Supporting System Center in Windows Azure IAAS

I was really surprised today when I was doing research that we support a number of products running in Azure VMs. I owe my colleague a lunch, but I’m happy both for him and for our customers. The published article is a “fast publish” and you can find it at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721672.… Read the rest

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Windows Server 2012 released

You haven’t missed the release of Windows Server 2012 have you? The last few months we’ve been running beta, rc’s and now it’s finally here! Read more about it and all the new features at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/ or if you’re one of the lucky ones with a TechNet+ or MSDN subscription you can download it once you’ve logged in.… Read the rest

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Task Sequence error 0×00000032 when deploying applications

Ah, the joy of troubleshooting task sequences in Config Mgr! I spent a while on this one, having one task sequence performing a build and installing some software and another one while deploying that image. The deploy should also install driver applications, the one we love to hate, like bluetooth and fingerprint readers.… Read the rest

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How to fool Windows 8 into using your SD-card in the media applications

Running Windows 8? Want to use the SD-card slot with the Music or Movies-applications in Windows 8? Windows Media Player won’t include stuff in the library that’s stored on removable storage so here’s how to fool it!

Create a VHD on an SD-card (or USB, but that’ll stick out of your Slate (which I’m running)).… Read the rest

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Adding your key to Windows 8 for successful activation

When you’ve installed Windows 8 it won’t let you edit certain settings until you’ve activated it. But to be able to do that you’ll need to enter your license key first. There’s no obvious way of doing that in the enterprise version, so just do it like it’s done in Server Core in three easy steps:

  1. Fire up CMD with administrative rights.
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