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Updating Surface Pro 3 firmware (Cross Post)

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi this is Scott McArthur and I just wanted to call attention to a blog that I worked on with some of our PFE engineers that just posted related to Surface. How to Update the Surface Pro 3 Firmware Offline using a USB Drive http://blogs.technet ...read more
Asset Tag Tool for Surface Pro 3

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi my name is Scott McArthur and I want to call out a tool that recently came out that allows Enterprise customers to set Asset Tags on Surface Pro 3. This tool is available for download at the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/en ...read more
How to Update the Surface Pro 3 Firmware Offline using a USB Drive

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Today’s blog post is a collaboration between our PFE group and premier support. Joao Botto (PFE), Kyle Blagg (PFE), and Scott McArthur (Support) are writing about their favorite device. You will see this post in the askpfeplat and askcore blogs. Some ...read more
Configuring Azure Virtual Machines for Optimal Storage Performance

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
In support, one of the most common questions we get is: How do I achieve the best disk performance for Azure virtual machines? Platform Planning: In the standard tier of virtual machine in Azure, the maximum IOPS is 500 per disk . When planning ...read more
Windows 10 Preview available for review

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Good morning AskPerf! It’s been a while since our last post, and we apologize for that. We’ve been quite busy here on the Support side knocking out customer issues… Any who, we have some upcoming blogs in the oven that need a little more time ...read more
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Using Microsoft Message Analyzer— Part 2

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi folks, Lakshman Hariharan here again with the second post in the series of posts introducing how to read network traces using Microsoft Message Analyzer, aka MA. The first post, which can be found here discussed how to capture a trace on a Windows ...read more
Introducing the Netlogon Parser (v1.0.1) for Message Analyzer 1.1

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi all! Brandon Wilson here again, and this time I will be giving you an introduction for the new Netlogon parser for Message Analyzer. Do you have authentication issues? Are you unable to contact the domain? Wondering what’s going on and tired ...read more
Virtual Machine Checkpoint fails with Access Denied when running on a Clustered Shared Volume

Posted 2 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
When you attempt to create a CheckPoint of a virtual machine that is running on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) , you may receive a General access denied error as shown below. You will receive this error if the virtual machine’s VHD is placed ...read more
Attempting to Install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Fails with Error Code 0x800F0906 or “the source files could not be downloaded”, even when supplying source

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
In one of my prior posts , I mentioned a step required when installing .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 or later operating systems. Specifically, I mentioned the need to supply the source for the .Net files because this is one of the few components ...read more
Lingering Object Liquidator for Active Directory is now live

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hey y’all, Mark back with some news about a new tool you might want to take a look at. Up until today, there hasn’t been a really easy way to scan for and remove lingering objects. Friend of the blog and all around Active Directory expert Justin Turner ...read more
Six Audit Mistakes Everyone Seems To Make With Windows Server

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi, this is Richard Sasser 'Rick', MCM, Red shirted dude (security guy). This might seem like old data, but you’d be surprised how many people looked at Security Auditing in Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2, saw that the old policies applied, and ...read more
Remove Lingering Objects that cause AD Replication error 8606 and friends

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Introducing the Lingering Object Liquidator Hi all, Justin Turner here ---it's been a while since my last update . The goal of this post is to discuss what causes lingering objects and show you how to download, and then use the new GUI-based Lingering ...read more
A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hey, y’all, Mark back with some new info on two of my favorite topics, IPv6 and Slow Boot Slow Logon (SBSL). If you’ve disabled IPv6 long ago this post is one you’ll want to pay attention to. Let’s dig in and get you up to speed. What’s Microsoft Recommend ...read more
How to identify a driver that calls a Windows API leading to a pool leak on behalf of NT Kernel?

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hello my name is Gurpreet Singh Jutla and I would like to share information on how we can trace the caller which ends up allocating “Se “ Pool tag. When we use the Windows debugger and investigate the pool allocation and the binary associated with ...read more
Troubleshooting KMS with Process Monitor (ProcMon)

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Dougga here with a short and simple post. I wanted to share an issue that was resolved using tools from SysInternals. Recently I helped discover an odd issue with some KMS servers losing their KMS Server Key and becoming a KMS Client. So where to start ...read more
Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
We are happy to announce public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5 (clean-mbam.exe) , aka MBAMCDCT 2.5. MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5 (clean-mbam.exe) is a command line tool which enables you to delete machine records ...read more
Service Principal Name Attribute Limitations

Posted 3 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Jim Kelly here [edited by Richard P. Sasser], I've talked to a few customers and engineers lately, asking about character and entry limitations with the ServicePrincipalName Attribute. It is a common practice to use the same security principal to ...read more
We Are Hiring Windows Escalation Engineers in Charlotte, Dallas, and Redmond

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Would you like to join the world’s best and most elite debuggers to enable the success of Microsoft solutions? As a trusted advisor to our top customers you will be working with to the most experienced IT professionals and developers in the industry ...read more
Windows Troubleshooting – Stop 9E Explained

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
What to do if a stop 9E occurs. How you can solve the issue yourself. ...read more...( read more ) ...read more
Windows Troubleshooting – Special Pool

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
The Windows Support team has a new YouTube channel, “ Windows Troubleshooting ”. The first set of videos cover debugging blue screens. In this video, Bob Golding, Senior Escalation Engineer, describes how the Special Pool Windows diagnostics tool ...read more
ADFS Deep-Dive: Primer

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Disclaimer: Some concepts have been simplified until I’m ready to cover them in more detail. This is Dave Gregory, back from a blogging hiatus. :) This blog series will be an on-going work in progress as I will be adding new sections over ...read more
Hate to see you go, but it’s time to move on to greener pastures. A farewell to Authorization Manger aka AzMan

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi all, Jason here. Long time reader, first time blogger. AzMan is Microsoft’s tool to manage authorization to applications based on a user’s role. AzMan has been around since 2003 and has had a good run. Now it’s time to send it out ...read more
Go the modern (app) way

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hello everyone, This is Ashfana from the Windows Performance team. I’m here to talk about the basic philosophy behind Windows Store Apps which were introduced in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows Store apps were originally called Metro or modern ...read more
Deciphering Storport Traces 101

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog -- Paul Reynolds here. In previous blogs, I wrote about how to capture Storport traces in Windows 8 and Windows 2012. Please see: Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012 and Windows 8 with KB2819476 hotfix ...read more
Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager

Posted 4 months ago

by Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues experienced when you use System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (updated quarterly). 1. Solutions related to File server backup and restore: Troubleshooting Data Protection Issues ...read more

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Updating Surface Pro 3 firmware (Cross Post)

Asset Tag Tool for Surface Pro 3

How to Update the Surface Pro 3 Firmware Offline using a USB Drive

Configuring Azure Virtual Machines for Optimal Storage Performance

Windows 10 Preview available for review

Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Using Microsoft Message Analyzer— Part 2

Introducing the Netlogon Parser (v1.0.1) for Message Analyzer 1.1

Virtual Machine Checkpoint fails with Access Denied when running on a Clustered Shared Volume

Attempting to Install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Fails with Error Code 0x800F0906 or “the source files could not be downloaded”, even when supplying source

Lingering Object Liquidator for Active Directory is now live

Six Audit Mistakes Everyone Seems To Make With Windows Server

Remove Lingering Objects that cause AD Replication error 8606 and friends

A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

How to identify a driver that calls a Windows API leading to a pool leak on behalf of NT Kernel?

Troubleshooting KMS with Process Monitor (ProcMon)

Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool 2.5

Service Principal Name Attribute Limitations

We Are Hiring Windows Escalation Engineers in Charlotte, Dallas, and Redmond

Windows Troubleshooting – Stop 9E Explained

Windows Troubleshooting – Special Pool

ADFS Deep-Dive: Primer

Hate to see you go, but it’s time to move on to greener pastures. A farewell to Authorization Manger aka AzMan

Go the modern (app) way

Deciphering Storport Traces 101

Top Support Solutions for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager