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First published on TechNet on Feb 17, 2014
Hi! Its Linda Taylor here again from the Directory Services Escalation team in the UK. In this post, I want to tell you –
We are hiring in the UK!!
Would you like to join the … Continue reading Our UK Windows Directory Services Escalation Team is Hiring – Support Escalation Engineers.
First published on TechNet on Feb 17, 2014
Hi All!
My name is Saurabh Koshta and I am with the Core Team at Microsoft. Currently I work in the client space so supporting all aspects of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is my pr… Continue reading Adding shortcuts on desktop using Group Policy Preferences in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
First published on TechNet on Dec 13, 2013
So, we’ve been quiet for a few months, which is extraordinarily embarrassing after I basically
told everyone
that we were going to not do that. The reality of what we do in … Continue reading An update for ADMT, and a few other things too.
First published on TechNet on Oct 01, 2013
Hello Everyone,
This is Shijo from our team in Bangalore once again. Today I’d like to briefly discuss account lockouts, and some UI behaviors that can trip admins up whe… Continue reading Locked or not? Demystifying the UI behavior for account lockouts
First published on TechNet on Aug 15, 2013
Update (8/19/13):
We have republished MS13-066 with a corrected version of the hotfixes that contributed to this problem. If you had held off on installing the update, it … Continue reading Important Announcement: AD FS 2.0 and MS13-066
First published on TechNet on Aug 14, 2013
Hi everyone,
David
here with a quick announcement.
Yesterday, MSRC announced a timeframe for deprecation of built-in support for certificates that use … Continue reading MD5 Signature Hash Deprecation and Your Infrastructure
First published on TechNet on Jul 31, 2013
Over at the
Filecab
blog, AskDS alum and all-around nice guy
Ned Pyle
has posted the first of several blogs about new features coming your way in Windows Server 2012 R2.&… Continue reading DFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 R2 and other goodies, now available on the Filecab blog!
First published on TechNet on Jul 31, 2013
[Editor’s note: Everything Mark mentions for Windows 8 clients here is also true for Windows 8.1 clients. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 clients use the same (v3) profile versi… Continue reading Roaming Profile Compatibility – The Windows 7 to Windows 8 Challenge