Need to buy a bot? There’s now an app store for that
Microsoft and others predict automated assistants are the way of the future. Now they have their own app store Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has made clear: One of the next big platforms for...
View ArticleBackup and Restore DHCP with Failover Configuration
[This post comes to us courtesy of Vithalprasad Gaitonde from Product Group and Gopalakrishnan Krishnan from Global Windows Networking Support] The DHCP service has evolved with its own in-built...
View ArticleAzure AD Mailbag: Azure AD Connect Health
Hey y’all, Mark Morowczynski here with another Friday mailbag. After our Azure AD Connect Health blog post we thought it might be a good time and re-visit some questions you may have around Azure AD...
View ArticleWindows Azure Pack connector: Administering Hybrid Cloud with a Single Pane...
Microsoft IT has created a more seamless way to manage hybrid clouds. Now available for download, the Windows Azure Pack connector lets administrators and tenants use one portal to manage IaaS virtual...
View ArticleDown and Dirty WinPE USB for Surface
Hi everybody! My name is Stephen Mathews and you may know me from my 3-part PowerShell Basics video series on Taste of Premier. Today I’m here to show how to create a bootable Windows PreInstallation...
View ArticleMicrosoft IT Institute Best Practice Experience: Lync at Microsoft
This session covers “How Microsoft Does IT” and provides insight into how Microsoft deploys and manages Lync and conferencing solutions to support Microsoft’s 220,000+ internal users. Participants will...
View ArticleMeet the new Windows Dev Center
The Windows Dev Center just got a whole new look. We’ve made it easier to find the right content at the right time, with key tasks and resources to help you design, develop, and market your apps called...
View ArticleOpen Any Folder with Visual Studio “15” Preview
For developers to be truly productive in Visual Studio their code needs to be organized into Solutions and projects, right? For a long time, that was a core expectation of how Visual Studio works....
View ArticleWindows MultiPoint Server 2012 updates available
Hi everyone this is Eva Seydl and I work on the MultiPoint Services team. We’re excited to announce two updates for Windows MultiPoint Server 2012, both of which are available for immediate download...
View ArticleRead a text tile and do frequency analysis using PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to read a text file and do a letter-frequency analysis using Windows PowerShell in this article written by the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson. Today I am going to put the script...
View ArticleMinecraft update: Story Mode Skin Pack now available
Today on Xbox Wire we shared the news that the Minecraft: Story Mode skin pack update is now available for the Windows 10 Edition, the Pocket Edition and all the Console Editions. You can get the...
View ArticlePreviewing Server 2016 TP4: Temporary Group Memberships
Disclaimer: Windows Server 2016 is still in a Technical Preview state – the information contained in this post may become inaccurate in the future as the product continues to evolve. More specifically,...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Queue (VMQ) CPU assignment tips and tricks
Hello First a small introduction. I am Marco Cancillo and have been working at Microsoft since 2013 as a Sr. Support Engineer in the western Europe CTS Network team.Within my work I have seen...
View ArticleCumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2012 SP3
Dear Customers, The 2nd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP3 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. To learn more about the release or servicing model, please visit:...
View ArticleMS15-040 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Service to...
Severity Rating: CriticalRevision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow code...
View ArticleThe Office Small Business Academy April webcast—“Culture Rules! Create a...
It’s no surprise that small businesses consider culture to be a major contributor to their overall success—and a healthy culture starts at the top. Register now for the April episode of Office Small...
View ArticleTuesdays with Corey: New Export Azure Resource Manager Template capabilities...
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute shows off some new functionality in the Azure Portal – the ability to EXPORT a resource group into an Azure Resource Manager...
View ArticleDoes your logon hang after a password change on win 8.1 /2012 R2/win10?
Hi, Linda Taylor here, Senior Escalation Engineer from the Directory Services team in the UK. I have been working on this issue which seems to be affecting many of you globally on windows 8.1, 2012 R2...
View ArticleTo be everywhere, does your company need a bot strategy?
Microsoft, Facebook, and more are better that chatting with AI is the next big thing in business As phone screens get bigger and high-speed connectivity becomes more ubiquitous in many parts of the...
View ArticleIntroducing a new home page experience for Office 365 users
Earlier this month, we began to roll out a new, more intuitive home page experience for Office 365 users. This update brings a fresh new look and feel to the Office 365 welcome page, and a range of new...
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