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Finding Pesky Stale DNS SRV Records
Good day to you all - Dougga here with a simple post today using tools you know. Stale DNS SRV...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2015
Office Applications only print 1-2 pages
Hello AskPerf! My name is Susan, and today we are going to discuss an issue where printing...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2015
Remote Desktop Licensing Service Stopping
Hello AskPerf! My name is Matt Graham and I'll be discussing an issue that you may see on your...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2015
Manage Developer Mode on Windows 10 using Group Policy
Hi All, We’ve had a few folks want to know how to disable Developer Mode using Group Policy, but...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/22/2015
Disaster Recovery – A Reminder
Happy Monday, folks! A short post to remind us all about one of my favorite topic...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/21/2015
Windows 10 Volume Activation Tips
Hi, Today’s blog is going to cover some tips around preparing your organization for activating...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/15/2015
Unable to add file shares in a Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
My name is Chinmoy Joshi and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with the Windows Core team....
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2015
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Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2015
Scheduling Start and Stop Times for Azure VMs
Here in PFE, we LOVE our labs. That should be apparent by all the posts we have on the subject. Labs...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2015
Top Support Solutions for SharePoint Server 2013
Top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using Microsoft...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 09/01/2015
Windows 10 (RTM) RSAT tools now available…
Hey Folks, quick post to let you know that the Windows 10 Remote Server Administration Tools are now...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/24/2015
We Must Fundamentally Transform Our Approach to Security
This week, we have a different style of article. In this post, folks step back and look at "big...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/24/2015
Using PowerShell for Message Analyzer Text Log Parsers
Using PowerShell for Message Analyzer Text Log Parsers Hi Everyone, Brandon Wilson here with you...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2015
PSA: Great Series on Windows Performance
This is David Gregory and I wanted to share with you guys a great series on Windows Performance by...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2015
Leveraging Windows Native Functionality to Capture Network Traces Remotely
Happy Monday everybody! Victor Zapata here again to share some network tracing and PowerShell love....
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2015
Windows 10 Group Policy (.ADMX) Templates now available for download
Hi everyone, Ajay here. I wanted to let you all know that we have released the Windows 10 Group...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2015
Diving into the Netlogon Parser (v3.5) for Message Analyzer
Brandon Wilson here again talking to you about the next generation of the Netlogon parser for...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2015
Windows 10 is coming!
Hello folks, as I’m sure you already know, Windows 10 will be available tomorrow, July 29th....
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/28/2015
Third-party Active Directory Migration Tools and KB 3070083
Hello, Chad Munkelt here with my very first post for the Ask PFE Platforms blog. I wanted to discuss...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/27/2015
Mailbag: The Windows 10 Double-Bubble Edition (Issue #13)
Welcome to the last Friday before Windows 10 launches! If you've been playing along at home, you...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/24/2015
The New and Improved CheckSUR
One of the most used and arguably most efficient tools that we utilize when troubleshooting...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/23/2015
Mailbag: Hi Mom! (Issue #12)
Greetings all – Mike Hildebrand, Mike Kline and a few others here with some musings for an out...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/20/2015
Azure SNAT
This post was contributed by Pedro Perez. Azure’s network infrastructure is quite different...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2015
DNS Policies in Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 2
Hello - Gary Green and Mike Kline here to bring you Ask PFE Plat's very first post regarding...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2015
Top Support Solutions for Microsoft Outlook 2013
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues IT Pros may...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/08/2015
Connect to a Home Network from Anywhere via Azure, Point to Site and Site to Site VPNs
Hi all, this is JJ Streicher-Bremer, Platforms PFE. A long time reader, first time poster. I was...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 07/06/2015
Active Directory Risk Assessments – Lessons and Tips from the Field – Volume #1?
Greetings – Hilde here to pass along some wisdom for AD shops everywhere. Recently, I was part...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2015
Building Windows Server Failover Cluster on Azure IAAS VM – Part 2 (Network and Creation)
Hello, cluster fans. In my previous blog, Part 1 , I talked about how to work around the storage...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2015
Windows Server DHCP Server Migration – Two Issues from the Field
Hey folks – Hilde here with a post about some DHCP migration snafus I've bumped into...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/22/2015
Supported IP Protocols for Azure Cloud Services
As of today, June 2015, the supported IP protocols for Azure cloud services are TCP (protocol number...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/18/2015
Building Windows Server Failover Cluster on Azure IAAS VM – Part 2 (Network)
Hello, cluster fans. In my previous blog, I talked about how to work around the storage block in...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/17/2015
Windows Server Failover Cluster on Azure IAAS VM – Part 1 (Storage)
Hello, cluster fans. This is Mario Liu. I’m the Support Escalation Engineer in Windows High...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/17/2015
ADFS Deep-Dive: Troubleshooting
Just in case if you haven’t seen this series, I’ve been writing an ADFS Deep-Dive series for the...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2015
Walkthrough on Session hint / TSVUrl on Windows Server 2012
Hello Askperf, my name is Naresh and today we are going to discuss how we can connect to a Windows...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2015
Working with the VMAgent on Microsoft Azure IaaS VMs
Ahhh, welcome to summer. The cool splashing blue water of the municipal pool. Blue-raz slushies from...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 06/08/2015
How Shared VHDX Works on Server 2012 R2
Hi, Matthew Walker here, I’m a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft specializing in Hyper-V and...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2015
How To Provide Feedback On Windows Server
Hey y’all, Mark here. Today is a national holiday in the USA which means technically, for me, Dante...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2015
Invitation to provide feedback through UserVoice
I am not sure if everyone is aware of UserVoice but I am here to tell you about it. UserVoice is...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2015
Use Azure custom routes to enable KMS activation with forced tunneling
Previously, if customers enabled forced tunneling on their subnets, OS activations prior to Windows...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2015
Microsoft Ignite sessions dealing with what we do in AskCore
Early in the month of May, Microsoft held it's Ignite Conference (formally known as TechEd) in...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2015
Azure DNS Server Redundancy
Customers may observe that their PaaS role instances and IaaS virtual machines are only issued one...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/18/2015
What is the IP address 168.63.129.16?
The IP address 168.63.129.16 is a virtual public IP address that is used to facilitate a...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/18/2015
Top Support Solutions for SQL Server 2014
This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/15/2015
Mailbag: All ADFS All The Time (Issue #11)
Hey y’all Mark and Tom here. Thinks are starting to return to normal so hopefully we should be...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2015
Task Scheduler "A task or folder with this name already exists"
Hello AskPerf! Blake here with a quick blog to discuss an issue I’ve seen more frequently over the...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2015
WMIDiag 2.2 is here!
Hello AskPerf blog readers! Jeff here from the Windows Performance Team once again. I am happy to...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/12/2015
How to find expensive, inefficient and long running LDAP queries in Active Directory
Hey y’all, Mark back again. I’d like to say in my best TV show announcer voice, we have...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2015
Windows To Go at Microsoft Ignite 2015
Hey y’all, Mark and Yong Rhee here. We hope everyone enjoyed our session. We’ll post the recording...
Author: Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT] Date: 05/08/2015