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Recap of the VTUG Winter Warmer
Yesterday I had the awesome opportunity to speak at the Virtual Technology Users Group (VTUG) Winter Warmer meeting at Gillette Stadium.VTUG is a particularly interesting group because its leaders...
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Setting up Windows Azure Active Directory ACS to provide identities to...
Authentication in Windows Azure Pack follows Claims-based principles and works with a customized ASP.Net Membership provider based Tenant Authentication Site for Tenants and a Windows Authentication...
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Data Protection in Small and Midsize Businesses Solution Guide Published
[This post comes to you courtesy of Kumud Dwivedi from Content Publishing]If you are a small to midsize business that is looking for a reliable way to protect business data, Windows Server 2012 R2...
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Update: Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica
In May 2013, we released the first version of the Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica on Windows Server 2012. It allowed administrators to plan their Hyper-V Replica deployments based on the workload,...
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You Want Access to What? From Where? Keeping Users Productive in a...
Following on from Jason’s recent post where we explored how the explosion we are seeing in the use of consumer devices in the corporate environment, along with ubiquitous information access is changing...
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Upcoming changes to the Windows Intune Endpoint Protection Policy
In the current release of Windows Intune, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection is only installed if a policy is created to require this installation on newly enrolled clients. In the upcoming release of...
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How to use Collections, Roles and Scope to limit access in System Center 2012...
~ Karen SullivanThis article explains the steps to create a collection of users using a query, how to copy and modify a role, how to assign it to a collection, and then finally the steps to create a...
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Updating Integration Services with SCVMM
As a Hyper-V program manager, I am very familiar with the process for upgrading virtual machines using Hyper-V. But I also often get questions about how you do this through System Center Virtual...
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Using PowerShell to Update Integration Components with SCVMM
Given that the process for updating integration components in System Center Virtual Machine Manager has been optimized for large scale operations – and obvious question is: how do I script this?The...
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KB: Configuration Manager client update does not install successfully on...
After you install the Cumulative Updates for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, you can't successfully install the client update to the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 client...
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The case of “Above normal” priority
Good morning AskPerf! If you’ve used Task Manager, you may have noticed that it allows setting an “instance-based priority”. This is an option where you can choose to boost or reduce the priority of...
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Reading Hyper-V Event logs with PowerShell
Here is a handy tip – it is quite easy to gather any information that Hyper-V puts in the event log from PowerShell.You can get all Hyper-V related events by running:Get-WinEvent -FilterHashTable...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: How Retailers Benefit
Throughout this series I’ve taken a close look at the definition of a Hybrid Cloud, our perspective on why a Hybrid environment is so valuable, and a piece-by-piece look at the solutions and tools that...
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Certificate Requirements for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 Remote Desktop...
Good morning AskPerf! Kiran here with a question for you: Why do we need certificates? Well, certificates are used to sign the communication between two machines. When a client connects to a...
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Managing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V from Windows 8.1
In the past we have always required that you use Hyper-V Manager on the same version of Windows as the version of Windows that you are using to run Hyper-V (i.e. Use Windows 7 to manage Windows Server...
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BYOD Poets Have So Much to Say, to Wit…
The BYO-Poetry Contest is over, but the fun isn’t! Until then, please enjoy these poems from our runners-up. Congratulations, winners and honorable mentions, and thanks again to everyone who...
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Updated Links on Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server and SMB 3.02
In this post, I'm providing a reference to the most relevant content related to Windows Server 2012 R2 that is related to the File Server, the SMB 3.02 features and its associated scenarios like...
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Server folders on another server
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Yang Cao from the Windows Server Essentials product team] For midsize businesses, having more than one server becomes necessary. Even for small businesses, it is...
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Reporting on SMA Usage using Excel PowerPivot and the SMA OData web service
Previously, Eamon O’Reilly talked about Integrating into the Service Management Automation OData web service and discussed how to hook SMA’s OData feeds into an external system. In this post, I will...
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Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP3 is now supported on System...
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 now support Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 SP3 Desktop Client and Application...
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