Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Upgrading your Remote Desktop Services deployments to Windows Server 2016
Today’s Tip… Supported OS upgrades with RDS role installed Upgrades to Windows Server 2016 are...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/30/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Options for migrating out of Azure RemoteApp
Today’s Tip… If you have stopped using Azure RemoteApp because of the retirement announcement or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/27/2017
Tip of the Day: What's New in Hyper-V Networking: Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
Today’s Tip… Background NIC teaming, also known as Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO), allows multiple...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/26/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Partnership Update: Microsoft & Citrix
Today’s Tip… Ever since Microsoft and Citrix announced a significant reinvigoration to our...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/25/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2016 DNS - Deploying a File-Based DNS Server on Nano
Today’s Tip… You can deploy the DNS server role in Windows Server 2016 on a Nano Server image....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/25/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Configurable Token Lifetimes
Today’s Tip… Released to GA on January 6th, Configurable Token Lifetimes allow an Administrator or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/24/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2016 DHCP: Combatting DDNS Registration Failures
Today’s Tip… Dynamic DNS name registration failures or delays is a common problem in environments...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/24/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Certificate Based Authentication
Today’s Tip… Certificate Based Authentication, released to GA on December 14th, enables Users to be...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: Active Memory Dump
Today’s Tip… There’s a new type of memory dump that filters out a bunch of stuff (where stuff =...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2016 - Improvements to Time Service
Today’s Tip… Time synchronization accuracy in Windows Server 2016 has been improved substantially,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2016 - Improvements to Time Service
Today’s Tip… Time synchronization accuracy in Windows Server 2016 has been improved substantially,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: What's new in the Windows Server 2016 DHCP Server Service
Today’s Tip… NAP support was introduced to the DHCP Server role with Windows Server 2008 and is...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Advanced way to check domain availability for Office 365 and Azure
Today’s Tip… This is an extension of a previous tip. Another way to check if domain is available by...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Promote Azure AD guest user to member
Today’s Tip… Use Azure AD PowerShell to promote Azure AD guest users to a member. To do this, run...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: Resolve Windows 10 upgrade errors
Today’s Tip… Windows 10 has been our best release of Windows ever. We have more customers who have...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Conditional Access for iOS, Android, and Windows devices
Today’s Tip… Good News! Conditional Access policies are now generally available for iOS, Android,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Step by Step - Create E-mail Alerts for Windows Events on Azure Virtual Machines
Today’s Tip… There’s great power offered by the Log Analytics + Operations Management Suite and its...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Step by Step - Create E-mail Alerts for Windows Events on Azure Virtual Machines
Today’s Tip… There’s great power offered by the Log Analytics + Operations Management Suite and its...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Azure Germany now available via first-of-its-kind cloud for Europe
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Azure is now generally available from the new Microsoft Cloud Germany. This...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
Tip of the Day: 4KB or not 4KB, that is the question!
Today’s Tip… Special submission from TotD Founder and past contributor/editor, Rob Mitchell! It’s...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Surface) Tip of the Day: Surface Ethernet Drivers
Today’s Tip… Scott McArthur (Supportability Program Manager for Surface) published a blog to AskCore...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Surface) Tip of the Day: Surface Pro 3 Battery FAQ
Today’s Tip… The following FAQ provides a great deal of information pertaining to Surface Pro 3...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Surface) Tip of the Day: Surface Pro 4 Update History
Today’s Tip… Looking for a summary of what’s been included in the updates applied to your Surface...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: MultiPoint Services
Today’s Tip… MultiPoint Services is a solution that allows multiple users, each with their own...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016 on Channel 9
Today’s Tip… Remote Desktop Services graphics performance in Windows Server 2016...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Hosting Windows desktops and apps using RDS in Azure–New learning path for Microsoft partners
Today’s Tip… There is a new RDS on Azure learning path for the Cloud Platform competency within the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 01/23/2017
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Azure now available from UK datacenters
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Azure, along with Office 365, is now generally available from multiple UK...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/03/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Azure Storage Performance and Scalability Checklist
Today’s Tip… One of the most common issues encountered in deploying resources to the cloud is...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/02/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Check domain availability for Office 365 and Azure
Today’s Tip… Here is a quick way to check if a onmicrosoft.com domain is available for Office 365 or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 11/01/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: OneDrive for Business limitations
Today’s Tip… Wondering why OneDrive for Business may have problems syncing certain files? Here is an...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/31/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Office 365 and Azure IP Addresses
Today’s Tip… Extending on a tip I provided earlier, Evan created a PoC REST API for pulling a list...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/28/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: New MS Authenticator
Today’s Tip… Azure Authenticator is being replace by the new Microsoft Authenticator. The new...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/27/2016
Tip of the Day: New Windows ADK, Windows Ink and Configuring the Taskbar in Windows 10
Today’s Tip… The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10, version 1607 is...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/26/2016
Tip of the Day: Further Simplifying Servicing Models for Windows 7/8.1 and Server 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
Today’s Tip… Back in May, the Convenience Rollup Update was released for Windows 7 and Server 2008...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/26/2016
Tip of the Day: Two great Niehaus Blog Posts for Windows 10 1607 (f. k. a. Anniversary Update)
Today’s Tip… Here’s a blog to help locate the volume license media on the Volume Licensing Service...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/25/2016
Tip of the Day: Temporarily Blocking a Driver Update from Reinstalling in Windows 10
Today’s Tip… In Windows 10, your device is always kept up-to-date to have the latest features and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/24/2016
Tip of the Day: Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update has been released
Today’s Tip… As of 8/16/2016, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update has begun rolling out for Windows 10...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/21/2016
Tip of the Day: Current Sysprep Content
Today’s Tip… Updated content has been released for Sysprep. This article contains: Feature...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/20/2016
Tip of the Day: New MAP Toolkit v9.4 Available
Today’s Tip… The MAP Toolkit is used for multi-product assessment and planning. It assesses a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/19/2016
Tip of the Day: Display Scaling Changes for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Today’s Tip… In August, Peter Felts, Senior Program Manager in the Developer Platform Group,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/18/2016
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Host desktops and apps in Remote Desktop Services on Azure
Today’s Tip… Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016 lets users access computers, apps, and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/17/2016
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure Resource Manager Templates for RDS Deployment
Today’s Tip… Create Remote Desktop Session Collection deployment - (Creates AD) The template will...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/14/2016
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure N-Series Virtual Machines, the fastest GPUs in the public cloud, are now available in preview
Today’s Tip… N-Series instances are enabled with NVIDIA’s cutting edge GPUs to allow you to run...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/13/2016
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Application remoting and the Cloud
Today’s Tip… On August 15th, we are announcing the next step in our broad partnership with Citrix in...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/12/2016
Tip of the Day: Configuring VPN Profiles using the SCCM/WMI Bridge – Part 4
Today’s Tip… In today’s tip we will finish the VPN script, considerations include: Providing the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/11/2016
Tip of the Day: Configure VPN Profiles using the SCCM/WMI Bridge - Part 3
Today’s Tip… Today’s tip continues the series on deploying VPN Connection Profiles using PowerShell...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/10/2016
Tip of the Day: Configure VPN Profiles using the SCCM/WMI Bridge - Part 2
Today’s Tip… This week’s exciting tip series examines what you need to know to successfully...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/07/2016
Tip of the Day: Configure VPN Profiles using the SCCM/WMI Bridge - Part 1
Today’s Tip… There are a number of ways to create a VPN profile on Windows 10 Anniversary v1607. In...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/06/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Assign DC for AAD Connect Password Writeback/Sync
Today’s Tip… You can configure Azure AD Connect to use a specific Domain Controller for password...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/05/2016
Tip of the Day: Shortened Recovery Rollback Period is now 10 Days in Windows Anniversary Update
Today’s Tip… When Windows 10 was first released, it made sense to give users the opportunity to try...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/04/2016