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Deploy Windows to Surface Pro 3 using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Deployment/Devices team. In today’s blog I am going to go over the steps to deploy Windows 8.1 Enterprise X64 Update to...
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Deciphering Storport Traces 101
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog -- Paul Reynolds here. In previous blogs, I wrote about how to capture Storport traces in Windows 8 and Windows 2012. Please see:Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012...
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Go the modern (app) way
Hello everyone,This is Ashfana from the Windows Performance team. I’m here to talk about the basic philosophy behind Windows Store Apps which were introduced in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows Store...
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Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5
We are happy to announce public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5 (clean-mbam.exe), aka MBAMCDCT 2.5. MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5 (clean-mbam.exe) is a command line tool...
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Virtual Machine Checkpoint fails with Access Denied when running on a...
When you attempt to create a CheckPoint of a virtual machine that is running on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) , you may receive a General access denied error as shown below.You will receive this error...
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Asset Tag Tool for Surface Pro 3
Hi my name is Scott McArthur and I want to call out a tool that recently came out that allows Enterprise customers to set Asset Tags on Surface Pro 3.This tool is available for download at the...
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Updating Surface Pro 3 firmware (Cross Post)
Hi this is Scott McArthur and I just wanted to call attention to a blog that I worked on with some of our PFE engineers that just posted related to Surface. How to Update the Surface Pro 3 Firmware...
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Cross Post: Using Bing for technical instant answers and automated solutions
This is a cross post from William Keener’s Support Diagnostics and Automated Solutions blog that we wanted to add to our site. It relates to Bing and instant answers about Microsoft...
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Surface Pro 3 Hibernation Doesn’t Occur on Enterprise Install
Hi my name is Scott McArthur and I want to call out a recently published KB article:Surface Pro 3 doesn't hibernate after four hours in connected standbyhttp://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2998588If you...
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How to make your existing Bitlocker encrypted environment FIPS complaint
Hello, my name is Mayank Sharma and I am a Technical Advisor here at Microsoft. In this blog, I will discuss FIPS compliance with Bitlocker. Microsoft's solution for completely encrypting data inside...
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Free Webcasts from Microsoft’s US Central Marketing Organization (USCMO)
The US Central Marketing Organization (USCMO) here at Microsoft is putting on a new and improved webcast and I wanted to put them up for those who wish to view them. Each webcast will stream live with...
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KMS Activation High Level Overview
Hello, folks!This blog is aimed to provide a high level overview of the Key Management Server (KMS) technology.You may have found a lot of dispersed activation information available elsewhere on the...
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The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth, Part 2
A few years ago I wrote a blog entry entitled, “The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth”.This attempted to explain what happens to a file as it gains complexity. Complexity being akin to fragmentation.If...
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Troubleshooting Common Surface Pro 3 Issues Post Deployment
With the launch of Surface Pro 3, enterprises have been testing/deploying them. Almost all deploy a customized image to Surface Pro 3 and sometimes they hit a roadblock. Today, I will talk about some...
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MBAM Configuration Manager reports data is repetitive
Let us consider the following scenario of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) 2.5 deployed with integrated topology. This means you have integrated MBAM with Configuration Manager....
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Manually modifying IIS bindings to use SSL for MBAM services
Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) needs web services no matter what topology you are using. These MBAM web services can be installed with or without SSL Certificates. To install...
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Tips & Tricks with MBAM 2.5 - Part 1: Domain Controller and Group Policy...
We have periodically received requests on some of the Tips and Tricks regarding Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). So we will be posting a series of blogs and have them listed...
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KB 3046555: End-to-end guide for Deploying MBAM 2.5 in a stand-alone...
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) 2.5 in a stand-alone configuration. In this guide we will use a two-server...
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Microsoft Ignite sessions dealing with what we do in AskCore
Early in the month of May, Microsoft held it's Ignite Conference (formally known as TechEd) in Chicago, Illinois. This conference was a huge success with over 23,000 attendees. There are a lot of new...
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Invitation to provide feedback through UserVoice
I am not sure if everyone is aware of UserVoice but I am here to tell you about it. UserVoice is where you can provide feedback to the Microsoft Product Groups who are now monitoring these forums. Do...
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