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Final Stops for the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow: Australia,...
Hi, this is Christa Anderson, Community Lead for the Windows Server and System Center Group. As we wrap up the Windows Server 2012 Community roadshow this month, I’d like to thank our many MVPs who...
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How to Manage Multiple Servers on Windows Server 2012
Check out this great infographic from Marcus Austin of Firebrand Training. It appeared on Server Watch.
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The Case of the Mysterious Preseeding Conflicts
Hi folks, Ned Pyle here again. Back at AskDS, I used to write frequently about DFSR behavior and troubleshooting. As DFS Replication has matured and documentation grew, these articles dwindled....
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Circle Back to Loopback
Hello again! Kim Nichols here again. For this post, I'm taking a break from the AD LDS discussions (hold your applause until the end) and going back to a topic near and dear to my heart - Group...
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Postermania for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V - get these downloads
Posters are a great way to wrap your mind around some of the subsystems (roles and features) that are part of complex products. Here are some cool posters for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.Go get em @...
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System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Toolkit - download now available.
Package Conversion Manager (PCM) A new version of the PCM tool has been released. The new version supports both System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration...
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Demo: Hyper-V over SMB at high throughput with SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel
Overview I delivered a new demo of Hyper-V over SMB this week that’s an evolution of a demo I did back in the Windows Server 2012 launch and also via a TechNet Radio session.Back then I showed a two...
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Multipoint Server 2012 General Availability - good to go
As we announce broad availability of WMS 2012 you can hear a few thoughts from Anthony Salcito, our VP of Worldwide Education, on how this changes the game in delivering, managing and benefiting from...
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Updating SOA service for HPC Pack 2012
If you are running service oriented architecture (SOA) services on an HPC Pack 2008 R2 cluster, the 2012 release of HPC Pack requires the SOA services to be compiled with .NET Framework 4 or a later...
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Week of Feburary 11: New from Windows Server/System Center MVPs!
Hi, all,Christa Anderson here with this week's roundup of MVP blogs and articles. It's a good time to learn more about Hyper-V, both on its own and in combination with System Center Virtual Machine...
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Video: Converting Server with a GUI to Minimal Server
The Minimal Server Interface provides a convenient way to enjoy some of the benefits of Server Core, including a reduced attack surface and fewer reboots, while still maintaining local graphical...
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PowerShell snippet: “start a virtual machine and wait for a bit”
Over the last year there are a couple of PowerShell functions that have become a common set of many of my scripts. One example is this “StartVMAndWait” function:function...
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Hyper-V Replica Kerberos Error
David is one of our Premier Field Engineers and he approached us with an interesting problem where the customer was encountering a Kerberos error when trying to create a replication relationship. On...
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Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You
Dear Windows Server 2003,Ten years ago, Microsoft brought you into my life. You were new, fresh, interesting– the server OS of my dreams. You dramatically improved Active Directory to truly enable...
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DFSR Reparse Point Support (or: Avoiding Schrödinger's File)
Hi folks, Ned Pyle here again. We are occasionally asked which reparse points DFS Replication can handle, and if we can add more. Today I explain DFSR behaviors and why simply adding reparse point...
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Is Paul Maritz Endorsing Microsoft's Approach to the Cloud?
Well, he is ex-Microsoft, so maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that Maritz’s thoughts run alongside ours. Nevertheless, when he points to “web giants” who “have the ability to store and process large...
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Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Update Rollup 1 and Zero Client Drivers now...
We’re happy to announce that WMS 2012 UR1 has been signed off. We recommend that all customers apply this as it has some changes that increase general system stability. But most importantly it adds...
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Windows Backup and Hyper-V in Server 2012
Here is something new in Windows Server 2012 that I have not seen much discussion of yet: Windows Server backup now has native support for Hyper-V:What this means is that:You no longer need to do...
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SearchStorage.com Products of the Year: Windows Server 2012 takes the Gold!
Windows Server 2012 was recognized as the top Storage System Software product in TechTarget’s SearchStorage.com and Storage Magazine Products of the Year competition. Specific features that caught the...
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