For years I have been using my Microsoft Media Center computer and my Xbox systems to provide access to media in my home. This system started as Windows XP and has been upgraded through the years until its recent upgrade to Windows 8.1. During this upgrade process I lost the ability to stream media from…
In the first part of this blog post series I introduced the concept behind the Azure Monitoring Gateway (AMGW). This blog post will focus on what the server architecture looks like to utilize an AMGW in a variety of configurations and will discuss the monthly cost for the solution. Architecture: The architecture for…
I upgraded my work laptop to Windows 8.1 over the weekend and immediately noticed there was something off with the screen resolution. Some of my applications were rendering blurry while others looked normal. It got even weirder when I moved the offending apps to my secondary monitor only to watch them transform back to normal…
Is Your Drag & Drop not Working? If you’ve been developing in Azure you should be used to running Visual Studio as an administrator. This is required when working with the Azure Compute & Storage emulators in IIS (as of Windows Azure SDK 2.1 you can bypass this by using Emulator Express although it comes with its…
A while back I blogged on an issue with the Objects by Performance Widget when using the All performance instances. One of the comments on my original blog post was extremely helpful. The blog post is available at: https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2013/06/05/issue-with-the-objects-by-performance-widget-with-and-all-performance-instances-scom-sysctr.aspx As background, when using the Objects by Performance Widget with the All performance instances it does…
I recently upgraded to Microsoft CRM 2013. Now every time I launch the application, I am presented with the dreaded "Pending email warning" dialog: You have email messages more than 24 hours old that haven’t been sent. To send these messages, sign in to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for Outlook, or verify with your system…
Did you know that Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Premium SQL Data Tools provides functionality that allows you to compare the schema and data of two SQL Server databases? Well, I didn’t either. It’s simple. Here’s how: Go to the SQL Server Object Explorer and add your database SQL Servers, by right clicking on SQL…
One of the areas of technology that I find most interesting is when two different technologies combine to provide a better solution than either could alone. I see this occur regularly with Azure and System center and recently I started to see a combination of Azure and Operations Manager which had some significant benefits. The…
Tonight I decided to connect to my Microsoft Windows Azure environment from a hotel to test a few things. When I tried to connect via RDP I was unable to successfully connect. I signed into my Azure account. I chose my VM. I clicked connect. I chose to open the RDP file. I clicked connect…
Today Microsoft announced the launch of the Tech Companion App. This app will allow the user to keep up to date on the latest news on products, features events and other Microsoft information from their phone, PC or tablet. The app allows the user to customize feeds, bookmarks and streaming news. Using a Microsoft ID…
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