Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
Windows Assessment and Deployment (ADK) for Windows 10, version 1703 Available
Today’s Tip… Direct Download: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=845542 Note: You must use...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/14/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Network Watcher -- Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Service for Azure
Today’s Tip… Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/14/2017
Tip of the Day: High-DPI Scaling Improvements in Creators Update
Today’s Tip… The following blog includes a great deal of information, including: Work completed...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/13/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure IP Advantage
Today’s Tip… Protecting your innovation in the cloud: Reduce risk, innovate with confidence, and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/13/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows Vista support has ended
Today’s Tip… As of yesterday, April 11th, it is official. The following article covers: What is...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/12/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer 0.8.9
Today’s Tip… We have recently released Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer 0.8.9. You can download it...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/12/2017
Tip of the Day: Azure Stack Technical Preview 3
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Azure Stack Innovate through hybrid applications with Azure and Azure Stack...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/31/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Citrix XenDesktop Essentials on Microsoft Azure: Pricing, FAQ and more!
Today’s Tip… References: "XenDesktop Essentials #1 FAQ – Pricing Info!" -...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/30/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: New lower prices on Azure Virtual Machines and Blob Storage
Today’s Tip… We strive hard at Azure to offer you the best value in one of the most cost effective...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/29/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Understanding Azure troubleshooting and support
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Azure team is committed to helping you achieve more with the power of the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/28/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Announcing: Remote Desktop Services solutions templates on Azure Marketplace
Today’s Tip… At Ignite 2016, we highlighted all the improvements we have made in our core Remote...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/27/2017
Tip of the Day: DNS Recursion Policies
Today’s Tip… Previous DNS Policy tips discussed two uses for Query Resolution Policy; Location Aware...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/24/2017
Tip of the Day: More Uses for Windows Server 2016 DNS Policies – Selective Query Filtering
Today’s Tip… The last Network Tip of the Day series introduced new Windows Server 2016 DNS Policy...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/23/2017
Tip of the Day: Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit v9.6 is available
Today’s Tip… This new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit provides...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/22/2017
Tip of the Day: StorSimple 5000/7000 Series - Software Update (Software Version 2.1.1.548) Now Available
Today’s Tip… A new software update for StorSimple 5000 and 7000 series appliances, version 2.1.1.548...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/21/2017
Tip of the Day: What does the Windows 10 1607 CBB declaration mean for Windows 10 1507 now that media has been released?
Today’s Tip… With the Current Branch for Business (CBB) declaration of Windows 10 1607 (1607 = RS1 =...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/20/2017
Tip of the Day: FIPS 140-2 Validation of Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016
Today’s Tip… As of Thursday, January 26th, the following operating systems have validated to FIPS...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/17/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Use Windows Server 2016 and software-defined networking to build a better network
Today’s Tip… Windows Server Program Manager Greg Cusanza joins Matt McSpirit to demonstrate the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/16/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Introducing Server Management Tools
Today’s Tip… At last year’s Ignite and Build conferences, Jeffrey Snover (Technical Fellow) and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/15/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Protection and recovery of Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp using Azure Site Recovery
Today’s Tip… We are excited to announce support for the protection and recovery of Citrix XenDesktop...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/14/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Mechanics Enterprise Mobility Videos
Today’s Tip… Overview: Lead security engineer, Michael Dubinsky demonstrates Microsoft Advanced...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/13/2017
Tip of the Day: How DNS Policies Work
Today’s Tip… Yesterday’s tip introduced Windows Server 2016 DNS Policies and the many ways they can...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/09/2017
Tip of the Day: Have You Seen What You Can Do with Windows Server 2016 DNS Policies?
Today’s Tip… DNS Policy is a new feature for DNS in Windows Server® 2016 allowing you to control how...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/08/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD Pass-through Authentication
Today’s Tip… Released to public preview on December 6, Azure AD pass-through authentication provides...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/07/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: New Quickstart experience for Web Apps
Today’s Tip… App Service provides you with many options for deploying your code to the cloud. The...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/06/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Back up Azure VMs directly from the VM blade
Today’s Tip… Azure Backup provides the capability to back up a virtual machine directly from virtual...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/03/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Announcing Auto-Shutdown for VMs using Azure Resource Manager
Today’s Tip… We are excited to announce you can set any ARM-based Virtual Machines to auto-shutdown...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/02/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure VM Single Instance SLA
Today’s Tip… We have done extensive work to improve availability of the Azure infrastructure,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/01/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows 10 and Windows Server Update History
Today’s Tip… Looking for information about Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 updates? What was...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/28/2017
Tip of the Day: Quick Guide to Windows as a Service
Today’s Tip… Looking for a quick guide for WaaS? Here you go! This article includes: Definitions of...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/27/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Shadow IT– Learn how to get control now
Today’s Tip… Shadow IT is here and it’s a threat to your organization. What is Shadow IT? It’s when...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/24/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2016 Content On Microsoft Virtual Academy
Today’s Tip… There’s a six module course for Windows Server 2016 up on MVA which includes the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/23/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: License your RDS deployment with client access licenses (CALs)
Today’s Tip… Each user and device that connects to a Remote Desktop session host needs a client...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/22/2017
Tip of the Day: Running a Network Trace on Nano Server
Today’s Tip… As diagnostic tools such as Netsh trace, Tracelog.exe, and Logman.exe are not available...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/20/2017
Tip of the Day: Remotely Managing Nano Server
Today’s Tip… Remotely Managing Nano Server Nano Server is 100% managed remotely. There is no local...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/17/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Use PowerShell to check domain availability for Office 365 and Azure
Today’s Tip… To extend a previous tip on checking domain availability even further, one could use...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/16/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Key Vault Explorer
Today’s Tip… Note: This is a Community Project. This is not supported by Microsoft. On October 25th...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/15/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: How to sync preferred language for Office 365 portal
Today’s Tip… You can set the language for the Office 365 portal for each user when using identity...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/14/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD PowerShell v2.0 update
Today’s Tip… There is a huge update to Azure AD PowerShell. Check out the official announcement...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/13/2017
Tip of the Day: Security Updates Guide
Today’s Tip… Microsoft has release a preview of a single destination for security vulnerability...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/10/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure is Gold: CSA STAR Certification achieved
Today’s Tip… We are happy to announce that Azure recently obtained the CSA STAR Certification. This...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/09/2017
Tip of the Day: More on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Servicing Changes
Today’s Tip… There is a lot that this article covers: What will be released each month Internet...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/08/2017
Tip of the Day: Surface Dial
Today’s Tip… Most of you have had the chance to check out the Surface Studio. Now check out the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/07/2017
(Surface) Tip of the Day: Updates to the Surface Dock Updater Tool
Today’s Tip… Looking for a way to ensure that all Surface Docks in your environment are on the most...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/06/2017
Tip of the Day: Microsoft's Recommendations for Password Management
Today’s Tip… Download PDF:...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/03/2017
(Server) Tip of the Day: Nano Server Image Builder
Today’s Tip… On October 15th, the Nano Server Image Builder was released. It is a graphical...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/02/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Deploy a two-node S2D SOFS for UPD storage in Azure
Today’s Tip… Content referenced was last updated on 1/6/2017 at the time of this post. Remote...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/01/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Plan and design your Remote Desktop Services environment
Today’s Tip… A highly scalable Remote Desktop deployment requires the use of specific patterns and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/31/2017