Three smartphones and a wedding
Some of you might see a new Windows Phone ad on TV tonight. If you don’t trust serendipity, you can also watch it right here. Me? I chuckled when I first saw the spot. As you’ll see, it plays off the...
View ArticlePublishing LightSwitch apps for SharePoint to the Catalog (Brian Moore)
Ok, your app is done, you’ve learned how to authenticate it and publish it like I demonstrated in my previous post. When you’re done with the publish wizard on a SharePoint app, you’ll see an explorer...
View ArticleTroubleshoot your Exchange 2010 database backup functionality with VSSTester...
VSSTester.ps1Frequently in support, we encounter several backup related calls for Exchange 2010 databases. A sample of common issues we hear from our customers are: “My backup software is not able to...
View ArticlePowerShell script to tell you if you need to update your Integration Services
A while ago I did a blog post that showed you how easy it was to check what version of the Integration Services were installed inside your virtual machines. However, a number of people came back to me...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Hyper-V hosts fail and log Event ID 5120 when being backed up
Michael Vargo| Senior Support Escalation EngineerSome customers are experiencing failures on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts that utilize Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs) when backing up virtual...
View ArticleLogical Networks (Part II) – How many logical networks do you really need?
In Part I, we looked at how Logical Networks fit into a Virtualized Network solution. In Part II, which is split over a number of different posts, we focus our attention on Logical Network design and...
View ArticleTechEd 2013–Ulrich Homann Demystifies Devices and Services
Only a few weeks left before we all get together in New Orleans or Madrid for TechEd 2013! Our ARC track presenters are busy building great presentations and eye-popping demos that are going to have...
View ArticleHow to enable Google Now for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) with Google Apps for...
I've got GAFYD (Google Apps for your Domain) running mail for hanselman.com and managing Google logins for the family. (There's 14 of us.)Google Now (that's the fancy cards and predictive assistant)...
View ArticleTechEd 2013-Gayana Bagdasaryan Discusses Identity Infrastructure Fundamentals...
We continue our march to TechEd North America and TechEd Europe with another star in the ARC track hit parade. In the world of cloud computing, identity issues are going to take an increasingly...
View ArticleOneNote just made your touch more powerful!
Many of our users expressed the need to be able to draw on the touch devices that do not ship with a pen. With this update to OneNote for Windows Store, now you can draw with your finger! Read on to...
View ArticleStarEast and an AMA with noted Test analyst Theresa Lanowitz this week
This week I will be at the Stareast 2013 conference manning the Microsoft Test booth, meeting testers, sneaking into Anna’s incredible Test training, doing demos of our Test tools and something that...
View ArticleSkype comes to Outlook.com
We're excited to announce that a preview of Skype video calling and messaging is starting to arrive in Outlook.com--making it easier to stay connected to the people you care about most. Your Skype...
View ArticleIntroducing Office 365 tenant reports
Audience: Office 365 Enterprise adminsWritten by: Sanjeev Garg, Office 365 Senior Program Manager Originally published to the Office 365 Preview blog. As the administrator for the Office 365 service...
View ArticleStage 9: Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a category page
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013.” In this series, I'll use data from a fictitious company called "Contoso" to show you how to use...
View ArticleWindows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series Tomorrow: Using Visual Studio...
Just a reminder that we rescheduled the Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series session on Using Visual Studio Authoring Extensions to tomorrow at 8:00 Pacific time. Please join us for this...
View ArticleJoin the Facebook for Windows Phone Beta app program
Calling all tinkerers. If you love Facebook and enjoy playing around with pre-release software, read on. Today we’re launching a new program designed to help speed up delivery of new features in the...
View ArticleRegister now for the App Builder Virtual Summit
This Thursday, May 2, Microsoft hosts the App Builder Virtual Summit. The online event is free and will be held from 9 am – 12:30 pm PST. Register now to learn the why and how of designing, building,...
View ArticleApplication Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud...
Hello Readers, welcome to the 4th and final post in this series on deploying the example VMM Service Template for SharePoint 2013 to your Microsoft private cloud. To recap where we’ve been:Application...
View ArticleSupport Tip: OpsMgr 2012 SP1 upgrade fails with error "Failed to set DW...
Satish Phatge| Senior Support EngineerHere’s a quick tip that might help you out when upgrading to System Center 2012 Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2012) Service Pack 1 (SP1).When performing an upgrade to...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2013
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. There were no significant...
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