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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleReading 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...
View ArticleSuccess 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...
View ArticleCertificate 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...
View ArticleManaging 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...
View ArticleBYOD 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...
View ArticleUpdated 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...
View ArticleServer 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...
View ArticleReporting 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...
View ArticleMicrosoft 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 ArticleMicrosoft 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 ArticleHow to Customize Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 – Get...
Greetings and happy Monday!! Hilde here - coming to you from the Seattle area, where I'm fortunate enough to be attending our premier internal technical training event. In this post, I'll cover a...
View ArticleImprovements in recovery history
Hyper-V replica has always had the capability to maintain multiple recovery points. In this blog post we’ll delve into “undo logs” – a brand new way for storing recovery points introduced in Windows...
View ArticleNew Poster: Windows Server 2012 R2 Private Cloud Storage and Virtualization
Another fantastic poster is out. This one is focused on the storage technology in Windows Server 2012 R2 that you will want to use for private cloud environments:You can download it here:...
View ArticleKnown issue and Workaround: Devices not upgraded to iOS7 might fail to renew...
Mobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS devices requires an enrollment operation which establishes trust between the device and the Windows Intune service. Trust is established by installing a profile,...
View ArticleSupport Tip: After installing DPM 2012 R2 SQL prep on a remote SQL instance...
~ Andy NadarewistschHi everyone Andy Nadarewistsch here with another DPM support tip for you. With this issue, after installing System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) SQL Prep on a...
View ArticleCoordinated malware eradication
Today, as an industry, we are very effective at disrupting malware families, but those disruptions rarely eradicate them. Instead, the malware families linger on, rearing up again and again to wreak...
View ArticleA Flexible, Open, & Secure Cloud: How Microsoft and Cisco are Empowering the...
I’ve written a lot about Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision and how it helps our partners and customers transform their datacenters with a flexible, scalable, cloud-ready platform. This cloud-ready platform...
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