Windows 10 Device Guard and Credential Guard Demystified

While helping Windows Enterprise customers deploy and realize the benefits of Windows 10, I’ve observed there’s still a lot of confusion regarding the security features of the operating system. This is a shame since some of the key benefits of Windows … Continue reading Windows 10 Device Guard and Credential Guard Demystified

IIS 7+ Kerberos authentication failure: KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED

KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED is a common Kerberos failure message. This means some encrypted Kerberos authentication data sent by the client did not decrypt properly at the server.
When a Kerberos client requests a ticket for a specific service, the service is … Continue reading IIS 7+ Kerberos authentication failure: KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED

SSL Bindings are randomly getting deleted for a website with error “SSL Certificate Settings deleted

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Are you getting into a scenario wherein randomly your Website loses or changes the SSL certificate bindings from within the IIS manager? And you realize it only when users complain that they are unable to reach the HTTPS site, or that t… Continue reading SSL Bindings are randomly getting deleted for a website with error “SSL Certificate Settings deleted

SHA-256 Self Signed Certificate for Windows Server 2012 R2

Recently, I came across this situation where one of my customer wants to use the Self Signed Certificate to secure his intranet websites. But he wants to use the Self Signed Cert with the sha256 Signature Hash algorithm on Windows Server 2012 R2 as sha… Continue reading SHA-256 Self Signed Certificate for Windows Server 2012 R2

Data Driven Styling with Azure Maps | Internet of Things Show

Ricky Brundritt, PM in the Azure Maps team, walks Olivier through data driven styling with Azure Maps. Data driven styling allows you to dynamically style layers at render time on the GPU using properties on your data. This provides huge performance be… Continue reading Data Driven Styling with Azure Maps | Internet of Things Show

Service Fabric Community Q&A 32

We’re coming up on the 32nd Service Fabric Community Q&A this week! Join us this Thursday, March 21st, to ask us any questions related to Service Fabric. This month’s Q&A features 2 sessions, one at the usual 10am PST, and one hosted a little earlier for folks in different time zones – Mar 21, 3:30am… Continue reading Service Fabric Community Q&A 32

How the Xbox Insider Program Helps Developers

The Xbox Insider Program empowers you to quickly and securely deploy Xbox One or Windows 10 game builds at any phase of development to a controlled audience in the Xbox Live production environment, with tools to gather actionable feedback.    The Xbox Insider Program opens doors to you:  Audience expansion at your discretion – Start small or go broad, the audience size for your testing is up to you. Take advantage of our pool of millions of excited gamers, or keep the game locked down to your own team.   We handle token distribution automatically – There’s no need to manually send out codes… Continue reading How the Xbox Insider Program Helps Developers

New Preview Alpha Skip Ahead Ring 1910 Build 3/18/19

Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Skip Ahead Ring will begin receiving the latest 1910 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_19H2HOLD_1910\18357.7004.190314-1920). This build has the same features and fixes as 1904 however we need valuable core recovery coverage and feedback as we skip ahead.   DETAILS: OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_19H2HOLD_1910\18357.7004.190314-1920 Available: 2:00PM PST 3/18/19 Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PST 3/19/19   Fixes: My Games and Apps We have resolved an issue in which users had multiple games and apps failing to launch with no error message. System Game save data fixes to address the… Continue reading New Preview Alpha Skip Ahead Ring 1910 Build 3/18/19