Hands-On: Working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8
Storage Spaces is an exciting new storage virtualization technology that is new for Windows 8. For background, you can read my prior post on Windows 8 storage solutions. In this post I’ll build on this...
View ArticleAutomation-System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series-Runbook...
Hello Readers! For this next post in the Best Practice Series for Orchestrator, I thought it would be useful to discuss some tips on scrubbing and exporting Runbooks to make them ready for moving...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 9: Corporate Device Management
In this episode, Brad expands on the topics he discussed earlier in the week on the topic of cloud-based corporate device management.As noted in that previous post, to see some amazing corporate device...
View ArticlePie in the Sky (June 14, 2013)
Busy week, which it usually is when there are things like BUILD coming up. Hopefully having BUILD in the spring means that the fall will be quieter than it has been in the past, but only time will...
View ArticleApp roundup: More of the best apps as chosen by a 13-year old
I mentioned some of my daughter’s favorite apps in a previous post. She’s a great source for me because she consumes apps like nobody’s business, and always gives honest assessments. Since the first...
View ArticleInside Windows Phone - Use Location and Mapping in your Apps
On this week’s Inside Windows Phone, Matthias and I review in detail how easy it is to add mapping and location functionality to your apps. For apps in which this is relevant, it is an amazingly easy...
View ArticleNew Windows themes: kittens, puppies, and a world in color
Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but there are days when I envy my cats. Every morning, I head out the door thinking about everything I need to get done at work that day, whereas the only item on their...
View Article50 Percent of Fortune 500s Using Windows Azure
Last week at TechEd North America, I had the opportunity to meet with a staggering number of customers, partners and analysts from all over the world. There is nothing as energizing as hearing...
View ArticleWindows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #68)
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.Here is what we pulled together for the past...
View ArticleJune 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded three questions during the webcast, with specific questions focusing primarily on Windows Print...
View ArticleCleansing Customer Data Using Data Quality Services (DQS)
SQL Server 2012 Data Quality Services (DQS) enables you to cleanse data using your own Knowledge Base. In this blog article, I am going to show how to create a simple Knowledge Base which you can use...
View ArticleAnd the winner is…
There were a LOT of entrants in the our Star Wars Xbox 360 giveaway at TechEd North America, but, alas, only one winner.Big congrats go out to this year’s winner Karl Wiggins of Tuscaloosa,...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Making Device Users Productive and Protecting...
Part 2 of a 9-part series. This week’s pillar topic: People-centric IT.The modern workforce isn’t just better connected and more mobile than ever before, it’s also more discerning (and demanding)...
View ArticleCompliance Settings and Company Resource Access in Configuration Manager
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleProtecting Corporate Data on Mobile Devices by using Configuration Manager...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleSimplified, User-centric Application Management across Devices with System...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleUser Experience with Unified Device Management using System Center 2012 R2...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleInRelease Acquisition is complete
At TechEd, in early June, I announced our agreement to acquire InRelease – a release management product built specifically for Team Foundation Server by InCycle Software. Since then, we’ve received...
View ArticleInRelease for Visual Studio 2013 Preview Now Available
Last month at TechEd 2013, we announced Microsoft’s agreement to acquire InCycle’s InRelease Business Unit, a leading release management solution for .NET and Windows Server applications.Today, I’m...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Jetstress 2013 Field Guide
Due to the success of the Jetstress 2010 field guide, we have decided to continue the tradition by releasing an updated version of the guide for Jetstress 2013. As with the previous version, the aim of...
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