{"id":18830,"date":"2015-09-07T12:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18830"},"modified":"2015-09-07T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:29:57","slug":"microsoft-news-7-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=18830","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft News &#8211; 7 September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the recent news from the last few weeks in the Microsoft IT Pro world:<\/p>\n<h2>Hyper-V<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/virtual_pc_guy\/archive\/2015\/08\/12\/configuring-default-checkpoint-type-in-windows-10.aspx\">Configuring Default Checkpoint type in Windows 10<\/a>: How to automatically get the legacy style checkpoint behaviour &#8211; might be useful in test\/dev\/demo labs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/hyper-v-dynamic-memory-versus-virtual-numa\">Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Versus Virtual NUMA<\/a>: The two incompatible memory optimization techniques. A post I wrote for Petri.com.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/clustering\/archive\/2015\/08\/17\/10635825.aspx\">Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters in Windows Server 2016<\/a>: Note: Workgroup clusters do not support Live Migration (hence useless to most).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/clustering\/archive\/2015\/08\/19\/10636304.aspx\">Site-aware Failover Clusters in Windows Server 2016<\/a>: Making stretch clusters more suitable. An interesting option is &#8220;preferred site&#8221; of a (entire) cluster.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/virtualization\/archive\/2015\/08\/20\/linux-integration-services-4-0-update.aspx\">Linux Integration Services 4.0 Update<\/a>: An update to the Linux integration components for Hyper-V.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Windows Server<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support2.microsoft.com\/kb\/2696547\">How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012<\/a>: You might disable SMBv1 in totally modern deployments, but I prefer to stay on the well walked path.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/scottgu\/announcing-windows-server-2016-containers-preview\">Announcing Windows Server 2016 Containers Preview<\/a>: Post by Scott Guthrie.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-and-mesosphere-partner-to-bring-mesos-container-orchestration-across-windows-and-linux-worlds\/\">Microsoft and Mesosphere partner to bring Mesos container orchestration across Windows and Linux worlds<\/a>: Container orchestration comes to Windows.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/clausjor\/archive\/2015\/08\/18\/microsoft-and-intel-showcase-storage-spaces-direct-with-nvm-express-at-idf-15.aspx\">Microsoft and Intel showcase Storage Spaces Direct with NVM Express at IDF \u201915<\/a>: 4.2 million IOPS with S2D.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/filecab\/archive\/2015\/08\/20\/data-deduplication-in-windows-server-technical-preview-3.aspx\">Data Deduplication in Windows Server Technical Preview 3<\/a>: BIG improvements for scalability and backup.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/filecab\/archive\/2015\/09\/04\/comparing-work-folders-and-offline-files.aspx\">Comparing Work Folders and Offline Files<\/a>: I bet you&#8217;ve never heard of Work Folders &#8211; what I call &#8220;company owned DropBox&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/filecab\/archive\/2015\/08\/20\/work-folders-encryption-on-windows.aspx\">Work Folders encryption on Windows<\/a>: Security with replicated files.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/windowsserver\/archive\/2015\/08\/27\/windows-server-2016-installation-option-changes.aspx\">Windows Server 2016 Installation Option Changes<\/a>: Our feedback was listened to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Windows<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/networking\/archive\/2015\/08\/14\/adjusting-the-network-protocol-bindings-in-windows-10.aspx\">Adjusting the Network Protocol Bindings in Windows 10<\/a>: I guess the same applies to Windows Server 2016.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/mniehaus\/archive\/2015\/08\/23\/windows-10-pre-upgrade-validation-using-setup-exe.aspx\">Windows 10 Pre-Upgrade Validation using SETUP.EXE<\/a>: Using \/Compat ScanOnly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/windowsitpro\/archive\/2015\/08\/17\/ready-for-windows-10-mdop-2015-and-more-tools-are-now-available.aspx\">MDOP 2015 and more tools are now available<\/a>: Windows 10 support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>System Center<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/dpm\/archive\/2015\/09\/02\/dpm-2012-r2-ur7-re-released.aspx\">DPM 2012 R2 UR7 re-released<\/a>: Wow, a System Center update rollup had issues. Whoda thunk it?!?!?!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Azure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3080243\">Mandatory update for Azure Backup to avoid an authentication error for ongoing backups<\/a>: You must have a MARS agent that released August 19 2015 or later.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/windowsazurestorage\/archive\/2015\/08\/18\/azcopy-introducing-append-blob-file-storage-asynchronous-copying-file-storage-share-sas-table-storage-data-exporting-to-csv-and-more.aspx\">AzCopy &#8211; Introducing Append Blob, File Storage Asynchronous Copying, File Storage Share SAS, Table Storage data exporting to CSV and more<\/a>: AzCopy 3.2.0 and AzCopy 4.2.0-preview are now released.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-backup-update-new-features-in-iaas-vm-backup-support\/\">Azure Backup update \u2013 New features in IaaS VM backup support<\/a>: Support for up to 16 data disks, retention up to 99 years, improved performance, and reporting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-premium-storage-expanding-in-more-regions\/\">Azure Premium Storage expanding in more regions<\/a>: Adding Central US, East US, East Asia, and North Europe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-has-the-most-powerful-vms-in-the-public-cloud\/\">Announcing the GS-Series: Adding Premium Storage Support to the Largest VMs in the Public Cloud<\/a>: Big and fast.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/boot-diagnostics-for-virtual-machines-v2\/\">Boot Diagnostics for Virtual Machines<\/a>: Needed because there&#8217;s not KVM access.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/microsoft-new-hybrid-cloud-features\">A Look at Microsoft\u2019s New Hybrid Cloud Features<\/a>: A post I wrote for Petri.com.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/rds\/archive\/2015\/08\/18\/how-to-link-an-azure-remoteapp-collection-to-your-existing-azure-virtual-network-without-domain-join.aspx\">How to Link an Azure RemoteApp collection to your existing Azure Virtual Network Without Domain Join<\/a>: If you have applications that don&#8217;t require domains. Beware that this will cause messy session hosts without GPO to control user access\/storage from a central point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Office 365<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2015\/08\/13\/whats-new-july-2015\/\">What\u2019s new &#8211; July 2015<\/a>: Apps galore.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2015\/09\/01\/whats-new-august-2015\/\">What\u2019s new &#8211; August 2015<\/a>: The education SKUs are getting a &#8220;shake up&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/microsoft-is-reducing-its-number-of-portals-merging-intune-with-office-365\">Microsoft is reducing its number of portals, merging Intune with Office 365<\/a>: Good idea \u2026 but I am sceptical of the success\/future of this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Intune<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/ad\/archive\/2015\/08\/14\/windows-10-azure-ad-and-microsoft-intune-automatic-mdm-enrollment-powered-by-the-cloud.aspx\">Windows 10, Azure AD and Microsoft Intune: Automatic MDM enrollment powered by the cloud<\/a>: See the new Active Directory in action.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/ad\/archive\/2015\/08\/27\/microsoft-advanced-threat-analytics-in-now-ga.aspx\">Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics in now GA<\/a>: This EMS bundle member is now available for detecting nefarious usage of company identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azurecon\/?WT.mc_id=4020533\" target=\"_blank\">Meet AzureCon<\/a>: A virtual event on Azure on September 29th, starting at 9am Pacific time, 5pm UK\/Irish time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:99d8c482-081d-405b-94e9-d5d7ccb4f367\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Virtualisation\" rel=\"tag\">Virtualisation<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Failover+Clustering\" rel=\"tag\">Failover Clustering<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Linux\" rel=\"tag\">Linux<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2016\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2016<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2012+R2\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2012 R2<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Storage\" rel=\"tag\">Storage<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Networking\" rel=\"tag\">Networking<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+10\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 10<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Deployment\" rel=\"tag\">Deployment<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/DPM\" rel=\"tag\">DPM<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/System+Center\" rel=\"tag\">System Center<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Azure\" rel=\"tag\">Azure<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Cloud\" rel=\"tag\">Cloud<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Cloud+Computing\" rel=\"tag\">Cloud Computing<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hybrid+Cloud\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid Cloud<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Backup\" rel=\"tag\">Backup<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Remote+Desktop+Services\" rel=\"tag\">Remote Desktop Services<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Office+365\" rel=\"tag\">Office 365<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Intune\" rel=\"tag\">Intune<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Active+Directory\" rel=\"tag\">Active Directory<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Events\" rel=\"tag\">Events<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the recent news from the last few weeks in the Microsoft IT Pro world: Hyper-V Configuring Default Checkpoint type in Windows 10: How to automatically get the legacy style checkpoint behaviour &#8211; might be useful in test\/dev\/demo labs. Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Versus Virtual NUMA: The two incompatible memory optimization techniques. 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