BetterTogether
Better Together is a Microsoft online compain that show the success stories of how Microsoft products work better together to give a big value. In this Blog all Microsoft Products Better Together Stories will be listed with Microsoft best practices for ea
Replicate SCVMM 2012 Clustered VMs using Hyper-V Replica & SQL Always-On
As one of the common scenarios for Disaster Recovery using Hyper-V Replica is to replicate System...
Date: 09/18/2013
Install Active Directory in Windows Azure in four simple steps
Introduction: There is a very long and complex way to install Active Directory in Windows Azure...
Date: 05/29/2013
Is AD integration or manual SCOM agents required to allow Automatic Windows Agent Failover between multiple SCOM 2012 Management Servers?
Introduction: I observed that some IT professionals confused about System Center Operations Manager...
Date: 05/21/2013
Downsizing HMC Environment to Prepare for Exchange 2010 SP2 Hosted Solution – Part3
As most of Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) companies start planning to migrate to Exchange...
Date: 11/20/2012
Downsizing HMC Environment to Prepare for Exchange 2010 SP2 Hosted Solution – Part2
As most of Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) companies start planning to migrate to Exchange...
Date: 11/20/2012
Windows Server 2012 – Part3: Virtualization Enhancements “Mobility”– Hyper-V Replica
In this post series I started here with a release date announced in Windows Server Blog (by the way...
Date: 08/07/2012
Windows Server 2012 – Part2: Virtualization Enhancements “Scalability & Flexibility”
In this post series I started here...
Date: 07/21/2012
Windows Server 2012 – Part1: Release Date
I was so excited when I read today that Windows Server 2012 Release Date (RTM version) is the first...
Date: 07/16/2012
Microsoft Private Cloud Videos
These are a group of new Microsoft Private Cloud Videos: Video: Thought Leadership Series – Enabling...
Date: 01/24/2012
Free Microsoft Private Cloud Training
On February 21 & 22 Microsoft Learning is running a 2-day virtual training event to help the...
Date: 01/24/2012
Orchestrator 2012 Deployment & Configuration Step by Step – Part 5 “Integration Pack”
In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and...
Date: 11/20/2011
Orchestrator 2012 Deployment & Configuration Step by Step – Part 4 “Build, Testing and Monitoring a Runbook”
In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and...
Date: 11/09/2011
Orchestrator 2012 Deployment & Configuration Step by Step – Part 3 “Installation”
In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and...
Date: 11/09/2011
Orchestrator 2012 Deployment & Configuration Step by Step – Part 2 “System Requirements”
In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and...
Date: 11/08/2011
Orchestrator 2012 Deployment & Configuration Step by Step – Part 1 “Overview and Architecture”
In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and...
Date: 11/05/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (Step by Step) – Part 12 “Configure Audit Collection Service”
this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 starting...
Date: 09/19/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (Step by Step) – Part 11 “Configure Notification”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 09/11/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (Step by Step) – Part 10 “Discover UnixLinux Servers and Deploy Agents”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 08/31/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (Step by Step) – Part 9 “Discover Windows Computer and Deploy SCOM Agents”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 08/28/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (Step by Step) – Part 8 “Download and Import Management Pack”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 08/17/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration “Step by Step”–Part 7 “Installing Audit Collection Service”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 08/16/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration “Step by Step”–Part 6 “Installing Data Warehouse Database”
In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 08/15/2011
What’s New in Configuration Manager 2012 “SCCM 2012”
There is a very huge changes and enhancements from SCCM 2007 in Configuration Manager 2012, in this...
Date: 08/14/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (step by step) – Part 5 “Configuring SQL Reporting Service”
In this post services I am going through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2...
Date: 05/18/2011
Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting–Part4 “Multi-tenant Setup”
I started this blog series by giving an overview about Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting in this post...
Date: 05/15/2011
Exchange Team Blog Moved to TechNet
It was announced that this week Exchange Team Blog was moved to TechNet, the new URL is:...
Date: 03/16/2011
Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting –Part 3 “Hosting Setup”
I gave an overview about Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting in this post Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting –...
Date: 03/16/2011
IE 9 is available for Download
IE 9 is now available to download from here:...
Date: 03/16/2011
Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer Available for download
End of last week, Microsoft released Lync Server 2010 Best Practices Analyzer and now it is...
Date: 02/25/2011
Download Lync Server 2010 Planning Tool
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Planning Tool just released this week and available for download from...
Date: 02/14/2011
Download Lync 2010 Cumulative Updates
These are the new released Lync 2010 cumulative updates and fixes: Cumulative update package for...
Date: 02/06/2011
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Dynamic Collection
In this post I will go through a new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 feature which is...
Date: 01/23/2011
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Delta Discovery
In the past discovering new objects from Active Directory and to start managing any new object was...
Date: 01/23/2011
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5 Available for Download
Finally MAP 5.5 released, Download MAP Toolkit 5.5 Now you can planning for migration to the latest...
Date: 01/17/2011
Step by Step: How to Audit Configuration Manager 2007 Activities
In most of large System Center Configuration Manager 2007 environment different Administrators can...
Date: 01/17/2011
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Power Management – Part 2 “Update Clients for Power Management”
In this post series I will go through System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Power Management...
Date: 01/11/2011
Lync Server Open Interoperability Program OIP
Lync Server (new Microsoft release of Office Communication Server) is an enterprise real-time...
Date: 01/10/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (step by step) – Part4 “Configure GPO for SCOM”
In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System...
Date: 01/10/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration (step by step) – Part3 “Installing Root Management Server”
In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System...
Date: 01/10/2011
Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting – Part 2 “Hosting Description”
In this series of posts I started with giving an overview about Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting here, and...
Date: 01/09/2011
Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting – Part 1 “Overview”
In this series of posts I will go through Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting details starting from Overview,...
Date: 01/09/2011
Prepare client side environment to Upgrade from Exchange 2003/2007 to Exchange 2010
For Environment with high percentage of clients are using Outlook 2003, and because there are some...
Date: 01/09/2011
Transition Process to Upgrade from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010
The transition process from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 is a relatively straightforward process...
Date: 01/09/2011
Import Bulk Users to Active Directory
This step is important when decide to build a brand new Green Field Windows 2008 Active Directory...
Date: 01/09/2011
Auto Populate Telephone Numbers form Active Directory to Office Communicator 2007/R2
In some OCS 2007/R2 Implementation scenarios without Enterprise Voice it is required that all...
Date: 01/09/2011
Move Mailboxes methods from Exchange 2003/2007 to Exchange 2010
Typically in the upgrade scenario moving mailboxes will be done from Exchange 2007/2003 mailbox...
Date: 01/09/2011
Update on Exchange 2010 Deployment Assistance Tool (Online and On Premise)
Update on the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant as of December 22, 2010. ·...
Date: 01/09/2011
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration – Part2 “Installing Operations Manager Database”
In this post series I will go through detailed steps related to System Center Operations Manager...
Date: 01/09/2011