DS Role Service Disabled
In Windows Server 2012 there is a new service called DS Role Service.This is used for the promotion and demotion of the AD DS. This service iscreated due to a change in how the Domain Controllers are...
View ArticlePowerTip: Identify Virtual Switches by Using PowerShell 3.0
Summary: Learn how to use a single cmdlet to identify the existence of Hyper-V virtual switches. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 to identify Hyper-V virtual switches?...
View ArticleNew Home Page
I'm very happy today to announce the launch of our new TechNet homepage!We approached the redesign with three goals:Improve the overall quality of homepage content for IT ProsSimplify and modernize...
View ArticleCool translation tech: English-Chinese Voice Translator
Fascinating talk and demo of real-time translation from spoken English into spoken Chinese. This was part of a presentation at Microsoft Research Asia’s 21st Century Computing event in Tianjin, China....
View ArticlePartnering with Precision: Windows 8 Helps Your Customers Work How, When, and...
A blog series for U.S. partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs.Over the years, one of the hot business topics we’ve encountered has been managing...
View ArticleProtect everything: using FCI to protect files of any type with Windows...
Hey folks,We once again have a guest for today's AD RMS Team blog. Today's post is brought to you by Andrey Moskvitin. Andrey is a Technical Solutions Professional who specializes in Security for our...
View ArticleLync Federation will continue as Windows Live Messenger transitions to Skype
Beginning this month, Microsoft will start helping Windows Live Messenger (WLM) users move to Skype, en route to eventually retiring WLM. Lync customers who are using federation with WLM will be...
View ArticleReally? Delegating Help Desk Accounts to unlock user accounts in the...
One afternoon while working at one of my customer sites, I noticed a user calling a Help Desk Associate to unlock their user account. The Help Desk Associate used Active Directory Administrative Center...
View ArticleAutomatically Populate Config.xml file Path During OSD Deployment
Problem:During an OSD Deployment you may want to use a Config.xml file with USMT generated with the /genconfig command line option when running scanstate to modify the migration scenario from a source...
View ArticleMIC Productivity in Spain to host upcoming event on the BizSpark Plus Program...
MIC Productivity, based in Spain, is set to hold a workshop on “DevelopingApplications with Windows Azure cloud” on Thursday, November 22. This will be thefourth session they’ve hosted, and this...
View ArticleMicrosoft Software Asset Management (SAM) Helps Handle Growth, Update...
Hey folks - I know that many of you MAP fans out there are either from our SAM partner community or have used MAP in a SAM engagement. Here’s a re-post of a recent case study performed by our friends...
View Article高效的 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 硬件卸载数据传输
作者:沈晓 MVP - 存储文件系统专家 微软新一代的云操作系统服务器平台Windows Server 2012在文件存储和数据传输方面有很大的提升。其中最引人注目的一项新功能:硬件卸载数据传输技术(Offload Data Transfer)。利用微软Windows Server...
View ArticlePhotographs around Microsoft #13
Art around my office in Redmond includes this tangerine Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga. ...(read more)
View ArticleWindows 8: May The Birds Be With You..
Welcoming Angry Birds of all kinds to Windows 8...(read more)
View ArticleWhy W8? Don’t forget the lucky Charms
Sorry, I couldn’t resist, Lucky Charms was on the tip of my tongue the first day I learned about that new feature in Windows 8. But this post isn't to pick on the new kid on the block.If you aren't...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: The Greatest SharePoint 2010 Cmdlet
Summary: Guest blogger Microsoft PFE Chris Weaver talks about the greatest SharePoint 2010 Windows PowerShell cmdlet.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This weekend is going to be a guest...
View Article[DEV][Win8] Netzwerkerkennung
Hier der nächste Beitrag meiner Blogserie: Blogserie- Mein Leben mit XAML.Wenn in einer App auf Netzwerkresourcen, insb. Internet Resourcen zugegriffen werden soll, ist es ratsam schon vor dem ersten...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Switch to the High Performance power...
When you install a fresh copy of Windows Server 2012 and configure it with the File Server role, the default Power Setting balances power efficiency and performance.For this reason, even if you have a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Make sure your network interfaces are...
The new SMB Multichannel feature improves performance for network interfaces by using multiple TCP connections for a single network interface automatically. SMB will only do this if your network...
View ArticleDHCP MAC address Filter management made easy with DHCP PowerShell
Security and network administrators are increasingly wary of internal security threats, in addition to threats from the outside, due to the introduction of uncertified hardware and software on the...
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