http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft.en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/05/06/how-to-redirect-serial-ports-in-windows-server-2012-rds-vdi.aspxMon, 06 May 2013 17:28:17 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3570972Jeff Stokes0http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3570972http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/05/06/how-to-redirect-serial-ports-in-windows-server-2012-rds-vdi.aspx#commentsThis tip came to me from a question someone posed internally that we had to find an answer for by hunting someone down . &#160; This property isn’t exposed in Server Managers’ UI, so you can set it by calling this powershell command: &#160; Set-RDVirtualDesktopCollectionConfiguration...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/05/06/how-to-redirect-serial-ports-in-windows-server-2012-rds-vdi.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3570972" width="1" height="1">WindowsVDIRedirectServer2012COM1http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/23/new-books-on-hyper-v-networking-and-hyper-v-storage-yay.aspxTue, 23 Apr 2013 21:08:25 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3568618Jeff Stokes0http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3568618http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/23/new-books-on-hyper-v-networking-and-hyper-v-storage-yay.aspx#commentsOptimizing 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 &#160; Check them out, no, seriously, check them out...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/23/new-books-on-hyper-v-networking-and-hyper-v-storage-yay.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3568618" width="1" height="1">Hyper-Vhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iii.aspxThu, 18 Apr 2013 23:37:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3567765Jeff Stokes1http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3567765http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iii.aspx#commentsModifying 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...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iii.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3567765" width="1" height="1">Hyper-Vwindows 8http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iv.aspxThu, 18 Apr 2013 23:37:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3567766Jeff Stokes3http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3567766http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iv.aspx#commentsInstalling 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...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-iv.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3567766" width="1" height="1">Hyper-Vwindows 8http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-ii.aspxThu, 18 Apr 2013 23:36:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3567764Jeff Stokes0http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3567764http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-ii.aspx#commentsCreating 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...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/18/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v-part-ii.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3567764" width="1" height="1">Hyper-Vwindows 8http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspxMon, 15 Apr 2013 10:09:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3566789Jeff Stokes1http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3566789http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx#commentsHello folks, the Dude here, helping you make a learning lab based on a single machine. From this all things are (pretty much) possible&hellip;lets get our learning on now! Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8: Pretty straight forward step here. In the Windows...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3566789" width="1" height="1">Hyper-Vwindows 8http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/14/bryan-zink-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-raas-rap-as-a-service-message.aspxSun, 14 Apr 2013 13:09:13 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3566690Jeff Stokes0http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3566690http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/14/bryan-zink-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-raas-rap-as-a-service-message.aspx#commentsThe 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...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/14/bryan-zink-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-raas-rap-as-a-service-message.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3566690" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/09/hot-off-the-presses-get-it-now-the-windows-8-vdi-optimization-script-courtesy-of-pfe.aspxWed, 10 Apr 2013 01:25:38 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3564498Jeff Stokes4http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3564498http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/09/hot-off-the-presses-get-it-now-the-windows-8-vdi-optimization-script-courtesy-of-pfe.aspx#commentsHats off to Carl Luberti!&#160; So, here it is, without further ado….its’ time to start Optimizing! &#160; ' // ======================================================================== &#160; ' // Original generated with VDIOptimizer - http://www.autoitscript...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/09/hot-off-the-presses-get-it-now-the-windows-8-vdi-optimization-script-courtesy-of-pfe.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3564498" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/04/windows-8-tip-o-the-day-windows-defender-all-grown-up.aspxThu, 04 Apr 2013 14:04:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3563475Jeff Stokes1http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3563475http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/04/windows-8-tip-o-the-day-windows-defender-all-grown-up.aspx#commentsToday’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.&#160; When Windows 8 released, it carried with it a beefier version of Windows...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/04/windows-8-tip-o-the-day-windows-defender-all-grown-up.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3563475" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/03/18/windows-8-tip-of-the-day-understanding-startup-items.aspxMon, 18 Mar 2013 14:07:24 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3559304Jeff Stokes0http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3559304http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/03/18/windows-8-tip-of-the-day-understanding-startup-items.aspx#commentsTodays 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...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/03/18/windows-8-tip-of-the-day-understanding-startup-items.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3559304" width="1" height="1">tip of the daywindows 8