Looking for Wasted Space inside Virtual Machines
Recently, I tried to update the operating system installed inside of one of my virtual machines. I quickly received an error message stating that I did not have enough free space available to perform...
View ArticleLooking to talk to Storage, Network or Application Administrators
We are looking to talk to Storage, Network and Application Administratorsto understand their challenges within their areas of expertise. If you fall into one of these roles and are will to do a 30min...
View ArticleSuccess with Hybrid Cloud webinar series
Later this month, we’ll be running the second episode in our webinar series “Success with Hybrid Cloud.” The series features Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich and Corporate Vice President...
View ArticleThe VMM team wants you…to tell us what you want
On the product team we get excited to know people are using the software and services that we build every day. We joined this team because we want to make your life easier. We know a lot about our...
View ArticleAllowing non-Administrators to control Hyper-V–Updated
A long time ago, I did a post about how to allow non-Administrative users to control Hyper-V. Then I did a post that showed you how to script this whole configuration. Finally, I did a post that...
View ArticleDetails on protecting Windows Server 2003 computers using Data Protection...
~ Michael JacquetHello, Mike Jacquet here. I wanted to take a minute to detail how System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) Update Rollup 2 (UR2) re-adds support for Windows 2003...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Common VPN issues on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
[This post comes to us courtesy of Sabir Chandwale, Harshal Charde, Ajay Sarkaria and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support]In our previous post, we covered steps involved in configuring VPN...
View ArticleKB: After applying UR5 to Orchestrator 2012 SP1 some Runbooks fail
After installing Update Rollup 5 (UR5) to System Center 2012 Orchestrator Service Pack 1 (SP1) some Runbooks will fail and certain functionality will no longer work within the designer. Below are two...
View ArticleAuthoring Integration Modules for SMA
Introduction If you’re familiar with Service Management Automation (SMA), you’re probably aware that PowerShell is the fundamental technology that makes SMA so great. But PowerShell itself is great due...
View ArticleSuccess with Enterprise Mobility: Mobile Productivity
In any enterprise mobility management system, the most commonly used capabilities are the settings management (MDM) functions. Once the settings are all calibrated to the needs of the organization, the...
View ArticleSetting up non-administrative control of Hyper-V through PowerShell–Updated
Yesterday, I told you about how it was now easier to allow a non-administrative user to control Hyper-V. This is nice – but it does mean that this script that I blogged about 4 years ago no longer...
View ArticleJune 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the June 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the webcast replay. We answered six questions on air, with the majority focusing on the updates for TCP...
View ArticleProgrammatically Detecting when a VM Changes State
Every now and then I get asked how to detect whenever a virtual machine changes state. Usually, people who ask about this have written some code that periodically queries Hyper-V to see what state...
View ArticlePublic IP Address Requirements within a Windows Azure Pack environment
IntroductionHello everyone, this is Kenon Owens from the Windows Server and System Center CAT Team in Asia Pacific. I created this post as I have been working with customers recently who asked this...
View ArticlePowerShell: One-liners to Get You Started
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!" Ok, this isn't a Shakespeare blog but PowerShell continues to be sung from the mountain tops and it's only getting louder. So much so, that I wish I...
View ArticleLearning from Cloud: Insights to Inform Your Strategy
This week, we’re kicking off a blog series called “Learning from Cloud.” The purpose of this blog series is to provide you with a guided tour of the infrastructure innovation that Microsoft is...
View ArticleWe're Listening! Contribute your feature suggestions for Windows Azure Pack!
Do you have an idea or suggestion based on your experience with Azure Pack ? We would love to hear it!You can provide your suggestions and ideas at...
View ArticlePreview Release of ADAL for Windows Phone 8.1 Now Available!
Howdy folks, Today I am happy to announce that our SDK family just gained a new member: the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) for Windows Phone 8.1! ADAL for Windows Phone further extends...
View ArticleWhat version of Linux Supports what in Hyper-V?
We have been doing a lot of work to increase the functionality of Linux on top of Hyper-V, and we have been contributing the necessary changes directly to the main Linux source. While this is all good...
View ArticleSuccess with Enterprise Mobility: Empowering SCCM Admins
This is a message to the SCCM administrators who are looking to expand their influence and improve their organization. Right now, a lot of SCCM admins are wary of using the cloud, and I’m dedicating...
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