HOTFIX: "Install Application" task sequence fails with Error code 80004005 in...
Consider the following scenario: - You install a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) primary site server. - You use the Install Application task sequence step to...
View ArticleOWA for iPhone and OWA for iPad are now available!
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of OWA for iPhone and OWA for iPad, which provides even more value to organizations on any Office 365 subscription that includes Exchange Online. OWA...
View ArticleDeploying the .MSP file from a Service Manager update rollup using...
System Center 2012 Service Manager Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 3 not only includes general Service Manager system updates but some hotfixes for the Service Manager Console as well. Normally you would...
View ArticleTop Picks from TechEd 2013: Upgrading Networking Infrastructure and Management
TechEd consistently delivers a wealth of technical information from the best speakers in the world. We thought it would be a great time to pick some of our favorite sessions from the most highly rated...
View ArticleResponsible for a million dollar software project, but don’t know where to...
This post was written by Cesar De la Torre Llorente, a member of the .NET Marketing team. Cesar provides guidance on .NET to customers and to sales, marketing, and support professionals at Microsoft.We...
View ArticleHTML UI Responsiveness tool in Visual Studio 2013
posting this on behalf of Jonathan Carter who authored this post Performance is a critical aspect of any 5-star rated app. Users expect pages to load quickly, interactions to respond immediately and...
View ArticleA fresh face for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center
Today we launched our new Microsoft Malware Protection Center website.Throughout the redesign process we have been listening to your feedback. You asked for an easier way to find our security software...
View ArticleImportant Hyper-V Update–July 2013 rollup
The Windows Server 2012 July 2013 update rollup is an important one to install on Hyper-V servers. Specifically because of this update:2853952 Active Directory database becomes corrupted when a...
View ArticleSupporting iOS devices in the workplace
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 empowering your...
View ArticlePeople-centric IT in Action: End-to-end Scenarios Across Products
Part 3 of a 9-part series. In today’s post, we tackle a common question I get from customers: “Why move to the cloud right now?” Recently, however, this question has changed a bit to, “What should I...
View ArticleWhat’s New for Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014
In SQL Server 2012, we introduced the memory optimized columnstore index. This resulted in huge query performance improvements but columnstore indexes had one significant disadvantage – they couldn’t...
View ArticleChanges to content deployment in SharePoint Server 2013
If you're familiar with the content deployment feature in previous versions of SharePoint Server, then you've probably heard that there have been a few changes to make it easier in SharePoint Server...
View ArticleKB: Managing a host in Virtual Machine Manager fails with error 2911 - Not...
The following error message is generated when managing a Hyper-V host with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM):Error (2911) Insufficient resources are available to complete this operation on the...
View ArticleTechNet Radio: Talking About PCIT and the ‘What’s New in 2012 R2’ Series
This week’s episode is a repost of an interview I did with TechNet Radio earlier this week. In this interview I talk with host Kevin Remde about the new 2012 R2 wave of products, and we talk about the...
View ArticleIssues Reported with MS13-052 (KB2840628) and Configuration Manager
We have confirmed a few different issues with the latest .NET Framework 4 security update, KB 2840628 , when applied to SQL Server 2012 (all versions) servers in a Configuration Manager environment....
View ArticleHitting the road? Nokia’s HERE map and navigation apps have new features,...
With summer travel season in full swing, mapping and navigation apps are getting a big workout on many people’s smartphones. One bit of Windows Phone app news overshadowed by last week’s big Nokia...
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View ArticleWindows Azure Web Sites: How Application Strings and Connection Strings Work
Editor's Note: This post comes from Stefan Schackow, Principal Program Manager Lead for the Windows Azure Web Sites Team.Windows Azure Web Sites has a handy capability whereby developers can store...
View ArticleNo new VB and C# Language Features in VS 2013
As you can see in the VS2013 Preview, we have not added new language features to Visual Basic and C# in the next version of Visual Studio. I’d like to share our thinking on this. There are essentially...
View ArticleNew support for Multipoint Server 2012 from NComputing
An important partner in the affordable client space has been NComputing, who just announced a new upgrade to its vSpace Virtualization Platform. vSpace Server 7.1 takes advantage of the user experience...
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