Upgrading a Hyper-V host from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
The following is the results of my lab environment’s upgrade of my first Hyper-V host from Windows Server 2012 to…
Service Management Automation Permissions
After you install Service Management Automation (SMA) there are two groups created on the SMA server. There are the MgmtSvc…
Updated management packs released including the Windows Server Operating System management pack
There is a whole slew of updated management packs which Microsoft has released. Information on the recent round of updated…
Service Management Automation Lab Step by Step Install
Service Management Automation (SMA) is included with System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2. SMA is a Windows PowerShell workflow engine…
November Office 365 International User Group Meeting scheduled
I have been on the road for basically the last 10 weeks and this week is my last week of…
Change Windows 8.1 Lock Screen Before Activating
I recommend that you always activate you windows install. However, in some lab and test environments you may not be…
Migrating from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
The following is the results of my lab environment’s upgrade from Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 to Virtual Machine Manager…
How can I become a Microsoft MVP?
From the outside this is an extremely logical question to ask an existing Microsoft MVP. If they are an MVP…
Predicting the future, public speaking and #SCU_DACH
After an extremely bad co-presentation early on in my public speaking career I made the decision that I would not…
The WUA Dilemma in ConfigMgr
I’ve blogged about the *unfun* of the Windows Update Agent (WUA) before, answered many forums posts on the subject, and…