Debugging PowerShell DSC Class Resources
Traditionally PowerShell script debugging has been limited to script running inside the PowerShell console or ISE (Integrated Script Environment), which means you are limited to debugging script that...
View ArticleHOTFIX: ConfigMgr 1511 cannot connect to a SQL server that has the Service...
If you find that your System Center Configuration Manager 1511 site server can’t connect to your SQL server, check for entries that resemble the following in both the smsexec.log and hman.log files on...
View ArticleMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager build 1602 is now available
We are happy to announce that our first update for the current branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released! The latest version of Configuration Manager is now 1602.This update...
View ArticleReading the mouse position of a Hyper-V VM
Last week I showed you how to automate setting the mouse position in a virtual machine. You can also read the current position of the mouse cursor using this code:$VMName = “Windows 10 Enterprise”...
View ArticleSecure Administrative Workstations
Hi All. This Jerry Devore a Midwest PFE back after a long hiatus from blogging.If you thumb through the owner’s manual of your car you will find a maintenance schedule section. There you can see how...
View ArticleWindows & Linux Patching Survey
The Operations Management Suite product team wants to hear about your requirements and frustrations with managing Patching/Compliance for Windows & Linux servers.To provide feedback, please follow...
View ArticleBasic UI Customization in new Self Service Portal (HTML5)
With new HTML5 Self Service portal, one of the key aspect is level of customization which it supports. One of the basic thing which everyone wants is to change look and feel of portal based on their...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure reaches milestones in Canada, Germany and United States to...
This week the Microsoft Cloud reached new major milestones to bring the benefits of Microsoft Azure to additional customers in the Canada, Germany and the United States in order to help them achieve...
View ArticleA hybrid approach to IT automation in Microsoft Operations Management Suite
Last week, we began looking at IT automation capabilities in Operations Management Suite (OMS) as part of the OMS tour blog series. Today, we will look at how automation can work across a hybrid...
View Article#AzureAD and Windows 10 on mobile phones!
Howdy folks!Just a quick post today. The Windows phone fans among you will be excited to know we published a TechNet article about using Azure AD (including Azure AD Join) with your Windows 10 Mobile...
View ArticleChecking the mouse button state in Hyper-V
Continuing in my series on Hyper-V automation; as well as being able to get the position of the mouse cursor in the virtual machine – you can also check the mouse button state.$VMName = “Windows 10...
View ArticleWork Folders for Android – Released
We are happy to announce that an Android app for Work Folders has been released into the Google PlayStore® and is available as a free download. Work Folders for Android app in the Google PlayStore –...
View ArticleLunch Break / s2 e10 / Blair Hanley Frank, IDG News Service
In the final segment of my conversation with Blair Hanley Frank we talk about our first PC’s, how the motivation for many companies to move to the cloud has changed, the huge benefits of hybrid cloud...
View ArticleJoin the Cloud Platform team in NOLA at Microsoft Envision— Register today
Haven’t heard of Microsoft Envision? That’s because it is a new, business-focused conference launching in New Orleans, April 4-6, tailored towards business leaders in operations, finance, sales,...
View ArticleNew script to automatically remove a management pack with dependencies in...
When attempting to delete a management pack from a management group in Operations Manager, it can become very time consuming to recursively track down and delete all of the dependent management packs...
View ArticleNew in Intune: Improved end user experience for iOS and other service...
The Microsoft Intune team is always working on new features and service enhancements designed to help you more effectively manage apps and devices, and provide your end users with the seamless mobile...
View ArticleControlling the Uncontrollable, Component 4: Authentication
A major theme of the work done by my team emphasizes Microsoft’s perspective that identity should be the control plane for your enterprise. In the past we used to build perimeters around organizations...
View ArticleNo mas, Samas: What’s in this ransomware’s modus operandi?
We’ve seen how ransomware managed to become a threat category that sends consumers and enterprise reeling when it hits them. It has become a high-commodity malware that is used as payload to spam...
View ArticleThe ABC language, thirty years later…
Back in March 1986, I was in my second year of college (Data Processing at the Universidade Federal do Ceara in Brazil). I was also teaching programming night classes at a Brazilian technical school....
View ArticlePFE Days: Microsoft Irvine office: Thursday, March 24th, 2016: Vital Signs...
Hi all, If you guys are in the Irvine, Orange County area, stop by for 2-3 hours of automating the Windows client and server performance troubleshooting using CLUE. • Have you been manually setting up...
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