Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 availability via WSUS
Hi WSUS Admins, The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 will be made available via Windows Server Update Services on 13 January 2015 . You can learn more about .NET Framework 4.5.2 here . Useful information...
View ArticleLarge Scale VDI deployment using Hyper-V with Storage Tiers and Data...
Need some help planning a large scale, highly efficient Personal Desktop deployment that leverages Storage Tiers and Data Deduplication? If so, our friends on the File Server team published a detailed...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Applications may not install after a computer restart in System...
Just a quick note about a ConfigMgr 2012 hotfix we recently released. There’s an issue in Configuration Manager 2012 where multiple applications in a dependency chain may not install after the...
View ArticleDeduplication of DPM Storage: Reduce DPM Storage Consumption
DPM is an enterprise class backup solution that provides simple yet powerful workflows for protecting server and client deployments in a data center. DPM can be leveraged to backup data to any...
View ArticleSetting up Port Mirroring to Capture Mirrored Traffic on a Hyper-V Virtual...
Hi folks Gopal here again from the Microsoft Networking Escalation team. The article below provides steps on how a Hyper-V virtual machine running on Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 can be used to capture...
View ArticleImproved Azure AD Graph API and Client libraries for .Net, Android, iOS and...
Howdy folks, We're starting off the year with two pieces of news for developers writing apps for Azure AD: 1. A new set of Azure AD Graph client libraries for .Net, Android and iOS 2. An...
View ArticleKB: Signed drivers are displayed as unsigned in System Center Configuration...
Consider the following scenario: - An administrator tries to import drivers into ConfigMgr 2007 or ConfigMgr 2012. - The site server is running Windows Server 2008 R2. - The drivers are signed.In this...
View ArticleEmotet spam campaign targets banking credentials
A new variant in the Win32/Emotet family is targeting banking credentials with a new spam email campaign. The emails include fraudulent claims, such as fake phone bills, and invoices from banks or...
View ArticleHyper-V Reporting Script
Serhat AKINCI, a Hyper-V MVP, has just posted this very useful script:https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Hyper-V-Reporting-Script-4adaf5d0In his own words:It can be difficult to monitor and assess...
View ArticleKB: You can't import drivers into System Center Configuration Manager
Consider the following scenario: - An administrator tries to import drivers into ConfigMgr 2007 or ConfigMgr 2012. - The site server is running Windows Server 2008 R2. - The drivers are signed. In this...
View ArticleHave a say on the future of System Center
The System Center leadership team is looking to hear from you on the challenges you face with your Management tools and where you would like to see us invest going forward.We put together a short...
View ArticleHave a say on the future of System Center
The System Center leadership team is looking to hear from you on the challenges you face with your Management tools and where you would like to see us invest going forward.We put together a short...
View ArticleHave a say on the future of System Center
The System Center leadership team is looking to hear from you on the challenges you face with your Management tools and where you would like to see us invest going forward.We put together a short...
View ArticleHave a say on the future of System Center
The System Center leadership team is looking to hear from you on the challenges you face with your Management tools and where you would like to see us invest going forward. We put together a short...
View ArticleAzure AD Custom Attribute Mapping for SAAS App User Provisioning
Howdy folks, Today's blog is a little different – it about a preview that's been live for a while now, but which we haven't previously blogged about. So many of you probably didn't even know it is...
View ArticleHow to migrate local ports when doing print migration
Hello Askperf! My name is Tingu, and today I’m going to talk about an interesting print migration issue I had a few weeks ago. We had a case where an application server was running on Windows 2003,...
View ArticleHave a say on the future of System Center
Hello everybody and a Very happy New Year to all of you.We in the System Center team are entering the new year in a planning cycle and we would like for all of you to be part of it.The System Center...
View ArticleAzure Pack Tenant portal extensibilities – Part 1
Hello folks!Hope everyone had a great holiday! Its been a while since I last blogged and so I thought I’d kick start the good habit again in the new year with an interesting blog series. In this...
View ArticleEvolving Microsoft's Advance Notification Service in 2015
Our Advance Notification Service (ANS) was created more than a decade ago as part of Update Tuesday to broadly communicate in advance, about the security updates being released for Microsoft products...
View ArticleCase of the blank print jobs
Hello Askperf! Anshuman here again with an interesting issue I worked a few weeks ago. The following pop-up appeared on my workstation intermittently: I then realized that I had the Send To OneNote...
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