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Safer Internet Day 2014 and Our February 2014 Security Updates
In addition to today being the security update release , February 11 is officially Safer Internet Day for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my...
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DSC Diagnostics Module– Analyze DSC Logs instantly now!
Have you ever witnessed a DSC Configuration run where you had no idea about what it might have done behind the scenes? Well, then your worries end here! During any DSC Operation, the DSC engine...
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MFA for Office 365 and MFA for Azure
Howdy folks, Yesterday the Office team announced the availability of Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365. If you missed their announcement, you can read it here . The AD team has been working on...
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Using PowerShell to Live Migrate to a Computer with a Different Virtual Switch
So far this week I have shown you how to register and how to import virtual machines with configuration problems using PowerShell. However, the question I most often hear is this one: how do I use...
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Details of System Center Orchestrator Service Configuration Dependencies for...
Microsoft’s own Jim Britt just posted a great article over on the Building Clouds blog that describes in detail System Center 2012 Orchestrator and service dependencies. While this is good general...
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Hyper-V Leads the Virtualization Market in Latin America
Hyper-V is now ranked number one in Latin America for x86 virtualization, with 44.10% of the market share for Q3 2013, according to the IDC study “Latin America Server Virtualization Tracker Q3 2013.”...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: By Scenario – Dev/Test
A Hybrid environment offers fertile ground for a lot of different scenarios, and in this post I’ll examine the value of the Hybrid Cloud in the dev/test phase of any project.One of the reasons that a...
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Using Compare-VM on Compare-VM
I have been spending a lot of time this week looking at all the functionality that is available in the Compare-VM PowerShell cmdlet in Hyper-V. The core concept of Compare-VM is that it returns a...
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KB: "HostAgentFail (2912); HR: 0x80041001" error when any System Center...
Here’s some information on a new Knowledge Base article we published. The symptoms of the issue are as follows:Any Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) activity (such as a copy...
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Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center (MVA)
Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System CenterFree online event with live Q&A: http://aka.ms/virtDCWednesday, February 19th from 9am – 5pm PST If you're new to virtualization, or if...
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Configuration Manager Distribution Points and Windows Server 2012 Data...
-- Bippen Bisht | Software Development Engineer Introduction In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, one of the major changes with regards to the package and application content storage and...
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Configuration Manager Distribution Points and Windows Server 2012 Data...
-- Bippen Bisht | Software Development Engineer Introduction In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, one of the major changes with regards to the package and application content storage and...
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Top Support Solutions for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (updated quarterly). Note that some content that...
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Hosting Providers and HRM
If you are a hosting provider who is interested in offering DR as a service – you should go over this great post by Gaurav on how Hyper-V Recovery Manager (HRM) helps you build this capability...
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Alternative Microsoft Training Options, Many Free!
Written by Dan Cuomo & Scott Simkins | Microsoft Platforms Premier Field Engineers and 1st Time AskPFEPlat BloggersHi Fellow IT Pros,All too often we hear a common phrase from our customers, “I...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: By Scenario – Disaster Recovery
There are no shortage of disasters – either natural or man-made – but the cloud has also made mitigating these disasters simple and cost effective. These technical advances have moved Disaster Recovery...
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Free eBook: Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution
We just announced a new eBook titled Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution that is free to download right now. The vast majority of the book is focused on architecture and...
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Support Tip: Computers connect to Windows Update to download updates during...
~ Bryan XiaoWhen deploying an operating system to clients using an OS image with either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) or System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr...
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How to use OpsMgr to leverage monitors on groups as overall health indicators
~ Claudio BrogliaHello, my name is Claudio Broglia, I’m a Dataplatform Consultant in Microsoft Services Italy.Many customers ask me about having a monitor for a group of servers that would provide some...
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Dell announces new solution for Windows Server 2012 R2
Last week Dell announced the Dell Wyse Datacenter for Microsoft VDI and vWorkspace that can scale from ten to tens of thousands of seats. Dell’s platform supports the RemoteFX virtual graphics...
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