Responding to Managed Availability
I’ve written a few blog posts now that get into the deep technical details of Managed Availability. I hope you’ve liked them, and I’m not about to stop! However, I’ve gotten a lot of feedback that we...
View ArticlePredictions for 2014 and the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A,...
Today we’re publishing the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We answered 17 questions in total, with the majority of questions focusing on the Graphics Component...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 11
Dear Customers, The 11 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 11 contains all the SQL Server 2012 hotfixes which...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Cumulative update #10
Dear Customers, The 10 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 10 contains all the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2...
View ArticleMAP Toolkit 9.0 now available
One of the more common questions that I get asked is this: “How can I figure out what I need to virtualize my environment, before I actually virtualize my environment?”. Now, to most people this would...
View ArticleKaran Daftary’s Bio
Hi I am a Program Manager on the Mac team for System Center Configuration Manager. I graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology and joined Microsoft in 2013. Upon joining Microsoft I’ve had the...
View ArticleMac OS X 10.9 Support for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Clients
Mac OS X 10.9 Support for the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Mac Client Mac OS X 10.9 is supported on System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with the following known exception: USB...
View ArticleCustom Branding Support in Azure AD now in Preview!
Howdy folks, We have some exciting news to share. Today, we're introducing the ability for organizations to customize their Windows Azure AD sign in page. This feature is now in Public Preview, and we...
View ArticleWindows MultiPoint Server 2012 Deployment Guide is now available!
Hi everyone,We're excited to announce today that the long-awaited Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Deployment Guide is now available for download! This document contains walks you through the steps...
View ArticleAdd apps to your Office 365 Public Website
Want a contact form? Integration with Facebook? Web analytics? Free apps exist for these and many other tasks, and it takes just a few minutes to add them to your Office 365 Public Website.1. In Office...
View ArticleExcel REST API in SharePoint Online
Excel Services on SharePoint offers a bunch of ways for developers to extend the power of Excel and integrate Excel workbooks into larger solutions. Originally, to take advantage of this, you needed to...
View ArticleOptimizing Service Manager: eBook
As part of a series of specialized guides for System Center, a talented group of our finest Service Manager experts just published an eBook available for you now! Microsoft System Center: Optimizing...
View ArticleMobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2...
Hi again, it’s Jeff Buller. I am a Program Manager on the Windows Server and System Center CAT team. This is the first of two posts on how to deliver Windows 8/RT applications to users, utilizing...
View ArticleUsing Django, Python, and MySQL on Windows Azure Web Sites: Creating a Blog...
Editor's Note: This post comes from Sunitha Muthukrishna, Program Manager on the Windows Azure Web Sites teamDepending on the app you are writing, the basic Python stack on Windows Azure Web Sites...
View ArticleUpdate: Expanded (and free) Resources for VMware Experts!
Back in October, I announced some new resources from Microsoft to help VMware Experts “Future-Proof” their career. The resources included the new Microsoft Virtualization Certification, free live...
View ArticleImportant Changes to the Forefront Product Line
Today, Microsoft is announcing important changes to the roadmaps of Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) and Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG):We plan to ship another major release of FIM in the first...
View ArticleOpportunities for app builders this holiday season
We expect this holiday season to be especially strong for the Windows Store and Windows Phone Store. There’s an amazing selection of great tablets, phones, and PCs on the market from many of our device...
View ArticleBetter together: OneNote+Bing = brand new sharing experience
Some things are just better together. Check out this post to see how you can use Bing's new Food and Drink app with OneNote to change the way you do things--from start to finish....(read more)
View ArticleSingle VMM Server deployment topologies for Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery...
Business requirements should drive topology decisions. Based on these requirements an organization might choose to have multiple data centers managed by a single management head or multiple management...
View ArticlePowerShell Security Best Practices
We get a lot of questions about PowerShell Security Best Practices, and we got the chance to present an overview of them at this year’s (Microsoft internal) BlueHat conference. This was a 20-minute...
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