PowerShell for finding the size of your local OneDrive folder
I would just like to share a couple of PowerShell scripts to find the size of your local OneDrive folder. Note that this just looks at folders structures and does not interact with the OneDrive sync...
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Controlling the Uncontrollable, Component 2: Application Deployment
In most organizations, the first app that needs to be enabled for mobile users is e-mail. It goes without saying (but here goes) that choosing which e-mail app/apps you’re going to enable and support...
View ArticleLunch Break / s2 e6 / Mark Templeton, former CEO, Citrix
This week’s episode is part 2 of my drive Mark Templeton, the recently retired CEO of Citrix.In this second half of our discussion, we talk about his history with Tesla Motors, what mobile device...
View ArticleThe PowerShell Gallery Is Public
We are excited to announce that, as of today, the PowerShell Gallery has changed from Preview to Public.In July 2015, we announced and opened the PowerShell Gallery for public contributions. Since...
View ArticleARM DSC Extension Settings
OverviewThis is the schema for the settings portion of the Azure DSC extension in an ARM template.Fast Reference"settings": {"wmfVersion": "latest","configuration": {"url":...
View ArticleBuilding your own integration service for Hyper-V
Over time many people have asked me how they can extend Hyper-V integration services. There are all sorts of reasons for wanting to do this – maybe you want to build your own automation system, or...
View ArticleA new home for the Hyper-V TLFS
With every release of Windows – we have released a matching “Hypervisor Top Level Functional Specification”. This document is some of the most detailed documentation we have on what the core...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s latest hybrid updates provide bottomless capacity for today’s...
Applications and data are at the heart of how organizations drive competitive value and improve efficiency. However, this digital transformation is resulting in an explosion of data. Enterprises have...
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Setting up Linux Operating System Clusters on Hyper-V (3 of 3)
Author: Dexuan CuiLink to Part 2: Setting up Linux Operating System Clusters on Hyper-VLink to Part 1: Setting up Linux Operating System Clusters on Hyper-VBackgroundThis blog post is the third in a...
View ArticleRecap: European Azure Tour & Cloud Roadshow
I just spent the last six days in Frankfurt (Azure Tour) and London (Cloud Roadshow) keynoting both events and meeting with over a dozen customers – and it was amazing.The customers I met with have...
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Lunch Break / s2 e7 / Michael McBride, VP Strategy, Lookout
In this episode I hop in the car and talk with Michael McBride, the VP of Global Strategy at the really impressive mobile security company Lookout.Michael and I talk about how the number of people...
View ArticleCROSS POST: LBFO Dynamic Teaming mode may drop send packets in Windows Server...
Here’s a blog done by Ajay Sarkaria that we felt needed to also be on the Networking site due to the nature and the popularity of the article. So we are going to cross post it here. LBFO Dynamic...
View ArticleDisable VMConsoleSupport???
In Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016 we have two, rather odd, new PowerShell cmdlets:Disable-VMConsoleSupport Enable-VMConsoleSupportThese cmdlets respectively remove and add the video adapter, mouse...
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Controlling the Uncontrollable, Component 3: Device Configuration Policies
The concept of applying policy to devices is not new or exciting – in fact, you’ve probably been using Group Policy or ConfigMgr to do this for your PC’s for years.The fact of the matter is that the...
View ArticleTyping a string on a virtual machine
This weekend I did a bunch of virtual machine automation – and wanted to share some code snippets. The first snippet is some code that will simply type a string on a virtual machine:$VMName = “Windows...
View ArticleFebruary updates to Azure RemoteApp
Within the month of February 2016, we released the following new features and capabilities for Azure RemoteApp:Gallery images were updated with Windows Administrative tools natively installed. Windows...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Underhanded PowerShell Contest
In an effort to improve the validation capability of PowerShell Script Analyzer, we are running a series of contests. We want you – the community members – to help us identify underhanded PowerShell...
View ArticlePackage Management Preview – March 2016 for PowerShell 4 & 3 is now available
We’re excited to announce the availability of Package Management related PowerShell modules targeted for PowerShell 4 and PowerShell 3. The MSI based installer can be downloaded from Microsoft Download...
View ArticleTyping special characters on a virtual machine
On Monday I showed you how to send a string into a virtual machine. But what if you need to send in special characters? Well – there is a method for that:$VMName = “Windows 10 Enterprise” $VMCS =...
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Previewing Server 2016 TP4: Temporary Group Memberships
Disclaimer: Windows Server 2016 is still in a Technical Preview state – the information contained in this post may become inaccurate in the future as the product continues to evolve.Hello, Ryan Ries...
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