{"id":18743,"date":"2015-08-13T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T10:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18743"},"modified":"2015-08-13T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:00:18","slug":"microsoft-news-13-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18743","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft News 13-August-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi folks, it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve posted but there\u2019s a great reason for that &#8211; I got married and was away on honeymoon \ud83d\ude42 We\u2019re back and trying to get back into the normal swing of things. I was away for the Windows 10 launch, happily ignoring the world. Windows 10 in the businesses is not a big deal yet &#8211; Microsoft needs to clear up licensing and activation for businesses before they\u2019ll deliberately touch the great new OS &#8211; I\u2019ve already had customers say \u201clove it, but not until we get clarification\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Hyper-V<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyperv_on_windows\/about\/whats_new\">What&#8217;s New for Hyper-V on Windows 10<\/a>: The new features in Windows 10 Client Hyper-V.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/hyper-v-network-issues-1-gbe-nics\">Why Does Hyper-V Have Network Issues with 1 GbE NICs?<\/a> Because OEMs write crappy drivers and firmware.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/07\/28\/powershell-direct-handling-authentication-for-better-scripting.aspx\">PowerShell Direct &#8211; handling authentication for better scripting<\/a>: 4 options for authenticating your remote access.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/07\/28\/using-powershell-direct-for-script-locking.aspx\">Using PowerShell Direct for Script Locking<\/a>: Stop your script until the VM is responsive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/07\/29\/sending-a-script-into-the-vm-using-powershell-direct.aspx\">Sending a script file into the VM using PowerShell Direct<\/a>: Copy a script file into a VM to run it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/07\/30\/powershell-direct-hot-add-nic-give-me-an-ip-address.aspx\">PowerShell Direct + Hot Add NIC == Give me an IP address<\/a>: Add a NIC to a VM and configure it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/07\/31\/powershell-direct-amp-waiting-for-an-ip-address.aspx\">PowerShell Direct &amp; Waiting for an IP Address<\/a>: Wait for a VM to get an IP address before running your PowerShell.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/08\/04\/upgrading-your-virtual-machine-version.aspx\">Upgrading your Virtual Machine version<\/a>: A new <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyperv_on_windows\/user_guide\/migrating_vms\">manual step<\/a> to allow your VM to use new features.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/08\/05\/production-checkpoints-in-windows-10.aspx\">Production Checkpoints in Windows 10<\/a>: A new way of doing checkpoints where a restore is like restoring a VM from backup.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/virtualization\/archive\/2015\/07\/24\/integration-components-available-for-virtual-machines-not-connected-to-windows-update.aspx\">Integration components available for virtual machines not connected to Windows Update<\/a>: Out of band methods for updating the Hyper-V ICs for VMs on Windows 10 or WS2016.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.workinghardinit.work\/2015\/07\/21\/hyper-v-storage-qos-in-windows-server-2016-works-on-sofs-and-on-lunscsvs\/\">Hyper-V Storage QoS in Windows Server 2016 Works on SOFS and on LUNs\/CSVs<\/a>: Distributed Storage QoS will also work with block level storage (CSV required).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Windows Server<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/rds\/archive\/2015\/07\/22\/introducing-pen-remoting-for-windows-10-and-windows-server-2016.aspx\">Introducing pen remoting for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016<\/a>: Handy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/networking\/archive\/2015\/07\/24\/receive-side-scaling-for-the-file-servers.aspx\">Receive Side Scaling for the File Servers<\/a>: Enable RSS on file servers with 10 GbE or faster networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Windows<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/business\/2015\/07\/28\/windows-10-available-for-business-today\/\">Windows 10 \u2013 Available for Business Today<\/a>: Unfortunately, no one has the answers on volume licensing upgrades, product keys and activation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/evalcenter\/evaluate-windows-10-enterprise\">90 day Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation<\/a>: Handy to have access to for demos, trials, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/configmgrteam\/archive\/2015\/05\/14\/announcing-the-availability-of-sysctr-2012-r2-configmgr-sp1-and-sysctr-2012-configmgr-sp2.aspx\">Announcing the availability of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2<\/a>: Adding support for Windows 10.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/canitpro\/archive\/2015\/08\/13\/step-by-step-how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-formatting-the-drive.aspx\">Step-By-Step &#8211; How to Clean Install Windows 10<\/a>: This is not easy, thanks to licensing and activations. I have no idea how this will work in mid-large businesses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/hardware\/dn913721.aspx\">Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10<\/a>: Automate a large-scale deployment of Windows 10 &#8211; when you&#8217;ve figured out the licensing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/configmgrteam\/archive\/2015\/08\/05\/windows-10-adk-and-configuration-manager.aspx\">Windows 10 ADK and Configuration Manager<\/a>: Large scale image deployment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.workinghardinit.work\/2015\/08\/12\/find-and-update-your-kms-service-host-key-to-activate-windows-10\/\">Find and Update Your KMS Service Host Key To Activate Windows 10<\/a>: A post by Didier Van Hoye, MVP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Azure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/working-with-marketplace-images-on-azure-resource-manager\/\">Working with Marketplace Images on Azure Resource Manager<\/a>: Include templates in your mass deployments.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/azure-marketplace-announces-new-features-and-functionality\/\">Azure Marketplace announces new features and functionality<\/a>: Big thing here is the ability to deploy Multi-VMs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/16\/azure-site-recovery-ga-move-vmware-aws-hyper-v-and-physical-servers-to-azure\/\">Azure Site Recovery GA &#8211; Move VMware, AWS, Hyper-V and Physical Servers to Azure<\/a>: Not just a DR solution, but also an official migration solutions for Hyper-V, vSphere, and AWS. The post is quite unclear about the mechanisms\/methods being employed (aka Marketing Gone Wild).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/23\/cant-recover-vms-in-azure-with-volumes-greater-than-1tb-use-storage-spaces\/\">Can\u2019t recover VMs in Azure with volumes greater than 1TB? Use Storage Spaces<\/a>: I am not sure that this is supported on Hyper-V, so I am advising caution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/asr_vmax_srdf_ga\/\">Enterprise Grade Disaster Recovery with Azure Site Recovery, EMC VMAX, VMAX3 and SRDF &#8211; Now Generally Available<\/a>: SCVMM\/Hyper-V environments that use EMC VMAX and VMAX3 SAN arrays can leverage industry leading technology in SRDF with ASR to protect complex multi-vm applications in a group consistent manner while ensuring that the most stringent RPO and RTO SLA requirements are met.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/30\/tagging-on-compute-network-and-storage-resources\/\">Tagging on Compute, Network and Storage Resources<\/a>: Consistent use of tags on Compute, Network, and Storage resources created through the Azure Resource Manager allows organizations to track their usage in a new way.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/05\/scheduling-azure-automation-runbooks-with-azure-scheduler-2\/\">Scheduling Azure Automation Runbooks with Azure Scheduler<\/a>: Scheduled automation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/azure-backup-enables-backup-of-large-volumes-vms-databases-and-more\/\">Azure Backup enables backup of large volumes, VMs, databases and more<\/a>: Data sources up to 54400 GB now supported. Note that file servers with &gt; 1 million files in a volume may require up to 20% of that volume for caching.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/microsoft-project-venus-extending-azure-backup-features\">Microsoft\u2019s Project Venus &#8211; Extending Azure Backup Features<\/a>: How Microsoft will extend the functionality of Azure Backup, using a free DPM as a stepping stone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/budgeting-struggles-cloud-computing\">Budgeting Struggles with Cloud Computing<\/a>: Azure prices went up 10% in the Euro zone and 26% in Australia this month.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/azure-virtual-machines-sla\">Azure Virtual Machines SLA &#8211; A Primer<\/a>: People are making assumptions about SLA that will get them into trouble.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/rds\/archive\/2015\/08\/05\/july-updates-to-azure-remoteapp.aspx\">July updates to Azure RemoteApp<\/a>: Not much that I can see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/canitpro\/archive\/2015\/07\/21\/step-by-step-protect-physical-servers-with-azure-site-recovery.aspx\">Step-By-Step &#8211; Protect physical servers with Azure Site Recovery<\/a>: Using Azure as a DR site for physical servers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>System Center<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support2.microsoft.com\/kb\/3069110\">Description of Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2<\/a>: Wait at least one month before installing. And make sure you read the instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Office 365<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2015\/07\/09\/office-2016-for-mac-is-here\/\">Office 2016 for Mac is here<\/a>: Those of you with overpriced handbag laptops get an Office update.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2015\/07\/29\/office-mobile-apps-for-windows-10-are-here\/\">Office Mobile apps for Windows 10 are here<\/a>: Office is now a universal app. Can&#8217;t wait to try this on a phone with Continuum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/windows-10-continuum-killed-personal-computer\">Windows 10\u2019s Continuum Killed the Personal Computer<\/a>: An opinion piece I wrote for Petri.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2a6958c5-6a8b-4b5f-bb49-b753d4c5cd9f\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Microsoft\" rel=\"tag\">Microsoft<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2016\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2016<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+10\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 10<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/PowerShell\" rel=\"tag\">PowerShell<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Scripting\" rel=\"tag\">Scripting<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Networking\" rel=\"tag\">Networking<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Storage\" rel=\"tag\">Storage<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Deployment\" rel=\"tag\">Deployment<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/RDS\" rel=\"tag\">RDS<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Licensing\" rel=\"tag\">Licensing<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Azure\" rel=\"tag\">Azure<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hybrid+Cloud\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid Cloud<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Cloud+Computing\" rel=\"tag\">Cloud Computing<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/DR\" rel=\"tag\">DR<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Backup\" rel=\"tag\">Backup<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/System+Center\" rel=\"tag\">System Center<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Office\" rel=\"tag\">Office<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi folks, it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve posted but there\u2019s a great reason for that &#8211; I got married and was away on honeymoon \ud83d\ude42 We\u2019re back and trying to get back into the normal swing of things. 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