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LBFO Dynamic Teaming mode may drop send packets in Windows Server 2012 R2

My name is Ajay Sarkaria & I am a Supportability Program Manager at Microsoft. I want to...

Date: 03/03/2016

Impact of Cisco March 2016 Vulnerabilities on Azure

Microsoft evaluates the security of its infrastructure on an ongoing basis and part of this...

Date: 03/02/2016

Azure networking - Public IP addresses in Classic vs ARM

This post was contributed by Stefano Gagliardi, Pedro Perez, Telma Oliveira, and Leonid Gagarin As...

Date: 02/04/2016

Pre-seeding Hyper-V Backups in DPM v2

Hi folks, it's me, Heyko and I'm a Premier Field Engineer for Virtualization in Germany. A...

Date: 02/01/2016

Endpoint Load Balancing Heath Probe Configuration Details

Azure load balanced endpoints enable a port to be configured on multiple role instances or virtual...

Date: 01/26/2016

The Hierarchy of Cyber Needs

Hi, The Captain here from Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group's Global Incident Response...

Date: 01/25/2016

New Guided Walkthrough for troubleshooting problems relating to Event ID 1135 in a Failover Clustering environment

I wanted to post about a new walkthrough that we have to help in troubleshooting an Event 1135 on a...

Date: 01/21/2016

Failover Cluster Node Startup Order in Windows Server 2012 R2

In this blog, my Colleague, JP, and I would like to talk about how to start a Cluster without the...

Date: 01/21/2016

Using the Windows 10 Compatibility Reports to understand upgrade issues

This blog discusses on how to obtain and review the Compatibility Reports to troubleshoot Windows 10...

Date: 01/21/2016

Creating a Site to Site VPN Connection in ARM through the new Azure Portal

In the ever changing and improving world of Microsoft Azure, there has officially been a shift to...

Date: 01/20/2016

AutoAdminLogon registry value reset to 0 after reboot

Recently a customer had an issue where they were setting some registry values in their Azure VM by...

Date: 01/08/2016

Microsoft InTune for the Old-School GPO Admin

Happy New Year, people! Let me welcome you to the first post of 2016 for the Ask PFE Platforms blog....

Date: 01/04/2016

Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) Implementation Hints and Security Nerd Commentary (including mini threat model)

Hi, Jessica Paynefrom Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group's Global Incident Response and...

Date: 12/28/2015

IaaSAntimalware Extension Status NotReady if Installed with no Configuration

The Microsoft Antimalware extension (IaaSAntimalware) requires a minimum configuration when...

Date: 12/27/2015

Users can't access the desktop and other resources through Quick Access in Windows 10

If you use copyprofile when customizing your Windows 10 profiles, you may encounter a scenario where...

Date: 12/21/2015

Recovering from Failed Disks in Tiered Storage Spaces on Windows 10 via PowerShell

I have a Windows 10 workstation at home which has a tiered storage space with 2 SSD and 6 HDD. I...

Date: 12/21/2015

Mailbag – Holiday 2015 Edition

Season's Greetings from the AskPFEPlat PFEs! A solid Mailbag today with items from Paul Bergson,...

Date: 12/18/2015

Display Scaling in Windows 10

Hope everyone is having a good day. Today, we have a guest among us. Steve Wright is a Senior...

Date: 12/08/2015

Speaking in Ciphers and other Enigmatic tongues…update!

Hi! Jim Tierney here again to talk to you about Cryptographic Algorithms, SCHANNEL and other bits of...

Date: 12/08/2015

Becoming a Premier Field Engineer 2.0 Cloud/Azure Edition

Greg Jaworski here again after a long blogging hiatus. Several years back I wrote a popular blog...

Date: 12/07/2015

I Have a Great Idea – but how do I tell Microsoft?

At Microsoft, we value input from the people that use our products every day. We work hard to make...

Date: 12/04/2015

Azure VM may fail to activate over ExpressRoute

Customers can advertise a default route (also known as forced tunneling) over their ExpressRoute...

Date: 12/01/2015

Troubleshooting Activation Issues

Today, Henry Chen and I are going to talk about troubleshooting some activation issues that we often...

Date: 11/23/2015

Errors Retrieving File Shares on Windows Failover Cluster

Hi AskCore, Chinmoy here again. In today’s blog, I would like to share one more scenario in...

Date: 11/23/2015

An alternative way to connect PowerShell to Azure using an Azure AD account

Hello folks, its Rick here. A while back I had shared with you a way to connect PowerShell to your...

Date: 11/22/2015

After Migrating Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Cluster to Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster, Virtual Machines Fail to Come Online in Failover Cluster Manager

Lots of my customers are upgrading their Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Cluster nodes to Windows...

Date: 11/16/2015

KMS Migration from 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2 and KMS Activation Known Issues

I’m receiving a lot of requests for assistance here lately around KMS. In short, the request...

Date: 11/09/2015

Using Repadmin with ADLDS and Lingering objects

Hi! Linda Taylor here from the UK Directory Services escalation team. This time on ADLDS, Repadmin,...

Date: 11/06/2015

When Special Pool is not so Special

Hi Everyone.  Richard here in the UK GES team bringing you an interesting case we saw recently...

Date: 11/04/2015

From Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2: A Tale of a Successful Failover Cluster Hyper-V Migration

I seemed to be running into more and more Hyper-V Failover Cluster migrations with my customers as...

Date: 11/02/2015

“Administrative limit for this request was exceeded" Error from Active Directory

Hello, Ryan Ries here with my first AskDS post! I recently ran into an issue with a particular...

Date: 10/29/2015

Top Support Solutions for Windows 10

These are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using...

Date: 10/27/2015

SHA1 Key Migration to SHA256 for a two tier PKI hierarchy

Hello. Jim here again to take you through the migration steps for moving your two tier PKI hierarchy...

Date: 10/26/2015

Windows 10 Start Menu Flexibility

Greetings and Happy Halloween from the Platforms PFE ghosts and ghouls. Believe it or not, some...

Date: 10/26/2015

Top Support Solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

These are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when using...

Date: 10/21/2015

Setting up Data Recovery Agent for Bitlocker

You might have already read on TechNet and one of the other AskCore Blogs on how to setup Data...

Date: 10/16/2015

How to convert Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise using ICD

Windows 10 makes life easier and brings a lot of benefits in the enterprise world. Converting...

Date: 10/16/2015

We Are Hiring – North Carolina and Texas

Would you like to join the world’s best and most elite debuggers to enable the success of Microsoft...

Date: 10/16/2015

How big should my OS drive be?

My name is Michael Champion and I've been working in support for more than 12 years here at...

Date: 10/05/2015

Monday Mailbag – The Free Downloads Edition!

Greetings – Hilde here with a Monday Mailbag for your viewing pleasure… In a recent mailbag, we...

Date: 10/05/2015

So what exactly is the CLIUSR account?

From time to time, people stumble across the local user account called CLIUSR and wonder what it is,...

Date: 10/02/2015

Top Support Solutions for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Here is a list of the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when...

Date: 09/29/2015

CROSS POST: How Shared VHDX Works on Server 2012 R2

In the not far back point in time, there was a blog done by Matthew Walker that we felt needed to...

Date: 09/28/2015

CROSS POST: Windows 10, WindowsUpdate.log and how to view it with PowerShell or Tracefmt.exe

In the not far back point in time, there was a blog done by Charles Allen that we felt needed to...

Date: 09/28/2015

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