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KB: Installing SharePoint Portal in Service Manager fails with "An error...
Just a quick note to let you know about a new KB article we published. This one describes an issue where you get the following error message when trying to install SharePoint Portal in System Center...
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Replay: The MMS 2013 Keynote
In case you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, included below is the entire Day 1 keynote from the 2013 Microsoft Management Summit. Thanks to everyone who attended – what a great opportunity to get...
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Iron Networks shows a complete private cloud pod at MMS 2013 with Windows...
I was visiting the expo area at MMS 2013 earlier today and saw that Iron Networks was showing a private cloud pod at MMS 2013, complete with a set of well-matched layers of compute, storage and...
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Preview release of the Management Pack for Windows Azure Fabric now available
Hi, we are excited to announce the preview of the Management Pack for Windows Azure Fabric. This Management Pack enables you to monitor the availability and performance of Azure fabric resources that...
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KB2839011 Released to Address Security Bulletin Update Issue
We are aware that some of our customers may be experiencing difficulties after applying security update 2823324 , which we provided in security bulletin MS13-036 on Tuesday, April 9. We’ve determined...
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Toyota Motor Europe Avoids $1.3 Million in IT Costs with Cloud-Based Tune-Ups...
Along with wrenches and wire cutters, mechanics at 3,000 Toyota dealerships across Europe use PCs running specialized auto diagnostic software as key tools of their trade. These PCs store technical...
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Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication - makecert
We have had a number of queries on how to enable replication using certificates created from makecert. Though the Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica discusses this aspect, I am...
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Nevermind Nenim's hidden agenda - we still caught it
We recently came across an interesting threat that we detect as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Nemim.gen!A.This particular malware is a trojan downloader, and is capable of deleting its downloaded component...
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Building a VM in Windows Azure using PowerShell in a few quick steps
Hello folks, its Rick here. In a previous post Michael gave you nice overview of Windows Azure Services and helped you setup your own VMs in cloud using the free trial thru the Azure portal. Today I...
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OpsMgr 2012 SP1 User Experience Issues Resolved with UPDATE ROLLUP 2
With the latest update rollup we resolved 2 major user experience issues customers have given us feedback on. 1. Hostname\Display Name in “Object by Performance” widget is emptyI am happy to announce...
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Updates for Hyper-V
A new article has appeared on the TechNet Wiki that provides a complete list of updates for Hyper-V on Windows Server...
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Announcement: Special Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series...
The session originally scheduled to take place today, Tuesday 4/16/13, has been moved to tomorrow, Wednesday 4/17/13 at 8 a.m. PST.If you are interested in attending this online meeting, please follow...
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April 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the April 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded nine questions during the webcast, with almost half of those focused on the Remote Desktop...
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How to protect your computer against dangerous Java Applets
Java exploits represent a common attack vector used by the bad guys to infiltrate vulnerable computers via the web browser. We wrote about the rise of Java exploits as early as 2010, and we haven't...
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KB: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Mac client enrollment fails if...
Just wanted to let you know about a new KB article we published today. This one is a Configuration Manager article that documents an issue where the ConfigMgr CMEnroll tool fails on a Mac client...
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Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Released
This morning the Windows Azure Team announced the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. In this release you'll find production ready virtual machines for Windows Server, SQL...
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Alerting on ASP.NET Exceptions thru the Windows Azure Management Pack
One of the most useful health-related services offered by ASP.NET is the Web Events feature. By modifying the Web.config file, you can use the health monitoring system to log unhandled exceptions,...
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The Private Cloud Blog has combined it's efforts with Building Clouds
Hey everyone,I wanted to give you an update on things since we have been a little quiet on the Windows Server Blog over the last couple of months. Clearly, we are in the down section of the blog cycle....
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Gratuitous ARP and DAD in Windows XP, Windows 7/Vista, Windows 8 and Failover...
Hi! My name is Sai Balaji and I work with Microsoft Networking Support in Bangalore. I primarily help Premier Customers resolve their real time Windows Networking issues. The ‘push’ that I got to write...
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 14 released today
This morning, we released Volume 14 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv14). This new report studies our findings on trends in the threat landscape based on data from more than 1 billion...
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