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Microsoft Store for Business now available to all Government tenants!
All government tenants are now able to sign-up into the Worldwide Microsoft Store for Business and...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 12/05/2017
Windows 10 Training Resources
I'm often asked by customers for training resources on Windows 10. There are a ton of resources out...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2017
Disable Bluetooth in Windows 10 [Updated]
I'm providing a revision to Jeff Stokes' original post for disabling Bluetooth in Windows 10. I...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2017
Email Notifications for ConfigMgr Application Requests via PowerShell
A common conversation I have with customers is around the lack of a notification channel for...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2017
Windows 10: HIPAA Compliance [Updated]
Hello Community, Earlier this year (Feb 2017), we released guidance for configuring Windows 10...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2017
Windows 10 Pro to Enterprise Upgrades Simplified!
We have made it easy for Windows 10 Enterprise entitled customers to convert their Windows 10 Pro,...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2017
Prevent a Task Sequence from running over a remote connection
During a recent Windows 10 deployment, my colleague (@NathanOlmstead) and I needed a way to prevent...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2017
Interactive Azure Platform & Sizing Overview
An interactive Azure Platform Big Picture with direct links to Documentation, Prices, Limits, SLAs...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2017
PowerShell: Export all ConfigMgr 2012 R2 task sequences
Here's a quick script that will export all of your task sequences in ConfigMgr 2012 R2: ]----code...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 06/17/2015
Convert ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Active Directory Site Boundaries to IP Subnet Boundaries
My colleague and I (Nathan Olmstead) are in the process of migrating a ConfigMgr 2012 SP1...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2015
MVMC error code 32779: failed to create the external configuration store...The system file cannot find the path specified (0x80070003)
I ran in to an issue while testing a migration from a VMware ESXi 5.5 host to a Hyper-V 2012 R2...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 11/22/2014
SCOM 2012 R2 UR2 Agent Update Patch not applying via the console
I ran into an issue when upgrading my SCOM 2012 R2 environment to UR2, where a number of agents...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2014
Identifying unused App-V 4.6 SP2 applications and writing them to a new multi-string reg key for easy identification
I ran into an interesting situation with a customer a while back where they needed a way to identify...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2013
Configuring Hyper-V for multiple subnets with only one NIC (Server 2012 R2 Edition)
This is a follow post from my previous post Configuring Hyper-V for multiple subnets with only one...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2013
Backup multiple SQL databases in a single swoop!
This is a query I use to backup all of my lab databases. I use System Center 2012 Orchestrator...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2013
Useful cmdlets for System Center 2012 Service Manager using SMlets
The following code snippets were used to modify data in the SCSM environment I was working in. Using...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2013
OpsMgr 2012: Import Multiple Custom Management Packs with PowerShell
Hi all! Just wanted to share a small snippet that allows you to import multiple MPs into OpsMgr...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2013
Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals (Free Ebook)
Saw this on the MS Press Blog and wanted to share for more exposure: This is not the full...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
"Gotcha" when sequencing Adobe CS6 (Malformed XML when importing)
I came across a "gotcha" while sequencing the Adobe CS6 suite. Once the app was sequenced and was...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2012
ConfigMgr Report: Workstations which have reported in within a specified number of days
A customer of mine asked me to help them identify all the remaining, in their case Windows XP...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 04/12/2012
Error code: 0000C81B - When connecting to the App-V Management Web Service server from the App-V Management Console
I recently came across an issue where a change to the IIS Request Filtering settings triggered the...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 04/12/2012
Configuring Hyper-V for multiple subnets with only one NIC (Server 2008 R2 Edition)
Updated for 2012 R2:...
Author: Chris Jones [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2012