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Written by Dan Cuomo & Scott Simkins | Microsoft Platforms Premier Field Engineers and 1st Time AskPFEPlat BloggersHi Fellow IT Pros,All too often we hear a common phrase from our customers, “I...
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There are no shortage of disasters – either natural or man-made – but the cloud has also made mitigating these disasters simple and cost effective. These technical advances have moved Disaster Recovery...
View ArticleFree eBook: Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution
We just announced a new eBook titled Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution that is free to download right now. The vast majority of the book is focused on architecture and...
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Today, Nokia has announced Treasure Tag to help you keep track of valuable things like your car keys, wallet, or even your bag. Treasure Tag is a small 30 x 30 x 10mm device that gets paired to your...
View ArticleBeginning LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2013 - Address Book HTML Sample
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View ArticleHow to use OpsMgr to leverage monitors on groups as overall health indicators
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View ArticleUpdate from SkyDrive to OneDrive now live for Windows Phone 8
If you’ve installed the SkyDrive app on your Windows Phone, head on over to the Windows Phone Store and get the update for OneDrive. SkyDrive is now OneDrive! The update also brings along a new...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Computers connect to Windows Update to download updates during...
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View ArticleOffice 365 Message Encryption — now rolling out!
In November 2013, we announced Office 365 Message Encryption, a new easy-to-set-up-and-use email service that allows you to send encrypted mail to anyone. Today, we’re announcing the general...
View ArticleExchange On-Premises TAP Program accepting nominations
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View ArticleIntroducing Office Online at Office.com
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View ArticleDell announces new solution for Windows Server 2012 R2
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View ArticleDistributed Automated Browser Testing with Selenium and BrowserStack
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View ArticleTop Support Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (updated quarterly). Note that some content that applies to earlier...
View ArticleConfiguring Windows Failover Cluster Networks
In this blog, I will discuss the overall general practices to be considered when configuring networks in Failover Clusters.Avoid single points of failure:Identifying single points of failure and...
View ArticleVote for the SharePoint Conference App Awards – People’s Choice!
UPDATE 2/20/2014: Preliminary voting is done, and we have 4 finalists! It’s time for you to cast your final vote between now and February 28, 4:00PM PST. Each registered SharePoint Conference attendee...
View ArticleNew UI and capabilities for Windows Phone App Studio Beta developers
We created Windows Phone App Studio Beta as a powerful but easy-to-use tool to help hobbyists, enthusiasts and new developers create content-based apps from end to end, all within a web UI. To date...
View ArticleCreating a slide show for your lock screen
In Windows 8, the lock screen feature introduced a personalization option to change the single image for each user that is logged into the device. In Windows 8.1, we’ve taken personalization a step...
View ArticleAzure: ExpressRoute Dedicated Networking, Web Site Backup Restore, Mobile...
This morning we released a massive amount of enhancements to Windows Azure. Today’s new capabilities and announcements include:ExpressRoute: Dedicated, private, high-throughput network connectivity...
View ArticleHierarchical Address Book now available in Office 365 too
Exchange 2013 debuted last year with the ability to configure a Hierarchical Address Book (HAB) for on premises deployments.As many of our customers are migrating and evaluating the cloud, a consistent...
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