Introducing DSCEA
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Hi Diddly Doodly readers. Michael Rendino here again with a follow up to my “Basic Network Capture Methods” blog, this time to give some best practices on network capture collection when...
View ArticleWindows Networking for Kubernetes
A seismic shift is happening in the way applications are developed and deployed as we move from traditional three-tier software models running in VMs to “containerized” applications and micro-services...
View ArticleSwitching between Windows Server 2016 Server Core and Desktop Experience
We have frequently been asked why we removed the option to add and remove the Server GUI package to the Windows Server 2016 Server Core install option like you could in Windows Server 2012 R2. This was...
View Articlee2e: Configuring a simple HTTP Reporting Services Point in Configuration Manager
Previously I posted a blog for configuring reporting service point for “HTTPS” in ConfigMgr, but I have seen sometime people getting confused due to Certificates and URLs configuration when they are...
View ArticleUsing Debugging Tools to Find Token and Session Leaks
Hello AskDS readers and Identity aficionados. Long time no blog. Ryan Ries here, and today I have a relatively “hardcore” blog post that will not be for the faint of heart. However, it’s about an...
View ArticleFive reasons to run SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016, part 3
This is the third blog in a five-part series. Keep an eye out for upcoming posts and read the first two posts in the series, part 1 and part 2. When does 2 + 2 = 5? When two teams work hard to deliver...
View ArticleWhy Bing.com couldn’t wait for Windows Server 2016
At Microsoft, we have a tradition of eating our own dog food. That means we begin running portions of our business on new products during the final technical preview period to make sure they are truly...
View ArticleImproving the branding logic of Azure AD login pages
Howdy folks, Today we’re blogging to give you a heads up about some upcoming improvements we think you’ll want to be aware of. We’re making this set of improvements to the logic that drives app and...
View ArticleSupport for Windows Server 2016 as a guest system is added in Hotfix 1 for...
Microsoft Support still gets frequent inquiries about whether System Center 2012 R2 VMM can support guests running Windows Server 2016. Installing Hotfix 1 for Update Rollup 11 of Microsoft System...
View ArticleEnd of support for DirSync and Azure AD Sync is rapidly approaching. Time to...
Howdy folks, On April 13 of last year, we announced the deprecation of “Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync)” and “Azure Active Directory Sync (Azure AD Sync)” and that it was time to start...
View ArticleA Comparison of Shell and Scripting Language Security
PowerShell Security is a topic on everybody’s mind. Most of all – ours. As PowerShell has become more popular with Administrators, it has also become more popular for unauthorized administrators – also...
View ArticleFinding site systems on unsupported OSes
As previously announced, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 are not supported operating systems for a site server or most site system roles in Configuration Manager current branch version 1702. You will...
View ArticleNeed help getting started with EMS? Check out our new Find a Partner experience!
Thanks to customers like you, Enterprise Mobility + Security is a growing at a very fast rate we now have over 40,000 customers who have purchased EMS and started their journey with us. Some of you may...
View ArticleRest easy with regulatory compliance in Windows Server 2016
Last month we learned that Windows Server 2016 has achieved Common Criteria certification for the General Purpose OS protection profile. This international standard is especially important for our...
View ArticleSave up to 40 percent on Windows Server VMs in Azure
Deploying a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure is a great way to add scalability and flexibility to an existing datacenter and applications. Now customers can deploy Windows Server virtual machines in...
View ArticleConsistency is the cure for Hybrid Cloud complexity
This post was authored by Julia White, Corporate Vice President. Odds are youve got a hybrid cloud strategy and have already started implementing this approach. Thats just one of the findings in our...
View ArticleExtend cloud identity and access management to your customer and partner...
Organizations are transforming how they operate in a digital world. This means seizing new opportunities quickly, reinventing business processes, and delivering greater value to customers. More...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Hyper-V for the Windows 10 Creators Update?
Microsoft just released the Windows 10 Creators Update. Which mean Hyper-V improvements! New and improved features in Creators Update: Quick Create Checkpoint and Save for nested Hyper-V Dynamic...
View ArticleAzure Information Protection: Ready, Set, Protect! – Part 4: regulations and...
Welcome to the 4th and final post in our Ready, Set Protect! Series. To recap our journey, in Part 1 of the series we showed you how to get going with classification and labeling, and FAST. In Part 2...
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