I am starting a 'CNO Blog Series', which will consist of blogs written by the CORE team cluster engineers and will focus primarily on the Cluster Name Object (CNO). The CNO is the computer object in Active Directory associated with the Cluster Name; it...

There's a little over a month to go until Windows 8 hits store shelves. We're going to be taking a short hiatus here on AskPerf while we get our Launch Series content ready. On October 22nd we will roll out the first post of the series – and then...

Here's the scenario, you just downloaded the RTM ISO for Windows Server 2012 using your handy, dandy, "wondermus" Microsoft TechNet subscription . Using Hyper-V, you create a new virtual machine, mount the ISO and breeze through the setup screen until...

The process to compact a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk (vhd) in Windows Server 2012 has changed slightly from previous versions of Windows. It is still recommended that you defrag the drive in advance. Also be aware, if the virtual hard disk...

Welcome to the AskCore blog. In this blog, we are going to discuss about the “Windows Virtual Machine” object in the AD DS. For any Active Directory joined Windows Hyper-V Virtual Machines, a serviceConnectionPoint (SCP) object called “Windows Virtual...

On September 4th, Microsoft announced general availability of Windows Server 2012. In a global online launch event Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft Server and Tools Business, announced the general availability of Windows Server 2012. In his keynote...

Hi all, Ned here again with that thing we call love. Blog! I mean blog. I have a ton to talk about now that I have moved to the monthly format, and I recommend you switch to WIFI if you’re on your phone. This round I answer your questions on...

Hi AskPerf readers, this is Paul from the Microsoft Remote Resources Support Team. We have been receiving a number of support questions concerning the use of Client Access Points (CAPs) and the use of CNAME alias records when referencing a Failover Clustered...

Hello AskDS Populous, Mike here and I want to share with you some of the excellent enhancements we accomplished in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 around MaxTokenSize. Let’s review MaxTokenSize and its symptoms before we jump in to wonderful world of...

There is a new memory dump option introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 called “Automatic memory dump.” This is the default option selected when you install Windows. The “Automatic memory dump” type was created to support the “System Managed...

Good morning AskPerf!  Akash Nema here from the Performance team.  Today we are going to chat about how to tweak the printer list presented when using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows 7. We frequently see situations with Domain joined users...

Hello AskDS Readers. Mike here again. If you notice, Ned posted one of our first Windows Server 2012 RTM blogs a while back ( Managing RID Issuance in Windows Server 2012 ). Yes friends, the gag order has been lifted and we are allowed to spout mountains...

Hello!! My name is Himanshu Singh and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Windows Core Team at Microsoft. I am writing today to provide a solution to a particular problem many of you have faced with Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring...

Hey folks, Ned here again to tell you what you probably already know: Windows Server 2012 is now generally available:   Understand the vision Visit the launch page and learn what’s new Download the trial Go deeper in TechNet Visit the full family...

Mike here with an important service announcement.  In June of 2010, guest poster Kapil Mehra introduced the Group Policy Search service .  The Group Policy Search (GPS) service is a web application hosted on Windows Azure, which enables you...

In our previous articles we discussed identifying a pool leak with perfmon , and narrowing the source of the leak with poolmon .  These tools are often preferred because they are easy to use, provide verbose information, and can be run on a system...

Hello, Kim here again. We get many questions about what to expect when interviewing at Microsoft. I’m coming up on my two year anniversary at Microsoft and I thought I would share my experience in the hope that it might help you if you are interested...

In our previous article we discussed how to identify a pool leak using perfmon.  Although it may be interesting to know that you have a pool leak, most customers are interested in identifying the cause of the leak so that it can be corrected. ...

Heya folks, Ned here again. Rather than continue the lie that this series comes out every Friday like it once did, I am taking the corporate approach and rebranding the mail sack. Maybe we’ll have the occasional Collector’s Edition versions. This week...

Hey all, Ned here with some new troubleshooting tool love, courtesy of the ADREPLSTATUS team at Microsoft. I’ll let them do the talking: The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) is now LIVE and available for download at the Microsoft...

Hey all, Ned here again with a quick advert: Robert Deluca from our Partner and Customer team just published a blog post on Dynamic Access Control. He walks through the configuration of “document quarantine” to protect sensitive data on...

Hello AskPerf!  Harshad Joshi here from the Performance team.  Today we are going to talk about changing the “Region and Language” settings for all users at once.  Typically, you change these settings on a per user basis.  Well, we...

Hello everyone. Jonathan here again with another Public Service Announcement post. Today, Microsoft has published a new Security Advisory: Microsoft Security Advisory (2661254): Update For Minimum Certificate Key Length The Security Advisory...

Hi all, Ned here again to talk further about managing your RID pool . By default, a domain has capacity for roughly one billion security principals, such as users, security groups, managed service accounts, and computers. If you run out, you can’t create...

Good morning AskPerf!  Madhurjya here from the Windows Performance Team to alert you on an emerging issue where random MMC snap-ins will fail after installing the June 2012 .NET updates. After installing these .NET updates on a Windows 7 or Windows...