Based on the OFFICAL Microsoft blog, I send you the latest info --

https://microsoft.eventcore.com/Ignite2016 check out the official blog…

Looking forward to seeing everyone in IT at this event, it’s always great to see my colleagues in the industry.

You want to be here..

There’s no more TechEd so “RIP”.

PRE REGISTER -

https://microsoft.eventcore.com/Ignite2016

http://www.ignite.microsoft.com/#fbid=jjvy0xzloZ5

This is the Superbowl for IT Professionals!

Good read….

With Chef you can quickly deploy and manage every aspect of your Microsoft Azure infrastructure. And you can do it in a way that’s consistent, secure, and transparent to stakeholders – whether you are migrating existing workloads or creating new ones.

With Chef’s partnership and tight integration with the Microsoft Azure portal, it’s easy to configure any VM and manage both Windows and Linux VMs on Azure and benefit from a consistent experience across all platforms.

And now you can spin up preconfigured Chef servers – from five free nodes to 250 nodes – with one click. You get usage-based pricing, one consolidated Azure bill, lots of premium features bill and an unequalled DevOps experience on Microsoft.

Chef Helps Optimize Your Use of Azure

• High scalability. Manage 10,000+ VMs with a single Chef server, or use Chef’s SaaS option.
• Advanced workflow. Use Chef to implement best practices such as A/B testing and test-driven infrastructure.
• Flexible, policy-based configuration. Easily define recipes for complex cloud use cases and for enterprise application delivery. The Chef server stores and indexes the attributes of each node in your network for dynamic configuration.
• Reusable recipes. Reuse recipes with custom data for specific situations. Chef lets you separate configuration policy from configuration state.
• Service-oriented interface for customization. All of Chef’s functionality is exposed through consistent REST APIs. This gives you tremendous flexibility when designing custom workflows

Free trial for Microsoft Azure go to http://aka.ms/try-azure

Buenas,

Seguimos con la saga de la monitorización en Project Server 2013, siendo esta vez el turno a los contadores de rendimiento relacionados con trabajos que tengan que ver con el cliente de Project 2013. Recordamos que el nombre de su ejecutable es “winproj.exe”, de ahí este nombre para estos contadores.

Esperamos os resulte de interés, un saludo

Jorge Puig

Mit Microsoft Cloud-Lösungen können Sie als Microsoft Partner nicht nur langfristig Ihre Umsätze steigern, sondern jetzt auch ganz kurzfristig Ihre Marge erhöhen: Machen Sie mit beim Microsoft Cash Back Programm und erhalten Sie bis zu 50.000 USD zurück. Durch dieses Bonus-Programm bekommen Sie ab 5 dafür berechtigten Neukundenverträgen 10 % für die erste Jahresrate zurück. Und mit nur 5 einfachen Schritten sind Sie dabei:

1. Melden Sie sich an unter www.aka.ms/cashbackgermany
2. Registrieren Sie Ihr Unternehmen
3. Wählen Sie die Kampagne aus
4. Reichen Sie Ihren Antrag ein
5. Sichern Sie sich Ihren Cash Back

Das Angebot gilt nur für Microsoft Reseller, die nicht im Managed Reseller Incentive (MRI)-Programm registriert sind. Zudem ist das Programm nur für alle Abschlüsse gültig, die zwischen dem 01. Juli ud 31. Dezember erfolgen. Alle weiteren Informationen zum und Voraussetzungen zur Teilnahme am Cash Back Programm sowie den berechtigten Produkten wie Office 365, Microsoft Azure oder Dynamics CRM Online finden Sie hier oder auf unserem Cash Back Flyer. Oder schauen Sie sich in diesem YouTube-Video an, wie das Microsoft Cashback Programm funktioniert.

Windows 10 makes life easier and brings a lot of benefits in the enterprise world. Converting Windows 10 without an ISO image or DVD is one such benefit. My name is Amrik and in this blog, we’ll take an example of upgrading Windows 10 Professional edition to Windows 10 Enterprise edition.

Let’s consider a scenario wherein you purchase a few computers. These computers come pre-installed with Windows 10 Pro and you would like to convert it to Windows 10 Enterprise.

The simpler way is to use DISM servicing option:

Dism /online /Set-Edition:Enterprise /AcceptEula /ProductKey:12345-67890-12345-67890-12345

For more information on DISM Servicing, please review:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825157.aspx

The above may be a good option if you have single or few computers. But, what if you’ve got hundreds of computers to convert.

To make your life easier, you may want to use the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD). You can get the Windows ICD as part of the Windows 10 Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK), which is available for download here.

With the help of ICD, admins can create a provisioning packages (.ppkg) which can help configuring Wi-Fi networks, adding certificates, connecting to Active Directory, enrolling a device in Mobile Device Management aka MDM, and even updating Windows 10 Editions - all without the need to format the drive and reinstall Windows.

Install Windows ICD from The Windows 10 ADK

The Windows ICD relies on some other tools in the ADK kit, so you need to select the options to install the following:

• Deployment Tools,
• Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
• Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD),

Before proceeding any further, let’s ensure you understand the prerequisite:

• You have the required licenses to install Windows 10 Enterprise.

The below steps require KMS license keys. You cannot use MAK license keys to convert. Since you are using KMS keys to do the convert, you need to have a KMS host capable of activating Windows 10 computers or you will need to change to a MAK key after the upgrade is complete.

Follow below steps to convert:

Click on File menu and select New Project.

It will ask to enter the following details. You may name the package as per your convenience and save it to a different location if you would like to.

Navigate to the path Runtime Settings –> EditionUpgrade –>UpgradeEditionWithProductKey

Once you enter the product key (Use the KMS client key for Windows 10 Enterprise available here.)

Click on File –> Save.

Click on Export –> Provisioning Package.

The above step will build the provisioning package.

In the screenshot below, if anyone wants to keep a password or a certificate, then he may set it up.

Select any location to save the provisioning package.

Once complete, it will give the summary of all the choices selected. Now, we just need to click the button BUILD.

Navigating to the above folder will open the location below and note the .ppkg file has been created which we will use to upgrade Windows 10 Professional.

We now need to connect the Windows 10 Professional machine to the above share and run the .ppkg file.

Here is the screenshot before I ran the package which shows that the machine is installed with Windows 10 Professional version:

Run the file “Upgrade_Win10Pro_To_Win10Ent.ppkg” to complete the upgrade process.

After double clicking the .ppkg file, we will get the warning or a prompt similar to UAC below:

Just select “Yes, add it” and proceed. After this we need to wait and the system is getting prepared for upgrade.

After the upgrade is complete, the machine will reboot and the OS is going to be Windows 10 Enterprise and we get the below screen as confirmation:

And this is where we confirm that the upgrade is successful:

The .ppkg file can be sent to the user through an email. The package can be on located on an internal share and run from there or copied to a USB drive and used on that drive.

A couple of ways to automate the above process:

• Use MDT by adding the option to Install Applications under Add –> General tab.
• Use SCCM by following steps mentioned in the blog below:

Apply a provisioning package from a SCCM Task Sequence
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/beanexpert/archive/2015/09/29/apply-a-provisioning-package-from-a-sccm-task-sequence.aspx

Amrik Kalsi
Senior Support Engineer

Josh Condie - Don’t miss the launch of the US SMB CSP Concierge Partner Office Hours Series for a chance to win a Surface Pro!

Event series starts October 20^th- Register now!

Are you ready to sell Microsoft cloud services and/or selling Microsoft Cloud services and want to increase profitability and customer control? The Cloud Solution Provider program is designed to benefit partners and end customers by monetizing adjunct revenue streams to Online Services and generating incremental revenue and profit. CSP also empowers partners to oversee the entire customer engagement across billing, support, and stacks their managed services and/or packaged IP into one, go-to-market offering.

CSP is here for Office 365 and the US SMB Microsoft team has launched the CSP Concierge website and Partner Office Hours to get you started! This site and webinar series is unlike anything we’ve done before helping you get information, ask questions in real time, and get connected to the distributor of your choice to start selling!

Lastly, we’ll be showing you a sneak preview of the new CSP Concierge website launching in the next two weeks! Make sure you don’t miss this opportunity and register below today!

Register for the CSP Partner Office Hours series here or select the event of your choice below.

We are pleased to announced 4 new compliance certifications for Azure in the US, Singapore, Japan and New Zealand.  These certifications bring Azure to 22 total certifications across enterprise and global markets.

These certifications will continue to support multiple expansion efforts underway in government, defense and smart city in these markets.

Check out the Microsoft Azure Trust Center for more details on how we build our trusted cloud.

In Part 6 in our “To the Cloud” series, Blain Barton, Tommy Patterson and Dan Stolts, provide an overview of the benefits of running servers without the physical hardware using Microsoft Azure.   Learn how large and small to mid-sized companies can rent compute, storage, and networking resources by using datacenter hardware to deploy virtual machines (VMs).

• [10:25] DEMO: Azure Virtual Machine Gallery

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If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Websites & Blogs:

• Blain Barton's Blog
• Tommy Patterson’s Blog
• Dan Stolts’ Blog
• Cloud Solutions Hub
• Building Clouds blog
• Check out the book! "Setting up your business in the cloud"

Videos:

• (Part 1) To the Cloud! What the Cloud can do for your Business
• (Part 2) To the Cloud! Getting Started with Office 365
• (Part 3) To the Cloud! Storing your files in the cloud with OneDrive for Business
• (Part 4) To the Cloud! Keeping track of customers with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• (Part 5) To the Cloud! Managing Devices in the Cloud with Microsoft Intune

You might have already read on TechNet and one of the other AskCore Blogson how to setup Data Recovery Agent (DRA) for BitLocker. However, how do you request a certificate from internal Certificate Authority (AD CS) to enable Data Recovery Agent (DRA). Naziya Shaik and I have written detailed instructions here and hope it is helpful.

So what is a Data Recovery Agent?

Data recovery agents are individuals whose public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates have been used to create a BitLocker key protector, so those individuals can use their credentials to unlock BitLocker-protected drives. Data recovery agents can be used to recover BitLocker-protected operating system drives, fixed data drives, and removable data drives. However, when used to recover operating system drives, the operating system drive must be mounted on another computer as a data drive for the data recovery agent to be able to unlock the drive. Data recovery agents are added to the drive when it is encrypted and can be updated after encryption occurs.

Below are the steps needed.  From creating the certificate on the Certification Authority, to using it on Client machine.

The machines in use are:

1. Windows Server 2012 R2 DC and CA

2. Windows 10 Enterprise

If I go to Windows 10 and try to request a DRA certificate, we cannot see it as illustrated below:

In order for the client to see a DRA certificate, we need to copy the Key Recovery Agent template, add BitLocker Drive Encryption, and BitLocker Drive Recovery Agent from the application policies.

Here is how you do it.

1. On a CA, we created a duplicate of the Key Recovery Agent and named it BitLocker DRA.

2. Add the BitLocker Drive Encryption and BitLocker Data Recovery Agent by going into Properties -- > Extensions and edit Application Policies.

3. In the CA Management Console, go into Certificate Templates and add BitLocker DRAas the template to issue.

On a Windows 10 client, adding Certificate Manager to Microsoft Management Console:

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc.exe, and then click OK.

2. In the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.

3. In the Add/Remove Snap-in box, click Add.

4. In the Available Standalone Snap-ins list, click Certificates, and click Add.

5. Click My user account, and click Finish.

6. Then click OK.

Then under Certificates -- > Personal -- > Right click on Certificate -- > All Tasks -- > Request New Certificate

These are the Certificate Enrollment steps

Click Next andin our case, we have Active Directory Enrollment Policy

Click Nextand you will see the BitLocker DRA certificate which we created above.

Select BitLocker DRA and click Enroll.

This is what it looks like.

The next steps are pretty much the same as given in this Blog. We will need to export the certificate to be used across all the machines.

To accomplish this, right click on the certificate above and choose Export.

This will bring up the export wizard.

On the Export Private Key page, leave the default selection of No, do not export the private key.

On the Export File Format page, leave the default selection of DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER).

The next window is specifying the location and file name of the certificate you are exporting.  In my case below, I chose to save it to the desktop.

Click Finish to complete the wizard.

The next step will be to import that certificate into our BitLocker GPO to be able to use. In this, I have a GPO called BitLocker DRA.

Under Computer Configuration -- > Policies -- > Windows Settings -- > Security Settings -- > Public Key Policies -- > Right click BitLocker Drive Encryption–> Add Data Recovery Agent

This will start the Add Data Recovery Agent wizard.

Click Browse Folders and point it to the location where you saved the certificate. My example above was from the desktop, so got from there.

Double click on the certificate to load it.

Click Next and Finish.

You will see the certificate imported successfully.

Additionally, make sure that you have the below GPO enabled.  In Group Policy Editor, expand Computer Configuration -- > Administrative Templates -- > Windows Components -- > BitLocker Drive Encryption and ensure Enabled is selected.

Running Manage-bdeto get the status on the client you enabled Bitlocker on, you will see Data Recovery Agent (Certificate Based) to show it is currently set.

Thanks,

Saurabh Koshta
Naziya Shaikh

Summary: Learn how to find information about Microsoft Operations Management Suite.

 How can I easily find the latest and coolest blogs and information about Operations Management Suite?

 On Twitter, create a filter for #MSOMS.

With so much duplicate coverage in CANITPRO.NET plus added coverage in CANITPRO.NET, this is the last post here in IT Manager so look to go there for great content for IT executives and professionals. As I travel the world and interact globally with executives, I will be sharing my views periodically in CANITPRO.NET.

Jeff Stoffel

Earlier in the week we talked about migration decision factors and migration planning.  In this blog I am going to reference the various ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Office 365.  You will quickly see how important the upfront planning and uncovering the decision factors is to help you choose the correct migration method for your customer.

Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Office 365

You can migrate mailboxes from an Exchange Server or from migrate email from another email system.  And your customers can import their own email, contacts, and other mailbox information to an Office 365 mailbox created for them.  See Decide on a migration path for help with choosing the best option for your customer.

Migrate mailboxes from Exchange Server 

For migrations from an existing on-premises Exchange Server environment, you can migrate all your customer’s email, calendar, and contacts from user mailboxes to Office 365.

There are three types of email migrations that can be made from an Exchange Server:

Cutover Migration - Migrate all mailboxes at once.  You can use this type of migration if you're customer is running Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, or Exchange 2013.  For an overview of cutover migration, see What you need to know about a cutover email migration to Office 365. To perform the migration tasks, see Perform a cutover migration to Office 365.

Staged Migration - Migrate mailboxes in batches.  This type of migration can be used with Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007 customers.  For an overview of staged migration, see What you need to know about a staged email migration to Office 365. To perform the migration tasks, see Perform a staged migration of Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2007 to Office 365.

Hybrid Migration - Migrate using an integrated Exchange Server and Office 365 environment.  This type of migration is used when you need to maintain both on-premises and online mailboxes for your customer while you gradually migrate users and email to Office 365. 

• You have Exchange 2010 and want to migrate mailboxes in small batches over time
• You have Exchange 2013

For more information, see Plan an Exchange Online hybrid deployment in Office 365.

Use Office 365 Import Service to migrate PST-files

If your customer has many large PST files, you can use the Office 365 Import Service to migrate email data to Office 365.  You can use the Office 365 Import Service to either upload the PST files through a network, or to mail the PST files in a drive that you prepare.  For additional details, see Office 365 Import Service.

Migrate email from another IMAP-enabled email system

You can use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to migrate your customer’s email from Gmail, Exchange, and other email systems that support IMAP migration. When you migrate the user's email by using IMAP migration, only the items in the users' inbox or other mail folders are migrated. Contacts, calendar items, and tasks can't be migrated with IMAP, but they can be by a user.

IMAP migration also doesn't create mailboxes in Office 365. You'll have to create a mailbox for each user before you migrate their email.  To migrate email from another mail system, see Migrate your IMAP mailboxes to Office 365. After the email migration is done, any new mail sent to the source email isn't migrated.

Have end users import their own email

Your customer’s users can import their own email, contacts, and other mailbox information to Office 365. See Migrate email and contacts to Office 365 for Business to learn how.

Be sure to check out how the third party migration tools Matt referenced earlier this week can be leveraged to accelerate all phases of your migration – from planning through full deployment.

Please check out our whole series of Office 365 posts at http://office365.msts2.com

Onur Dogruoz

Jumpstart your Cloud practice with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online!

Looking to expand your Office 365 practice by adding highly profitable CRM Online solutions to your offerings? Then you are exactly at the right place. Jumpstart Your Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Practice - Roadshow is coming to a city near you. Want to know more?

Why You Should Attend:

· Leading Office 365 partners are expanding their Cloud practices with CRM Online because they recognize the differentiation, increased revenue and profitability that CRM Online offers them… you don’t want to miss this opportunity!

· With the availability of CRM Online in Open and CSP partners who sell Microsoft Cloud-based services (e.g. Office 365, Windows Azure) to small and mid-size organizations to have new opportunity to expand their cloud service business.

· In just one day, you can learn from a Microsoft CRM Cloud expert how to jumpstart your CRM Online practice!

What You Will Learn:

In this one day in-person event, you will learn from a Microsoft CRM Online expert the foundational basics needed to build a successful CRM Online practice.

In this training you will:

• Gain an overview of Microsoft Dynamic CRM Online solutions.
• Learn the fundamentals of building a profitable CRM Online practice.
• Identify how to attach CRM Online to an existing Office 365 deal.
• Recognize the most common SMB CRM Online customer scenarios.
• Study the CRM Online in Open and CSP licensing models.
• Learn how to get started selling a core CRM Online business solution.
• Understand the importance of the right market focus, positioning and marketing to gain new customers.
• Understand current customer and partner incentives to help you close deals and increase your bottom line.
• Learn the five things to do next to capitalize on this opportunity.

Who Should Attend:

Business Decision makers (Owners, Executive Management, Sales & Marketing Management) within established Office 365 or SharePoint partner organization selling into US SMB Organizations.

Register for the course in a city near you – click on the Link below!

Do not miss this opportunity! Learn more here.

Today’s post is an insider’s personal view of working at Microsoft, and some links to help you if you want to join the team.

How do you like your job? I love mine.

I remember howdy giddy I was as a fresh Microsoft hire in 2010. I spent three weeks at main campus in Redmond for orientation and training. There I was at Microsoft HQ. Somebody pinch me. Is this real? Nearly six years later I still get that grin on my face when it hits me. I work for Microsoft. Wow. It has been an amazing ride, and it is far from over.

People

Getting hired at Microsoft is not easy. Not many people, including me, get through on their first attempt. And some never get through. But for those who do, it is amazing. As a result one of the points I enjoy at Microsoft is the quality of my coworkers and managers. No one is a slacker. Everyone is a quality person.

Diversity

I am amazed at the opportunities I have to work with others from around the world, try their food, experience their culture, understand their perspective. Just this week I have traded emails and/or Skype calls with people in Australia, UK, Germany, and Romania. Each week I meet someone from somewhere else in the world, both customers and coworkers.

Travel

In my short time with Microsoft I have gotten to travel to the four corners of the US and many places in between. I have even gotten to travel internationally some. I often tell customers that, “I get paid to travel and eat.” This is the perfect job for a foodie! Facebook friends may get tired of seeing locations and meals I’ve enjoyed.

Career

In my hiring interview my manager said, “It’s your career. What do you want to do?” It took me a minute to respond. First I had to process the fact that no other company had given me a choice as wide open as this one. My answer was, “I want to do PowerShell and speak at events.” And that is exactly what I’ve gotten to do… in more ways and places than I ever imagined possible.

Working with Legends

Every field and niche has their heroes. I have gotten to meet people who work for Microsoft, and they are “household names” in the IT industry. I will refrain from name-dropping here. Once you are on the inside, everyone is just an email or IM away. It is no surprise that they are friendly, helpful, and encouraging.

Inspiration

Having the autonomy and encouragement to pursue my own interests at one of the top employers in the world has been (and continues to be) quite inspirational. There is a confidence that comes with empowerment to reach your dreams. I live inspired at Microsoft.

Helping Others

In my role I help others on a daily basis. That is who I am and what I do. In addition to professionally helping others I can do the same personally. Microsoft encourages community volunteering and giving, matching employee time and donations. Also, the financial compensation I receive empowers me to help others in so many ways.

Links

If you would like to join us at Microsoft we have many openings. Here are some links:

https://careers.microsoft.com  Search for Premier Field Engineer. We have openings in every technology in every corner of the world. Of course you can search for other titles as well. I am partial to PFE. Best job in the best company.

https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/indemand-north-america-2015 2015 Top 100 Most InDemand Employers. This listing shows you the top employers based on actual LinkedIn data. Microsoft is #4 at the time of this writing.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/1035 Microsoft’s LinkedIn page.

On a side note, I only accept LinkedIn invitations from people I know and I have worked with. I view it as a professional network for people that I have seen their work and can recommend. Please do not be offended if I do not accept your LinkedIn invitation until we have met or worked together.

Good Luck

Recently I received an email from a new PFE in Spain who said he was inspired to apply to Microsoft after reading my blog for a few years. I hope to do the same for you.

Reach out to me on Twitter or use the comments area below if I can help you on your journey.

It is an amazing time to be at Microsoft. Join us.

Prepare your technical team to deliver Windows 10 deployment, management, and security offerings to customers, and help them address the security challenges of multiple devices through Enterprise Mobility solutions.

The Partner Technical Services team provides Microsoft partners with training, services, and assistance across the customer lifecycle. The information in these webcasts will help you close more deals, deploy more seats, and build a support practice. Learn more about PTS

Through December 31, take online partner training courses offered by Microsoft Partner Technical Services for Enterprise Mobility Suite and Windows 10 at no cost. Learn more about these offerings

For more partner training options, refer to our regularly updated training schedule, the Hot Sheet.

PTS technical webcasts

New Windows 10 Masters series: Identity and Security online workshops

Reserve your spot for this 300-level online workshop series that starts November 3. In a series of six 2-hour sessions, you’ll learn about securing Windows 10 in the Enterprise using Active Directory, PowerShell, and other management tools. This training was developed by Enterprise Security MVP, Hasain Alshakarti. Use code MPN to register. See the schedule and register

Additional Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility Technical Resources

Technical services for Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility Suite
As part of your Microsoft Partner Network core benefits, you can access technical services across the lifecycle to help enable your consultants to win more deals, accelerate deployment, increase consumption, and support your customers through technical training and personalized assistance. 

How to activate your Enterprise Mobility Suite internal-use rights licenses

Enterprise Mobility content on Channel 9

Windows 10 Enterprise upgrade available to Action Pack subscribers and partners with a competency

Windows 10 Partner Community

Windows 10 courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy

Windows 10 on Channel 9

Windows 10 TechCenter

Tout le monde sait que Microsoft a de nombreuses technologies dans son portefeuille. Ils peuvent être appliquées dans les besoins les plus variés et ont la capacité à innover et à améliorer les processus d'affaires des entreprises et le travail du peuple. Les niches de marché que ces technologies soutiennent sont les plus variées. Et dans ce contexte que nous voulons porter à l'attention de vous à la technologie Microsoft Bing Ads.

O Bing Ads est une technologie spécialisée pour information. Il est le seul dispositif de recherche qui mène des recherches dans divers mécanismes de calcul. Il propose une expérience mettant l'accent sur l'utilisateur de fournir des informations rapidement à toutes les personnes qui ont besoin de souplesse dans la recherche de données. Windows 8 a dans sa structure de recherche intelligente Bing. Il apporte la flexibilité dans la recherche, le service aux auditoires les plus variés permettant un accès à l'interface facile et l'utilisation.

Exchange Online、SharePoint Online、OneDrive for Business、Skype for Business Online などの Office 365 サービス製品は「Office 365 のシステム要件」に記載がある通り、メインストリーム サポートの対象でない Office バージョンを使用している場合、サポートは行われますが (=電話やWebフォームでインシデントを作成することはできる)、以下の制限事項があります。