Cloud technologies. It is public, free...
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Reducing your power consumption with SCVMM 2012 and Power Optimization (PO)
I’m Hilton Lange, Software Development Engineer in the VMM 2012 team. I’d like to continue my previous article about Dynamic Optimization (DO) by telling you about its closely related sister feature,...
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Hyper-V Replica Runbooks
System Center 2012 Orchestrator provides a powerful workflow management solution which allows IT administrators to automate different tasks exposed by the platform. At the heart of the Orchestrator is...
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Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Now Available Including Zero Client Support
I’m happy to announce that not only is Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 generally available, but last week, we added support for USB-Over-Ethernet Zero clients. Windows MultiPoint Server is a product...
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KB: Mobile Device Management installation errors on System Center 2012...
We just published a new KB article that explains an issue with Mobile Device Management installation errors on ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. It’s an issue that can pop up if .NET Framework 4 is installed on the...
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New hotfix: The Schedule Updates Wizard does not list content for Windows...
We have a new downloadable hotfix available for the following issue:The Choose Updates page of the Schedule Updates Wizard does not list any available software updates for a Windows Server 2012...
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MAILBAG: Should I use the same network adapters for all interfaces on my...
Not sure where February went but it sure is flying by in a hurry. During the month I had another interesting question given to me to answer. Don't forget that you can contact us using the Contact...
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Recent Cyberattacks
As reported by Facebook and Apple , Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion. Consistent with our security response practices, we chose not to make a...
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Hardware options for highly available Windows Server 2012 systems using...
Highly available Windows Server 2012 systems using shared, directly-attached storage can be built using either Storage Spaces or a validated clustered RAID controller. Option 1 – Storage SpacesYou can...
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How to Reduce the Size of the Winsxs directory and Free Up Disk Space on...
Remember these on Windows 2003 Server? I cannot count the number of times I’ve been asked how to clean this up.Apparently I’m not the only one that hates clutter. And what about that annoying prompt to...
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