Tip of the Day

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Tip of the Day: Improving Dual Scan on 1607

Today's Tip... A very timely article pertaining to Dual Scan! This article includes: Mention of the...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/21/2017

Tip of the Day: How to Upgrade Windows Clients with Multiple Languages installed to Windows 10

Today's Tip... Need to automate Windows 10 upgrades on systems with multiple language packs...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/18/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Windows productivity tip: File Explorer – Command Prompt and back from the current directory

Today's Tip... This has been within Windows for a few years now and not many users are aware of...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/17/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Nested Virtualization in Azure

Today's Tip... We announced nested virtualization support coming to Azure with Dv3 or Ev3 series at...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/16/2017

Tip of the Day: An easy way to measure computer reboot and logon times

Today's Tip... Process Monitor has evolved over the years from several different tools, into a...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/15/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Detailed troubleshooting steps for remote desktop connection issues to Windows VMs in Azure

Today's Tip... You may encounter a Remote Desktop error message that does not resemble any of the...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/14/2017

Tip of the Day: Troubleshooting Stop Errors

Today's Tip... Check out this KB article providing details for IT Pros to resolve STOP errors...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/11/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Upcoming Architecture Investments for RDS Hosting

Today's Tip... See our upcoming investments focused on making your hosted RDS environments more...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/10/2017

Tip of the Day: Windows Server Software Defined (WSSD)

Today's Tip... Quote from our blog: "The island of Bora Bora. The finish line at a marathon. A...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/04/2017

Tip of the Day: Free eBook Time Again

Today's Tip... Your options include: Windows 10 Office 2016 and O365 PowerBI Azure System...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/03/2017

Tip of the Day: Windows 10 S Accessory Compatibility

Today's Tip... This article will continue to be updated with current information regarding...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/02/2017

Tip of the Day: Using "Change Advanced Startup Options" in Windows 10

Today's Tip... Not sure which F## key to hit when rebooting to media, PXE, or some other advanced...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 08/01/2017

Tip of the Day: The Always ON VPN Deployment Guide is Now Live

Today's Tip... The Always On VPN Deployment Guide is now live on the web, in the new Virtual Private...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/31/2017

Tip of the Day: Modernizing Windows deployment with Windows AutoPilot

Today's Tip... Here's a great seven minute video providing a technical overview of Windows...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/28/2017

Tip of the Day: Security Compliance Manager (SCM) Tool Retired

Today's tip... The Security Compliance Manager tool retirement has been announced on the Microsoft...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/27/2017

Tip of the Day: Using PowerShell to Obtain Update Information

Today's tip... Here's a quick way to obtain update information. To search for all updates: $Session...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/26/2017

Tip of the Day: Semi-Annual Channel and more!

Today's tip... These articles cover the Semi-annual Channel in Windows and Office, LTSC (previously...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/25/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Protect your RDS Deployment! Configure disaster recovery for Remote Desktop Services

Today's tip... When you deploy Remote Desktop Services into your environment, it becomes a critical...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/24/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure Post Exploitation Techniques

Today's tip... The Cloud and Enterprise Red Team introduced how to apply traditional network attack...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/23/2017

Tip of the Day: Windows 10 Tip - Change CMD/PowerShell transparency

Today's tip... With CMD or PowerShell windows, hold down CTRL + Shift + Mouse Wheel up/down to...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/20/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Which graphics virtualization technology is right for you?

Today's tip... You have a range of options when it comes to enabling graphics rendering in Remote...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/19/2017

Tip of the Day: Using DNSSEC with DNS Zone Scopes

Today's tip... QUESTION Does anyone know whether the DNS ZoneScopes used by DNS Policy can be signed...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/18/2017

Tip of the Day: Azure Reverse DNS

In the beginning of June, the Azure team published new and updated documentation for reverse DNS....

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/17/2017

Tip of the Day: Windows 10 S FAQ

We interrupt late week's rundown of top Defrag Tools episodes to bring you something I found in my...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/16/2017

Tip of the Day: The Best of Defrag Tools - Debugging the Network Stack

Today's tip... C'mon, you know you've long dreamt of having the Ninja skills to debug the network...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/13/2017

Tip of the Day: The Best of Defrag Tools - Windows Internals 7th Edition Part 1

Today's tip... This week we celebrate the best of "Defrag Tools", a fantastic Channel 9 series...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/12/2017

Tip of the Day: Introducing Public Preview of 'DR for Azure VMs using ASR'

On June 1st, the public preview of Disaster Recovery (DR) for Azure VMs using Azure Site Recovery...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/11/2017

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Create metric alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure services

Today's tip... You can receive an alert based on monitoring metrics for, or events on, your Azure...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/10/2017

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Virtual Machine Assessment Tools

Today's tip... Virtual Machine Assessment Tools Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment - Automatically...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/07/2017

Tip of the Day: Windows Server for Developers: News from Microsoft Build 2017

Today's tip... "It's never been a more interesting time to be a developer, with new application...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/06/2017

Tip of the Day: Known Lock Screen issues with Creator's Update (1703)

Working lock screen issues in the latest build? Check out this blog post. Great information and...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/05/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Introducing the Azure app public preview

Today's tip... Microsoft Surface Dock Updater Content Link:...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 07/03/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: RDS 2016 slide decks, datasheets, technical guidance docs, and more!

Today's tip... Microsoft Remote Desktop Services with Windows Server 2016 Download:...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/30/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Supported configurations for Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016

Today's tip... RDS 2016 best practices and supported configurations can be found here: Supported...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/29/2017

Tip of the Day: Introducing Microsoft Azure Backup Server v2

Today's tip... Microsoft Azure Backup Server now comes with several improvements. The backups are...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/28/2017

Tip of the Day: SvcHost Service Refactoring in Windows 10 v1703

Today's tip... The Service Host (svchost.exe) is system process capable of hosting multiple Windows...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/28/2017

Tip of the Day: SMT in Azure will be retired on June 30, 2017

Today's tip... The Server Management Tools (SMT) preview service will be discontinued on June 30,...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/27/2017

(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Availability of migration of ExpressRoute for Classic to Resource Manager IaaS Migration

Today's Tip... On April 10th we announced that customers using ExpressRoute can also migrate their...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 06/27/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) Generally Available

Today’s Tip… Azure Application Gateway is our Application Delivery Controller (ADC) layer 7 network...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/27/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Azure Information Protection Documentation Update for March 2017

Today’s Tip… Azure Information Protection: Control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/26/2017

Tip of the Day: Reduce running costs for your RDS Deployment in Azure using Auto-Scaling

Today’s Tip… The most significant cost is the RDSH server VMs, so a great way to reduce cost is to...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/25/2017

(RDS) Tip of the Day: Remote Desktop clients – March 2017 update

Today’s Tip… The Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Team has posted blog highlighting updates to the...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/24/2017

Tip of the Day: Azure MFA cloud based protection for on-premises VPNs is now in public preview!

Today’s Tip… Azure MFA provides a hybrid multifactor authentication solution for Windows 10 VPN....

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/21/2017

When launched from the VAN, VPN connections on Windows 8.1 could be completed in as few as two...

Author: Shannon Gowen Date: 04/20/2017

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