Microsoft and Intel squeezed hyper-convergence into the overhead bin
This post was authored by Cosmos Darwin, Program Manager, Windows Server.The ChallengeIn the Windows Server team, we tend to focus on going big. Our enterprise customers and service providers are...
View ArticleFix for Office 365 Integration issue with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials...
There was a known issue about Microsoft Office 365 Integration failure on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials due to exceeding the maximum message size quota for incoming messages while retrieving the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Essentials is now GA
Windows Server 2016 Essentials has reached the GA (General Availability) milestone as a part of Windows Server 2016 launch. The product is now available in all channels. For more details, visit the...
View ArticleJoin the PowerShell 10th Anniversary Celebration!
On November 14th, PowerShell will have been shipping for 10 years, so the team is going to celebrate with a day-long event, running from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (PST). This will be streaming live and shown...
View ArticleSync Error Reports in Azure AD Connect Health are now in Public Preview!
Howdy folks!If you follow this blog regularly, you know that over the past 6 months weve been adding a lot of new features to Azure AD Connect Health. It is one of our more widely used Azure AD Premium...
View ArticleService Manager now available in System Center 2016
Hi everyone! We are delighted to announce the availability of System Center 2016 Service Manager. This new release of Service Manager contains a wide array of additions & improvements- its faster,...
View ArticleAllowing an additional host to run a VM with virtual TPM
Recently a colleague got a new PC and asked me how he could migrate his existing virtual machines to his new system. Because he had enabled a virtual Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on these VMs, he...
View ArticleSCOM – MongoDB Monitoring Survey
The System Center Operations Manager product team wants to hear about your requirements on MongoDB monitoring.To provide your feedback, please follow this link to the survey –...
View ArticleOpen Survey – Tell us about your latest and greatest IT monitoring/ analytics...
We at Microsoft are committed towards understanding and solving the problems of our customers. Your response to this survey will aid us in that endeavor. With your inputs we will be able to make the...
View ArticleThe October 2016 Azure Backup update for Microsoft Azure Recovery Services...
The October 2016 Azure Backup update for the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent is now available for download. The new features, improvements, and fixes for Azure Backup that are provided in the...
View ArticleOffice 2013 can now block macros to help prevent infection
In response to the growing trend of macro-based threats, a new feature in Office 2016 allows an enterprise administrator to block users from running macros in Office documents that originated from the...
View ArticleNetwork Virtualization in the Windows Server 2016 Software Defined Networking...
By Jason Messer, Senior Program ManagerUsing VXLAN for Encapsulation and OVSDB for Policy DistributionWindows Server 2016 is the perfect platform for building your Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)...
View ArticleAnnouncing the launch of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016
Today, we are announcing the release of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016. This marks the tenth major release for the product that has been in the market serving various application integration customer...
View ArticleA deep-dive into Cluster OS Rolling Upgrades in Windows Server 2016
The story of Failover Clustering in Windows Server goes back to Windows NT! This feature was developed largely as a way to keep servers and their underlying applications and workloads running – even if...
View ArticleThe October Edition of “The Endpoint Zone” — aka 1610!
This month’s Endpoint Zone is packed!In this episode, Simon andI dive in on the massive amount of news from Ignite, we recap the foundation session, and then there’s a long chunk of live demos (AADIP,...
View ArticleCreate new management packs with the Visual Studio Authoring Extension
The Visual Studio Authoring Extension now allows you to create management packs for System Center 2016 Operations Manager. When creating a new management pack project in Visual Studio, you can now...
View Article#AzureAD B2B Invitation API is now in public preview!
Howdy folks,We have heard from you loud and clear that Azure AD B2B (business to business) collaboration capabilities are critical to your success. So we are working to make them as efficient as...
View ArticleBreaking down EMS Conditional Access: Part 1
This post is the first in a 3-part series detailing Conditional Access from Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security.The way your employees interact with their devices, apps, and corporate data has...
View ArticleAnnouncing Season 3 of “Brad Anderson’s Lunch Break”
One of the things I love most about my job is how often I get to meet up with the amazing partners, customers, analysts, and journalists who work with/in/around technology.Sometimes these conversations...
View ArticleOur commitment to our customer’s security
This guest blog post is by Terry Myerson, executive vice president, Windows and Devices GroupWindows is the only platform with a customer commitment to investigate reported security issues and...
View Article