Known Issue: Secondary Site installation failure with Cumulative Update 2
We have confirmed an issue with Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 that affects new secondary site installations. This issue does not affect upgrades...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework 4.0 Preview Now Available
With the availability of Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, we hope everyone has been enjoying our updates to Windows PowerShell and other management tools. We especially hope...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework (WMF) v4.0 Details and Download
Because we want as many people as possible to benefit from our work, we intend to release a new version of Windows Management Framework (WMF), namely a version 4.0. To reach this end, we are also...
View ArticleExchange Connector 3.0 RTM Bug Fix Available Now
As many of you discovered and pointed out, there is a bug in the Exchange Connector 3.0 RTM that is related to extending the work item classes data model with custom properties. For example, this...
View ArticleHow to Fix Windows Server 2012 Shared Folder Inaccessible on a VM
Hey y’all, Mark here with a post about an issue we’re seeing with many of our customers lately. Hopefully, we’ll save you a couple hours of head-scratching and Bing searches. The Problem:You deploy a...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Beginning and Ending with Customer-specific Scenarios
Over the last three weeks, Microsoft has made an excitingseries of announcements about its next wave of products, including Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014, Visual Studio...
View ArticleGetting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start
Don’t miss this opportunity; get your staff together and learn about PowerShell right from the source! Join Jeffrey Snover, the inventor of PowerShell, together with Jason Helmick, Senior Technologist...
View ArticleSupport Tool for Windows Intune Trial Management of Windows Phone 8
Hello everyone. My name is Frank Novak and I am an Operations Engineer on the Windows Intune Service with the primary focus on supportability of the service. Today I wanted to go through the...
View ArticleTransform your Business for New Opportunities with Microsoft & HP's Modern...
As the Microsoft lead for the joint Infrastructure to Applications (I2A) initiative with HP I can’t wait to get to the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston next week. It’s a great chance to catch up...
View ArticleAdvance Notification Service for July 2103 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, six Critical and one Important, for July 2013. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Task Scheduler for Windows 8 & Server 2012
Hello AskPerf! This is going to be a quick blog post to alert you to some of the changes in Windows 8 and Server 2012 as it relates to Task Scheduler. Most of these changes are a welcome addition like...
View ArticleWe Wore Out the Bulls – TechEd Europe 2013 Takes a Siesta
Now that TechEd Europe 2013 has drawn to a close, we wanted to thank all of our readers globally for your participation here, on twitter and Facebook. We enjoy giving you the best possible information...
View ArticleExtending the Data Warehouse and Reporting for Unix Computers
Setting Things UpOne of the common asks I have been hearing lately is for information on how to extend the data warehouse and reporting, most often to be able to report on Unix computers including...
View ArticleBecause TechNet didn't have enough Active Directory awesomeness already
Time for a quick lesson in blog history. There'll be a quiz at the end! Ok not really, but some history all the same.Back a few years ago when we here at Microsoft were just starting to get savvy to...
View ArticleNew OpsMgr Management Packs Released
1. IBM Storage Management Pack version 2.10 - The IBM Storage Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a set of software modules, or management packs, which you can use...
View ArticleKB: The 'My requests' view in the Service Manager Self-Service portal takes...
The 'My requests' view in the Service Manager Self-Service portal takes long time to load or stays blank. This may happen to a limited number of users and those with large numbers of incidents. If you...
View ArticleTop Picks from TechEd 2013: Upgrading Networking Infrastructure and Management
TechEd consistently delivers a wealth of technical information from the best speakers in the world. We thought it would be a great time to pick some of our favorite sessions from the most highly rated...
View ArticleA fresh face for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center
Today we launched our new Microsoft Malware Protection Center website.Throughout the redesign process we have been listening to your feedback. You asked for an easier way to find our security software...
View ArticleImportant Hyper-V Update–July 2013 rollup
The Windows Server 2012 July 2013 update rollup is an important one to install on Hyper-V servers. Specifically because of this update:2853952 Active Directory database becomes corrupted when a...
View ArticleBrad Anderson Examines People-centric IT in Action – End-to-End Scenarios...
When you upgrade a notebook computer or a smartphone device, do you really want to think about how that gets accomplished? Most users don’t but we know IT Professionals and Developers do, so we are...
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