Ignite Recap: Remote Desktop Services
What an incredible Microsoft Ignite we had this year!Thanks to the 800+ of you who came to our breakout sessions and learned about RDS Improvements in Windows Server 2016 and Citrix innovations on our...
View ArticleADMX Version History
Hi Everyone, My name is Kai Ohnesorge and I am working with Microsoft in a position as Premier Field Engineer (PFE) based in Germany. In my job I am confronted with a large amount of GPO topics, one...
View ArticleGeneral Availability of Windows Server and Hyper-V Containers in Windows...
The general availability of Windows Server 2016 marks a major milestone in our journey to bring world class container technologies to Windows customers. From the first time, we showcased this...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from the Trident/Pegasus iOS Vulnerability
Its been severalweeks since the story broke about Trident/Pegasus and the vulnerabilities they exploited in iOS. There has certainly been a significant (although a lot less than expected) amount of...
View ArticleIn case you missed it: #AzureAD PowerShell v2.0 is now in public preview!
Howdy folks,We have launched so many public previews and so many capabilities have reachedGArecently that even if you are a follower of our blog you might have missed this bit of news: #AzureAD...
View ArticlePSScriptAnalyzer Community Call – Oct 18, 2016
Please join PSScriptAnalyzer community call on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 10:00 AM PDT via Skype or telephone. You can find the meeting agenda here.SkypeClick the following link to join the meeting via...
View ArticleTroubleshooting failed password changes after installing MS16-101
Hi! Linda Taylor here, Senior Escalation Engineer in the Directory Services space. I have spent the last month working with customers worldwide who experienced password change failures after installing...
View ArticleSqueezing hyper-convergence into the overhead bin, for barely $1,000/server:...
This tiny two-server cluster packs powerful compute and spacious storage into one cubic foot.The ChallengeIn the Windows Server team, we tend to focus on going big. Our enterprise customers and service...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager is now available
Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2016 UR1) is now available. After you install this update, you can store backups by using Modern DPM Storage technology....
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 1 for Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator is now available
The Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator General Availability Update Rollup is now available. This update rollup package provides a collection of minor improvements to Orchestrator and we...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Operations Manager is now available
Just a quick note to let you know that Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2016 Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2016 UR1) is now available. For all the details regarding UR1for OpsMgr 2016, please see the...
View ArticleTLS for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management (SMI-S) and System Center...
In a previous blog post, I discussed setting up the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service (referred to below as Storage Service) on Windows Server 2012 R2. For Windows Server 2016 and...
View ArticleNew Office Update to address some of the scaling issues with Skype for...
Hi Everyone,This is Kim Johnson from the Windows 10 client supportability team. I wanted to share some exciting news around some new updates for display scaling issues in Skype for Business 2016 and...
View ArticleBuilding a KMS host on Windows 7
Windows 7 with SP1Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?C2=14019This blog post is part of a series of posts, detailing the build process and activating capabilities of a KMS...
View ArticleIntroducing the Nano Server Image Builder
Hi there,Scott Johnson here to talk about the new Nano Server Image Builder tool. The Nano Server Image Builder helps you create a custom Nano Server image and bootable USB media with the aid of a...
View ArticleSQL Server support for System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager
If you’re using Microsoft System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2016), we have a new KB article available that describes the Microsoft SQL Server version that can be used with it. For all the...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Direct with Persistent Memory
Howdy, Claus here again, this time with Dan Lovinger.At our recent Ignite conference we had some very exciting results and experiences to share around Storage Spaces Direct and Windows Server 2016. One...
View ArticleWindows Failover Cluster Storage Quick Test
This blog post brought to you by eighteen year veteran Microsoft Premier Field Engineer David Morgan.Goal of this PostOne of the best troubleshooting tools around for Windows Failover Cluster since...
View ArticleSystem Center 2016 Operations Manager – Data Driven Alert Management (Tune...
A critical problem that IT Professionals face today is separating critical alerts and non-essential alerts. They are flooded with alerts, many of which do not warrant concern, or should be the center...
View ArticleSystem Center 2016 Operations Manager – MP Updates and Recommendations...
System Center Operations Manager users may face the following common challenges during the lifecycle of a Management Pack (MP):Continually reviewing the ever-changing IT environments (dynamic) for new...
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