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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