IT Time – TechNet Radio:(Part 1) Implementing a Secure Cloud Infrastructure...
IT Time – TechNet Radio:(Part 1) Implementing a Secure Cloud Infrastructure with Azure VMs and Virtual Networks
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to Convert a VHD to a VHDX
Yesterday I showed you how to convert a VHD file to a VHDX using the Hyper-V Manager user interface. Today I want to show you that it is even easier to do using PowerShell: All you need to do is run...
View ArticleNew Open Source Options for Windows Azure Web Sites: MediaWiki and phpBB
Need to set up a powerful wiki quickly? Looking for an open source bulletin board solution for your Windows Azure Web Site? Yesterday we announced the availability of MediaWiki and phpBB in the Windows...
View ArticleJoining Multiple Tables, Grouping and Evaluating Totals
Joining Multiple Tables, Grouping And Evaluating Totals This is a continuation to the Join-Object blog post considering multiple joins and SQL style grouping and total evaluation. Problem: In the...
View ArticleAdvance Notification Service for October 2012 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification of the release of seven bulletins, one Critical and six Important, for October 2012. The Critical bulletin addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word. The...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Upgrade Assessment Tool Beta for System Center 2012...
We are pleased to announce that the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Upgrade Assessment Tool (UAT) Beta has been released to Microsoft Connect and can be downloaded here . The Upgrade...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012, File Servers and SMB 3.0 – Simpler and Easier by Design
1. Introduction I have been presenting our solution in Windows Server 2012 for File Storage for Virtualization (Hyper-V over SMB) and Databases (SQL Server over SMB) for a while now. I always start the...
View ArticleWelcome to the 1024-bit world and the October security updates
As previously mentioned in the Advance Notification blog on Thursday, today we’re releasing seven bulletins, one Critical-class and six Important-class bulletins. Before we discuss those releases,...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Protocol 8.0 Update for Windows 7 SP1: Enabling a great WAN...
Hello everyone… I’m Shanmugam Kulandaivel, a Senior Program Manager in the Remote Desktop Virtualization team. Today, on the Windows For Your Business Blog, Karri Alexion-Tiernan announced additional...
View ArticleSecurity Advisory 2749655
As a WSUS administrator, you may experience the need to approve an increased amount of updates. Please be informed that the increase number of updates may be related to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article...
View ArticleNFS Identity Mapping in Windows Server 2012
This document describes the selection, configuration and usage of the user and group identity mapping options available to Client for NFS available in selected versions of Windows 8 and to Server for...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) Released!
We are pleased to announce that System Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been released. Keeping with our currently schedule of releasing update rollups quarterly, Update Rollup 3 provides updates...
View ArticleYou may notice an increased number of updates related to Microsoft Knowledge...
As a WSUS administrator, you may experience the need to approve an increased amount of updates due to yesterday’s security announcement. Please be informed that the increased number of updates may be...
View ArticleHow to use Orchestrator 2012 to monitor a folder for multiple file extensions
Imagine a scenario where you need to monitor a folder for specific file extensions so that when all of the file extensions you are expecting are present, the next action in Orchestrator will be kicked...
View ArticleSurvey data in NetworkWorld says: “Watch out VMware, because Microsoft is...
There seems to be no doubt about it. With the recent launch of Windows Server 2012 and the new capabilities in Hyper-V, momentum for Microsoft’s virtualization and private cloud platform (a key...
View ArticleKB: MSDPM.EXE crashes during Garbage Collection causing DPMDB growth in Data...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where MSDPM.EXE crashes during Garbage Collection causing DPMDB growth in DPM 2007. ===== Symptoms Every day at midnight,...
View ArticleCompacting Virtual Hard Disks in Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012
Recently the “Ask the Core Team” blog did a great post about compacting a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk in Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012. You should check out their full post for the...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 SP1 Beta downloadable evaluation VHDs Now Available
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34781...
View ArticleHow to get Knowledge Editing to work in Operations Manager 2012 with Office 2010
If you have tried editing knowledge in OpsMgr 2012 with Office 2012 you are likely to have run into this error “Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word” or as shown in the image...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Training has begun!!! Register Now!
In case you aren’t up on current events: Windows Server 2012 ROCKS! Do yourself a favor and get educated on all that it can do for you. Kevin Beares will tell you how. Cheers! Jeffrey Hey, this is...
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