Author: Brad Werner

Management Capabilities of System Center Service Manager

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Many people who are new to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager are surprised to learn that there is more than one management interface, namely the Service Manager Console. Some more experienced people would tell you that there are three management interfaces to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager. We’ll discuss those shortly. In reality, there are more than three management interfaces. But many people don’t know about more than one or three.

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How to Manage PowerShell Remote Access with SharePoint Server 2013

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Have you ever been tasked to do a certain job, but were restricted or prevented from doing it because of the lack of tools or authorization? Many IT administrators who consult or attend training have stories to share about the impediments to using the full power of Windows PowerShell for automating system tasks. There are some ways around this. Although there are many options, we’ll focus on one technique for opening up the use of PowerShell for certain kinds of SharePoint administration.

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When Your Website Goes Dark: Tales of DNS Malfunctions

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I was working at a start-up company that had grown from a dozen people to about 80 employees in a couple of years. It was a busy time, Web traffic was picking up every day. And then one Wednesday, we noticed a dramatic drop in incoming email, and the hits on the website dropped like a rock. But not rock bottom. Frantically, I tested from the outside and inside. Everything was fine.

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Fueling a Revolution: R, Rivals and SQL Server 2016

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Imagine Romeo Montague calling up toward Juliet Capulet on a balcony, reciting poetry such as “What R through yonder Windows breaks?” or wooing the daughter of that rival family with sweet nothings of statistical data analysis talk of “Big Data, Big Analytics.” Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database products vie for market share. Some people consider Microsoft and the Linux community to be rivals. Therefore, when Microsoft joined forces with Google, Oracle and others in June 2015 for a collaborative project under the Linux Foundation, some people expressed confusion. Let’s clear up the realities of this seemingly star-crossed love affair.

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