I’ve blogged about the *unfun* of the Windows Update Agent (WUA) before, answered many forums posts on the subject, and presented information on it at multiple venues including MMS and IT/Dev Connections. Until recently, I didn’t have a good solution though. The simple diagram in this post sums up the dilemma. Basically, the WUA is…
I received the following error when I was attempting to compare columns in a SQL query between two tables located in two separate databases. In this case, the collation settings between the two databases were configured differently. Rather make any changes to the databases, I was able to apply a simple fix to my…
On many occasions, I am asked to run a quick ad-hoc query and dump the results into an Excel spreadsheet. This is typically a piece of cake except in those cases when I am asked to include a long description field. In some cases, the long description field might contain new line characters. This wreaks…
The idea behind OSD in Configuration Manager is automation. Right? We want to create a process to eliminate as many manual tasks as possible. Some companies have their technicians manually disable IPv6 on all adapters. Who wants to do all of that manual work when we can have it automated? My clients occasionally ask for…
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at SCU DACH in Bern, Switzerland. This was extremely interesting for me especially since it was my first business trip overseas, and only my second time ever visiting anywhere in Europe. This blog post is a summary of my insights from the trip, some travel tips…
The next type of DirSync errors generated by the organization in Part 1 were objects with invalid User Principal Names. Using some of the error messages sent in the Directory Synchronization error report email, I will examine why these errors occurred and how we fixed them. Blank User Principal Name ASPNET@contoso.onmicrosoft.com Unable to update…
A little while back I did a blog post discussing how impressed I was with some reports which were available for VMware Host systems but aren’t available for Hyper-V Host systems entitled Oversized and undersized VMs plus one IT geek meltdown. The main purpose of the blog post was to a practical example of how…
Overview As of June 2013 Microsoft made a competitive and attractive move by not charging owners of a subscription for VMs that are in a stopped state. This is a huge step forward and really puts organizations in a difficult position when trying to find that staying with an on-premises implementation of their Dev/Test environment…
In my home lab I have three servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter. Each server has the Hyper-V role installed and I have have guest virtual machines. I’ve been traveling a lot but today I made some time to begin upgrading the hosts and guests to Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 after reading…
This MPLS integration option eliminates the single point of failure that exists with Azure’s site-to-site VPN (aka Azure Virtual Network). The press release says this will happen in the first half of 2014. If the other big MPLS carriers follow, then this will allow many customers to begin moving substantial internal workloads into Azure. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/09/18/more-options-to-integrate-on-premises-networks-and-windows-azure-with-at-amp-t.aspx…
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