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PFE Days: Microsoft Irvine office: Thursday, March 24th, 2016: Vital Signs...
Hi all, If you guys are in the Irvine, Orange County area, stop by for 2-3 hours of automating the Windows client and server performance troubleshooting using CLUE. • Have you been manually setting up...
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Building out labs
Hi Matthew Walker here again. So in the course of learning the new features of Windows Server 2016 it is very useful to be to be able to have an environment built out quickly. There are multiple ways...
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Using Power BI to Create KPI Reports from System Center Operations Manager
My name is Brad Watts and I’m a SCOM PFE. I wanted to take a little bit of time to demonstrate how you can use the Power BI Desktop application to build useful Key Performance Indicator reports from...
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Reading the fine print on the Protected Users Group
Hi all – This is Jerry Devore back again with a quick post on the “Protected Users” group. As a PFE, I work with several enterprise customers who have a global presence, and have become very focused...
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Down and Dirty WinPE USB for Surface
Hi everybody! My name is Stephen Mathews and you may know me from my 3-part PowerShell Basics video series on Taste of Premier. Today I’m here to show how to create a bootable Windows PreInstallation...
View ArticleThe Importance of KB2871997 and KB2928120 for Credential Protection
Hello, my name is Paul Bergson and this is my first time writing a blog for AskPFEPlat. I am a platforms PFE in the Premier division of Microsoft. If my name looks familiar, it could be because I spent...
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Deploying and Configuring Windows Nano Server 2016 TP4
Introduction Hello Everyone! Allen Sudbring here, Platforms PFE in the central region. Today I wanted to share some information I have been working on with my customers concerning Microsoft’s newest...
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Installing Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 Insider Preview
Hello again, Allen Sudbring here Premier Field engineer in the Central Region. Today I want to talk about an exciting new feature coming with the Anniversary update to Windows 10 that was announced at...
View ArticlePreparing for DAC
Hello everyone. This is Randy Turner to share some insights learned with implementing Dynamic Access Control (DAC.) There are numerous posts which I will share at the end to discuss the steps to...
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Monitoring Service Accounts with System Center Operations Manager
Brad Watts with another blog on System Center Operations Manager. One of the common scenarios I run into with customers is monitoring service accounts with Operations Manager. Specifically, three...
View ArticleWindows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 convenience roll-up now available at a...
NOTE: This blog post was reviewed and approved by peers and program management of the team responsible for production and release of this convenience rollup. Microsoft has released a one-time...
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PowerShell FAQ: Top 5 Questions about PowerShell from the Field
Hi folks, my name is Thiago Cardoso and I deliver workshops and custom support for our customers related to PowerShell, and I wanted to talk to you today about the top 5 questions I receive in the...
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Comparing Windows Server 2016 Nano TP5 Provisioning Time to GUI/Core...
Foreword Hello again from Prague! Here is Jaromir and, in this post, I’ll show you how you can play with ws2016lab to measure I/O consumption of each server installation option. I decided to compare...
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AppLocker – Another Layer in the Defense in Depth Against Malware
Hello, Paul Bergson here with a discussion on Security in particular utilizing Microsoft’s AppLocker to help prevent the infection of Malware. Ransomware has been getting a lot of attention. There have...
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Who broke my user GPOs?
Hi folks. From Orlando, Florida, Sean Greenbaum here with some news about a recent set of security patches released on June 14, 2016. If you’re reading this, chances are you are having group policy...
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Determining the Dominant User and Setting the ManagedBy Computer Attribute
Hi again, this is Stephen Mathews and I’m here to talk about how to determine the dominant or primary user of a Windows operating system. This insight can help administrators facilitate direct...
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Endpoint Protection Updates for Configuration Manager
Hi everyone, my name is Nicholas Jones, Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft, specializing in System Center Configuration Manager. For my first blog, I want to introduce you to updating System Center...
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ADFS: Excluding a Specific User Group from MFA
Hi there, JJ Streicher-Bremer back again, this time talking about ADFS and multi-factor authentication. I had a need to configure an environment where everyone was required to use multi-factor...
View ArticleWindows Failover Cluster Troubleshooter Data Grab
This blog post brought to you by eighteen year veteran Microsoft Premier Field Engineer David Morgan. Goal of this Post Over the years my customers have asked about what they should do first when they...
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WPT: Peeking at Logon Delays
Hi everyone, Randolph Reyes (Randy) here with another blog contribution. In this particular engagement, I was working doing an Active Directory Offline Security Assessment (awesome delivery), and one...
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