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How to make your existing Bitlocker encrypted environment FIPS complaint
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1 day ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hello, my name is Mayank Sharma and I am a Technical Advisor here at Microsoft. In this blog, I will discuss FIPS compliance with Bitlocker. Microsoft's solution for completely encrypting data inside laptops, desktops and removable drives. So let’s
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Troubleshooting Windows activation failures on Azure VMs
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7 days ago
by
Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
If you are experiencing Windows activation failures on an Azure VM, please try the following steps to resolve the issue. An example of an error message you may see is: Error(s): Activating Windows(R), ServerDatacenter edition Error: 0xC004F074 The Software
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The Most Popular Posts of 2014
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8 days ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hey y’all, Mark back again to help close out another successful year of blogging. We’ve been at this for three years, which feels insanely long as well as feeling like this just started up a few weeks ago, which is weird. Trust me. We want to thank you
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Securing DC to DC communication with IPsec using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) Connection Security Rules
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15 days ago
by
Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hi folks, Lakshman Hariharan and Martin Solis here with a post on how to secure domain controller to domain controller communications using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) Connection Security Rules. Be forewarned that this is a long post
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Mailbag: Tech the Halls (Issue #4)
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18 days ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Hey y’all, Mark, Tom and the AskPFEPlat crew back for our last mailbag of 2014. It’s getting around the holidays, lots of people start to take vacation including myself. But don’t worry we’re really starting to get into a good
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Disk Performance Internals
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21 days ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Abstract: Storage is the slowest component of most computer systems. As such, storage is often a performance bottleneck. This article discusses the disk performance kernel provider, partition manager. By understanding how the disk performance provider
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How to (correctly) check file versions with PowerShell
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22 days ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Howdy folks Matthew Reynolds (@MatthewMWR ) here. I focus on enterprise Windows optimization and security for Microsoft Services. You might remember me from How Many Coffees Can You Drink While Your PC Starts ( http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica
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PSA: Incorrect MTU size causes connectivity issues with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
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29 days ago
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Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]
Greg Jaworski here to make readers aware of a support issue where network interface drivers may set an overly large MTU value of 1514 bytes. Problems arise when such large packets cannot be passed by the underlying network infrastructure. As this blog
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