Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
Tip of the Day: Office 365 Outlook Connectivity guided walkthrough
This week, we will focus on guided walkthroughs available for Office 365. One of the highest call...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/11/2014
Tip of the Day: Office 365 mail flow guided walkthrough
Today’s Tip… This week, we will focus on guided walkthroughs available for Office 365. One of the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/10/2014
Tip of the Day: Better Malware Resistance in Windows 8.1
Today’s Tip… Windows Defender, which was included in Windows 8, in Windows 8.1 includes network...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/09/2014
Tip of the Day: Windows 8.1 and WTG
Today’s Tip… With Windows To Go (WTG) in Windows 8.1, the Windows Store is now enabled by default....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/08/2014
Tip of the Day: Work Folders
Today’s Tip… Work Folders allows a user to sync data to their device from their user folder located...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/07/2014
Tip of the Day: RDP over VMBUS
Today’s Tip…. Windows Server 2012 R2 includes an “enhanced mode” that delivers a high fidelity...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/06/2014
Tip of the Day: Printing and PINs
Today’s Tip… Windows 8.1 provides a common framework to support PIN printing (a.k.a. secure...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/05/2014
Tip of the Day: Azure Podcast
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Azure Podcast I got the opportunity last night to help out with some of our...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/04/2014
Tip of the Day: IP and Domain Restricted Supported with Windows Azure Web Sites
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… IP and Domain Restricted Supported with Windows Azure Web Sites In September we...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/03/2014
Tip of the Day: FedRAMP JAB P-ATO for Windows Azure
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…FedRAMP JAB P-ATO for Windows Azure If you are in the Federal space, you...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/02/2014
Tip of the Day: Azure Penetration Testing
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Azure Penetration Testing Did you know that we conduct regular penetration...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 12/01/2014
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Where's SQL Profiler?
Today’s (SQL) Tip… As you know from previous tips, performance issues drive a lot of the Windows...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2014
(SQL) Tip of the Day: BACPAC and Data Inconsistency
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Windows Azure SQL Databases do not support SQL native backup formats. Thus, there...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2014
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Automatic Exports: What, Where, and Why
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Did you know that SQL Azure doesn’t include a SQL Agent? Without a scheduling...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2014
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Waits and Queues
Today’s (SQL) Tip… SQL Server has long used a multi-threaded programmatic style based upon a “waits...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2014
(SQL) Tip of the Day: A handful of simple steps
Today’s (SQL) Tip… Did you know that most of our Windows Azure SQL Database cases have historically...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2014
(Cloud): Finding primes in the clouds
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Finding primes in the clouds Got some spare compute hours in your MSDN...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure achieves PCI DSS compliance
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Azure achieves PCI DSS compliance As of January 16th, Windows Azure has been...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: IBM bets big on Watson
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…IBM bets big on Watson Remember that big computer that IBM used to completely...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: New Office 365 Guided Walkthroughs
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… There are a series of new Office 365 Guided Walkthroughs for some of the most...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/19/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Azure MFA App Passwords for Admins
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Previously, if your using Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication, admins...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/18/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Switching Office 365 Plans
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… For a while, you can switch plans in Office 365 as long as they were within the...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/17/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Create a non-expiry Azure Active Directory tenant
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Did you know that if you sign up for Office 365 or Windows Intune, your tenant...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2014
Tip of the Day: Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA)
Today’s Tip… A new feature of Windows Server 2012 R2 is Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA)....
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2014
Tip of the Day: IE 11 allows you to skip Intranet search
Today’s Tip… When using Internet Explorer 11, here is a quick way to skip the Intranet...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/12/2014
Tip of the Day: Applications looks blurry after Windows 8.1
Today’s Tip… After upgrading to Windows 8.1 some folks have found that applications may looks...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2014
Tip of the Day: Windows PowerShell Versions
Today’s Tip… Windows PowerShell has been out for a few versions now. The following Windows versions...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: An outsider's perspective on our Cloud OS concept
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…An outsider's perspective on our Cloud OS concept A very interesting article...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Folding the Cloud
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Folding the Cloud Interested in donating some of your compute cycles? Check out...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2014
(Cloud)Tip of the Day: Private and Hybrid are Clouds, too!
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Although most people tend to think of our public cloud offering, Azure,...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Pwned
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… I highly encourage you to check out the article by Troy Hunt about the work he...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2014
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Azure Active Directory Application Access
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Did you know that Windows Azure AD includes the ability to simplify access to...
Author: Robert Mitchell [MSFT] Date: 11/03/2014
Tip of the Day: 3D Printing (no glasses required)
Today’s Tip… Windows 8.1 supports the ability to print 3D models when sending to 3D printers that...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/31/2014
Tip of the Day: Free Ranging Printers
Today’s Tip… In Windows 8, users can roam a number of settings with their Microsoft account like...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/30/2014
Tip of the Day: Windows PowerShell for DFSR
Today’s Tip… Windows Server 2012 R2 adds a PowerShell module for Distributed File System Replication...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/29/2014
Tip of the Day: Bye, Bye FRS
Today’s Tip… FRS (File Replication Service) has been deprecated in Windows Server 2012...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/28/2014
Tip of the Day: Come closer… closer….
Today’s Tip… In Windows 8, support for NFC (Near Field Communication) was introduced with the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/27/2014
Tip of the Day: Offline Access for Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Offline Access for Outlook Web Access (OWA) Although it sounds counterintuitive,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/26/2014
Tip of the Day: Outlook Web Access (OWA) vs. Outlook
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Outlook Web Access (OWA) vs. Outlook Some customers will use OWA while others...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/25/2014
Tip of the Day: Manually control what gets installed with Office 365
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Manually control what gets installed with Office 365 The typical...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/24/2014
Tip of the Day: Feature Comparison of SharePoint Online in Office 365
Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Feature Comparison of SharePoint Online in Office 365 plans All Office 365...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/23/2014
Tip of the Day: Lync Mobile for Windows Phone and iOS
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Lync 2013 for Windows Phone and iOS… About a year ago, we released an update for...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/22/2014
Tip of the Day: Playing Well with Others
Today’s Tip… One of the things I noticed about Windows Server 2012 was that while we came up with...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/21/2014
Tip of the Day: CSV Placement Policies
Today’s Tip… Imagine an eight node cluster coming up from a complete shutdown.? Then imagine that...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/20/2014
Tip of the Day: Saying Goodbye is Hard to Do
Today’s Tip… With the introduction of Windows Server 2012, the cluster community said goodbye to the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/19/2014
Tip of the Day: Hibernate options when running on Windows 8/8.1
Today’s Tip… If you are running on Windows 8/8.1, you may need to enable the option if not listed...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/18/2014
Tip of the Day: Free Windows Azure Book for IT Professionals
Today’s (Cloud) Tip…FREE Windows Azure book for IT Professionals Below is a link to a free book,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/16/2014
Tip of the Day: Online Resizing of VHDx Files
Today’s Tip… In Windows Server 2012 R2, we can now resize VHDx files without taking them offline....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/15/2014
Tip of the Day: Virtualizing ‘Secure Boot’
Today’s Tip… This week’s tips have been about Generation 2 VMs.? Today’s tip is no exception.? We...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/14/2014