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Known Issue: Update to MCS.msi fails to upgrade the Multicast Configuration...
When you use the multicast option on distribution points in your environment and apply an update to Configuration Manager that contains a new MCS.msi, the multicast configuration does not properly...
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Lowering the cost of storage for VDI using Windows Server 2012 R2 with Data...
Hi all, I’m Tristan Scott, a program manager on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team with some exciting news for decreasing the storage cost of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using Windows...
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Advance Notification Service for August 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, three Critical and five Important, for August 2013. The Critical updates address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows,...
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HOTFIX: An Alternate Content Provider does not work in a task sequence for a...
Consider the following scenario: - You configure an application that takes advantage of the Alternate Content Provider (ACP) to distribute packages in a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration...
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Friday Mailbag: Best practices for DFS-R on Domain Controllers
Greg Jaworski here again…After a lengthy conversation with one of our readers around migrating SYSVOL to DFS-R and some confusion around the various KBs I decided it was worth blogging some best...
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Windows Intune Walkthrough: Windows Phone 8 Management
Jon Lynn, Windows Intune Service Engineer, recently put together a step-by-step guide on how to set up Windows Phone 8 management for Windows Intune. In this detailed walkthrough, you will get...
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What’s New in 2012 R2: Brad Anderson on Identity Management for Hybrid IT
Before the internet explosion, directories were important for grouping and managing principles. Principles came in the form of people, printers, email boxes and a number of other physical and logical...
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Work Folders Certificate Management
In the last blog post, I’ve provided the step by step guide to deploy Work Folders in a test lab environment, where the client is using unsecure connections to the server, which means the server...
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Becoming an Xperf Xpert Part 6: RIP Xperf. Time to Learn Windows Performance...
Hey y’all Mark here with a post we should have written a long time ago. I obviously will blame someone else. It’s probably Tom Moser’s fault. Anyway, for those that have been fighting the good fight...
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Project MAT for Shift (Part 2) – Networking
Welcome to the next installment of the MAT4Shift blog series. As a reference, the first article is linked up below. In part 2 of this series we are taking a deep dive in to how and why we perform...
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Cloud OS Video Series 5–Monitoring the Private Cloud
The Cloud OS Video series is a collection of videos that help you understand the technology, deployment, and management of the Cloud OS leveraging Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1.Each...
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Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (1 of 5)
With automation getting an increasing focus in our stack and datacenter /cloud discussions, we figured it could be interesting to take a step back and look at some of the use cases for automation,...
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Focusing in on the New Windows Server 2012 R2 Innovations – Download Now
There are quite a few products that make up the Microsoft Cloud OS vision. Windows Server 2012 R2 is in preview right now and ready for your evaluation. If you are looking for information on R2, we...
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Now available: Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager is now available for download. You can find out what’s been fixed and how to download UR6 for VMM 2012 at the following location:KB2861038...
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Deploying Modern Business Applications for Windows 8 Using System Center 2012...
Hello everyone,In this blog post I will walk you through the process of deploying modern applications for Windows 8 using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Windows Intune, including step by...
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Automation–Orchestrator Run .Net Script Activity–Unexpected Data Flattening...
Hello Readers/Viewers!As you saw with our post last week (Automation–An Introduction to Service Management Automation), very soon we will be providing even more guidance on the next generation of...
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List of all cumulative update releases for System Center Service Manager 2010...
~ Bruno Gabrielli | Premier Field EngineerThis post lists all cumulative updates that were released for Microsoft System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2010 SP1. The updates are listed according to...
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The original AppCompat (solving a 20-year-old mystery for me)
DOS v5.0, released in 1991, introduced the concept of DOS loading "high". That is, into the high memory area - that special 64kb area at the top of the first megabyte of memory.As a result of this...
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Support Tip: A ConfigMgr 2012 Management Point enabled for SSL fails with 403...
~ Vinayak Sharma| Technical LeadHere’s a quick tip on an interesting issue I saw the other day in case you happen to run across it.The core issue is that an HTTPS enabled System Center 2012...
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Leaving Las Vegas and the August 2013 security updates
Two weeks ago I, along with 7,500 of my closest friends, attended the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, NV. I can’t speak for everyone, but I certainly had a great – if not exhausting – time...
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