Clarifications on KB 2853952, Server 2012 and Active Directory error c00002e2...
Hey y’all, Mark and Tom here to clear up some confusion on MSKB 2853952, that describes the corruption of Active Directory databases in virtualized domain controllers running on Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleWorking Through an Unsupported Cluster Configuration Scenario in Virtual...
~ Chuck Timon | Senior Support Escalation EngineerThe insidious and not very clear virtual machine status Unsupported Cluster Configuration has been the bane of many a System Center Virtual Machine...
View ArticleHow to Print/Export Multiple Topics from TechNet
[This post comes to us courtesy of Charanjeet Singh from Microsoft Commercial Technical Support]We come across situations when we want to create a custom set of articles from TechNet. This helps when...
View ArticleLooking at Replica Delta in Hyper-V with PowerShell
If you have used Hyper-V Replica, you will know about the replica status column. This is the part of the user interface where we tell you what the state of replica is: normal, warning or critical. A...
View ArticleHeads up: New Servicing Stack Update for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Server 2012
Hello AskPerf. Another quick post to alert you of a new update for the Servicing Stack, which is very important for Remote Desktop Services. Previously, installing the Remote Desktop Services role...
View ArticleActive Directory Authentication Library 1.0 for .NET – Ready for prime time!
Howdy folks, It is a great pleasure to be able let you know that v1 of the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) for .NET has reached General Availability! You can add the library to your...
View ArticleHow to create a Dashboard UI add-in
[This post comes to us courtesy of Rui Ling and Yang Cao from Sustained Engineering]The Windows Server Essentials Dashboard nowadays supports many UI extensions. In Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server...
View ArticleHow to migrate user data from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 with System Center...
Support for Windows XP reaches the end of extended support in April 2014. We hope that customers using Windows XP are already well underway with migration projects to a more current platform as waiting...
View ArticleWant a Free Hands-on Expert Training on Windows Azure?
Check out this great one-day free TechNet training event opportunity at a city near you. What:Join local Microsoft cloud experts for a free one day IT Camp on Windows Azure. You’ll hear the latest on...
View ArticleAutomation–MVP Example Solution Spotlight–Orchestrator Integration with...
Hello Readers/Viewers!Today’s post is just a quick cross-post and spotlight on an example solution walkthrough.Who?The below referenced content was created by Microsoft Virtualization MVP,Nathan...
View ArticleMonitoring Hyper-V Replica using System Center Operations Manager
Customers asked us if they can have a monitoring mechanism for Hyper-v Replica in a rainy day scenario. With System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1, customers can now monitor Hyper-V Replica using a...
View ArticleSeptember 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . The majority of questions focused on Office bulletins, especially SharePoint Server ( MS13-067 ). We...
View ArticleDeployment–Minor PDT update 2.5.2502 available
This release corrects a bug in the Windows Azure Pack configuration, and updates the download for SharePoint 2010 Foundation to SP2 since the original release is no longer available.Download here.
View ArticleDate dimensions for Incidents, Service Requests, Change Requests and Activities.
Hello everyone! Thomas Ellermann a Principal Consultant from MCS in Denmark, has just finished a fantastic blog post on how to extend the SCSM2012 DW cubes with additional date dimensions for...
View ArticleGetting Started with Windows Deployment for Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8...
Mark recently wrote a birthday post for Windows NT . It was even picked up by Mary Jo Foley over on ZDNet. We’re all in awe of Mark’s newfound stardom. However, all stargazing aside, in Mark’s post, he...
View ArticleInstalling and Configuring the Windows Server Essentials Experience role
My name is Mike Chen, a program manager working on the Windows Server Essentials Deployment team. I’m honored today to introduce the new deployment story for Windows Server Essentials. Now available as...
View ArticleHow to pre-stage for UEFI systems with OSD in ConfigMgr 2012
Microsoft’s own Steve Rachui just posted a great new article that talks about how to pre-stage an operating system for deployment with OSD in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.The concept of...
View ArticlePlanned or unplanned failover with Hyper-V Replica?
As you hopefully know – I have been running Hyper-V Replica in my house for about a year now. In this time I have had a couple of instances when I had to take a step back and ask myself if I wanted to...
View ArticleSupport Questions about Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 for...
This blog post addresses the Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 support questions you’ve been asking about for Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection. Question: Which versions of...
View ArticleSupport Questions about Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 for...
This blog post addresses the Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 support questions you’ve been asking about for Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection. Question: Which versions of...
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