KB: “Cannot obtain the value from this computer 0x80041002" error message...
After the Windows Intune service is upgraded to a new release, you may receive the following error message in the Windows Intune administrator console as the error message relates to the Endpoint...
View ArticleEnd of support for Java SE 6
If you’re running Java SE 6, we have some news for you: Oracle stopped providing public updates to it after February 2013. Enterprise customers will still have access to long term help through their...
View ArticleStorage Spaces: Understanding Storage Pool Expansion
If you’ve read my prior post about Storage Spaces, or about how to import a storage pool, then the discussion here will be a good addition. One of the clear advantages of using a storage pool is the...
View ArticleSit, Stand, Walk, Type - Using a Treadmill Desk
I've been doing this whole "sitting and thinking for money" thing for over twenty years now. I've written about some of the things that happen to the body after sitting and typing for long periods, and...
View ArticleUse SharePoint permission management to create various roles in an app for...
This articles describes how to leverage SharePoint 2013 permission management to create different roles in an app for SharePoint.ScenarioWhen you develop an app for SharePoint, you might want to assign...
View ArticleDuplicate Windows Folders
Hello my name is Shasank and today I am going to discuss a customer issue that we recently worked on where a customer reported that Windows Explorer was displaying two Windows directories and Windows...
View ArticleMicrosoft Updates Power BI for Office 365 Preview with New Natural Language...
Today we’re pleased to announce the addition of significant new features to the Power BI for Office 365 preview, including natural language search with Q&A and improved experiences in two preview...
View ArticlePower BI for Office 365 preview and Power BI in Excel updates
We are excited to share that today the Power BI for Office 365 preview has been updated to include natural language search through Q&A as well as our improved experiences to two Power BI add-ins in...
View ArticleWhat Time Is It? Global Time (Steve Lasker)
You’re building apps that are hosted in the cloud. Your users can be anywhere across the globe. When you’re viewing a customer service call log, and you see a customer called at 4:30pm and was really...
View ArticleIn Tetris Blitz, a classic returns on Windows Phone 8—with a twist
Electronic Arts has rebooted one of the classic and most addictive puzzle games of all time. If you thought the original Tetris was fun, wait until you try it on a timer.In the free Tetris Blitz, you...
View ArticleKB: The VMMService service crashes after you add an ESX or ESXi cluster
After you add an ESX or ESXi cluster to Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012), the VMMService service crashes. Additionally, the following error is logged in the VMM debug...
View ArticleNew-SCSMAnnouncement –Title “Travis is joining Cireson”
Dear System Center/SCSM community – I want to let you know that I have accepted an opportunity to join Cireson as Partner, Director of Product Development. My last day at Microsoft will be this Friday...
View ArticleSystem Center Community/MVP Update
As many of you have probably seen today, I have announced my resignation from Microsoft to go to a System Center partner company. Friday will be my last official day at Microsoft, but I don’t plan on...
View ArticleInformation about SBS 2003 Product Support Lifecycle
[This post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary from Commercial Technical Support]This blogs post underlines the Product Support Lifecycle of the Windows Small Business Server 2003 and its...
View ArticleMevade and Sefnit: Stealthy click fraud
Recently Trojan:Win32/Mevade made news for being the first large botnet to use Tor to anonymize and hide its network traffic. Within a few weeks, starting mid-August, the number of directly connecting...
View ArticleImmutable collections ready for prime time
Today I’m very happy to announce that we released the stable version of the Microsoft.Bcl.Immutable NuGet package. We also published the MSDN documentation on immutable collections.Thank you!Nine...
View ArticleReplicating Virtual Machines to Multiple Folders
Hyper-V Replica allows you to configure where replicated virtual machines will be stored. You can either choose to have all replicated virtual machines stored in a single location, or you can choose...
View ArticleCreate SharePoint 2013 development environments quickly on Azure
In this blog post we will walk you through creating a SharePoint 2013 development environment on Windows Azure using the Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 RC image. Have you ever been in a situation where...
View ArticleIntroducing BrowserSwarm – Less time testing, more innovation on the Web.
Today we’re excited to launch BrowserSwarm– a new tool that helps web developers automate how they test their JavaScript projects across devices and browsers.What is BrowserSwarm?BrowserSwarm is a...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for...
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library have been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated:...
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