Ask Microsoft Anything about Project “Honolulu”
At Microsoft Ignite, we unveiled the next step in our journey for Windows Server graphical management experiences — the technical preview release of Project “Honolulu,” a flexible, locally-deployed,...
View ArticlePrivileged Access Workstation(PAW)
At Ignite conference last month, Dean and I presented a session on PAW. Originally we were planning to just talk about the concept of PAW and how it is deployed in Microsoft. A week before the...
View ArticleAMA: Co-management with Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager
Hello Everyone! We are having another Ask Microsoft Anything with the Configuration Manager team. This time we are focusing on a specific topic: co-management with Microsoft Intune and System Center...
View ArticlePolaris – simple Microservices using only PowerShell
Polaris – Simple Microservices using only PowerShell Polaris is a cross-platform, minimalist web framework for PowerShell Core 6. With 6 lines of code, you have your very own webserver running and...
View ArticleWindows PowerShell and DSC on Linux in Microsoft Azure
Hello everyone! I’m Preston K. Parsard, Platforms PFE and I’d like to talk about running PowerShell and Desired State Configuration (DSC) on Linux in Microsoft Azure. Just in case you haven’t heard...
View ArticleAzure Log Analytics workspace upgrades in progress
Many of you are currently using Azure Log Analytics to monitor your environments for availability and performance. We want to let you know that we're rolling out new enhancements and changes for Log...
View ArticleConditional Access policies for Azure Information Protection
Hopefully, you saw at Ignite the awesome new set of capabilities that are coming with Azure Information Protection. Following up from the announcement that we would have a public preview of Conditional...
View ArticleWindows Server, version 1709 available for download!
What a great day! Back in June, we announced Windows Server was joining the Semi-Annual Channel release cadence to deliver innovation at a faster pace. Two weeks ago at Ignite, we announced Windows...
View ArticlePAW host buildout
Continuing with the PAW series, in this blog post, I'd like to share the details of what we are planning to configure the host. I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback about the design. For a recap on...
View ArticleContainer Images are now out for Windows Server version 1709!
With the release of Windows Server version 1709 also come Windows Server Core and Nano Server base OS container images. It is important to note that while older versions of the base OS container images...
View ArticleNavigate Azure Resources Just Like a File System
At Microsoft Ignite (around 8:15 min), we announced the Public Preview of PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell. A unique feature of PowerShell experience in Azure Cloud Shell is navigation of Azure...
View ArticleRequire License Acceptance Support in PowerShellGet
PowerShellGet version 1.5.0 has added support for module publishers to require explicit license acceptance from users before installing a module. This feature has been requested by several of our...
View ArticleDefending Against PowerShell Attacks
The security industry is ablaze with news about how PowerShell is being used by both commodity malware and attackers alike. Surely there’s got to be a way to defend yourself against these attacks!...
View ArticleConfiguring a Hyper-V Host with PowerShell DSC (Part 1)
Hello, my name is Michael Godfrey and I am a Platform’s Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. I have been a Fabric Administrator for the past few years and have made it a habit of building quite a...
View ArticleThis one is important: Time to migrate your v1.0 Conditional Access policies...
Howdy folks, Azure AD Conditional Access policies in the new Azure portal offer a powerful integrated experience to meet your organizations security and compliance needs. As we approach the sunset date...
View ArticleCreating a maintenance schedule with more than 216 objects might cause...
When creating a maintenance schedule, selecting more than 216 target objects (these can be any specific entity instances or groups) might result in the Operations Console to disconnect with the...
View ArticleSC 2016 DPM UR4: Migrate Backup Storage in 3 simple steps
SC 2016 Data Protection Manager (SC DPM) is an enterprise backup solution, which gives you the ability to backup workloads as SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, System State, Files and Folders, Hyper-V &...
View ArticleNew Storage Management, Optimization, and Security Features in DPM 2016 UR4
System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager can backup key workloads such as SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, file servers, clients and VMs running on Hyper-V or VMware. With Modern Backup Storage and RCT...
View ArticleYou asked, we’re delivering: Release notes for Azure Active Directory!
Howdy folks, I’m really pumped up about today’s news as it’s something new we’ve never tried before. A ton of you have let us know that its critically important you get information around new Azure AD...
View ArticleExtended email security and compliance with Azure Information Protection
We made some exciting announcementsat Ignite that help you protect your sensitive information regardless of where it’s stored or shared. For detailed information on new capabilities in Office 365...
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