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How to redirect Serial Ports in Windows Server 2012 RDS/VDI

2013-05-06T17:28:17Z

This tip came to me from a question someone posed internally that we had to find an answer for by hunting someone down . This property isn’t exposed in Server Managers’ UI, so you can set it by calling this powershell command: Set-RDVirtualDesktopCollectionConfiguration –CollectionName <farm> –CustomRdpProperty “redirectcomports:i:1” Now the Remote Desktop Client will redirect its COM1 port to the Server. Why is this needed? Think Serially connected devices such as...(read more)

New books on Hyper-V Networking and Hyper-V Storage! Yay!

2013-04-23T21:08:25Z

Optimizing and Troubleshooting Hyper-V Networking - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145383068.do Optimizing and Troubleshooting Hyper-V Storage - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145382924.do Check them out, no, seriously, check them out!...(read more)

Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part III

2013-04-18T23:37:00Z

Modifying a Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx In the previous blog post we created a virtual machine named “Great Lyrics”. We’re going to modify that virtual machine as the default settings are fairly low power and the Dude is all about performance. So in your virtual machine management console, right click your new shiny virtual...(read more)

Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part IV

2013-04-18T23:37:00Z

Installing your Virtual Machine Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx So in the previous post we modified our virtual machine, now we’re going to start it up and run through the installation process. So double-click that bad boy in the hyper-v manager and lets roll! As you can see, the machine is turned off. So lets...(read more)

Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part II

2013-04-18T23:36:00Z

Creating a Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx So right click your virtual machine host in the Hyper-V Manager console and select “New/Virtual Machine”. You should be rewarded with a screen like this: So lets make a domain controller! The dude is a fan of old school rap so I’ll give it a fun name as I walk you through...(read more)

Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part I

2013-04-15T10:09:00Z

Hello folks, the Dude here, helping you make a learning lab based on a single machine. From this all things are (pretty much) possible…lets get our learning on now! Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8: Pretty straight forward step here. In the Windows 8 Start Menu type “features” and select settings on the right hand side. You should now see a short list, including “Turn Windows features on or off”. Click it and it’ll bring up the view below: Check the...(read more)

Bryan Zink, the man, the myth, the legend! - RaaS (Rap As A Service) message!

2013-04-14T13:09:13Z

The first post is to explain to customers WHY RAP as a Service is the right move for them. · RaaS-Active Directory The Engineers Point Of View http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/04/10/raas-active-directory-the-engineers-point-of-view.aspx There is also a three part series that I called Unpacking RaaS-AD that is targeted to help customers with the following: · Unpacking RAP as a Service (RaaS) for Active Directory: What Should You Do To Be Ready? http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspfe/archive...(read more)

Hot off the presses, get it now, the Windows 8 VDI optimization script, courtesy of PFE!

2013-04-10T01:25:38Z

Hats off to Carl Luberti! So, here it is, without further ado….its’ time to start Optimizing! ' // ======================================================================== ' // Original generated with VDIOptimizer - http://www.autoitscript.com/tools ' // (c)2010 Jonathan Bennett ' // ' // Version: 1.3-Win8 ' // Last Modified: 9th April 2013 ' // Last Modified by: Carl Luberti...(read more)

Windows 8 Tip o the Day!–Windows Defender All Grown Up

2013-04-04T14:04:10Z

Today’s Tip… by Robert Mitchell! While Windows Defender has been available for a while (first available with Windows Vista), for a time it was simply an antispyware program. When Windows 8 released, it carried with it a beefier version of Windows Defender that was a full-fledged antivirus program. Its features include (but are not limited to)… · Real time protection · Automatic updates for its definitions file · Integration with IE...(read more)

Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Understanding Startup Items

2013-03-18T14:07:24Z

Todays Tip from Robert Mitchell… First for Windows RT, As part of the effort to improve battery life and PC responsiveness, the startup apps support in Windows RT was removed. Change Description: Windows RT does not honor startup app entries in the following locations: · Run key under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion · Run key under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion · Run key under HKLM\Software\wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion · Run key under HKCU\Software...(read more)