VIZIO launches new Windows 8 PCs
Today, VIZIO is announcing the availability for their new line-up of high performance Windows 8 PCs - all with 10-finger capacitive touch displays with awesome picture quality and of course fantastic...
View ArticleMeet the Windows Phone Next App Star finalists. Plus: New contest Collections...
Hello Sweet 16. We started with more than 9,000 apps submitted by developers in 79 countries, winnowed that to 64 apps—then turned their fate over to you. Half a million votes later, just 16 apps...
View ArticleRelease Notes 3/29/2013
In this week’s deployment, the CodePlex team fixed several bugs across the site. A couple notable improvements are:If a user replies to a discussion through email, we now strip out the email headers on...
View ArticleApp roundup: Start spreadin’ the news
My dad (God rest his soul) used to say, “I just want to check the news to make sure the world didn’t end.” That always stuck with me as a perfect expression of his sense of the absurd. But it also...
View ArticlePie in the Sky (March 29, 2013)
Happy Friday! Almost the end of March - was it just me or did this month fly past? Hopefully the weekend doesn't fly past!Here's some links for your weekend reading:Node.jsNode v0.10.2: Another week,...
View ArticleWindows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #60)
Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about...
View ArticleMailbag: How do you set network adapter settings with PowerShell in Windows 8...
Here’s an interesting question that came to us from one of our readers. If you have a question for us, don't forget that you can contact us using the Contact tile just to the right of this article when...
View ArticleOver 9,000 apps aimed for fame, 16 remain - You decide Windows Phone Next App...
As we head into the final stretch of consumer voting in the Windows Phone Next App Star contest, I wanted reach out to the developer community with an update. We created the contest to shine the...
View ArticleIntroducing the “In the Cloud” Podcast
I get to talk about the Cloud with customers and colleagues every day – and these discussions always leave me even more excited about this industry and the work we’re collectively doing. To share some...
View ArticleQuick tip: How to give your phone a unique name
With a phone as unique as you are, you might want to consider giving it a unique name. And unlike naming your firstborn, you won’t even need to fend off unasked-for opinions from family and friends....
View ArticlePinching pennies when scaling in The Cloud
Running a site in the cloud and paying for CPU time with pennies and fractions of pennies is a fascinating way to profile your app. I mean, we all should be profiling our apps, right? Really paying...
View ArticleQ and A: Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?
Question received via e-mail:Is it practical use SMB3 storage without RDMA or do we have a use case for production rather than development or test?I thought RDMA would be essential for production...
View ArticleQ & A: I only have two NICs on my Hyper-V host. Should I team them or not?
Question via e-mail:I am using blade servers for my Hyper-V cluster and I can only have two NICs per blade in this configuration.I am considering two options on how to configure the NICs:1) Use...
View ArticleLive Customer Q&A with Virtualization Experts! (Microsoft Virtual Academy)
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to announce the next FREE&PUBLIC event Live Q&A: Introduction to Hyper-V on Wednesday April 3rd,...
View ArticleOne Little Victory – Get Value from the Remote Server Administration Tools on...
If you've read any of my prior posts, you know I like to be able to do things without a lot of prep, in a short amount of time. Yes, I like the K.I.S.S principle – Keep It Simple, Stan. I also enjoy...
View ArticleQ and A: Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?
Question received via e-mail:Is it practical use SMB3 storage without RDMA or do we have a use case for production rather than development or test?I thought RDMA would be essential for production...
View ArticleQ & A: I only have two NICs on my Hyper-V host. Should I team them or not?
Question via e-mail:I am using blade servers for my Hyper-V cluster and I can only have two NICs per blade in this configuration.I am considering two options on how to configure the NICs:1) Use...
View ArticleJoin us for Tuesday’s webinar: Working with Office on Windows 8
If you are working with Windows 8-or your business will be using Windows 8 soon-check out this week's webinar. We will go over shortcuts and quick navigation for keyboard and mouse, plus answer your...
View ArticleTroubleshooting DirectAccess Manage Out Connections
This week we move a little outside of our traditional cloud content, but not too much. This article is about troubleshooting DirectAccess Manage Out connections. There are discussions about how to use...
View ArticleA System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Perspective on SMBv3 Files...
Chuck Timon | Senior Support Escalation Engineer | Microsoft CTS Management and Security DivisionOne of the more exciting features in Windows Server 2012 is the ability to support Hyper-V virtual...
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