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Add desktop sharing to your application by using the Lync 2013 API
Abstract: Have you ever wanted to add a desktop sharing feature to your application so users can share their desktop, monitor, or a process with another user with the click of a button? This blog post introduces you to a new feature of the Lync 2013 API...(read more)
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Multi-tenant Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN Gateway with Windows Server 2012 R2
This blogs describes in detail the concepts of multi-tenant site-to-site (S2S) Virtual Private Network (VPN) introduced in what’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking blog . In this blog, we will examine how requirements of two organizations Woodgrove Bank...(read more)
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Mevade and Sefnit: Stealthy click fraud
Recently Trojan:Win32/Mevade made news for being the first large botnet to use Tor to anonymize and hide its network traffic. Within a few weeks, starting mid-August, the number of directly connecting Tor users increased by almost 600 percent - from about 500,000 users per day to more than 3,000,000.
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Announcing the release of the Lync Pre-call Diagnostic Tool for Windows 8
The Lync PreCall Diagnostic Tool (PCD) is a client-based application that allows you to see how the current state of your network might impact the audio quality in an upcoming Enterprise Voice call. The PCD tool was originally released for Office Communications...(read more)
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KB: Understanding the limitations of roaming Outlook signatures in Microsoft UE-V
Outlook email signature settings are a frequent request for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) customers. Because UE-V's replication mechanism is reliant exclusively on file and registry change settings, there are some limitations to replicating information stored in locations that do not support this type of replication. One of these is the Outlook MAPI profile. Understanding this limitation is important to a successful integration of UE-V with Microsoft Office 2007 and Office 2010.
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End of support for Java SE 6
If you’re running Java SE 6, we have some news for you: Oracle stopped providing public updates to it after February 2013.
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Script to delete SIP profile for multiple Lync 2013 users
Author: Edwin Joseph Publication date: September 24, 2013 Product version: Lync Server 2013 Introduction When a Lync 2013 desktop client for Windows signs-in, to minimize the bandwidth consumption the Lync client retrieves a lot of information...(read more)
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Proactive Datacenter Monitoring with System Center Advisor
Symon Perriman, Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist, was recently asked by the System Center Advisor team to help evangelize the new System Center cloud service called System Center Advisor. We are happy to announce that an end-to-end walkthrough of a System Center Advisor setup and configuration has been published to the Edge show! You can find this session here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-75--Proactive-Datacenter-Monitoring-using-System-Center-Advisor
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VMQ Deep Dive, 2 of 3
Introduction In my last blog post of this series, ‘ VMQ Deep Dive, 1 of 3 ,’ I went into detail on why we implemented VMQ and how to view the VMQ settings on the adapter to verify that it was configured properly. In this blog post I am...(read more)
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Lync 2013 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Client scenarios
Abstract: The Lync team is excited about the new Lync 2013 VDI landing page on our Lync Interop Programs, so we put together a set of scenarios to help identify Lync VDI scenario between Microsoft Lync and our partner software. Author: Kaushal Mehta...(read more)
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Deployment Details for the Lync VDI Plug-in
Abstract: It can be difficult to work with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 VDI-Plug-in. In this post we describe how to avoid some possible issues in a Virtual Desktop scenario with the deployment of the Lync VDI-Plugin. Author: Christian Schacht Publication...(read more)
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Announcing the Lync Server 2013 Demo VM Set - Public Test Drive Version
The Lync Server 2013 demo VM set is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. This VM set is pre-loaded with more than 200 contacts with photos, and is integrated with Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging (UM), SharePoint Server 2013, and a Unified...(read more)
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App-V Support Tip: Look out for this issue when sequencing your apps
~ John Behneman | Senior Support Escalation Engineer
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Support Tip: RTSP and RTSPS authentication in App-V fails after Live Essentials 2011 or later is installed
We’ve seen reports where RTSP and RTSPS authentication in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) fails after Live Essentials 2011 or later is installed. This occurs because the installation of Live Essentials introduces a new Security Support Provider (SSP) named LiveSSP that provides authentication support for Microsoft accounts. The LiveSSP provider is included by default in Windows 8 and later and is included in the Office 365 Sign-in Assistant.
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ISA 2006 / TMG 2010: DISABLE CLIENT-INITIATED SSL RENEGOTIATION, PROTECTING AGAINST DOS ATTACKS AND MALICIOUS DATA INJECTION
In these days we received a considerable number of support requests asking for more info about SSL/TLS Renegotiation and the risk it introduces of being exposed to DoS attacks and malicious code injections.
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Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2887505
Today we released Security Advisory 2887505 regarding an issue that affects Internet Explorer. There are only reports of a limited number of targeted attacks specifically directed at Internet Explorer 8 and 9, although the issue could potentially affect all supported versions. This issue could allow remote code execution if an affected system browses to a website containing malicious content directed towards the specific browser type. This would typically occur when an attacker compromises the security of trusted websites regularly frequented, or convinces someone to click on a link in an email or instant message. Running modern versions of Internet Explorer ensures that customers receive the benefit of additional security features that can help prevent successful attacks.
While we are actively working to develop a security update to address this issue, we encourage Internet Explorer customers concerned with the risk associated with this vulnerability, to deploy the following workarounds and mitigations from the advisory: -
Support tip: Installing a 2nd App-V Management Server instance against an existing database fails with a 25109 error
When trying install a second Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Management Server instance against an existing database that was created using scripts, you may find that the installation fails and generates a 25109 error.
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Troubleshooting OpsMgr 2007 and OpsMgr 2012 certificate issues with PowerShell
This is actually an old post I found over on our archived SMSandMOM blog but the script and the information still seems to apply so I thought I’d post it again over here in case it might help. If you’re having trouble with certificate based authentication then give this a try and let us know what you think.
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Happy Days are Here Again: Announcing the Release of the Lync Server 2013 Protocol Workloads Poster
Author: Greg Stemp Technical Review: Joe Davies Published: Sep. 16, 2013 Remember your last birthday, the one where you got the Rolex and the keys to the brand-new Lexus? Remember how you put on a brave face, smiled as best you could, and...(read more)
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September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. The majority of questions focused on Office bulletins, especially SharePoint Server (MS13-067). We received multiple Office related questions that were very similar in nature, so the questions have been merged, as applicable, with consolidated answers provided. We were able to answer six questions on air, and those we did not have time for have been included on the Q&A page.
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Lovely tokens and the September 2013 security updates
Helen Hunt Jackson famously wrote, “By all lovely tokens September is here, with summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” I share Helen’s clear adoration for this time of year. As a sports fan, there are so many “lovely tokens” to enjoy. The baseball pennant race is heating up, college and pro football are underway, and various soccer leagues (real football to the rest of the world) continue. As a parent, there are the “lovely tokens” of my kids returning to school, which brings a reminder of summer’s passing and excitement for another year of learning, growing, and adjusting to a new routine. For me, the routine is set: the second Tuesday of the month is here and with it comes a round of “lovely tokens” to help protect our customers.
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MSRT September 2013 - Win32/Simda
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VMQ Deep Dive, 1 of 3
Virtual Machine Queues (VMQ) is an incredibly powerful performance technology introduced in Windows Server 2012. A concern we’ve noticed as Windows Server 2012 is increasingly deployed in datacenter environments is misconceptions about VMQ, and...(read more)
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Attention TechNet and MSDN Subscribers: Windows Server 2012 R2 available for download today
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Windows Server 2012 RTM Now Available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers
You asked, we delivered. As announced on Steve Guggenheimer's blog, and Microsoft VP Brad Anderson’s blog post, “Ready Now for TNS & MSDN: Download Windows Server 2012 R2”, the Released to Manufacturing (RTM) bits for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are now available for download to current MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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App-V Virtual Environments in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 - Flexible Connection Groups
Microsoft’s Thamim Karim just wrote a great article on how to share a virtual environment between a set of packages using Connection Groups in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1. If you’re not leveraging this yet then you probably should be and this is a great starter guide.
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Enable the forwarding function on Windows Server Gateway: a use case study
Windows Server Gateway in Windows Server 2012 R2 is a key element of Hybrid Networking , which enables enterprises to connect to service providers via site-to-site VPN. This blog describes a different use case. It shows how Windows Server gateway can...(read more)
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System Center Advisor now supports Windows Azure Active Directory (formerly OrgID)
Organizational accounts (formerly OrgID) in Windows Azure Active Directory originated for the Office365 Suite of Services which includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync Online. WAAD is an identity provider for organization-owned identities which are hosted purely in the cloud as well as a federation provider for identities that a customer prefers to host in their on-premises Active Directory. Unlike Microsoft accounts (formerly Windows Live ID), OrgID and WAAD are specifically focused on scenarios where the identity is not owned by an individual, but by an organization (company, university, etc.) in which an administrator has rights to manage the ID. If you want to learn more about Windows Azure Active Directory refer to the documentation and learning materials here http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/services/active-directory/
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Happy Birthday Windows Server 2012 – What Superhero Is it?
Birthdays are always special and we wanted to take this moment to celebrate the birthday of a special product. This week we are celebrating the birthday of Windows Server 2012. The product has done really well in the market and has super human strength. So here’s a question for you, “If Windows Server 2012 were a superhero, who would it be?”
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Advance Notification Service for September 2013 Security Bulletin Release
In celebration of kids heading back to school, today we’re providing advance notification for the release of 14 bulletins, four Critical and 10 Important, for September 2013. The Critical updates address issues in Internet Explorer, Outlook, SharePoint and Windows.
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Support Tip: Exchange 2010 mailbox provisioning may be disabled by the Operations Manager Management Pack
~ Richard Pesenko | Senior Support Escalation Engineer
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Understanding HADR in Lync Server 2013
Abstract: With the introduction of new features in Lync Server 2013, IT administrators and partners can provide users a rich unified communications experience that is highly resilient to single points of failure. However, failures can – and do –...(read more)
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The Hybrid Cloud Storage Transformation
A frustrating reality for IT leaders is that their teams continue to struggle with the complications of data growth even though they spend more money on storage every year. It’s not surprising that IT leaders are looking for new storage architectures to help them solve their scalability problems and reduce their costs. A post to this blog in June briefly discussed the problems customers are having with data growth and mentioned how a StorSimple Cloud-integrated Storage system could be used to alleviate them. This post expands on that conversation and introduces the Microsoft hybrid cloud storage solution.
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IaaS Usage and Service Reporting using System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack
Anders Ravnholt has a new article that describes how to deploy usage metering & reporting in System Center 2012 R2 & Windows Azure Pack for IaaS: