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Digging a little deeper into Windows 8 Primary Computer
[This is a ghost of Ned past article – Editor] Hi folks, Ned here again to talk more about the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 – Part 1
Things to consider before the upgrade Hi Again everybody, Windows Server 2012 was launched in August...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Start Screen and User Interface Part 1
Welcome to day 2 of our Launch Series. This is part one of a two part series regarding the new Start...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2012
Windows 8 and Server 2012 Upgrade Blog Series coming
Welcome to our Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Launch Series! We hope you will enjoy reading this...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Upgrade Paths and Editions
Welcome to day 1 of our Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Launch Series! We hope you will enjoy...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2012
So long and thanks for all the fish
My time is up. It’s been eight years since a friend suggested I join him on a contract at Microsoft...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 5 – PoolHitTag
In Part 4 we narrowed the source of the leaked pool memory to the specific driver which is...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 4 – Debugging Multiple Users for a Tag
In our previous articles we discussed various techniques for identifying a pool memory leak and...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2012
AD FS 2.0 RelayState
Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again with some great news! AD FS 2.0 Rollup 2 adds the capability to send...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2012
CNO Blog Series: Increasing Awareness around the Cluster Name Object (CNO)
I am starting a 'CNO Blog Series', which will consist of blogs written by the CORE team cluster...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2012
Windows 8 is coming! See Y’All in a few weeks…
There's a little over a month to go until Windows 8 hits store shelves. We're going to be taking a...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/21/2012
Windows Server 2012 Shell game
Here's the scenario, you just downloaded the RTM ISO for Windows Server 2012 using your handy,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/20/2012
Compacting a Dynamically Expanding virtual hard disk in Windows Server 2012
The process to compact a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk (vhd) in Windows Server 2012 has...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/20/2012
What is the “Windows Virtual Machine” object in active directory?
Welcome to the AskCore blog. In this blog, we are going to discuss about the “Windows Virtual...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2012
Windows Server 2012 General Availability
On September 4th, Microsoft announced general availability of Windows Server 2012. In a global...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/17/2012
Monthly Mail Sack: I Hope Your Data Plan is Paid Up Edition
Hi all, Ned here again with that thing we call love. Blog! I mean blog. I have a ton to talk about...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2012
CAPS and CNAME Alias Records
Hi AskPerf readers, this is Paul from the Microsoft Remote Resources Support Team. We have been...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2012
MaxTokenSize and Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Hello AskDS Populous, Mike here and I want to share with you some of the excellent enhancements we...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2012
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012: Automatic Memory Dump
There is a new memory dump option introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 called “Automatic...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2012
How to increase the number of Printers listed in Add Printer Wizard
Good morning AskPerf! Akash Nema here from the Performance team. Today we are going to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/11/2012
Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool
Hello!! My name is Himanshu Singh and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Windows Core Team at...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2012
Windows Server 2012 GA
Hey folks, Ned here again to tell you what you probably already know: Windows Server 2012 is now...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/04/2012
Updated Group Policy Search service
Mike here with an important service announcement. In June of 2010, guest poster Kapil Mehra...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/01/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 3 – Debugging
In our previous articles we discussed identifying a pool leak with perfmon, and narrowing the source...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 2 – Poolmon
In our previous article we discussed how to identify a pool leak using perfmon. Although it...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/30/2012
AD Replication Status Tool is Live
Hey all, Ned here with some new troubleshooting tool love, courtesy of the ADREPLSTATUS team at...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2012
Detaining Docs with DAC
Hey all, Ned here again with a quick advert: Robert Deluca from our Partner and Customer team just...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2012
How to change Regional Settings for all users on a computer
Hello AskPerf! Harshad Joshi here from the Performance team. Today we are going to talk...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2012
RSA Key Blocking is Here!
Hello everyone. Jonathan here again with another Public Service Announcement post. Today, Microsoft...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2012
Managing RID Issuance in Windows Server 2012
Hi all, Ned here again to talk further about managing your RID pool. By default, a domain has...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2012
MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and will unload it
Good morning AskPerf! Madhurjya here from the Windows Performance Team to alert you on an...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2012
Windows PowerShell remoting and delegating user credentials
Hey all Rob Greene here again. Yeah, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve written...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2012
Shipped it
Windows 8 RTM Windows Server 2012 RTM IT Pros Store Build Dates Prizes - Ned "terse" Pyle
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2012
Windows 8 has RTM’d!
Hello AskPerf! Today is an exciting day as we have released both Windows 8 and Server 2012 to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 1 – Perfmon
Over the years the NTDebugging Blog has published several articles about pool memory and pool...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/31/2012
Simplifying printing in Windows 8
Hello AskPerf Blog Readers! Steven Sinofsky published the below blog last week just in case...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/31/2012
Kerberos errors in network captures
Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again. When troubleshooting Kerberos authentication issues, a network...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/27/2012
Common DFSN Configuration Mistakes and Oversights
Hello all, Dave here again. Over a year ago, Warren created an ASKDS blog post covering common DFS...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/24/2012
Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Sessions at TechEd
Start getting familiar with Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering by viewing the sessions that...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/23/2012
Dynamic Access Control and ISV Goodness
Hey all, Ned here with a quickie: Robert Paige just published an interesting read on Windows Server...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/20/2012
How To Deadlock Yourself (Don’t Do This)
Some APIs should come with a warning in big red letters saying “DANGER!”, or perhaps more subtly...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/19/2012
From our PowerShell folks – Windows PowerShell Web Access
Hello AskPerf! Not sure if you’ve heard about this new feature with Windows 8 Server beta or...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2012
Standardizing Dynamic Access Control Configuration – Exporting and Importing Dynamic Access Control objects between Active Directory Forests
[This is a guest post from Joe Isenhour, a Senior Program Manager in Windows Server. You may...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2012
Managing the Recycle bin with Redirected Folders with Vista or Windows 7
Hi, Gary here, and I have been seeing a few more questions regarding the recycle bin on redirected...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/16/2012
RSA Key Blocking is Coming
Hey all, Ned here again with one of my rare public service announcement posts: In August 2012,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/16/2012
I’m Baaaaaccccck
Hey all, Ned here again. After a few months of training room huffing, airline food loathing, and...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/16/2012