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MBAM Configuration Manager reports data is repetitive
Let us consider the following scenario of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2015
Troubleshooting Common Surface Pro 3 Issues Post Deployment
With the launch of Surface Pro 3, enterprises have been testing/deploying them. Almost all deploy a...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2015
The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth, Part 2
A few years ago I wrote a blog entry entitled, “The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth”....
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2015
KMS Activation High Level Overview
Hello, folks! This blog is aimed to provide a high level overview of the Key Management Server (KMS)...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2015
Free Webcasts from Microsoft’s US Central Marketing Organization (USCMO)
The US Central Marketing Organization (USCMO) here at Microsoft is putting on a new and improved...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2015
How to make your existing Bitlocker encrypted environment FIPS complaint
Hello, my name is Mayank Sharma and I am a Technical Advisor here at Microsoft. In this blog, I will...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/29/2014
Surface Pro 3 Hibernation Doesn’t Occur on Enterprise Install
Hi my name is Scott McArthur and I want to call out a recently published KB article: Surface Pro 3...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2014
Cross Post: Using Bing for technical instant answers and automated solutions
This is a cross post from William Keener’s Support Diagnostics and Automated Solutions blog...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2014
Updating Surface Pro 3 firmware (Cross Post)
Hi this is Scott McArthur and I just wanted to call attention to a blog that I worked on with some...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/20/2014
Asset Tag Tool for Surface Pro 3
Hi my name is Scott McArthur and I want to call out a tool that recently came out that allows...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/20/2014
Virtual Machine Checkpoint fails with Access Denied when running on a Clustered Shared Volume
When you attempt to create a CheckPoint of a virtual machine that is running on a Cluster Shared...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/01/2014
Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5
We are happy to announce public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/03/2014
Deciphering Storport Traces 101
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog -- Paul Reynolds here. UPDATE 01-04-17: In previous blogs, I...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2014
Deploy Windows to Surface Pro 3 using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Deployment/Devices...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 07/15/2014
Deploying Surface Pro 3 Pen and OneNote Tips
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Deployment/Devices...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 07/15/2014
Is Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) working?
Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) is a new data transfer strategy that makes advancements in moving...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 06/26/2014
2012R2 iSCSI Target Settings for Configuring a Specific Network
Let's say you have a 2012R2 iSCSI Target Server with multiple networks configured. We all know...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/28/2014
‘Tip of the Day’ Top Tips for February
The following links are for the top five tips from the 'Tip of the Day' blog during the month of...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/14/2014
Introducing Script Browser - A world of scripts at your fingertips
To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros:...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2014
How to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2
My name is Steven Graves and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows Core Team. In...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/29/2014
Removing .NET Framework 4.5/4.5.1 removes Windows 2012/2012R2 UI and other features
This is Vimal Shekar and Krishnan Ayyer from the Windows Support team. Today in this blog, we will...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3
Servicing Stack improvements in KB2821895 for Windows 8, and How its assists the upgrade to 8.1? My...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 04/21/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2
My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team....
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2014
Failover Clustering and Active Directory Integration
My name is Ram Malkani and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on Microsoft’s Windows Core...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2014
Windows XP support ending April 8, 2014
I’m sure you already know this, but if you don’t, XP Support Ends on April 8th, 2014....
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2014
What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1
My name is Aditya and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2014
Configuring Windows Failover Cluster Networks
In this blog, I will discuss the overall general practices to be considered when configuring...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2014
LIVE: Microsoft Virtual Federal Forum
For the first time, the 2014 Virtual Federal Forum, will be streamed LIVE from the Reagan Center in...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
What's New in Defrag for Windows Server 2012/2012R2
Hello everyone, I am Palash Acharyya, Support Escalation Engineer with the Microsoft Platforms Core...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2014
FREE online event: Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center
Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System CenterFree online event with live Q&A:...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2014
Top Tips from “Tip of the Day”
The following links are for the top four tips from the 'Tip of the Day' blog during the month of...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/04/2014
How to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available Virtual Machine running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
I was recently asked how to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available VM running on a Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/03/2014
Windows 8.1 preview build reboots every 2 hours
Today’s blog is regarding the expiration of the Windows 8.1 preview build which occurred...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2014
I/O Performance impact of running Start-DedupJob with –Priority High
My name is Steven Andress and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Microsoft’s Platforms...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/30/2013
Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
If you work with Hyper-V, you very well also use System Center to manage it. If you do not use...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2013
Cannot Extend Simple Virtual Disk in Windows Server 2012 R2
I’m writing this blog to help shed some light on extending simple virtual disks in Windows...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2013
Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster
When Failover Cluster Manager is opened to manage a Cluster, it will contact all the nodes and...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2013
Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions 2012 / 2012R2 Available
We have published the last release of the Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions with support for...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2013
Unable to create a Storage Space in Windows 2012 R2 when using Windows Azure data disks
We recently determined Windows 2012 R2 Storage Spaces is incompatible with the virtual hard drives...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/15/2013
Windows Server 2012/2012R2 – When Physical disks are attached to a virtual machine, Hyper-V Replica will have to be disabled
Hello Everyone, Many of you have come across issues with respect to Hyper-V replication in Windows...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2013
Activating virtual machines via Automatic Virtual Machine Activation in Windows Server 2012 R2
Hello, My name is Mayank Sharma and I am a Support Engineer in Windows Platforms Support Team. In...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2013
Window 8 / Server 2012 computers reboot outside of maintenance window after installing updates
Currently, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 RTM computers check for updates from Windows Update or...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 10/08/2013
Duplicate Windows Folders
Hello my name is Shasank and today I am going to discuss a customer issue that we recently worked on...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/25/2013
How to Cleanup TPM information from AD for Windows 8 computers
For Windows 7 machines, TPM Owner Password is stored in msTPM-OwnerInformation which is attribute of...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2013
Troubleshooting a Stop 0x7B in Windows
The purpose of this blog is to provide information about the common Stop 0x7B bugcheck/Reboot Loop...
Author: John Marlin [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2013
Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.0
We are happy to announce public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.0...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/09/2013
How to Setup a Live Debug Using Physical Machines
For this example I am using a Windows Server 2012 Physical machine that will be used to debug a...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/08/2013