Find here all sessions from Tech-Ed which covers all details about Windows Server Failover Cluster 2012. Every session takes about one hour. But it is worth taking time watching all of the sessions.  

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta, a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove rootkits and other advanced malware. In addition, Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta can be used if you cannot install or start an antivirus solution on your PC, or if the installed solution can’t detect or remove malware on your PC. If you are interested in this beta, go to Microsoft Connect and join the beta.  

Now it is available. Discover PST files on your network and import it automatically into users mailboxes On-Premise or Exchange Online. Download here , and be able to stay compliant and follow your achiving and retention rules.  

I received the following message from a frined and am posting here for your awareness and due consideration. […] Without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions recently. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn is now permitted to use your name and picture in any of their advertisements. Some simple actions to be considered: Place the cursor on your name at the top right corner of the screen. From the small pull down menu that appears, select "settings" 

If you have already installed Halo 2 on your Windows 7 32- or 64-bit and it is not working, go and uninstall it completely. That means also the ‘Games for Windows – LIVE’ runtime which has been installed. Go and find the current version of ‘Games for Windows – LIVE’ client and install it. Make sure you have patch MSKB article 976264 and current service pack for Windows 7 installed. Update your Windows Client Performance Index under Start/Control Panel/System/Performance Information and Tools/ Now

Find new versions with multiple enhancements for download: SnapManager for SharePoint SnapManager for SQL  

If you using a HP device with HP Power Assistant installed, you can encounter drop outs when playback multimedia files. Even you have the most recent drivers installed for any relevant adapter and turn on highest performance settings on the device. If you uninstall this software, usually the issue is fixed. Pay attention when using HP Support Assistant, it will recommend to install and update HP Power Assistant features again.  

If you don’t take care, that the on premise and the 365 cloud Exchange of your organization is not well connected via a dedicated TLS connection, you will get into thsi issue when user display names are shown as email addresses. Read the following article, which discuss this issue and how to take care to avoid occuring this on such environments: http://blogs.technet.com/b/hot/archive/2012/01/09/display-names-appear-as-email-addresses-in-cloud-when-sent-from-on-premise.aspx  

It has been already from nearly two years ago, that under certain circumstances DNS Server service on Windows Server 2008 R2 refuse to resolve internet domain name addresses. This issue occurs if Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Server is used without forwarders configured, just relying on root hints entries querying for internet domain name resolution. The issue was, that after a while the DNS Server service can’t handle the catched entries on the DNS cache and refuse name resolution. Now Microsoft published

Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or even take control of entire networks that would otherwise be secure? It’s not only possible, but likely, say researchers at Columbia University, who claim they've discovered a new class of computer security flaws that could impact millions of businesses