Out-of-Band Release to Address Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983
At approximately 10 a.m. PDT, we will release an out-of-band security update to address the issue affecting Internet Explorer (IE) that was first discussed in Security Advisory 2963983. This update is...
View ArticleSecurity Update Released to Address Recent Internet Explorer Vulnerability
Today, we released a security update to address the Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability first described in Security Advisory 2963983 . This security update addresses every version of Internet...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Reporting Services installation fails in System Center 2012...
Just a quick note to let you know about a hotfix we just released. When you try to install the Reporting Services Point site system role in a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2014
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2014 at the top of the topic. This post also contains...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica to the Rescue!
Power outages are not infrequent where I live (something I find quite confounding – to be honest) and earlier this week we had an extended power outage and my Hyper-V servers were powered off...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2014
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2014 at the top of the topic. This post also contains...
View ArticleConfiguring Microsoft Azure Online Backup on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
[This post comes to us courtesy of Mandeep Singh Parmar and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] Microsoft Azure Backup is a cloud-based backup solution that enables online backup and...
View ArticleManaging SSH enabled Linux hosts using Service Management Automation
I was recently asked by a couple of customers who were integrating the Windows Azure Pack with their datacenter if it was possible to manage Linux servers and network devices using SMA by leveraging...
View ArticleMicrosoft Invites You to Join the Cloud Conversation!
The 4th annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey has just been launched by North Bridge and GigaOM Research.We are participating in this survey because your feedback on cloud computing is important to...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow
Hi Again, I am Jeff Buller from the WSSC CAT Team. Today I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow that our team is conducting across the US during May and...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC Blog Series–Part 2, Authoring DSC Resources when Cmdlets...
Welcome to Part 2 in my PowerShell Desired State Configuration blog series. In Part 1 last week, I pulled together a number of online resources that helped me when getting up to speed on DSC. This...
View ArticleSecure Extranet Publication of Exchange 2010 OWA via Server 2012 R2 Web...
Hello all, Jesse Esquivel here again with a post about publishing Exchange 2010 via Server 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy (WAP). Before we get started on this post I wanted to take a minute to talk...
View ArticleReplication Health-Windows Server 2012 R2
We have made improvements to the way we display Replication Health in Windows Server 2012 R2 to support Extend Replication. If you are new to measuring replication health, I would strongly suggest you...
View ArticleService Manager now supports SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2
Hi folks, this is just a small post announcing that Service Manager 2012 SP1 and 2012 R2 now officially supports Service Pack 2 for SharePoint 2010.Among other improvements, Service Pack 2 for...
View ArticleAutomation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog–May 2014 Cross-Post...
Hello Readers!It is that time again; time for me to cross-reference the great work being published over on the System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog!And let’s be honest, this blog is so much more...
View ArticleTop Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager
These are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using System Center 2012 Operations Manager (updated quarterly).1. Solutions related to operations or...
View ArticleThe evolution of Rovnix: new Virtual File System (VFS)
Last July, we published a blog about Rovnix’s private TCP/IP stack.We recently discovered another evolution in Rovnix – a variant that introduces a new Virtual File System (VFS). With our latest...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Discovery Data Manager slows when it rebuilds .ncf files on startup...
Here’s some info on a hotfix we just released. The issue you might see is that at primary site servers in a site hierarchy, Discovery Data Manager (DDM) spends significant time rebuilding network...
View ArticleWe'll be seeing you at TechEd
Hi all, Ned here again. This is just a quick amplification post: many of us from FileCab will be at TechEd 2014 next week in Houston. Jose has a comprehensive list at his blog:Building your schedule...
View ArticleEnabling Database as a Service with the Microsoft Private Cloud Stack
Hello Readers,During the course of the last few weeks and months, we’ve been publishing many different articles related to automating database deployments, templates for database workloads in Windows...
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