Red Stripe Deals in the Windows Phone Store: Sonic CD, Polyglot & Monster...
Every week, the Windows Phone Store’s Red Stripe Deals program brings you three popular apps and games for at least 50% off the original price. This week’s Red Stripe Deals are the usual mix of Xbox...
View ArticleKB: Running Operations Manager reports fail with...
Just wanted to let you know about a new KB article we published today. This one is an article for Operations Manager that discusses an issue where running reports using the Operations Manager console...
View Article"The Business Data Connectivity Metadata Store is currently unavailable”
ISSUE While trying to connect to external content types for a SharePoint site using SharePoint designer the following error is encountered - "The Business Data Connectivity Metadata Store is...
View ArticleNew HOTFIX available: The content status of a package is stuck at "In...
We published a new hotfix today for Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 to correct the following issue:Consider the following scenario: You configure a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration...
View ArticleInvite your Customer to join us for US SMB Customers Office Talk Office Hours
Let’s face it – first impressions count. It’s a competitive environment, so it’s equally important that you differentiate your business from the rest of the pack. So let us help you be sure you are...
View ArticleXbox 360 Remains the No. 1 Selling Console in U.S. in March
In March, Xbox 360 maintained its position as the number one console in the U.S., selling more units than any other console and marking the 27th consecutive month as the best-selling console.March...
View ArticleXbox 360 Remains on Top for 27th Consecutive Month
In March, Xbox 360 maintained its position as the number one console in the U.S., selling more units than any other console and marking the 27th consecutive month as the best-selling console.According...
View Article"The web site has been configured to disallow editing with SharePoint Designer."
ISSUE:You are unable to edit a website in SharePoint Designer. You get the error "The web site has been configured to disallow editing with SharePoint Designer." CAUSE: Your site does not open in...
View Article2013 United Way Spirit of America and Summit Awards
Congratulations to science and technology company 3M for winning the 2013 United Way Spirit of America® award for philanthropy, volunteer engagement and community impact!Microsoft also received two...
View ArticleExciting System Center Advisor Updates
System Center Advisor licensing has changed and now offers better integration with Operations Manager. Authors : Michael Hefner, Microsoft Senior Escalation Engineer | Nick Rosenfeld, Microsoft...
View ArticleSo You Want to Pitch Your Startup at a Global Event? Here's What You Need to...
Start-up competition season is in full swing and a couple of the big ones - the annual TNW Europe and TechCrunch Disrupt NYC – are both coming up later this month (go BizSpark finalists!) So we thought...
View ArticleBuilding up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part II
Creating a Virtual Machine So right click your virtual machine host in the Hyper-V Manager console and select “New/Virtual Machine”. You should be rewarded with a screen like this: So lets make a...
View ArticleBuilding up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part III
Modifying a Virtual Machine In the previous blog post we created a virtual machine named “Great Lyrics”. We’re going to modify that virtual machine as the default settings are fairly low power and the...
View ArticleBuilding up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part IV
Installing your Virtual Machine Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine So in the previous post we modified our virtual machine, now we’re going to start it up and run through the installation process. So...
View ArticleHow to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running
We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately. As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools.First, why...
View ArticleIntroducing the Lync 2013 Rollout and Adoption Success Kit (RASK)
Technology adoption is the deep utilization and habitual use of a product or technology by end-users. Developing and implementing an effective end-user rollout strategy, in tandem with your technical...
View ArticleApril is “Build Your Private Cloud” Series – Week 3 Posted Now!
For the month of April we are running the “Build Your Private Cloud” series and below is Week 3. This is a great way to dive into the Private Cloud technologies and what a better group of guys to...
View ArticleArgentina a la final de Imagine Cup 2013 con el proyecto uSound
Se desarrolló la final local argentina de Imagine Cup, de Microsoft, el más prestigioso concurso de estudiantes de tecnología del planeta, que reúne a jóvenes innovadores de todo el mundo. Imagine Cup...
View ArticleTechEd 2013-Josh Adams-Yuri Diogenes-Tom Shinder on Cloud Infrastructure Design
It’s been fun introducing the sessions in the Architecture Track at TechEd North America and Europe. Now I’d like to tell you about one of the session that I’m presenting in. In the session...
View ArticleUpgrading your MCITP to 2013 (MCSE)
When I started thinking about my career goals for 2013 one of them is to upgrade my MCITP: Enterprise Messaging (2010) to MCSE: Messaging (2013). When I started to research the exams that I need to...
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