NVMe, SSD and HDD storage configurations in Storage Spaces Direct TP5
Hello, Claus here again. This time we’ll take a look at the work we’ve done to support systems with three tiers of storage (NVMe + SSD + HDD) in Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).If you’re familiar with...
View ArticleAutomatic Configuration in Storage Spaces Direct TP5
Hello, Claus here again. This time we’ll take a look at the work done around simplifying the deployment of Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).If you have been following along, you know that once you form a...
View ArticleRelease Announcement – Vulnerability Assessment Configuration Pack
Author: Raghu Kethineni, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and MobilityToday we are announcing the release of a new Vulnerability Assessment Configuration Pack for System Center Configuration...
View ArticleIntune Service Health is now available in the Office 365 portal
In response to your feedback asking for fewer portals, we are already migrating Intune subscription management into the Office 365 management portal.We have also received feedback from you asking for...
View ArticleARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Multi-tier applications
Hello Readers! This blog is part 6 of the series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll discuss how the deployment of multi-tier applications concepts you are...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Node Fairness in Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 introduces the Node Fairness feature to optimize the utilization of nodes in a Failover Cluster. During the lifecycle of your private cloud, certain operations (such as rebooting a...
View ArticleSpeeding Up Failover Tips-n-Tricks
From time-to-time people ask me for suggestions on what tweaks they can do to make Windows server Failover Cluster failover faster. In this blog I’ll discuss a few tips-n-tricks.Disable NetBIOS– Unless...
View ArticleSystem Center 2016 Operations Manager – Network Monitoring Management Pack...
Until now, System Center Operations Manager would provide extended monitoring only for the devices that were certified by Microsoft, all other devices would just get basic monitoring and are referred...
View ArticleSystem Center 2016 Operations Manager Scalability Improvement in Unix/Linux...
System Center 2016 Operations Manager could now monitor twice as much as Linux/Unix agents per Management Server, against the previously supported scale.Operations Manager would now use the new Async...
View ArticleNano Server Monitoring in System Center 2016 Operations Manager
Hello Customers,As you might know already, Windows Server 2016 offers Nano Server as a new installation option. Nano Server is an operating system optimized for private clouds and data centers. System...
View ArticlePartner Solutions in System Center Operations Manager
Hello CustomersAt Microsoft we believe in helping customers get the best possible monitoring solutions. In addition to Microsoft-provided management packs and MP authoring solution, there is a...
View ArticleAlert Data Management in System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5 – Operations...
We have received feedback form customers like you about seeing a lot of alerts in your environment with some of them being unwanted. One of the major reasons for seeing this kind of behaviour is not...
View ArticleUpdates to “MP Updates and Recommendations” Feature in System Center 2016...
The first version of the new “Management Pack Updates and Recommendations” feature was introduced in Technical Preview 4 release of System Center 2016. This feature recommends Management Packs for...
View ArticleConsole UI Performance Improvements in System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5...
We have made performance improvements to alert views in the Operations console to increase responsiveness. With this feature you will see the below improvements:Alert view is optimized to load...
View ArticleCheck Out the New Intune App SDK Support for Xamarin & Cordova!
Earlier this week the Intune team announced big news: After intensive collaboration between the Visual Studio and Xamarin teams, there are now two new tools available that will make it dramatically...
View ArticleWindows 10, Hyper-V and Wireless – a new way to make this all work
Anyone who has used Hyper-V on a laptop is familiar with the pain of configuring Hyper-V virtual networking with wifi networking. In fact, I have written multiple blogsaboutthis over the years. Well,...
View ArticleInstalling Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 Insider Preview
Hello again, Allen Sudbring here Premier Field engineer in the Central Region. Today I want to talk about an exciting new feature coming with the Anniversary update to Windows 10 that was announced at...
View ArticleJoin us for a webinar on Windows Server 2016 this week
What are you doing on Thursday? Why not join us for a webinar? We finished our ten post series on the ten reasons you’ll love Windows Server 2016. Two of our favorite speakers – Jeff Woolsey,...
View ArticleSkype for Business Online and RMS sharing apps – now available without device...
Providing end users with a great experience on their managed apps is as is as important as having the right portfolio of apps. If your people don’t have a good experience with an app, they won’t use it...
View ArticleTop Support Solutions for Windows Server 2012 R2
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using Windows Server 2012 R2 (updated quarterly). Note that some content that applies to earlier...
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