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Building a Windows Server 2012 Cloud Infrastructure with PowerShell
“Hi there! I’d like to reintroduce Josh Adams, a Senior Program Manager in the...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2012
Device Management PowerShell Cmdlets Sample - An introduction
“Hi there! I’d like to introduce Ricardo Mendes, a Senior Program Manager in the...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2012
Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster – Enhanced Integration with Active Directory (AD)
Hi there! In this blog post we highlight some of the work on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2012
Validating Hybrid Cloud scenarios in the Server 2012 Technology Adoption Program (TAP)
Hi there! In this blog post we highlight some of the early work on hybrid cloud scenarios with...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2012
Document Quarantine with Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control
Hi there! In this blog post we highlight some of the early work on Dynamic Access Control during our...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2012
Diving deeper into Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control
In this blog post, we would like to highlight the work we have done with Independent Software Vendor...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 07/20/2012
15GB/s + 5 Days = 6 Petabytes of Streamed Data - SMB3.0 Multi-Channel + RDMA Demo Wins Best of TechEd
In this blog post, we would like to highlight one piece of the work we have done with Independent...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 07/19/2012
New and Improved Networking Capabilities in Windows Server 2012: A platform for Partner solutions
Hi there! In the previous blog post, we showcased the work we drive with customers in the TAP...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 07/06/2012
Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control – The power of “And…”
In this blog post, we would like to highlight the work we have done with Independent Software Vendor...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2012
Overwhelming Partner Support on Windows Server 2012!
On Monday, a sold out TechEd crowd filled the room eager to hear STB President Satya Nadella...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2012
The Server Partner Engineering Ecosystem for Windows Server 2012
Hi there! In this blog post, we’ll introduce some of the work my team drives for partner...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2012
Optimizing Windows Server 2012 storage management via PowerShell for both performance and resiliency
“Hi there! I’d like to introduce Josh Adams, a Senior Program Manager in the Enterprise...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2012
What needs to be configured to do remote disk management of a Server Core installation in Windows Server 2012 via PowerShell?
Hi there! We have made no secret that Server Core is the preferred method of deployment for Windows...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2012
Windows Server 2012 Technology Adoption Program - TAP
Hi there! In this blog post we highlight the early Windows Server 2012 engineering validation...
Author: Natalia Mackevicius [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2012
Trigger a PowerShell Script from a Windows Event
Note: Portions of this blog are taken from an old blog post titled “Reference the Event That...
Author: OttoHelweg2 Date: 08/25/2011
BitLocker Protected Exchange Server 2010 Deployment - an interesting case study...
Here is an interesting case study around how BitLocker is providing businesses a reliable way to...
Author: Tanu Mutreja [MSFT] Date: 09/08/2010
BitLocker & Application Compatibility
Recently I received an interesting question around BitLocker & Application Compatibility. In...
Author: Tanu Mutreja [MSFT] Date: 09/02/2010
Microsoft Rights Management Server (RMS) Knowhows
RMS is one of the new Windows Server workload I'm playing around these days. As I dive into this...
Author: Tanu Mutreja [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2010
RemoteFX - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta
With the public Beta release of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 there have been some...
Author: Eric R Schroeder Date: 07/15/2010
Sample PowerShell 2.0 Remoting Commands
The following are a list of commands that I demonstrated at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans. Actually I...
Author: OttoHelweg2 Date: 06/28/2010
Operating System Deployment in an 802.1x Environment
For those that have investigated, or deployed 802.1x port authentication on either a wireless or a...
Author: pfetty Date: 03/24/2010
Top 10 Reasons for Deploying BitLocker on Branch Office Servers
Top 10 Reasons for Deploying BitLocker on Branch Office Servers 1. Information Loss is Costly...
Author: Tanu Mutreja [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2010
Case Study: Using Diagnostics-Performance Events as a Desktop Health Indicator
Note: The solution below only pretains to new installations of Windows Vista+ since specific...
Author: OttoHelweg2 Date: 03/15/2010
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 - Free eBook
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 - Free eBook Fantastic new book hot off of Microsoft Press...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/30/2009
VMworld in My View
I have been to a lot of sessions and attended two keynote sessions this is my third VMworld and this...
Author: allenstew Date: 09/03/2009
Scale testing the world’s largest PKI… all running on WS08R2 and Hyper-V
This week, we've been in the Enterprise Engineering Center (EEC) doing our scale testing on a...
Author: John.Morello Date: 08/10/2009
Forwarding Security Events from Windows XP, Server 2003, and Vista/Server 2008
Security events are different than other Windows events because they require a special level of...
Author: OttoHelweg2 Date: 06/23/2009
Testing DirectAccess on Hyper-V? Use Legacy NICs
We recently released the DirectAccess Step by Step Guide and many customers are using it to start...
Author: John.Morello Date: 05/14/2009
Using the FREE network security tools you get in Windows (and who doesn't love free tools?)
In my last post I talked extensively about the use of 802.1x for network authentication (wired or...
Author: pfetty Date: 02/19/2009
L2TP, SSTP, RDP, DirectAccess, ISA, UAG, et al: Understanding Microsoft’s Remote Access Story
One of the technologies that I've been working on is DirectAccess, a new feature in Windows 7 and...
Author: John.Morello Date: 02/11/2009
IIS 7: Extending Our Extensions Into Your Platforms
With the introduction of IIS 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 the game has changed. IIS 7.0 is built using...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/05/2008
Network Access Protection Using 802.1x VLAN’s or Port ACLs – Which is right for you?
Given that the NAC (Network Access Control) market is one of the hottest segments in the industry (I...
Author: pfetty Date: 08/19/2008
Deployment Security Designs for Forefront IAG/UAG Virtual Appliances
One of the most compelling capabilities being added in IAG SP2 (which will also be available in UAG)...
Author: John.Morello Date: 08/13/2008
Quick and Dirty Large Scale Eventing for Windows
One of the least known yet most powerful management features to ship with Windows Vista and Windows...
Author: OttoHelweg2 Date: 08/11/2008
Windows Server Customer Engineering (WINCAT)
My name is Allen Stewart Team Lead of the Windows Server Customer Advisory Team in the Windows...
Author: allenstew Date: 07/27/2008
To Cluster or Not to Cluster CAs
One of the many enhancements in Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008 is...
Author: John.Morello Date: 07/21/2008
Thinking Thru Building a Virtualized Datacenter
In most if not all enterprise customers most technology areas are driven by various teams...
Author: allenstew Date: 01/28/2008
Xmas Web Casts
Hopefully you get better presents than this, but if not, here are a couple of web casts I just did...
Author: John.Morello Date: 12/14/2007
CRL freshness checking scripts
Because CRL validity is so important to the functionality of your PKI, it's important to have...
Author: John.Morello Date: 11/14/2007
The Definitive Guide to NAP Logging
Pete Rivera is the Windows Team Lead on one of our DoD support teams and we've been working together...
Author: John.Morello Date: 10/29/2007
How to Get the Total Revoked Items from a CRL
A customer I work with recently wanted to have a scriptable method to take any given CRL and...
Author: John.Morello Date: 08/20/2007
Virtualization IT Administration Model
Allen Stewart from the Windows Server Division (WinCat) team. I spend a lot of time with companies...
Author: allenstew Date: 07/04/2007
NAP Customer Web Cast
Jeff Sigman (NAP Release Manager) just added a post I wrote to the NAP blog about an upcoming...
Author: John.Morello Date: 06/27/2007
WinCAT at TechEd
Most of the WinCAT team will be at TechEd next week delivering sessions and answering questions....
Author: John.Morello Date: 06/01/2007
the last 32-bit Server OS - Windows Server 2008!
it's official, Windows Server 2008 (a.k.a Longhorn) was announced at WinHEC in Los Angeles. They...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/17/2007
WinCAT the video star
Timing is everything. About a week after the TechNet podcast went live, the Channel9 video did too....
Author: John.Morello Date: 05/16/2007
WinCAT the recording artist
I've written a number of articles for TechNet magazine over the past year...
Author: John.Morello Date: 05/11/2007
The Datacenter Dynamic or Otherwise
Allen Stewart from the WinCat team I focus on the Datacenter from an Architecture standpoint across...
Author: allenstew Date: 05/01/2007
Longhorn Beta3 Ships!
Little late on this post, nevertheless, it is great news for the Server Division and our customers....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/26/2007