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Tip of the Day: TPM Comparison
Today’s Tip… I pulled this link from an alias and found some extremely useful...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/28/2016
Tip of the Day: More about Windows 10 Updates
Today’s Tip…I read a recommended article in the Redmond Channel Partner called...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/27/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure App Service supports V2 virtual networks
Today’s Tip…Azure App Service supports V2 (Azure Resource Manager) virtual networks....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/26/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: New T-SQL programmability features in Azure SQL Database
Today’s Tip… New programmability features that are implemented in SQL Server 2016 are also available...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/25/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Token based authentication support for Azure SQL DB V12
Today’s Tip… Token-based authentication method allows middle-tier services to obtain a token from...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/21/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Cannot Scale Because Files Are Too Large
Today’s Tip… It is rare, but sometimes when you are trying to scale a SQL Azure database to a lower...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/20/2016
Tip of the Day: Why you should take another look at IPAM
Today’s Tip… In Windows Server 2016, management of DNS properties have been significantly enhanced...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/19/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Setting MAXDOP in V12
Today’s Tip… A change between v11 and v12 SQL Azure Databases was allowing queries to go parallel....
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/18/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: How to disable ActiveSync for Office 365 users
Today’s Tip… To disable ActiveSync for users by using Exchange Online PowerShell, follow these...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/14/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD Connect Health for sync is now in Public Preview
Today’s Tip… Connect Health for sync allows you to monitor and gain insights into the sync service...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/13/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Latest Azure AD Statistics
Today’s Tip… Here is a great read @...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/12/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Customize SSPR for federated users
Today’s Tip… I ran across this frequently asked questions blog post:...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/11/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD PowerShell Tips
Today’s Tip… I ran across this frequently asked questions blog post:...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/07/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Container Service preview
Today’s Tip… Azure Container Service (ACS) provides a way to simplify the creation, configuration,...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/06/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer preview
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (Preview) is a standalone app from Microsoft that...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/05/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Service Fabric in public preview
Today’s Tip… Azure Service Fabric helps developers build, deploy, and operate microservice...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/04/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Point to Site support in ARM
Today’s Tip… We are happy to announce the release of Point to Site VPN support in ARM. With the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/31/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Self-service subscription transfer now globally available
Today’s Tip… You can transfer a subscription to a colleague, a different account you own, or even...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/30/2016
Tip of the Day: Microsoft Mechanics
Today’s Tip… Microsoft Mechanics, the show that brought you the latest in Office from the engineers...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/29/2016
Tip of the Day: Troubleshooting the Surface Dock
Today’s Tip…...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/23/2016
Tip of the Day: Ten Great Windows 10 Links
Today’s Tip… Windows Drive Kit (WDK) 10, WinDbg, Symbols, HLK, and ADK Download Links (not direct...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/22/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Easy Mode Elastic Query Tutorial
Today’s Tip… Elastic Query will allow you to query tables in different tables in SQL Azure. The...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/21/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Information about how SQL Azure Backups Are Tested
Today’s Tip… Disaster drills occur quarterly – simulation of full region outage and verification of...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/17/2016
Tip of the Day: The Conditional Access Framework and Device Compliance for VPN (Part 4)
Today’s Tip… In our last tip we outlined an example connection flow for VPN device compliance using...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/16/2016
Tip of the Day: The Conditional Access Framework and Device Compliance for VPN (Part 3)
Today’s Tip… Yesterday’s tip outlined the services and components involved in assuring the health...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/15/2016
Tip of the Day: The Conditional Access Framework and Device Compliance for VPN (Part 2)
Today’s Tip… Yesterday’s tip discussed the Conditional Access Framework and how it can be used to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/14/2016
Tip of the Day: The Conditional Access Framework and Device Compliance for VPN
Today’s Tip… The removal of NAP in Windows 10 left no viable Device Compliance mechanism for remote...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/12/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Office 365 roadmap
Today’s Tip… Check out the Office 365 roadmap here… https://success.office.com/en-us/roadmap You can...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/11/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: OneDrive for Business updates
Today’s Tip… Today, I’d like to share updates on OneDrive for Business. Check out the following...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/10/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Office 365 Group updates
Today’s Tip… Some amazing stuff is coming to Office 365 groups. Check out the following official...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/09/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Get Office 2016 for Office 365
Today’s Tip… I have been looking for a way for Office 365 users to install Office 2016 and ran...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/08/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Skype for Business now available for Android
Today’s Tip… Skype for Business is now available for Android mobile users. Check out the official...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/07/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Manage Azure with two new features
Today’s Tip… We have announced the general availability of two features to make automating your...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/04/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: New Azure certification MCSA: Linux on Azure
Today’s Tip… Recognizing the importance of open source based workloads, Microsoft has partnered with...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/03/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Disk Encryption in public preview
Today’s Tip… Azure Disk Encryption for virtual machines (VMs) helps you address organizational...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/02/2016
Tip of the Day: Display Scaling in Windows 10
Today’s Tip… Display scaling has been a hot issue on the forums. Here’s a great blog from a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 03/01/2016
Tip of the Day: Inside the creation of the Surface Book
Today’s Tip… Very cool read “Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book” -...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/29/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: Several Improvements to SQL Azure Geo-replication
Today’s Tip… Geo-replication has gotten some love recently. We have added the ability to manage...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/26/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: SQL Azure Index Advisor
Today’s Tip… SQL Azure Index Advisor will find and help you add indexes that would help out your...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/25/2016
(SQL) Tip of the Day: XEvents in SQL Azure v12
Today’s Tip… XEvents have been released in SQL Azure v12. This will allow you to get in depth data...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/24/2016
Tip of the Day: Device Compliance for Remote Windows 10 Clients
Today’s Tip… With the Removal of NAP in Windows 10, there was no longer a viable Device Compliance...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/23/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD Connect Version Release History
Today’s Tip… Guess what, there is now a release version history documented for Azure AD Connect. We...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/22/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Map OneDrive to a drive letter
Today’s Tip… If you have a scenario where you need to map OneDrive to a drive letter, here is the...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/19/2016
Tip of the Day: Windows 10 SKUs
Today’s Tip… What are the different SKU upgrade paths within Windows 10? Can we jump from one to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/18/2016
Tip of the Day: Nested Virtualization
Today’s Tip… From time to time we see the question, “What about nesting virtualization? Is that a...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/17/2016
(IoT) Tip of the Day: IoT in Action!
Today’s Tip… Savas’s project, utilizing Azure PowerBi was published to Adafruit. Check it out!...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/16/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: 5 Minute Warning for Reboot
Today’s Tip… Ever wanted a 5min warning that Azure is about to reboot your IaaS VM? There’s an API...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/15/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Red Hat Cloud Access now available on Azure!
Today’s Tip… Recently we announced an important partnership with Red Hat, enabling customer to...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/12/2016
(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure VM Scale Sets public preview
Today’s Tip… We have announced the public preview of Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. VM Scale Sets...
Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 02/11/2016