Tip of the Day
Tiny amounts of knowledge for a fast paced world!
Tip of the Day: Migrating Windows Server Roles and Features....
Today's tip... Question: My customer is looking at upgrading their older server to Windows Server...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/29/2018
Tip of the Day: Upgrading a Domain
Today's tip... Question: My organization is running an older Windows Server 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/24/2018
Tip of the Day: Helping Customers Shift to a Modern Desktop Blog Post
Today's tip... Three announcements are included in this blog post: Cloud-based analytics tools to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/23/2018
(Skype) Tip of the Day: Skype Insider Preview - You can now easily find messages in the current conversation
Today's tip... The Skype team is glad to announce an update that gives ability to easily find...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/22/2018
(SCCM) Tip of the Day: System Center Updates Publisher adds support for new OSes
Today's tip... SCUP (System Center Updates Publisher) enables independent software vendors or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/17/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Turn your whiteboard sketches to working code in seconds with Sketch2Code
Today's tip... Introducing Sketch2Code, a web based solution that uses AI to transform a handwritten...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/16/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: General availability of instance size flexibility for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances
Today's tip... Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances is a new feature that makes your reserved...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/15/2018
Tip of the Day: Bringing Device Support to Windows Containers
Today's tip... I’m really excited about today’s tip. Why? Because it’s nerdy coolness and I like it!...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/10/2018
Tip of the Day: OpenSSH, Tar, and Curl
Today's tip... In keeping with the PowerShell-Linux vibe begun in yesterday’s tip, let’s highlight...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/09/2018
Tip of the Day: PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux
Today's tip... Linux admins and aficionados rejoice, PowerShell is now open sourced and available on...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/08/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft, Amazon release preview of Alexa and Cortana collaboration
Today's tip... In the real world, no one relies on one person for all their needs — fixing a car’s...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/03/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Announcing VNet service endpoints general availability for MySQL and PostgreSQL
Today's tip... We recently made Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL generally...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/02/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Just-In-Time VM Access from the virtual machine blade
Today's tip... We are excited to announce the public preview of configuring Just-In-Time VM Access...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 10/01/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Update Management: Reboot control
Today's tip... Update Management has added a new option for update deployments. When you edit or...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/26/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure management groups now in general availability
Today's tip... We have announced the general availability of Azure management groups to all our...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/25/2018
Tip of the Day: Great Blog on Windows 10 Update Servicing Cadence
Today's tip... This blog covers the following topics: Monthly quality updates Simplicity and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/24/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Windows Admin Center 1809 and SDK now generally available!
Today's tip.. It’s been an exciting debut year for Windows Admin Center, the next-generation...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/21/2018
Tip of the Day: Windows Server 2008 SP2 Servicing Changes
Today's tip... Just over a year away from the end of support for Windows Server 2008 SP2! Make sure...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/21/2018
Tip of the Day: Emoji Panel Overhaul
Today's tip... In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, you may have noticed that the Emoji Panel:...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/18/2018
Tip of the Day: Subscribe to Support Content Updates
Today's tip... RSS feeds to get the latest support content for Microsoft products that you want...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/17/2018
Tip of the Day: AzureSavesMoney PowerShell Module
Today's tip... Clean up old and unused resources in Azure. Reports on the following resource types:...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/12/2018
Tip of the Day: How to Effectively Search for Microsoft Content
Today's tip... Ever notice that when you search for content, your searches come back with a great...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/11/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: New Capabilities for Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2019
Today's tip... I highly encourage everyone check out Hybrid track: Remote Desktop Services...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/10/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: RD Session Host role WILL be included in Server 2019
Today's tip... There have been rumors that RD Session Host role is will not be included in Server...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/05/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Free eBook – The Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Azure eBook - August update is now available
Today's tip... FREE eBook available for download now! We are pleased to introduce the new and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/04/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure.Source – Volume 43 - Keep current on what's happening in Azure, including what's now in preview, generally available, news & updates, and more.
Today's tip... Now in preview Announcing public preview of Azure IoT Hub manual failover feature -...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 09/03/2018
Tip of the Day: Azure File Sync is now Generally Available
Today's tip... On July 19th, it was announced that Azure File Sync is now generally available! This...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/29/2018
Tip of the Day: First-Ever Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2018
Today's tip... Earlier, we tipped on the packaging of the Windows Server Summit content into an...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/28/2018
Tip of the Day: Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17723
Today's tip... On July 31st, we are pleased to release a new build of the Windows Server vNext...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/27/2018
Tip of the Day: Confusing Blog About Native VM's in Windows 10
Today's tip... Question of the Day Q: My customer saw this article: , “Microsoft plans to add native...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/22/2018
Tip of the Day: Windows Server Summit Event-in-a-Box
Today's tip... Did you watch any of the informative sessions at the recent Windows Server Virtual...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/21/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Announcing new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support
Today's tip... End of support is rapidly approaching for the 2008 releases of Windows and SQL...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/21/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure Marketplace June container offers
Today's tip... We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. In June, 42 container offers...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/20/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: RDS at Microsoft Inspire 2018!
Today's tip... Deployment of hosted Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments in Microsoft Azure...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/15/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Apply for the RDmi Private Preview! [Update - Private Preview now closed]
[Update] Private Preview has been closed. Continue to check out the RDS blog for news on any...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/14/2018
(RDS) Tip of the Day: Deprecation of the Remote Desktop 8.0 client for macOS
Today's tip... The Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 client for macOS with its redesigned user experience...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/13/2018
Tip of the Day: MDOP July 2018 Servicing Release is live!
Today's tip... The July 2018 MDOP servicing release is available for download. This contains a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/07/2018
Tip of the Day: A Legend Reborn
Today's tip... I stumbled across this blog and wanted to share it. Should be pretty interesting no...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/06/2018
Tip of the Day: Defrag Tools Videos
Today's tip... Were you aware of these videos? I wasn’t until today! Check them out! Here are two of...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/01/2018
Tip of the Day: Server Core and Server with Desktop
Today's tip... A great blog to help you figure out what you need, and to compare Server Core and...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/31/2018
Tip of the Day: Setting up a GitHub Account
Today's tip... Want to be a Docs contributor? You need to set up your GitHub account. Here’s how!...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/25/2018
Tip of the Day: Windows Server Virtual Summit
Today's tip... The last week in June was a big one for Microsoft Cloud and Windows Server with us...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/24/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Static website hosting for Azure Storage now in public preview
Today's tip... At the end of June, we were excited to announce the public preview of static website...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/23/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Logic Apps available in US Gov
Today's tip... Logic Apps is now available in the US Gov Texas region. For more information on Logic...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/18/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Publish your solutions to Azure Government – what, why and how
Today's tip... The Azure Marketplace is the premier destination for all your software needs,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/17/2018
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Service Health
Today's tip... Service Health provides you with a customizable dashboard which tracks the health of...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/16/2018