Microsoft’s patch woes continue. A September update for Lync was pulled this week. Please: do not approve updates immediately; wait 1 month and let some other mug find the bugs for Microsoft.
Azure
- Scale is never a problem with Azure Websites: Starting today, Azure Websites supports above 10 load balanced instances.
Networking
- Announcing the Message Analyzer 1.1 Release: The completely indecipherable replacement for Network Monitor has just been upgraded to v1.1. I find this replacement for NetMon to be a complete mystery and the UI looks like something Symantec would come up with (random). It’s no wonder WireShark remains the #1 choice.
- Introduction to Message Analyzer 1.1: A YouTube video to give you a high-level introduction to Message Analyzer 1.1. Includes a run-through of the UI and an overview of general features.
Deployment
- WDS multicasting deployment results in corrupted installation images on cluster nodes: Hotfix – Windows Deployment Services (WDS) multicasting deployment may result in corrupted installation images (Microsoft Windows Imaging (.wim) file format images), and this situation causes the installation to fail on cluster nodes.
Office 365
- Azure Active Directory Sync is now GAAzure Active Directory Sync is now GA: According to this Microsoft post, AAD Sync is Microsoft’s new "one sync to rule them all".
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory Sync Services: This AD to WAD synchronisation tool went GA on Monday and is a replacement for DirSync.
Miscellaneous
- Round two of Microsoft layoffs coming September 18: More of the 18,000 are about to receive their notice.
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