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How to live debug a VM in Hyper-V
For this example I am using a Windows Server 2012 Physical machine with Hyper-V installed. I will...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/02/2013
TechEd 2013 Presentations and Videos Ask the Core Team favorites
Today’s blog is a listing of our favorite videos and presentations that recently occurred at...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2013
Nodes being removed from Failover Cluster membership on VMWare ESX?
Welcome to the AskCore blog. Today, we are going to talk about nodes being removed from active...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/03/2013
MMS 2013 Hands On Labs Available
A few months ago we held the annual 2013 Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. As in years past,...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 05/29/2013
Surface Pro Firmware and Driver Pack for Enterprise deployments
Today I am going to discuss the Surface Pro Firmware and Driver Pack. The Surface Pro Firmware and...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2013
How to manage Out-of-Box Drivers with the use of Model Specific Driver Groups in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1
Hello. My name is Bill Spears and I am a Premier Field Engineer in the Windows/Platforms group...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/09/2013
Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012 and Windows 8 with KB2819476 hotfix
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog. Paul Reynolds here. I would like to let everyone know about...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2013
Two new Hyper-V Books available from Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press is releasing two new titles for IT pros who work with the Hyper-V virtualization...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2013
Sessions from MMS 2013 Now Available
Greetings AskCore fans. I thought I would start creating a blog for a subset of the videos/sessions...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/23/2013
Unattended Setup of Windows 8 to Surface Pro
In today’s blog I am going to explain how you can do an unattended setup of the default...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/04/2013
New Network Name Resource Fails to come Online
I recently encountered an issue involving the failure of a new Network Name resource to come...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/04/2013
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update1 Media Deployment USB drive for UEFI computer
In today’s blog I am going to cover an issue related to using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/02/2013
Live Customer Q&A with Virtualization Experts! (Microsoft Virtual Academy)
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2013
Logical Processor count changes after enabling Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012
Hello Everyone, Today we are going to talk about Processor changes in Windows Server 2012...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/28/2013
Alternate Data Streams in NTFS
This blog has been a long time coming. There is a bit of confusion about the subject of alternate...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2013
Creating bootable USB drive for UEFI computers
In today’s blog I am going to discuss how to handle booting from a USB drive on a UEFI system...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/20/2013
Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to Configure ADBA
Hello, Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/14/2013
Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to setup a KMS Host
Hi, Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/14/2013
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Recommendations for Activation
Hi, Today’s blog will cover the options available if you are deploying Windows 8 and/or...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/14/2013
Looking for Windows Server 2012 Clustering and Hyper-V Hotfixes?
In a previous blog, it was discussed on where you can get a list of the Failover Clustering and...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2013
Where Did My Space Go?
While working on Windows 8/Windows Server 2012, I have been tied up with other content...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/01/2013
FREE: Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations,...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2013
FREE: Introduction to Hyper-V Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations,...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2013
Looking for Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster and Hyper-V Hotfixes?
I often get asked the question by customers on how to find the newly released hotfixes for Cluster...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/15/2013
Behavior Change When Working with Pass-Through Disks in Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. I want to discuss a behavior change in Windows Server 2012...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/24/2013
FREE: Online Microsoft Virtual Academy Virtualization Jump Start Classes
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2013
Removing a Mount Point Disk from a Cluster Group
Hello everyone. Today’s post is going to cover the steps needed to follow should you ever have...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2013
Error in Failover Cluster Manager after install of KB2750149
On Tuesday, Jaunary 8, the below recommended fix was released and available on Windows Update for...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2013
Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012 and Windows 8 without KB2819476 hotfix
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog. Paul Reynolds here. I would like to let everyone know about...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/12/2013
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) interaction with Proxy Servers
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is an automated feature that allows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/03/2012
Working with multiple network adapters in a virtual machine
Thanks for coming back to the CORE Team blog site. This blog will address working with multiple...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2012
Just when you thought… (Part 2)
In Part 1, I covered configuring the Hyper-V Failover Cluster and the Scale-Out File Server...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/26/2012
Just when you thought…..(Part 1)
Just when you thought you had things figured out - in the words of the legendary Bob Dylan,...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/19/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5
Known Issues Hi Again, Welcome back to the Upgrade to Windows 8 Series. In today’s post we...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2012
Introducing Server Manager in Windows Server 2012
Hello AskCore! Today I will discuss the Add roles and Features of the new interface of Server...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2012
Logon Failures Involving Virtual Machines in Windows Server 2012
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. The General Availability date for Windows 8 and Windows Server...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 – Part 3
Known Issues during an upgrade Issue 1: Compatibility Report shows errors that certain roles are...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 3
Dual boot and other installation options Hello Again, Today’s post is for a different reason....
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 - Part 2
Hi again, Welcome to the second part of this series. In this blog, we will run through a clean...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 - Part 2
Performing an in place upgrade Hi Everyone, Today, I want to walk you through the screens of...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 – Part 1
Things to consider before the upgrade Hi Again everybody, Windows Server 2012 was launched in August...
Author: John Marlin [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: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2012
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: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/25/2012
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: Jeff Hughes (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: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/18/2012
Windows Server 2012 General Availability
On September 4th, Microsoft announced general availability of Windows Server 2012.In a global online...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/17/2012
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: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/12/2012