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Troubleshooting Windows RT Client Software Distribution Issues
The recent Wave-D release of the Windows Intune service and the release of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 enables enterprise management of the Windows RT devices for customers using the...
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Changing the Hyper-V Server login experience
I have been spending some time working with the free version of Hyper-V server recently (available here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/default.aspx). It is lots of fun to...
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Powershell Basics
Hello Configuration Manager administrators. It’s time to get acquainted with Windows PowerShell! We’ve finally introduced native Windows PowerShell support with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...
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Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Recommendations for Activation
Hi, Today’s blog will cover the options available if you are deploying Windows 8 and/or Windows Server 2012 to an existing KMS activation configuration. It references two other blogsInstalling the...
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Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to setup a...
Hi, Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows Server 2012 so you can setup a new Windows Server 2012 KMS host.Initial Configuration of a new Windows...
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Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to...
Hello,Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows Server 2012 so you can configure Active Directory Based Activation (ADBA).Initial Configuration of...
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What’s new in Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Gateway
Hi, I’m Venkat Bodapati, a software development engineer in Test on the Remote Desktop Virtualization (RDV) team. The purpose of this post is to highlight the key features added and enhancements made...
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Ramnit - The renewed bot in town
Ramnit is one of the most prevalent threat families still active in the wild today. Two years ago, we talked about the infection method it uses in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) blog...
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Are You vConfused?
Naturally, I watched with interest yesterday’s VMware announcement about a new hybrid cloud service, but its left me stymied. I’m scratching my head: is their VMware-branded service something they...
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MailBag: RODCs – krbtgt_#####, Orphans, and Load Balancing RODC Connection...
Dougga here to answer a couple of quick RODC related questions. I have been the fortunate PFE to perform ADRAPs (Active Directory Risk Assessment Program) that have had more than the average number of...
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Windows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack
We're pleased to announce the availability of the Windows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack. For Windows PowerShell 3.0, the SDK samples work a little differently than in previous releases of Windows...
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Is NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 supported for iSCSI, or not supported...
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer not knowing the answer to this question or educate thy self… Enough of Shakespeare... Where’s my PFE, when I need him?Well in previous releases of the...
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System Center Advisor, now with Windows Server 2012 & Hyper-V Server 2012...
You asked for it, and now its here :System Center Advisor now supports Windows Server 2012 as well as Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 ! By installing the latest version of the Advisor agent on servers...
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Week of March 18: New blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all,Christa Anderson, community lead from the Partner and Customer Ecosystem here with this week’s roundup of MVP blogs related to Windows Server and System Center. Here’s an example of the content...
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5th Grader using Hyper-V
A colleague at Microsoft just sent me a pointer to this video of his 5th grade son showing you how to use Hyper-V to create a virtual...
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MS13-003: Description of the security update for System Center Operations...
This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user visits an affected...
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March 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the March 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing...
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Four things I like about Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) in...
Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) was first introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 to manage directory service objects along with Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) however, it did...
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If you use System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 on Windows Server...
Hi everyone, Alvin Morales here. If you are using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 (VMM) to manage storage and assign LUNS, there is a collection of updates that may improve...
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KB: Orchestrator 'Monitor Event Log' activity fires every time there is a new...
We just published a new KB article that explains an issue where in Orchestrator 2012, the Monitor Event Log fires every time there is any new event on the specified computer regardless of filters, or...
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