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Cluster Validation Storage Test ‘List All Disks’ Fails with Status 87
Greetings CORE blog fans! It has been awhile so I thought it was time for another blog. In recent weeks, we have seen an issue where the Windows Server 2008 R2 storage validation test List All Disks...
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Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters: Networking (Part 4)
The Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering: Networking three-part blog series has been out for a little while now. Hopefully, it has been helpful. Little did I know there would be an opportunity to...
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Help us, help you.
Catchy title, huh. Perhaps not, but it is really what we want you to do. This will be a pretty short blog to get out some information that is important for you to know as it may help resolve a Hyper-V...
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Working with File Shares in Windows Server 2008 (R2) Failover Clusters
I know what you are thinking, “How hard can it be to work with cluster file shares?”. I would be willing to bet a lot of you have been working with File Server clusters since NT 4.0 days. If you are...
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Using Multiple Client Access Points (CAP) in a Windows Server 2008 (R2)...
Quite a while back I wrote a blog on a new functionality in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters called ‘file share scoping’...
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Microsoft Professional Advisory Services
I am sure many of you are aware that Microsoft provides several options for our customers in terms of support services. The Support website provides information about our support offerings. We have...
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Troubleshooting ‘Redirected Access’ on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)
Cluster shared Volumes (CSV) is a new feature implemented in Windows Server 2008 R2 to assist with new scale-up\out scenarios. CSV provides a scalable fault tolerant solution for clustered...
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CNO Blog Series: Increasing Awareness around the Cluster Name Object (CNO)
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...
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Logon Failures Involving Virtual Machines in Windows Server 2012
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. The General Availability date for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 has come and gone, and we here on the CORE Team expect more of you will be diving in and taking...
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Just when you thought…..(Part 1)
Just when you thought you had things figured out - in the words of the legendary Bob Dylan, "the times they are a-changin." With the release of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduces a load of new...
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Just when you thought… (Part 2)
In Part 1, I covered configuring the Hyper-V Failover Cluster and the Scale-Out File Server solution. In Part two, I will cover:Creating the file shares in the Scale-Out File ServerCreating a virtual...
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Working with multiple network adapters in a virtual machine
Thanks for coming back to the CORE Team blog site. This blog will address working with multiple network adapters in a virtual machine. Many of you out there may not be interested in this because you...
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Establishing Network Connectivity to a Share in the Windows Recovery Environment
Hi there! My name is Neil Dsouza and I’m a Support Escalation Engineer with the Windows Core team. Today I’m going to cover a scenario where you have a server that fails to boot and all you want to do...
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Display Scaling changes for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Today we have guest author for this blog. Peter Felts is a Senior Program Manager in the developer platform group and is going to discuss Display Scaling improvements and changes with Windows 10...
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Surface Ethernet Drivers
Hi, My name is Scott McArthur and I am a Supportability Program Manager for Surface. Today I have a quick blog on some important deployment information regarding the Surface Ethernet Drivers. When...
View ArticleNew Office Update to address some of the scaling issues with Skype for...
Hi Everyone, This is Kim Johnson from the Windows 10 client supportability team. I wanted to share some exciting news around some new updates for display scaling issues in Skype for Business 2016 and...
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Building a KMS host on Windows 7
Windows 7 with SP1 Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?C2=14019 This blog post is part of a series of posts, detailing the build process and activating capabilities of a...
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Windows Server 2016 Volume Activation Tips
Hi, This is Scott McArthur, a Supportability Program Manager for Windows and Surface. With the launch of Windows Server 2016 I wanted to share some information on volume activation: Updating your...
View ArticleAdobe Flash support on Windows Server 2016
With the changes that have occurred to further align the Windows Server and Client desktop experiences, one of the most commonly asked questions is “Does Windows Server 2016 ship with Adobe Flash?”...
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Options for Installing and Maintaining Windows Applications
Starting with the Windows 1607 release, MSN News and MSN Finance are no longer included with the Windows installation, but they are still available via Windows Store. For most, this change will be...
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