The Future is on the Other Side of this Bridge
With the 1710 update to ConfigMgr and the 1709 update to Windows 10, weve provided the foundations of our solution to bridge Windows modernization through Co-Management. This bridge is an entry-point...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release February 2018
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules. In these past 7 weeks, 83 pull requests have been merged and 70 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticleCloud App Security Threat Protection just got better
As we have conversations with Security Operations (SecOps) teams, were seeing a notable shift in the approach to threat detection and protection: moving from a technology-driven, product-focused...
View ArticleNew SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post#1)
About This series of blogs intends to introduce the new SCOM Web Console released in System Center Operations Manager 1801. For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the...
View ArticleNew SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post#2): The all new Dashboards
About This blog aims at introducing the all new HTML5 based dashboard functionality added to SCOM 1801 release. For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the detailed...
View ArticleNew SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post 3/5): The new HTML5 Widgets
About This blog aims at introducing the all new HTML5 based widgets added as part of the new dashboards with . For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the detailed...
View ArticleNew SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post 4/5): The all new Drilldown experience
About This blog aims at introducing the all new drilldown experience added as part of the new dashboard with SCOM 1801 release. For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the...
View ArticleNew SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post 5/5): Sample Custom Dashboard...
About SCOM 1801 marks the release of REST APIs for SCOM SDK. Using these APIs a user can create any custom client application of their own. This blog aims at walking the user through a scenario where a...
View ArticleDecentralized Digital Identities and Blockchain – The Future as We See It.
Howdy folks, I hope you’ll find today’s post as interesting as I do. It’s a bit of brain candy and outlines an exciting vision for the future of digital identities. Over the last 12 months we’ve...
View ArticleEMS news roundup: January 2018
Heres a quick recap of news and announcements for EMS last month: Why its important to integrate your VPN with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Attackers use existing credentials to remotely connect...
View ArticleRetire Those Old Legacy Protocols
Hello Paul Bergson back again, and I wanted to bring up another security topic. There has been a lot of work by enterprises to protect their infrastructure with patching and server hardening, but one...
View ArticleUpdate 1802 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!
Hello everyone! We are excited to let you know that update 1802 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an...
View ArticleFaster Application Deployment in Azure AD Application Proxy
Howdy folks, Im excited to announce you can now use PowerShell to manage deployment of your Azure AD Application Proxy. This will allow you to deploy your on-premises applications more quickly and...
View ArticleSchannel Follow-up
Hello all! Nathan Penn back again with a follow-up to Demystifying Schannel. While finishing up the original post, I realized that having a simpler method to disable the various components of Schannel...
View ArticleThe technical value of WSSD validated HCI solutions, part 1
This post is authored by Carmen Crincoli, Senior Program Manager, Windows Server, and is the first of a 2-part series aimed at explaining the value provided by the Windows Server-Software Defined...
View ArticleAzure AD Naming Policy for Office 365 groups is now in Public Preview
Howdy folks, Office 365 groups is a cool and very popular collaboration feature in Office 365. Groups are easy and fast to create and your employees can use them to collaborate with their co-workers on...
View ArticleThe technical value of validated HCI solutions, part 2
This post is authored by Carmen Crincoli, Senior Program Manager, Windows Server, and is the second of a 2-part series aimed at explaining the value provided by the Windows Server-Software Defined...
View ArticleHeads Up for App Devs: Updates coming April 2nd to our user consent screen
Howdy folks, Today’s blog post is aimed at developers who build and manage apps that work with Azure AD and the Microsoft account service. I’m excited to share the news that April 2nd we’ll turn on a...
View ArticleAnnouncing New information protection capabilities across devices, apps,...
With an exponential increase in the number of data breaches and regulations such as EU-GDPR, we all feel the urgency to work towards a holistic information protection strategy. Weve been on a journey...
View ArticlePublic Preview: Configuration Manager performance guidance for environments...
We already document the maximum supported scalability limits as well as the hardware guidelines needed to run Configuration Manager (current branch) sites in the very largest environment sizes. Now we...
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