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Today we released a number of great enhancements to Windows Azure. I blogged earlier today about the general availability (GA) release of Windows Azure Media Services. Windows Azure Media Services...
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As part of the VS update 1 , apart from the few big features like supporting pause across sessions, support hierarchical queries for suite creation , inline editing , ability to detect/install updates...
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Standardizing on ETWIn 4.5 we introduced ETW tracing for WCF. In the past couple of months we have been trying to establish some common tools that can be used to debug and analyze ETW traces from WCF....
View ArticleExchange 2013 Server Role Architecture
The Past: Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010In 2005, we set out developing Exchange 2007. During the preliminary planning of Exchange 2007, we realized that the server architecture model had to evolve to...
View ArticleTry F# 3.0 Released
From the F# Team Blog:If you're familiar with the site Try F#, which lets you run F# right in your browser, you'll be happy to hear that the Try F# team has launched Try F# 3.0 today! You will find...
View ArticleLearn More about Office 365 Deployment, Click-to-Run
We are excited to announce our next Ignite Webcast featuring more information on one of the most exciting Office 365 Deployment features called Click-to-Run. You can view the original blog post on the...
View ArticleKB: Starting a new job in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager fails...
Here’s a new KB article we published today. This one talks about an issue where you can get error 2606 when starting a new job in VMM 2012. Error 2606 can occur when a new job is started if there’s...
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View ArticleNetwork Virtualization Guide with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager...
One of the most interesting features included with Windows Server 2012 is the Hyper-V Network Virtualization capability. This feature allows you to move your virtual machines from data center to data...
View ArticleInternet Explorer, Our Favorite 90s Comeback
Last year was a pretty great one for Internet Explorer. From hitting a year high on worldwide share to making some new friends like Officer Cupcake and Eugene Filon, we poked some fun at our past while...
View Article5 essential Windows Phone apps for photographers
Smartphone cameras are more than just a convenience. As David Chen’s monthly photo challenge makes clear, they’ve emerged as a serious tool for photographers and an artistic genre all their own. What I...
View ArticleKB: How to increase the timeout for Migration Jobs in System Center 2012...
With System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) SP1, we now allow multiple migrations to occur and we can specify the maximum number of concurrent migration jobs in the properties of the...
View ArticleNokia’s turn-by-turn app Drive+ Beta is now available on more Windows Phones
Starting today, Microsoft and Nokia are making the beta of Nokia Drive+, the company’s turn-by-turn navigation app, available for free to all Windows Phone 8 customers in the United States, United...
View ArticleHP 8770w Mobile Workstation: Portable Powerhouse
If you are a photographer, videographer, or blogger that works on the go you’ve probably had to “make do” with equipment that’s really not optimal for post-production. At a recent LAN party event, I...
View ArticleHow Microsoft Upgraded to System Center 2012 SP1 – Service Manager
Internally, we have lots of teams at Microsoft that are using Service Manager for large and small scale service desk needs. One of our internal customers is the operations team that runs some of...
View ArticleNew: PaCE helps you keep up with your favorite Windows Server/System Center...
Hi, all, Christa Anderson here from the Partner and Customer Ecosystem group in Windows Server/System Center. I’m happy to tell you about a new series we’re starting.Microsoft’s Most Valuable...
View ArticleWindows Server Solutions BPA Updated January 2013
Update Rollup 4 for Windows Server Solutions BPA (KB2796170) is now available via Microsoft Update. New Rules AddedDefWebSiteExtended - This rule checks whether the default website is extended...
View ArticleEnabling .NET Framework 4.5 on LightSwitch Server Projects
With LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 (a.k.a LightSwitch V2) your server projects target the .NET Framework 4.0. This was a conscious decision on the team’s part in order to allow V2 applications to...
View ArticleWindows Azure Store: New add-ons and expanded availability
During the BUILD 2012 conference we announced a new capability of Windows Azure: the Windows Azure Store. The Windows Azure Store makes it incredibly easy for you to discover, purchase, and provision...
View ArticleBehavior Change When Working with Pass-Through Disks in Windows Server 2012...
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. I want to discuss a behavior change in Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters with respect to configuring highly available virtual machines with pass-through...
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