Making it easier to revert
Sometimes when things go wrong in my environment, I don’t want to have to clean it all up — I just want to go back in time to when everything was working. But remembering to maintain good recovery...
View ArticleShielded VMs – additional considerations when running a guarded fabric
So you’ve deployed a guarded fabric and your VMs are running happily. Having now reached that perfect steady state, let’s have a look at the operational and administrative differences relative to a...
View Article#AzureAD Mailbag: Azure AD App Proxy, Round 2
Hey everyone, Ian Parramore here. Long time no post for us on these mailbags. You might be wondering what happened and why we didnt have a post for almost 2 months. I can tell you who is to blame,...
View ArticleUpdate 1704 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!
Hello everyone! We are happy to let you know that update 1704 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an...
View ArticleUpdate 1704 for the Tech Preview Branch of System Center Configuration...
We are happy to let you know that update 1704 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an opportunity to try...
View ArticleRest easy with regulatory compliance in Windows Server 2016
[This blog post was originally published at: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/hybridcloud/2017/04/11/rest-easy-with-regulatory-compliance-in-windows-server-2016/] Last month we learned that Windows...
View ArticleManaging mobility for Office365 Tweet chat
Got questions about managing Office mobile apps? Want to learn more about Intune? Curious about Azure Information Protection? We have answers. The Enterprise Mobility + Security engineering team will...
View ArticleLeverage PowerShell Just Enough Administration for your Helpdesk
[Today’s guest post was authored by Dan Cuomo based on a real-world application of JEA] Hi Folks — Platforms PFE Dan Cuomo here to talk about one method to enable the use of Just Enough Administration...
View ArticleWindows 10 Memory Protection Features
Hello, Paul Bergson back again with a discussion on the newly built-in memory protection features provided in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. I refer to Win10 throughout the document, but this is...
View ArticleKB: Configuration Manager clients reinstall every five hours because of a...
A Microsoft System Center 2012 or System Center 2012 R2 client installation (CCMSetup) initially fails and causes a client retry task to be registered in Windows Task Scheduler. After the client...
View ArticleDemonstrating our Growth Mindset & Learning from our Customers: We’re...
Howdy folks, Back on April 7th we announced changes to the branding logic for Azure AD login pages. In the 18 days since then we’ve learned a ton from you, our customers, including the fact that many...
View ArticleAzure Information Protection unified administration now in Preview
Hi everyone, and welcome to an important post for those of you who work with the configuration of Azure Information Protection (AIP). As you may already be familiar with, for historical reasons we are...
View ArticlePerformance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2016
Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Windows Server 2016 Performance Tuning Guide. This updated guide provides a comprehensive collection of technical articles with practical...
View ArticlePartner with Enterprise Mobility + Security to drive your customers’ digital...
Microsofts Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) is the only comprehensive mobility solution designed to help manage and protect users, devices, apps, and data in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. EMS...
View ArticleConfiguration Manager Client Messaging SDK available on NuGet.org
The Configuration Manager team is pleased to announce that the Configuration Manager Client Messaging SDK version 5.1706.1034.1000 is now available as a package on NuGet.org. Previously the Client...
View ArticleConfiguration Manager Client Messaging SDK available on NuGet
The Configuration Manager team is pleased to announce that the Configuration Manager Client Messaging SDK version 5.1706.1034.1000 is now available as a package on NuGet.org. For more information...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 docs are now on docs.microsoft.com
We’re excited to announce the availability of the IT pro technical documentation for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile on docs.microsoft.com. Why move to docs.microsoft.com?...
View ArticleNew Enhancements to the Azure AD Pass Through Authentication Preview are live!
Howdy folks, If you’re a follower of this blog you’ll probably recall that we announced pass-through authentication and seamless single sign-on in Azure AD at the end of last year. These features make...
View ArticleThree reasons to watch my free webinar on what’s new in Hyper-V
This post was authored by Jeff Woolsey, Principal PM Manager, Windows Server. In case you missed my recent webinar, Software-define your infrastructure with Hyper-V using Windows Server 2016, dont...
View ArticleDSC Configuration Sharing
The community around DSC Resources has been inspiring. The PowerShell Gallery now includes more than 2000 modules/scripts. 181 of those are modules focused on DSC, that collectively include 766 DSC...
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