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‘Tip of the Day’ Top Tips for February
The following links are for the top five tips from the 'Tip of the Day' blog during the...
Author: Anonymous Date: 05/14/2014
Microsoft Azure datacenter's IP location, shows incorrect location when using IP Geolocation services
If you have looked up the IP that is assigned to your Microsoft Azure deployments using any of the...
Author: Anonymous Date: 05/09/2014
NTFS Misreports Free Space (Part 3)
It’s been a while since my last post on this topic, and I wanted to take some time to update...
Author: Anonymous Date: 05/08/2014
Introducing Script Browser - A world of scripts at your fingertips
To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros:...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/30/2014
How to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2
My name is Steven Graves and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows Core Team. In...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/29/2014
Removing .NET Framework 4.5/4.5.1 removes Windows 2012/2012R2 UI and other features
This is Vimal Shekar and Krishnan Ayyer from the Windows Support team. Today in this blog, we will...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/24/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3
Servicing Stack improvements in KB2821895 for Windows 8, and How its assists the upgrade to 8.1? My...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/21/2014
An Update about the Windows 8.1 Update
Hi everyone, David here. Today over at the Springboard series blog we announced some important news...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/16/2014
Managing the Store app pin to the Taskbar added in the Windows 8.1 Update
Warren here, posting with more news regarding the Windows 8.1 Update. Among the many features added...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/09/2014
What's New in the Windows 8.1 Update
Hello AskPerf Readers! Henry Chen here from the Devices & Deployment team. Today, I would like...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/08/2014
Install the VM Agent on an existing Azure VM
The MSI package to install the VM Agent on an existing Azure VM is now available for download:...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/07/2014
Options for Managing Go to Desktop or Start after Sign in in Windows 8.1
Hi, David here. Over the past year we’ve gotten a lot of feedback from our customers about the...
Author: Anonymous Date: 04/07/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2
My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team....
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/27/2014
Failover Clustering and Active Directory Integration
My name is Ram Malkani and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on Microsoft’s Windows Core...
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/24/2014
Windows XP support ending April 8, 2014
I’m sure you already know this, but if you don’t, XP Support Ends on April 8th, 2014....
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/24/2014
Timestamp difference in Windows Explorer FTP folder view
Good morning AskPerf! Anshuman here with a quick post on timestamp differences in Windows Explorer...
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/19/2014
XP Support coming to an End soon…
Hello AskPerf! I’m sure you already know this, but if you don’t, XP Support Ends on April 8th, 2014....
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/17/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1
My name is Aditya and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core...
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/06/2014
Enable RDP or Reset Password with the VM Agent
[UPDATE 07/17/2014] Make sure you are using version 0.8.5 or later of Azure PowerShell as there was...
Author: Anonymous Date: 03/06/2014
Windows Dynamic Cache Service Updated
Good morning AskPerf! This is a quick blog to inform you that you no longer have to contact...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/27/2014
Configuring Windows Failover Cluster Networks
In this blog, I will discuss the overall general practices to be considered when configuring...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2014
Network Isolation of Windows Modern Apps – How Apps work with Akamai Internet Caching Servers in Windows 8/8.1
Good morning AskPerf! Mario Liu here from the Windows 8/8.1 Support Team. Today I’d like to discuss...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2014
LIVE: Microsoft Virtual Federal Forum
For the first time, the 2014 Virtual Federal Forum, will be streamed LIVE from the Reagan Center in...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
What's New in Defrag for Windows Server 2012/2012R2
Hello everyone, I am Palash Acharyya, Support Escalation Engineer with the Microsoft Platforms Core...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
Our UK Windows Directory Services Escalation Team is Hiring – Support Escalation Engineers.
Hi! Its Linda Taylor here again from the Directory Services Escalation team in the UK. In this post,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
Adding shortcuts on desktop using Group Policy Preferences in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Hi All! My name is Saurabh Koshta and I am with the Core Team at Microsoft. Currently I work in the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
VM Agent available for Azure VMs
The VM agent for Windows Azure Virtual Machines is now installed by default when creating new VMs in...
Author: Anonymous Date: 02/17/2014
FREE online event: Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center
Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System CenterFree online event with live Q&A:...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2014
Top Tips from “Tip of the Day”
The following links are for the top four tips from the 'Tip of the Day' blog during the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/04/2014
How to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available Virtual Machine running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
I was recently asked how to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available VM running on a Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/03/2014
Certificate Requirements for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Services
Good morning AskPerf! Kiran here with a question for you: Why do we need...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2014
The case of “Above normal” priority
Good morning AskPerf! If you’ve used Task Manager, you may have noticed that it allows setting an...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2014
RDP to Azure VM fails with "No Remote Desktop License Servers available"
You can use mstsc /admin to work around the following licensing error when attempting to connect...
Author: Anonymous Date: 01/21/2014
SQL Server Configuration Manager error "Invalid class [0x80041010]" on Visual Studio gallery image VM
If you are using the Visual Studio 2013 Gallery image for MSDN subscribers to create an Azure VM and...
Author: Anonymous Date: 01/18/2014
Windows 8.1 preview build reboots every 2 hours
Today’s blog is regarding the expiration of the Windows 8.1 preview build which occurred...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2014
Unable to create Storage Pool in Windows Server 2012 R2 Azure VM
UPDATE Mar. 10: This issue is now resolved. The fix has been fully deployed to all Windows Azure...
Author: Anonymous Date: 01/14/2014
Understanding Pool Corruption Part 3 – Special Pool for Double Frees
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we discussed pool corruption and how special pool can be used to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/31/2013
I/O Performance impact of running Start-DedupJob with –Priority High
My name is Steven Andress and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Microsoft’s Platforms...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/30/2013
Event ID 157 "Disk # has been surprise removed"
Hello my name is Bob Golding and I would like to share information on a new error you may see in the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/27/2013
Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
If you work with Hyper-V, you very well also use System Center to manage it. If you do not use...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2013
Cannot Extend Simple Virtual Disk in Windows Server 2012 R2
I’m writing this blog to help shed some light on extending simple virtual disks in Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2013
Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster
When Failover Cluster Manager is opened to manage a Cluster, it will contact all the nodes and...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2013
An update for ADMT, and a few other things too.
So, we’ve been quiet for a few months, which is extraordinarily embarrassing after I basically...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2013
Setting up a Passive FTP Server in Windows Azure VM
This post is authored by Lalitesh Kumar, Pradeep M G and reviewed by Avinash Venkat Reddy. Also...
Author: Anonymous Date: 12/12/2013
Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions 2012 / 2012R2 Available
We have published the last release of the Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions with support for...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2013
Understanding the temporary drive on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Special thanks to our WATS Linux experts- Joao Madureira, Vittorio Franco Libertucci and Patrick...
Author: Anonymous Date: 12/06/2013
Windows Azure IaaS Host OS Update Demystified
Special thanks to Sri Harsha for reviewing this post!! In this post we will look at: Why Windows...
Author: Anonymous Date: 11/26/2013