Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Custom Server Names for SQL Azure
Today’s (SQL) Tip… If you are using the Azure Preview Portal you can now create your own logical...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/26/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: DTU Limits per SQL Azure Logical Server
Today’s (SQL) Tip… If you are running a few SQL Azure databases you will notice on your server...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/25/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: More monitoring in Office 365
Today’s Tip… Two new reports have been released that enable you to monitor which operating systems...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/24/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Office 365 First Release
Today’s Tip… Office 365 First Release is a fairly new feature that provides customers the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/23/2015
Tip of the Day: Customize top navigation bar in SharePoint Online
Today’s Tip… SharePoint Online has released a series of new features. One of them, you as an admin...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/22/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Monitor Cloud Service and Virtual Machine performance
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Monitor Cloud Service and Virtual Machine performance You can gather diagnostic...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/21/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Resource Manager
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Azure Resource Manager Azure now supports the ability to deploy preconfigured...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/20/2015
Tip of the Day: FORMAT also triggers UNMAP
Today’s Tip… NTFS issues an UNMAP whenever a significant number of clusters have been released. In...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/19/2015
Tip of the Day: Can't Mount an ISO
Today’s Tip… Normally I don’t send out tips about issues with Microsoft products. However it is not...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/18/2015
Tip of the Day: More on Alternate Data Streams
Today’s Tip… Using Windows PowerShell 4.0, you can manipulate alternate data streams. Get-Item can...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/17/2015
Tip of the Day: ReFS clarification
Today’s Tip… The new file system introduced in Windows Server 2012, ReFS, has been with us for a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/16/2015
Tip of the Day: Dell/Credant System Crash Issue
Today’s Tip… Special thanks to Michael Champion Users have been reporting Dell Data...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/15/2015
Tip of the Day: Demystifying MS14-045
Today’s Tip… Special thanks to Arren Conner and Joseph Conway There have been several articles...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/14/2015
Tip of the Day: Azure MFA IP Whitelist
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… If you're using Azure MFA, you can now add your corporate IP addresses so...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/13/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Collect Diagnostic Info for Azure Management Portal
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… You can collect basic information from the Azure Management Portal @...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/12/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Geo-Repl for Standard Databases in SQL Azure
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Built on the same continuous copy mechanism as Active Geo-Replication, Standard...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/11/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Geo-Restore for SQL Azure
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Geo-Restore is the most basic disaster recovery option available in Azure SQL...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/10/2015
Tip of the Day: SQL Azure Auditing
Today’s (SQL) Tip… SQL Azure Auditing allows you to keep a full audit log of your actions in your...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/09/2015
Tip of the Day: Closer look at ODX
Today’s Tip… We’ve talked about ODX (Offloaded Data Transfer) in previous tips. This is a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/08/2015
Tip of the Day: VSS on file shares
Today’s Tip… Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 added the ability to VSS snapshots across file shares....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/07/2015
Tip of the Day: KMS - Set or Auto-Discovery
Today’s Tip… Is your KMS client set to the default auto-discovery or is it set to a specific KMS...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/06/2015
Tip of the Day: Who's winning?
Today’s Tip… How do you determine the winning driver version? Let’s start with what is meant by...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/05/2015
Tip of the Day: Troubleshooting Service Pack One Issues on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Today’s Tip… First Step - CheckSUR The System Update Readiness tool (CheckSUR) should be used to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/04/2015
Tip of the Day: KMS Host Configuration Can's and Cannot's
Today’s Tip… By default, your KMS Host has the following values set for Windows 8.1 and Windows...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/03/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Troubleshoot connection problems to Azure SQL Database
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Customers receive error messages when the connection to Azure SQL Database fails....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/02/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL 2014 Backup Improvements and Changes
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Beyond the new Smart Backup in SQL 2014 there are some other improvements that...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/01/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Transfer Files through RDP on an Azure VM
Today’s (SQL) Tip… This tip is not wholly SQL related but has made my life easier when using Azure...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/31/2015
Tip of the Day: Dedup'ing VHDx files
Today’s Tip… In Windows Server 2012, dedup was more focused on consolidation for files at rest and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/30/2015
Tip of the Day: USB support in Hyper-V...sorta
Today’s Tip… The Windows-To-Go USB drives allow you plug in said device, and present it to virtual...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/29/2015
Tip of the Day: Reading the USN Journal
Today’s Tip… While FSUTIL has been able to provide users with the ability to query and control the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/28/2015
Tip of the Day: Is a hotfix installed? Part 2
Today’s Tip… Yesterday I sent out a tip about querying to see if a hotfix is installed by using...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/27/2015
Tip of the Day: Is a hotfix installed?
Today’s Tip… We often want to verify if a specific hotfix is installed on a particular system or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/26/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: High Availability and Disaster Recovery for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines
Today’s (SQL) Tip… “Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs) with SQL Server can help lower the cost...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/25/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL 2014 Buffer Pool Extension
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Buffer Pool Extension was added in SQL 2014 and allows you to use SSDs to add to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/24/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: AlwaysOn Availability Groups Supported between Microsoft Azure Regions
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Availability Groups are now supported between different Azure Regions. Any...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/23/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL on an Azure VM Checklist
Today’s (SQL) Tip… We have recently released a checklist of all the steps you should follow to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/22/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Common Pitfall in SQL Azure Geo-DR
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Now that we have released Active Geo-Replication for SQL Azure I have helped a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/21/2015
Tip of the Day: Taking notes in OneNote with your Voice
Today’s Tip… Did you know you can takes notes in OneNote with your voice on your phone? On Windows...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/20/2015
Tip of the Day: Replacing a disk
Today’s Tip… Over the last couple of days I’ve talked about the NumberOfColumns and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/19/2015
Tip of the Day: Number of Data Copies
Today’s Tip… Yesterday I reviewed the NumberOfColumns in a storage space (aka virtual disk). We...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/18/2015
Tip of the Day: NumberOfColumns
Today’s Tip… In Storage Spaces, there is a concept called NumberOfColumns. I have tried on a number...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/17/2015
Tip of the Day: Improvement in NTFS Deduplication
Today’s Tip… In Windows Server 2012, NTFS deduplication was introduced. In Windows Server 2012 R2 we...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/16/2015
Tip of the Day: Putting OneDrive on Windows Server 2012 R2
Today’s Tip… Recently I’ve needed to connect a Windows Server 2012 R2 system to my Microsoft...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/15/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL 2014 Smart Backup
Today’s (SQL) Tip… SQL Server Managed Backup (also known as Smart Backup) to Windows Azure manages...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/14/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL 2014 In-Memory OLTP
Today’s (SQL) Tip… In-Memory OLTP is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2014. It allows you to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/13/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL Azure Database Firewall
The firewall in SQL Azure is an area that comes up in support calls often. Most of the issues could...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/12/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Transaction Log Limits in SQL Azure
Today’s (SQL) Tip… This is a common issue I run into on a near daily basis. You have a very large...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/11/2015
Tip of the Day: Disk Usage
I probably could have made a career just on explaining disk usage to people. And while I did do a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/10/2015
WIMBoot Service
Today’s Tip… Over the last couple of days I have been sending out tips about WIMBoot. Today I will...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/09/2015
Tip of the Day: WIMBoot Limitations
Today’s Tip… Yesterday I sent out a tip about WIMBoot. Today I’d like to add some information about...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/08/2015