Everything Azure
A blog by John West of Microsoft
Digging deep into the Enterprise Mobility Suite
Hi all, I am going to be focusing more on EMS for next year and wanted to start to share any of my...
Date: 06/21/2016
Public Azure Stack Wiki
Great items stored in a onenote: The Azure Stack Wiki
Date: 01/31/2016
Got Azure Stack Up and Running at Home
I took some time out today and started the installation process for the new technical preview for...
Date: 01/31/2016
Exchange for IT Pros
Neat link I came across. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dn788775
Date: 01/23/2016
Windows Azure CodePlex Patterns
Came across this site today and look forward to digging into it more. https://wag.codeplex.com/
Date: 01/22/2016
Working with containers
Came across this. Looks like a good introductions to containers....
Date: 01/22/2016
Architecture for establishing Desktop Access in Azure
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt404690(WS.11).aspx Ran across this and placing here for...
Date: 01/18/2016
Azure Pack Preview Hardware Requirements
I am very excited about this upcoming preview. Here is a link to the hardware requirements:...
Date: 01/13/2016
Great set of new whitepapers around Azure AD and AD released
They can be found as a single zip or individual documents at the following link. Active Directory...
Date: 01/12/2016
Permissions required by Azure AD Connect
Date: 09/29/2015
Scoping by Group with Azure AD Connect
Got pointed to these steps which shows how to leverage a group for filtering via the AD Connect...
Date: 09/28/2015
Filtering accounts for Azure AD Connect
Good article that discusses the different type of filtering available....
Date: 09/24/2015
Selective Authentication for SubDomains
This became a pretty hot thread internally and I wanted to make sure I shared the external link...
Date: 09/12/2015
How do you sync users with AD Connect when they already exist in the cloud
It is not unusual for a customer to create accounts directly in Azure AD when testing Office 365 and...
Date: 09/09/2015
Multiple Azure Active Directories against a single Forest
I have seen this question popping up and wanted to share the guidance that was recently highlighted....
Date: 09/09/2015
How to Use PowerShell to Fix Duplicate User Principal Name for On-Premises Active Directory Users
Good link, posting here to share and keep as...
Date: 09/03/2015
Azure Active Directory Integration Tutorials
Lots of scenarios with different applications including Google apps for integrating with Azure...
Date: 09/03/2015
Interesting announcement about RemoteApp and connecting to a Virtual Network
Date: 08/19/2015
Cloud First
It has definitely been awhile since I have posted. During my absence my primary focus has been on...
Date: 08/06/2015
Introduction course to Windows Server 2012
Came across this in my studies and wanted to...
Date: 05/04/2014
Boot from WIM, great new option for smaller devices
Check out the blog post here on how to enable this feature. I am going to try it on my Dell Venue...
Date: 04/14/2014
Technical Documentation for Azure Pack
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40792
Date: 12/03/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 TechNet Library Documentation
Great PDF https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41182
Date: 12/02/2013
Link to Hyper-v R2 Posters
Helps with getting descriptions of services and new features....
Date: 12/02/2013
Service Manager Install
As I configure my exploration with system center, I wanted to share that Service Manager takes quite...
Date: 11/30/2013
IPAM Tip
Make sure you click the interface refresh after you have updated server access. While the task runs,...
Date: 11/30/2013
IPAM introduction
I started working with the IPAM component of R2 and found this guide helpful. Also, as a note,...
Date: 11/30/2013
Configuration Analyzer for System Center 2012 R2
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn469435.aspx
Date: 11/30/2013
WSF for Managing BitLocker in a task Sequence
Date: 11/18/2013
Migrating User State from XP to Windows 8.1
Date: 11/09/2013
What does fallback really mean in System Center Configuration Manager 2012
Found this blog, that I found really helps folks understand this multi-use...
Date: 11/09/2013
Content on Demand in Configuration Manager 2012
Ran across this capability and wasn’t aware of it. Have anyof you implemented this yet. I have...
Date: 11/09/2013
Configuring a Work Folders Test lab
https://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2013/07/10/work-folders-test-lab-deployment.aspx Had this...
Date: 10/28/2013
Comparison between 2012 R2 and vsphere 5.5
Great blog post that show a feature by feature...
Date: 10/21/2013
AD RMS Disaster Recovery
Below is a good link for details on managing AD RMS in a disaster recovery scenario....
Date: 10/06/2013
For those on ConfMgr 2007 here is a good link I wanted to endorse for troubleshooting cache content
Date: 09/27/2013
Learning About the Azure Cloud Pack and R2
Great post with a series of links can be found at the link...
Date: 08/21/2013
Windows 8 Primary Computer Option
As I continue to explore great new features that are now available with our latest set of software,...
Date: 08/18/2013
A new focus!
So, is been a couple of years since I have been the blogger I had once been around SharePoint. But...
Date: 06/06/2012
The SCCM 2012 Survival Guide
Fantastic resource!!!...
Date: 06/06/2012
Office 2010 and deployment with SCCM (and MDT :) )
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=64B837B6-0AA0-4C07-BC34-BEC3990A7956&di...
Date: 07/05/2010
Working my way through MDT and SCCM
As I continue to dive through challenges for OS Deployment, I keep coming across great links that...
Date: 07/04/2010
Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303420(office.14).aspx Great materials here (also, make...
Date: 05/02/2010
Office 2010 Group Policy Files Available for Download
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=64b837b6-0aa0-4c07-bc34-...
Date: 05/01/2010
Link to decent diagram on adding languages for Office 2010
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C37047C3-C7EE-4946-8927-1B2C3CA5F510&di...
Date: 05/01/2010
App-V 4.6 Articles I wanted to share
TitleDescriptionReleased/UpdatedAvailabilityVirtual Application Management with Microsoft...
Date: 03/28/2010
SCCM and App-V Integration Whitepaper
Came across this one while looking for information and think its a great resource that wanted to...
Date: 03/27/2010
You recieve the error message "Error while importing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Task Sequence. Details: The network name cannot be found" when going through the MDT 2010 Configuration Manager Quick Start
Turns out permissions are missing.For each share the document requests you make, you need to add NT...
Date: 03/21/2010
SP_MP_Control_Manager gives erros that WebDav is not configured correctly
Turns out the file does not always update even though you may have updated the settings via the IIS...
Date: 03/15/2010
File Upload Settings needed on Server 2008
By default, the max content header length is set to 30mbytes in IIS 7. You need to adjust this...
Date: 05/11/2008