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...
View ArticleTroubleshooting File Server Networking Issues in Windows Server 2012 R2
In this blog post, I’m sharing a few troubleshooting tips related to File Server Networking in Windows Server 2012 R2.For each one, I first describe the issue that is commonly reported, followed by a...
View ArticleBYO-Poetry Contest Winners Announced!
Results are in! We received dozens of inspired and amusing poems from the BYOD trenches. After much caffeine-fueled consideration, two winning poems came out on top for their creativity, spirit, and...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at ConfigMgr client registration failure when the site...
Hi folks, Jagat Singh Kathiar here from the Configuration Manager team with another support tip for you. Implementation of a Microsoft PKI with Configuration Manager has been very popular so I thought...
View ArticleChecking Integration Services Versions with SCVMM
I have done a number of posts about checking your integration services versions in the past (here and here for example). But this have all been written using the in-box Hyper-V management tools. Now...
View ArticleMicrosoft antimalware support for Windows XP
Microsoft has announced the Windows XP end of support date of April 8, 2014. After this date, Windows XP will no longer be a supported operating system. To help organizations complete their migrations,...
View ArticleUnderstanding the UserAccountControl Attribute in Active Directory
Dougga here. Not a password policy blog post, I am finally off of that issue. But I couldn’t help myself and included something about passwords in this post .Users and Computers have and attribute...
View ArticleReal Talk about TechEd North America 2014
Most of North America may be recovering from a polar vortex, but the sunshine and warm weather of TechEd 2014 is already on the horizon.This year’s TechEd is going to be a veritable Super Bowl of...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Reports fail to show up after installing a ConfigMgr 2012...
Hello Everyone, Prabhat Joshi here with another System Center 2012 Configuration Manager support tip for you, this time for reporting services. At times we have seen issues wherein after installing a...
View ArticleAnnouncing the GA of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager
Over the last several weeks this blog has featured a series of posts about the benefits of the Hybrid Cloud– and today marks a major Hybrid Cloud milestone. I am excited to announce the General...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 preview build reboots every 2 hours
Today’s blog is regarding the expiration of the Windows 8.1 preview build which occurred yesterday January 15th, 2014. If you installed the Windows 8.1 preview build and have not upgraded to 8.1 RTM...
View ArticleWindows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager is Now Generally Available
Protecting application availability – especially against threats like regional disasters – can be a high-cost endeavor involving complex planning and the need to remotely monitor service availability....
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Operations Manager - Supported Configurations/Interop etc..
This blog has been updated to reflect the current state of OpsMgr support and Interop.Supported Configurations:The supported configurations for Operations Manager are detailed as per the below and...
View ArticleSMA Capabilities in Depth: Controlling Runbook Streams for Testing and...
When you use Service Management Automation (SMA) to create and run runbooks, a couple of key tasks are the testing of runbooks during authoring and the troubleshooting of production runbook jobs. In...
View ArticleUpdate: 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,...
View ArticleYou 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...
View ArticleUpcoming 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleUpdating 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...
View ArticleUsing 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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