Configure Service Management Automation for Optimum Performance
Have you wondered how you can configure Service Management Automation (SMA) to ensure that you are utilizing all of your resources and getting the best performance? In this post I will discuss the...
View ArticleWhy C++?
A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to share a few scenarios where C++ really matters to an internal audience from the field. No demo code or sample projects were reviewed, just the scenarios and...
View ArticleTop Support Solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
These are the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (updated quarterly).1. Solutions related to Database Availability Group...
View ArticleTop Support Solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
These are the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (updated quarterly).1. Solutions related to Microsoft Outlook authentication...
View ArticleData loss prevention in Exchange just got better
With Exchange 2013, we released a new data loss prevention (DLP)capability based on deep content analysis that helps you identify, monitor, and protect sensitive information. We’re continually looking...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0 Technical...
I’m here at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, attending the annual RSA Conference USA 2014 . There’s a great crowd here and many valuable discussions. Our Microsoft Security Response...
View ArticleTesting and debugging your geofencing apps
In a previous blog post, we talked about how to use geofences to make your apps smarter and more useful by having them respond to changes in the user’s location. With geofencing, your apps can do...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 and Update Rollup...
The Exchange team is announcing the availability of the following updates:Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3Update Rollup 13 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3Exchange Server...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1
DownloadWhat's newRelease notesExchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download! Please make sure to read the release notesbefore installing SP1. The final build number for...
View ArticleTechNet Webcast Video Series: Bare Metal to Private Cloud
If you’re looking to get a head start in developing your own private cloud then there aren’t many better places to start than with Travis Wright’s 8 part series titled Bare Metal to Private Cloud. In...
View ArticlePower Map for Excel Now Generally Available, Automatically Updated for Office...
Today, with Office Service Pack 1, we’re announcing that moving forward Power Map will now be native to Excel. No longer a preview add-in, Power Map can now be found on the “Insert” tab in Excel for...
View ArticleOffice 2013 Service Pack 1 now available
Today we’ve released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the 2013 set of Office products including Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Exchange Server 2013. SP1 delivers greater stability, expanded functionality,...
View ArticleTry the Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2
The Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2 is ready for you to download and try. Our team remains committed to delivering regular improvements to Visual Studio 2013 through new capabilities and bug...
View ArticleAnnouncing new Web Features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
Today, the Visual Studio team announced the release of CTP2 of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 . Our team added a few useful features and did some bug fixing in this update to improve the web development...
View ArticleNow Available: Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 R2 SPF
This article describes Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Provider Foundation (SPF). This update fixes the following issues: - After a request to repair or scale a virtual...
View ArticleTFS Lab Management with multiple SCVMM servers
The ALM Rangers recently received a user request to clarify the following concept: “with Team Foundation Server 2013 you can configure a different SCVMM server for each team project collection”. This...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2
Today, we have released Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2 , a go-live Team Foundation Server 2013 RC and TypeScript 1.0 RC. This update release preview includes several significant feature additions as...
View ArticleReusing Existing Configuration Scripts in PowerShell Desired State Configuration
You are an expert in PowerShell DSC (or maybe not an expert, just someone playing around with configurations in DSC) and have already written fairly large and complex configurations for configuring...
View ArticleS/MIME encryption now in Office 365
Recently, we published a blog post that outlines how strongly committed we are to protecting our customers’ information. A key aspect of our strategy is to expand encryption across all our services....
View ArticleHands-On: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card
NVIDIA engineers have been hard at work developing a new graphics platform that pushes the limit of both performance and efficiency: it’s called Maxwell. NVIDIA has just released the first GPUs based...
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