PowerShell Constrained Language Mode
PowerShell Constrained Language Mode What is PowerShell Constrained Language? PowerShell Constrained Language is a language mode of PowerShell designed to support day-to-day administrative tasks, yet...
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Use Group Policy Preferences to Manage the Local Administrator Group
Hello Everyone! Graeme Bray back with you today to talk about how you can reduce the audit and risk surface within your environment. If you can’t tell, Microsoft has taken a strong stance towards...
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Available to Windows 10 Insiders Today: Access to published container ports...
Until now, a lingering limitation on Windows 10 has prevented access to published ports for containers via “localhost” or 127.0.0.1 (a.k.a. loopback). What this meant, was that if you had, say, a...
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Available to Windows 10 Insiders Today: Access to published container ports...
This is a cross-post; click the link below to be rerouted to our main post on the Networking Blog Available to Windows 10 Insiders Today: Access to published container ports via “localhost”/127.0.0.1
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Create your custom Quick Create VM gallery
Have you ever wondered whether it is possible to add your own custom images to the list of available VMs for Quick Create? The answer is: Yes, you can! Since quite a few people have been asking us,...
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Preview of first System Center semi-annual channel release now available
This blog post was authored by Bala Rajagopolan, Principal Group Program Manager, System Center. In June, we announced that System Center was moving to a faster release cadence with new semi-annual...
View ArticleHybrid cloud: Consistency solves complexity
The benefits of hybrid cloud are compelling, but getting there may seem daunting. It doesnt need to be. The process becomes far less complex when you adopt a model that provides true integration and...
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Modernize Windows Server backups with Azure Backup
This blog post was authored by Shivam Garg, Principal PM, Azure Backup. Are you still using traditional Windows Server Backup (WSB) to back up your servers to locally attached media or network shares?...
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How organizations are connecting their on-premises identities to Azure AD
Howdy folks, If you follow the blog, you know that we support a wide array of options for connecting an on-premises directory or IAM solution to Azure AD. In fact no one in the industry gives customers...
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Demystifying Schannel
Hello all! Nathan Penn here to help with some of those pesky security questions that have lingered for years. Recently I have been fielding several questions on “How do I make sure that I am only using...
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Microsoft Cloud App Security proxy is now in public preview
At Microsoft Ignite 2017, we announced the upcoming public preview of the Microsoft Cloud App Security proxy. We are very excited that the time has arrived, and this feature is now in public preview!...
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What’s new in Hyper-V for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update?
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has arrived! While we’ve been blogging about new features as they appear in Windows Insider builds, many of you have asked for a consolidated list of Hyper-V updates...
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Conditional access in Azure AD: macOS support plus two more features now...
Howdy folks! Device-based conditional access is one of the hottest features in Azure AD and is growing at a rapid pace. Today, Im excited to announce the general availability of a set of capabilities...
View ArticleAzure Automation DSC Pricing Flexibility
Today we would like to share a new flexible pricing strategy for managing server nodes using Azure Automation to deliver PowerShell Desired State Configuration, giving you greater control over costs of...
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Improved branch office support for shielded VMs in Windows Server, version 1709
Companies with large branch offices often must make a tradeoff between user experience and security. To increase employee productivity, it may make sense to deploy replicas of certain applications like...
View ArticleThe new Azure AD sign-in and “Keep me signed in” experiences rolling out now!
Howdy folks, Im excited to announce that the general availability rollout of the new Azure AD sign-in and Keep me signed in experiences has started! These experiences should reach all users globally by...
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Manage Google Play Protect with Microsoft Intune
Enabling the modern workplace means empowering our users to be productive from anywhere and on any device. Mobile devices are a great way to stay in touch with colleagues, catch up on email, or add the...
View ArticleWindows Server preview build 17035 available for Windows Insiders!
We’re at full speed ahead! Just three weeks ago, we made available Windows Server, version 1709, the first release in the new Semi-Annual Channel release cadence, and today we’re making available the...
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How to upgrade ConfigMgr to the latest version along with upgrading OS and SQL
Here is a step by step upgrade path from System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP2 hosted on Windows Server 2012 R2 to System Center Configuration Manager 1702 or later hosted on Windows Server...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release November 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 53 pull requests have been merged and 50 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
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