Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
Tip of the Day: WIMBoot
Today’s Tip… The Windows 8.1 Update that released in spring has a new functionality called WIMBoot....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/07/2015
Tip of the Day: Sysinternals updates
Last year I did a tip about updates that were done to some of my favorite SysInternals tools. There...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/06/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Active Geo-Replication
Today’s (SQL) Tip… GeoDR or Geo-Replication allows you to have an active replica of your database on...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/05/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Point in Time Recovery
Today’s (SQL) Tip… The new SQL Azure editions will back up your database for you. Microsoft Azure...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/04/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Gathering SQL Execution Plans
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Today we are going to look at some SQL Query Plans. The easiest way and best way...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/03/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL Azure Resource Usage
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Today we will go over how you can see the resources your database is using on SQL...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/02/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Analyzing Wait Types
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Today I would like to talk about sys.dm_db_wait_stats. This DMV lets you get the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/01/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Gathering Missing Indexes
Today’s (SQL) Tip… This week I would like to go through the first few steps I like to send customers...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/27/2015
Tip of the Day: Safe Mode
Today’s Tip… We often want to boot into Safe mode to see if the issue is possibly due to a third...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2015
Tip of the Day: Unmap and iSCSI
Today’s Tip… Occasionally, I see questions on discussion aliases and think to myself that they might...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2015
Tip of the Day: More about User Agent String
Today’s Tip… Yesterday I sent out a tip about using the emulation settings in Internet Explorer,...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2015
Tip of the Day: Emulation in IE 11
Today’s Tip… Recently I was introduced to the emulation settings in Internet Explorer. These can be...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/20/2015
(Cloud)Tip of the Day: Oracle on Windows Generally Available
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Although Oracle (WebLogic and Oracle Database) running on Linux in Windows...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Mooncake is live!
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Mooncake is live! Mooncake is the platform for Office 365 in China, supporting...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2015
Tip of the Day: Tile Resizing
Today’s Tip… One of the handy little changes we got in Windows 8.1 is the ability to have more tile...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2015
Tip of the Day: New DISM Switch
Today’s Tip… One of the issues my team runs into from time to time is how much space is used by the...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2015
Tip of the Day: Un-dedup'ing
Today’s Tip… Question: On Windows Server 2012 or newer, if I have a NTFS deduplicated volume and...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/13/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Premium Databases and the Alter Database Command
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Did you know that while the feature is in Preview, or Beta, the “ALTER DATABASE”...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/12/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Query Plan Analysis
Today’s (SQL) Tip… As mentioned in previous tips, the majority of the Windows Azure SQL Database...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/11/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Four phases of performance troubleshooting
Today’s (SQL) Tip… There are four distinct phases to SQL performance troubleshooting. If you stick...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Connecting with Management Studio
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Recently, I have seen several occasions where customers could not connect a tool...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/09/2015
Tip of the Day: SMB 1.0 now removable
Today’s Tip… In Windows Server 2012 R2, the SMB 1.0 features can be removed. They are still...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/06/2015
Tip of the Day: Using Out-GridView
Today’s Tip… The Out-GridView is a new addition to Windows PowerShell 3.0. Actually it was in...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2015
Tip of the Day: Securing Lync Meetings
Today’s Tip… By default, Lync uses the same meeting ID for every Lync meeting you create. This means...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/04/2015
Tip of the Day: Enhanced Mode aka RDP over VMBus
Today’s Tip… Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V includes an option entitled ‘enhanced mode’. It delivers...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2015
Tip of the Day: Client Hyper-V
Today’s Tip… Like Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-v, Windows 8.1 client Hyper-v also supports the new...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2015
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Keep an eye on size so you do not hit your maximum
Today’s (SQL) Tip… In Azure, customers are billed based upon, among other things, the size of their...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/30/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Hybrid Migration Troubleshooter
We've made it easy to allow Office 365 and on-premises administrators to help diagnose Hybrid...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/29/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Hierarchical Address Book for Office 365
Exchange 2013 debuted last year with the ability to configure a Hierarchical Address Book (HAB) for...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/28/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Scott Guthrie demos WA AD
Scott Guthrie (CVP of Windows Azure) does an awesome job to demo Windows Azure Active Directory on...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Multi-Factor Authentication apps
As one of the available options to perform 2FA using Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication, you...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: MFA for Small Business and Windows Intune subscriptions
Today’s Tip… The Office 365 portal for organizations with Office 365 Small Business, Office 365...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 and Windows Intune
Today’s Tip… Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Office 365 was released on February 10th with the...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/22/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Azure AD Application Access
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Windows Azure Active Directory Application Access Did you know that Windows...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Azure AD Sync tool on a DC
A Directory Synchronization client exists that will support installing on a domain controller. This...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Directory Synchronization Reports
When Windows Azure Active Directory Synchronization tool fails to synchronize, reports get sent to...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/19/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Azure AD organization name
Did you know you can change the name of your directory in Windows Azure Active Directory? If not,...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2015
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Easy URL for Windows Azure Access Panel
Windows Azure Access Panel lets users access SaaS applications that were configured by an...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2015
Tip of the Day: Host based backups for Linux guests
Today’s Tip… With Windows Server 2012 R2, Linux virtual machines can be backed up in the same manner...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2015
Tip of the Day: Hyper-V Integration Services
Today’s Tip… Windows Server 2012 R2 comes with ‘Integration Services’ for Hyper-V guests. This...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2015
Tip of the Day: Storage Failure Detection
Today’s Tip… Starting in Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V has been enhanced to detect physical...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 01/12/2015
Tip of the Day: Network Failure Detection
Today’s Tip… Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and Windows Failover Clustering are enhanced to better...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/19/2014
Tip of the Day: Cross-Release Save-Restore
Today’s Tip…. A few tips ago (actually a few months ago) I mentioned the Cross Version Live...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/18/2014
Tip of the Day: WAAD Premium
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…WAAD Premium We recently started Previewing Windows Azure Active Directory...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/17/2014
Tip of the Day: Express Route
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Express Route Microsoft and AT&T are working together to deliver a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/16/2014
Tip of the Day: Check the health of your Office 365 service on the go
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Check the health of your Office 365 service on the go Office 365 service...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/15/2014
Tip of the Day: Windows Azure Import/Export Service for Moving Large Amounts of Data to Blob Storage
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Windows Azure Import/Export Service for Moving Large Amounts of Data to Blob...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/14/2014
Tip of the Day: Calendar and Folder Delegation in OWA
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Calendar and Folder Delegation in OWA Let's say you're about to go on...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/13/2014
Tip of the Day: Lync Online Sign-in Guided Walkthrough
Today’s Tip…. This week, we will focus on guided walkthroughs available for Office 365. Now, the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/12/2014