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Planning For SQL Server 2005 End Of Support Part 4
In this, the final post in this series for now, I'll focus on resources that will help you have...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 12/23/2015
Planning For SQL Server 2005 End Of Support Part 3
In the last post I promoted the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for discovering the SQL...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 12/23/2015
Planning For SQL Server 2005 End Of Support Part 2
In the first post of this series I covered the different SQL editions that are impacted by the April...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 12/23/2015
Planning For SQL Server 2005 End Of Support Part 1
Over the last few years we've seen the end of support reached for some products that were in...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 12/23/2015
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Updated
In line with the November update for Windows 10, there is a new version of RSAT for Windows 10...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 12/08/2015
Windows 10 and Windows 10 ADK Update available for download
The updated Windows 10 Assessment and Deployment Kit for the 1511 release is available for download,...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/24/2015
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 Now Available
You can now grab the Hyper-V Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 from the TechNet Evaluation Center...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/19/2015
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 Now Available
Following up from the previous post on Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 4, Windows...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/19/2015
Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 4 Now Available
After having written several posts on Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 3, it's...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/19/2015
Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows 10 Part 3
In the previous two posts I covered Hyper-V Manager and creating a Generation 1 virtual machine, in...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/09/2015
Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows 10 Part 2
In Part 1 of this series I introduced Hyper-V Manager and some of the things you should do prior to...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/02/2015
Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows 10 Part 1
Hyper-V has been included with the Windows Pro and Enterprise clients since Windows 8, replacing...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/02/2015
Deploying Office 2016 To Your Customers
There have been some important changes around the way Office 2016 can be deployed, so it's time...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 11/01/2015
Windows Server 2016 Essentials TP3 Integration With Azure Virtual Networks Part 3
In the previous two posts I configured an Azure Virtual Network from inside of Windows Server 2016...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 10/12/2015
Windows Server 2016 Essentials TP3 Integration With Azure Virtual Networks Part 2
In the last post I covered what was required (very little, apart from an Azure subscription!) with...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 10/06/2015
Windows Server Essentials Tech Preview 3 Integration With Azure Virtual Networks Part 1
I've previously posted about the Office 365, Azure Active Directory and Intune integration with...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 10/05/2015
Windows 10, Azure Active Directory Join and Microsoft Intune Enrolment Part 2
In the last post I covered what the end user AAD Join experience could look like, depending on how...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/24/2015
Windows 10, Azure Active Directory Join and Microsoft Intune Enrolment Part 1
In the last OEM Australia video update I included a demonstration of one of the new capabilities in...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/23/2015
Windows Server Essentials 2016 Technical Preview 3 Online Services Integration Part 4
We can move on to more of the integration features, where the focus is on reducing some of the...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/17/2015
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Update 1 Re-Released (Build 8298)
Good news - an updatede version of the MDT has been released, here are the fixes that have been...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/15/2015
Windows Server Essentials 2016 Technical Preview 3 Microsoft Online Services Integration Part 3
In the last post I ran enabled Azure Active Directory, Office 365 and Intune integration, now...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/14/2015
Webinar - Office 2016 is coming Wednesday 23rd September
The Australian OEM team is running two webinars on Office 2016 on the 24th of September, details...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/11/2015
Windows Server Essentials 2016 Technical Preview 3 Microsoft Online Services Integration Part 2
In the last post I gave an overview of some of the Essentials capabilities, now it’s time to...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/10/2015
Windows Server Essentials 2016 Technical Preview 3 Microsoft Online Services Integration Part 1
A few weeks ago Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 3 became available, and now...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 09/10/2015
Webinar - Windows 10 - one month in
Due to overwhelming demand we're hosting another Windows 10 webinar — please join us....
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/21/2015
Windows 10 In-Person Technical Training this September
More training coming up... I'll be at they Sydney and Brisbane events, so if you attend make...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/21/2015
Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 3 Now Available
Following on from yesterday's post on Windows Server 2016 Technical Prevew 3 being available,...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/20/2015
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Now Available For Download
More good news, Technical Preview 3 is now available for Windows Server 2016. You can grab it from...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/19/2015
Download The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10
To help ease remote server management, you can download and install Remote Server Administration...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/19/2015
MDT 2013 Update 1 Now Available
News from Aaron Czechowski that many have been waiting for - the MDT 2013 Update is now available...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/17/2015
SMB Partner Focused Training Schedule Released
One of the requests that came through from the last roadshow was advanced notice of coming technical...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/14/2015
Webcast Recording End of Support for Windows Server 2003 - Why Migrate?
TechNet Radio did a series of three videos discussing Windows Server 2003 End Of Support, with the...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/10/2015
Download the evaluation edition of Windows 10 Enterprise for testing in customer networks
A question was forwarded to me about partners should test Windows 10 against Windows Server...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/09/2015
Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite Technical Training - Azure Active Directory Premium, Intune and Azure Rights Management
For those of you looking at expanding the management offerings you provide your clients, I strongly...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/09/2015
Download the Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10
Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/06/2015
Session Resources from Monetising The Windows Server Upgrade now available
I previously posted about this session here, and below are the links so that you can download the...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/05/2015
Upcoming Microsoft Virtual Academy Course - What's New in Windows Server 2016 Preview Jump Start
While the time zone isn't great for those of us in Australia, it's still worth registering...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 08/04/2015
Windows 10 Client Connector Update for Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 Released
In most cases, the need for customers to get this file urgently isn't too big an issue yet...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 07/30/2015
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2015 - Day 1 Keynote
WPC is Microsoft's way of kicking off the new fiscal year, and in today's post I'll give...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 07/13/2015
Windows Server Essentials Microsoft Online Services Integration versus Azure Active Directory Connect
As discussed in a previous post, Azure Active Directory Connect has been released, so I thought I...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/29/2015
On-Premises Active Directory Synchronisation Tool For Azure Active Directory Now Available
As much as I like the simplicity that is provided by the Microsoft Online Services integration of...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/26/2015
Differences Between Windows Server Essentials And The Windows Server Essentials Experience Role
As I've been revisiting some of the questions that were raised on the OEM Server Roadshow it was...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/25/2015
Live Blog Updates From Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in July 2015
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference is happening in Orlando, Florida from the 12th to the...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/24/2015
What's Coming Up Next Fiscal Year
I've been asked to be involved in more System Builder and OEM Reseller activities next financial...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/23/2015
Keeping Up With Microsoft Product Team Blogs - Part 2 - What I Try To Keep An Eye On
In the last post I covered the blogs I really try to stay up to speed on, in this one I'll list...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/22/2015
Keeping Up With Microsoft Product Team Blogs - Part 1 - What I Keep An Eye On
One of the questions that comes up often is how can you keep up with the rapid pace of change in...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/22/2015
Ignite Sessions For OEM and System Builder Partners - Remote Desktop Services
During the just completed OEM Windows Server 2012 R2 Roadshow I mentioned several ways of keeping up...
Author: Mark O'Shea MVP Date: 06/11/2015