Microsoft Azure RemoteApp Demo
Hi, my name is Omair Gillani and I’m a program manager on the Remote Desktop team. We are very excited about the overwhelming interest we are receiving for the Azure RemoteApp preview.For those who...
View ArticleDemo details for my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking
During my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure in Windows Server 2012 R2, I did a demo showing a Scale-Out File Server Cluster. The demo...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure RemoteApp Demo
At TechEd this week, I had the privilege to announce the release of Microsoft Azure RemoteApp preview, a new service from Microsoft that provides Windows applications from a finished Azure service....
View ArticleAnnouncing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux
For those of you fortunate enough to be at TechEd North America last week, you might have seen Jeffrey Snover announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Linux! (If you missed...
View Article3 Industry Changes that Favor IT Pros: My Recap of TechEd 2014
Veteran attendees of big technology conferences have heard, countless times, how things can or willchange in the future – but the organizations discussing or envisioning these changes are always...
View ArticleQuickly Recovering Replication on Hyper-V
Two weeks ago, I had to recover from a sizable power outage. When this happened, my first priority was to make sure that all of my virtual machines were running well. Once I had done this, my next goal...
View ArticleUnderstanding VPN configuration in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
[This post comes to us courtesy of Md. Sabir Chandwale and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support]In this post we will discuss about Virtual Private Network feature on Windows Server 2012 R2...
View ArticleApplication consistent recovery points with Windows Server 2008/2003 guest OS
I recently had a conversation with a customer around a very interesting problem, and the insights that were gained there are worth sharing. The issue was about VSS errors popping up in the guest event...
View ArticleSet FSRM Storage Report Limits using PowerShell
Windows Server 2012: FSRM Storage Report LimitsConfiguring Report Limit Settings Using PowerShell, by Stan SymmsHello there, My name is Stan Symms, and I'm a security architect in the ISRM SAFE-T...
View ArticleSetting up an Internal PowerShellGet Repository
At TechEd, we announced and released an early version of PowerShellGet: a package manager for PowerShell modules. The response was positive, and many people asked the same type of question: “Can I set...
View ArticleGathering Recent Events for a Specific VM
Imagine this scenario: you login to one of your Hyper-V servers and find that something has gone wrong with a virtual machine. Maybe the guest operating system is not responding, maybe it is running...
View ArticleNew Regions with High Performance Capabilities
Following closely on the heels of two recent announcements about new high performance capabilities on Microsoft Azure (HPC Team blog, Azure blog), we are happy to announce that we are adding support...
View ArticleImprove collaboration in small and midsize businesses solution guide now...
[This post comes to us courtesy of Kumud Dwivedi from Content Publishing]If you are a small to midsize business that is looking to enable employees and external partners to improve collaboration and...
View ArticleDebugging performance issues with VMQ
In my last posts about VMQ (virtual machine queues), VMQ Deep Dive, 1 of 3 , I tried to give readers a thorough understanding on the technology and why it was needed. Unfortunately, I still feel like...
View ArticleWish I can author DSC Resource in C#!!
In previous blog, we learned how one can use their PowerShell skills to author DSC resources very easily. Still there are folks (we met some at TechEd NA) who want to author their DSC resources using...
View ArticleHow to retrieve node information from pull server
As described in “Push vs. Pull Mode” blog, DSC configuration can be applied on target nodes using pull or push mechanism. In this blog I will talk about how to retrieve node information from DSC pull...
View ArticlePowerShell: predict the future via TechEd
PowerShell: predict the future via TechEdSummary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about Windows PowerShell and the future of the technology Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Where...
View ArticleConfiguring Health Report in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
[This post comes to us courtesy of Harshal Charde, Kriti Thakral and Sandeep Biswas from Global Business Support]In this post we will discuss about configuring Health Report email notification using...
View ArticleMicrosoft Remote Desktop Preview V8.1.1 app for Windows Phone 8.1 available...
My name is David Bélanger, and I’m a program manager on the Remote Desktop team working on Remote Desktop apps for the different Windows platforms. A month ago, we released the first version of the...
View ArticleDeploying PaaS Compute-Intensive VM's via Microsoft HPC Pack
If you want to deploy worker roles into your Microsoft Azure environment, then you need to be running HPC Pack 2012 R2. Although earlier versions allow "bursting" to Microsoft Azure, the size of...
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