Support Announcements for April 2014
Author: Harini Muralidharan, Program Manager, Configuration Manager Sustained Engineering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager support Microsoft...
View ArticleDeep Dive: Password Reset with On-Premise Sync in Azure AD Premium
Howdy folks, Administrators have been able to reset their forgotten passwords in Azure AD for a long time now and we've heard lots of requests from customers who also want to enable their end users to...
View ArticleHow to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2
My name is Steven Graves and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows Core Team. In this blog, I will discuss how to configure MSDTC to use a specific port on Windows Server...
View ArticleHOTFIX: "Failed to create media (0x800700b7)" error when you try to create...
Consider the following scenario: - You try to create an Operating System Deployment Task Sequence in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (ConfigMgr 2007 SP2). - You add...
View ArticleUsing RD Gateway with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
MVPs Freek Berson and Kristin L. Griffin have posted a new blog article: Step By Step – Using Windows Server 2012 R2 RD Gateway with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication. If you’re looking to use...
View ArticleIntroducing Script Browser - A world of scripts at your fingertips
To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros: wandering through different script galleries, forums and blogs, switching back and forth between webpages...
View ArticleMP Blog : Silect MP Author Webinar
Don't miss out on Silect's Webinar on MP Authoring tomorrow. Sign up at silect.comThursday May 1, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT ThanksDaniel Savage
View ArticleWant to work on Azure AD? We're hiring!
Howdy folks, Now that we've launched Azure AD Premium we're going to be growing the AD team very rapidly. In fact over the next 60 days alone we are aiming to hire >30 new engineers into the team!...
View ArticleTop Support Solutions for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Here are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues IT Pros experience when using or deploying Windows 8 or 8.1 (updated quarterly).1. Solutions related to installing or upgrading...
View ArticleHyper-V Replica to the Rescue!
Power outages are not infrequent where I live (something I find quite confounding – to be honest) and earlier this week we had an extended power outage and my Hyper-V servers were powered off...
View ArticleOut-of-Band Release to Address Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983
At approximately 10 a.m. PDT, we will release an out-of-band security update to address the issue affecting Internet Explorer (IE) that was first discussed in Security Advisory 2963983. This update is...
View ArticleSecurity Update Released to Address Recent Internet Explorer Vulnerability
Today, we released a security update to address the Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability first described in Security Advisory 2963983 . This security update addresses every version of Internet...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Reporting Services installation fails in System Center 2012...
Just a quick note to let you know about a hotfix we just released. When you try to install the Reporting Services Point site system role in a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2014
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2014 at the top of the topic. This post also contains...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2014
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2014 at the top of the topic. This post also contains...
View ArticleConfiguring Microsoft Azure Online Backup on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
[This post comes to us courtesy of Mandeep Singh Parmar and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] Microsoft Azure Backup is a cloud-based backup solution that enables online backup and...
View ArticleManaging SSH enabled Linux hosts using Service Management Automation
I was recently asked by a couple of customers who were integrating the Windows Azure Pack with their datacenter if it was possible to manage Linux servers and network devices using SMA by leveraging...
View ArticleMicrosoft Invites You to Join the Cloud Conversation!
The 4th annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey has just been launched by North Bridge and GigaOM Research.We are participating in this survey because your feedback on cloud computing is important to...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow
Hi Again, I am Jeff Buller from the WSSC CAT Team. Today I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow that our team is conducting across the US during May and...
View ArticlePowerShell DSC Blog Series–Part 2, Authoring DSC Resources when Cmdlets...
Welcome to Part 2 in my PowerShell Desired State Configuration blog series. In Part 1 last week, I pulled together a number of online resources that helped me when getting up to speed on DSC. This...
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