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Container Storage Support with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces...
By Amitabh Tamhane Goals: This topic provides an overview of providing persistent storage for containers with data volumes backed by Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and SMB...
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Understanding SSD endurance: drive writes per day (DWPD), terabytes written...
Hi! I’m Cosmos. Follow me on Twitter @cosmosdarwin. Background Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 features a built-in, persistent, read and write cache to maximize storage performance. You...
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Improvements to OMS Network Performance Monitor
Summary: Learn about the latest improvements to Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) Network Performance Monitor (NPM). These include availability in the Azure portal, hop-by-hop latency...
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Replication Hurricanes: Why Restricted Groups are a No-Go for Domain Based...
Hi everyone! My name is Tim Medina, Premier Field Engineer, and today we are going to take a brief look at GPOs with a focus on restricted groups. More importantly, we will discuss how, if used in an...
View ArticleRefresh of Update 1706 for System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)
On July 28th we released version 1706 for the Current Branch of System Center Configuration Manager and made it available for customers to opt-in for early deployments. On August 8th, we updated the...
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Role Based Access Control: A Configuration Manager favorite, now in Intune
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) has been a favorite feature of the System Center Configuration Manager community since its introduction, and now its available in Intune. RBAC in Intune enables you to...
View ArticlePSSwagger – Automatically generate PowerShell cmdlets from OpenAPI (f.k.a...
As a PowerShell enthusiast or DevOps professional, have you ever thought of having a tool that automatically generates PowerShell cmdlets to manage or access a RESTful Web Service? We are happy to...
View ArticleNew enhancements in Azure Log Analytics: Join the webcast to learn more
Azure Log Analytics, part of the Azure monitoring services, enables you to collect and correlate data from multiple sources and provides actionable insights about your IT environment. By using these...
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Service Map management pack in public preview
Have you ever tried to use Distributed Applications in Operations Manager, but got frustrated with the manual process of creating the diagrams? They can be difficult to create and harder to maintain in...
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Service Map integration with Operations Manager in public preview
Do you love Service Map and also use System Center Operations Manager? Have you ever wished you could have Service Map automatically create and manage distributed application diagrams in Operations...
View ArticleQuestions about Windows Server storage? Ask the people who built it.
With Windows Server 2016, you can take your datacenter to new levels of performance, cost-savings, and flexibility, using storage and network virtualization technologies pioneered and perfected in...
View ArticleHigh CPU/High Memory in WSUS following Update Tuesdays
Recently, we’ve seen an increase in the number of high CPU/High Memory usage problems with WSUS, including WSUS in a System Center Configuration Manager environment – these have mostly corresponded...
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Cluster Network Name Resources fail to come Online with Error 2114
Hello, my name is Chuck Timon and this is my first blog post as a Premier Field Engineer. Previous to my current position, I posted to the Core Team blog and the System Center: Virtual Machine Manager...
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Microsoft Intune provides support for Android Oreo
Upgrade with confidence Today Google announced the general availability of the Android Oreo update (also known as Android O or Android 8.0). The Intune team has been anticipating this day for months....
View ArticleNow available: Windows Server 2016 Security Guide!
This blog post was authored by Nir Ben Zvi, Principal PM Manager, Windows Server. Windows Server 2016 includes major security innovations that can help protect privileged identity, make it harder for...
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Azure AD and Intune now support macOS in conditional access!
Howdy folks, Conditional access is one of athe fastest growing services in EMS and we are constantly getting feedback from customers about new capabilities they would like us to add to it. One of the...
View ArticleContainer Monitoring solution general availability
Today we are announcing the general availability of the Container Monitoring solution in Log Analytics, with added features to provide better insights into your Kubernetes cluster. You can access the...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release August 2017
DSC Resource Kit Release We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 91 pull requests have been merged and 74 issues have...
View ArticleSneak Peek #1: Windows Server, version 1709
This blog post was authored by Jeff Woolsey, Principal Program Manager, Windows Server. Greetings! We’re watching the calendar and counting down to Microsoft Ignite September 25-29 in Orlando, Florida....
View ArticleWindows PowerShell 2.0 Deprecation
We recently announced that Windows PowerShell 2.0 is being deprecated in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Deprecation is a process whereby technologies or applications are marked as legacy,...
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