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Blog Post: PSA: Incorrect MTU size causes connectivity issues with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

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 ...read more

on 1 Dec 2014
Blog Post: When Creating a New Resource or Role in Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster, the Network Name Fails to Come Online or Failed to Create Associated Computer Object in Domain

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

There is an issue I have seen repeatedly in the field since Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 released. It typically surfaces when attempting to add roles to Windows Failover Cluster. Since my customers are large SQL shops, this issue typically ...read more

on 17 Nov 2014
Blog Post: Deciphering Storport Traces 101

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

on 19 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Windows Azure Pack: Infrastructure as a Service Jump Start

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Free online event with live Q&A with the WAP team: http://aka.ms/WAPIaaS Two half-days – Wednesday July 16 th & Thursday July 17 th – 9am-1pm PST IT Pros, you know that enterprises desire the flexibility and affordability of ...read more

on 1 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Software-Defined Networking with Windows Server and System Center Jump Start

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Free online event with live Q&A with the WAP team: http://aka.ms/WAPIaaS Two half-days – Wednesday July 16 th & Thursday July 17 th – 9am-1pm PST IT Pros, you know that enterprises desire the flexibility and affordability of ...read more

on 1 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Is Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) working?

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) was a new data transfer strategy that makes advancements in moving files. Only storage devices that comply with the SPC4 and SBC3 specifications will work with this feature. With this feature, copying files from one server ...read more

on 26 Jun 2014
Blog Post: 2012R2 iSCSI Target Settings for Configuring a Specific Network

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Let's say you have a 2012R2 iSCSI Target Server with multiple networks configured. We all know that iSCSI traffic should be on a separate network. So how do you go by configuring iSCSI to use a specific network on the target server? In previous version ...read more

on 28 May 2014
Blog Post: How to Clean up the WinSxS Directory and Free Up Disk Space on Windows Server 2008 R2 with New Update

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

It’s finally here! After pages and pages of comments from you requesting the ability to clean up the WinSxS directory and component store on Windows Server 2008 R2, an update is available. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386 As a refresher ...read more

on 13 May 2014
Blog Post: Introducing Script Browser - A world of scripts at your fingertips

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

To reuse script samples on the Internet, the following steps seem quite familiar to IT Pros: wandering through different script galleries, forums and blogs, switching back and forth between webpages and scripting environment, and countless download, copy ...read more

on 30 Apr 2014
Blog Post: How to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

My name is Steven Graves and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows Core Team. In this blog, I will discuss how to configure MSDTC to use a specific port on Windows Server 2012/2012R2 as this has slightly changed from the way it is configured ...read more

on 29 Apr 2014
Blog Post: Removing .NET Framework 4.5/4.5.1 removes Windows 2012/2012R2 UI and other features

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

This is Vimal Shekar and Krishnan Ayyer from the Windows Support team. Today in this blog, we will be discussing about an issue that we are seeing increasingly being reported in support. We will look at the effects of removing .Net Framework from a Windows ...read more

on 24 Apr 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Servicing Stack improvements in KB2821895 for Windows 8, and How its assists the upgrade to 8.1? My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. This blog is a continuation of the previous Servicing ...read more

on 21 Apr 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. This blog is a continuation of the previous Servicing Part 1. So to understand this blog better, it is recommended that one reads the previous blog post ...read more

on 27 Mar 2014
Blog Post: Failover Clustering and Active Directory Integration

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

My name is Ram Malkani and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on Microsoft’s Windows Core team. I am writing to discuss how Failover Clustering is integrated with Active Directory on Windows Servers. Windows Server Failover Clustering, has always ...read more

on 24 Mar 2014
Blog Post: Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions 2012 / 2012R2 Available

Anonymous

We have published the last release of the Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions with support for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. Please update your current HyperVMPE 2012 with this latest release from codeplex. Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions 2012 ...read more

on 10 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster

Anonymous

When Failover Cluster Manager is opened to manage a Cluster, it will contact all the nodes and retrieve Cluster configuration information using WMI calls. If any one of the nodes in the Cluster does not have the cluster namespace "root\mscluster" ...read more

on 18 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Cannot Extend Simple Virtual Disk in Windows Server 2012 R2

Anonymous

I’m writing this blog to help shed some light on extending simple virtual disks in Windows Server 2012 R2. We have had questions from various customers that have been using simple virtual disk and need to add more space to them. Let’s say ...read more

on 18 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Anonymous

If you work with Hyper-V, you very well also use System Center to manage it. If you do not use System Center, you should download this free ebook and give it a review. We’re happy to announce a new free ebook – Introducing Microsoft System ...read more

on 19 Dec 2013
Blog Post: I/O Performance impact of running Start-DedupJob with –Priority High

Anonymous

My name is Steven Andress and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Microsoft’s Platforms Support Team. This is a short blog post to alert you to a condition you might encounter when running a deduplication job using the Start-DedupJob PowerShell ...read more

on 31 Dec 2013
Blog Post: How to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available Virtual Machine running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster

Anonymous

I was recently asked how to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available VM running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster. I tested the steps I was accustomed to for Windows Server 2008 and found the Disk to be in a ReadOnly state in the VM. As ...read more

on 3 Feb 2014
Blog Post: FREE online event: Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center

Anonymous

Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center Free online event with live Q&A: http://aka.ms/virtDC Wednesday, February 19th from 9am – 5pm PST What: Fast-paced live virtual session Cost: Free Audience: IT Pro Prerequisites ...read more

on 10 Feb 2014
Blog Post: RAP as a Service (RaaS) from Microsoft Services Premier Support

Anonymous

In this post, I’m excited to discuss a new Premier Support offering called Risk Assessment Program (RAP) as a Service (or RaaS for short) . For those that are not familiar with RAP, it is a Microsoft Services Premier Support offering that helps ...read more

on 10 Feb 2014
Blog Post: What's New in Defrag for Windows Server 2012/2012R2

Anonymous

Hello everyone, I am Palash Acharyya, Support Escalation Engineer with the Microsoft Platforms Core team. In the past decade, we have come a long way from Windows Server 2003 to all the way to Windows Server 2012R2. There has been a sea-change in the ...read more

on 18 Feb 2014
Blog Post: Configuring Windows Failover Cluster Networks

Anonymous

In this blog, I will discuss the overall general practices to be considered when configuring networks in Failover Clusters. Avoid single points of failure: Identifying single points of failure and configuring redundancy at every point in the network ...read more

on 20 Feb 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1

Anonymous

My name is Aditya and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. I am writing today to shed some light on a the new changes that have been made to the Windows Servicing Stack in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 ...read more

on 6 Mar 2014

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Blog Post: PSA: Incorrect MTU size causes connectivity issues with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Blog Post: When Creating a New Resource or Role in Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster, the Network Name Fails to Come Online or Failed to Create Associated Computer Object in Domain

Blog Post: Deciphering Storport Traces 101

Blog Post: Windows Azure Pack: Infrastructure as a Service Jump Start

Blog Post: Software-Defined Networking with Windows Server and System Center Jump Start

Blog Post: Is Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) working?

Blog Post: 2012R2 iSCSI Target Settings for Configuring a Specific Network

Blog Post: How to Clean up the WinSxS Directory and Free Up Disk Space on Windows Server 2008 R2 with New Update

Blog Post: Introducing Script Browser - A world of scripts at your fingertips

Blog Post: How to Configure MSDTC to Use a Specific Port in Windows Server 2012/2012R2

Blog Post: Removing .NET Framework 4.5/4.5.1 removes Windows 2012/2012R2 UI and other features

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2

Blog Post: Failover Clustering and Active Directory Integration

Blog Post: Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions 2012 / 2012R2 Available

Blog Post: Unable to launch Cluster Failover Manager on any node of a 2012/2012R2 Cluster

Blog Post: Cannot Extend Simple Virtual Disk in Windows Server 2012 R2

Blog Post: Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Blog Post: I/O Performance impact of running Start-DedupJob with –Priority High

Blog Post: How to add a Pass-through disk to a Highly Available Virtual Machine running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster

Blog Post: FREE online event: Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center

Blog Post: RAP as a Service (RaaS) from Microsoft Services Premier Support

Blog Post: What's New in Defrag for Windows Server 2012/2012R2

Blog Post: Configuring Windows Failover Cluster Networks

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1