US Partner News Online for Friday, January 24, 2014

January 24, 2014, 3:41 pm

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Welcome to this week’s issue of the US Partner News Online! Each week, we’ll bring you the latest news and information for Microsoft partners. You can read previous weeks’ issues at http://aka.ms/uspnewsletter. If you’d like to see the next post in your email inbox, go to http://aka.ms/uspblog and enter your email address under “Subscribe and follow” on the right hand side.

Useful ConfigMgr Collection Queries

January 24, 2014, 4:01 pm

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I think most ConfigMgr administrators have a handful of WQL queries that they hang onto for frequently used collection queries. I thought it might be useful to share out a few of my most commonly used queries. Please add your favorites to the comments and we can all benefit!

All Servers:

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_SYSTEM.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SYSTEM.SystemRole = "Server"

All Workstations:

All Branch Distribution Points (SCCM 2007):

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_distributionpointinfo on SMS_r_system.name = SMS_distributionpointinfo.servername where ispeerdp = 1 and SMS_R_SYSTEM.Active=1

Is Service1 present and running:

select
SMS_R_System.ResourceId, SMS_R_System.ResourceType, SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SERVICE on SMS_G_System_SERVICE.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SERVICE.Name = "Service1" and SMS_G_System_SERVICE.State = "Running"

All Domain Controllers:

Software Updates Last Scan Completion Greater than 30

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SUP_SCAN_TOOL on SMS_G_System_SUP_SCAN_TOOL.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SUP_SCAN_TOOL.LastCompletionTime <= DATEADD(dd,-30,GetDate())

I’ll post more as I find them. I seem to keep finding notes all over the place. Might as well keep a copy here!

Enjoy!

Ryan

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Friday International Update - The Portuguese Winning Translations!

January 24, 2014, 5:32 pm

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Once again, a special thanks go out to the Portuguese team for winning our Translation Challenge. See all the winner info here:

WINNERS of the 2013 TechNet Wiki Translation Challenge!!! - Find out who won: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Turkish!!!

The grand total numbers:

205 articles!
Translated into 8 languages!
By 11 translators!
In just 7 weeks!

Let's take a closer look at the contributions of the Portuguese team, our Translation Challenge Winners!

Portuguese - 95 articles!

Durval Ramos - 91 articles
Hezequias Vasconcelos - 3 articles
Marcelo S. Gonçalves - 1 article

First, here are all their contributions to this Translation Challenge:

See Translated into Portuguese.

Hezequias Vasconcelos - MTFC
- Conselho da Comunidade TechNet Wiki: Áreas de foco
- Solicitações de recursos para o TechNet e MSDN perfis e ferramentas de plataforma Social
- Wiki: Como adicionar e formatar tabelas no TechNet Wiki
Marcelo S. Gonçalves
- SharePoint 2010: O que acontece internamente quando um aplicativo da Web é criado
Durval Ramos

I'm especially excited to see so many articles translated that are core articles about TechNet Wiki! This will help all future Portuguese authors learn about how to contribute to TechNet Wiki:

And thanks again to our three contributors:

Durval Ramos - 91 articles

Durval Ramos's avatar

Hezequias Vasconcelos - 3 articles

Hezequias Vasconcelos - MTFC's avatar

Marcelo S. Gonçalves - 1 article

Marcelo S. Gonçalves's avatar

Have a great weekend, everyone!

- Ninja Ed

PS: The Community Council just met today and talked about Curah!, Wiki Ninjas Belts (automating this), and Wiki Ninjas Dojo. You've been spoiled. With a spoiler. That's what that was. Okay, bye.

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Checklist when configuring User Profiles Service Application

January 24, 2014, 9:02 pm

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Hi everyone, this is just a quick list to take in mind when configuring User Profiles Service Application:

For the Service Application:

You have started at least one User Profile Service Instance
You have included the service application in the connection list for the web applications, or put it in the default associations

For the Sync Service Instance

You have the farm account included in the local Administrators group. You need this only in the server that will run the service instance.
If you haven´t and you have just done it, restart the server

For the Syncrhonization to be completed:

Ensure you have created a connection
When creating the connection, ensure the user you use to populate the tree in the connection form, has the right privileges. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh296982(v=office.14).aspx#RDCdomain)
Perform first a full synchronization.

For the my sites:

Create the web application and a site collection in its root managed path (/) using the my site host template. (There are more options, but I leave this as the most common).
The web application should have the "personal" wildcard managed path and the self service site creation enabled.
At the user profile service application configuration page, ensure you have entered the web application url in the my site host.

For the pictures from AD

Check that you have created the map for the picture profile property to the thumnailPhoto AD attribute.
If you haven't, do so and perform a full synchronization again. Check that you have pictures at the my site host site collection (by browsing into it's content).
After that, if the pictures still does not appear, execute the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore command under the farm account credentials, or a user that has enough access to it or you will have a "Object reference not set to an instance of an object".

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Using PowerShell ISE Snippets to Remember Tricky Syntax

January 25, 2014, 12:01 am

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell ISE code snippets to ease the burden of tricky-to-remember syntax.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Jonathan Medd, Windows PowerShell MVP, is with us to share some Windows PowerShell goodness.

Take it away, Jonathan…

Often when I am teaching students who are new to Windows PowerShell, one of their complaints (apart from my poor jokes during the class) is, “How do I remember which of these braces and brackets to use for the different types of things I am trying to do?” For instance, they quite regularly get mixed up about when to use parentheses: ()—and when to use braces: {}.

There isn’t always a simple answer, and I usually tell them that a lot of learning a programming language is like learning a foreign spoken language—there are some things you just have to learn, and you will only remember them through practice and experience.

Having said that, one practical piece of advice I give them is to use code snippets within the Windows PowerShell ISE to help with code syntax they are finding difficult to remember. Code snippets are (typically) commonly used standardized short pieces of code that you can insert into your script by picking from a list.

Note Code snippets are typically available in scripting IDEs, and since Windows PowerShell 3.0, they have become easier to use, manage, and create your own. In this post, I’m going to concentrate on the Windows PowerShell ISE; however, you should be able to apply most of these suggestions to other scripting editors.

For example, let’s say that you struggle to remember which type of brackets you need at which point of a foreach statement. Is it the parentheses or the braces?

Within the Windows PowerShell ISE, use the shortcut key Ctrl-J or navigate to Edit\Start Snippets.

This will give you a list of predefined code snippets that ship with Windows PowerShell. For our example, find the foreach snippet and choose it.

The piece of code required for a foreach loop will be inserted into the script pane for you. So there is no need for you to remember which type of brackets were required where for this piece of syntax!

Now amend the variable names that are appropriate for what you are working with, and insert the code you need in between the {} braces.

What if you want to create a snippet of your own because what you need isn’t in the default list of ISE snippets? Handily, since Windows PowerShell 3.0, we have the New-IseSnippet cmdlet to help us.

First though, we need to have a quick look at where code snippets are stored. When you open the Windows PowerShell ISE, it will look for a Snippets folder within your Windows PowerShell profile location, typically C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell .

When you use the New-IseSnippet cmdlet, it will create the Snippets folder for you the first time you create a snippet with it. Or, if you want to create this folder, use the following command:

New-Item (Join-Path (Split-Path $profile.CurrentUserCurrentHost) "Snippets") -ItemType Directory

One area of Windows PowerShell syntax that my students typically have trouble remembering is operators. For instance, when comparing values, we may need to use some of the following operators:

-eq

-gt

-lt

and not:

As is more common in other languages, there is no doubt that when starting with Windows PowerShell, these are not easy to remember. So why not create a few snippets for them?

The following uses of the New-IseSnippet cmdlet will create snippets for three common operators.

Note I have used the parameter CaretOffset. This will place the cursor at the end of the text to insert. Consequently, you will be able to immediately carry on typing after inserting the snippet.

New-IseSnippet -Title "Equals Operator" -Description "Equals Operator" -Text "-eq " -CaretOffset 4

New-IseSnippet -Title "Greater Than Operator" -Description "Greater Than Operator" -Text "-gt " -CaretOffset 4

New-IseSnippet -Title "Less Than Operator" -Description "Less Than Operator" -Text "-lt " -CaretOffset 4

Now, if we are at a point where we need to add the Equals operator, we can pull up the snippets list, and insert our custom Equals Operator snippet.

The text -eq is inserted, and the cursor is placed at the end of the line.

If you look in your Snippets folder now, you will see an XML file that was created for each snippet by New-IseSnippet. These are fully portable; so potentially, they are easy to share with others. Simply send the snippet to someone else and have them copy the XML files into their own Snippets folder. (If you are a bit handy with XML, you can also create them in this manner.)

Here’s the XML to generate the Equals operator snippet:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>

<Title>Equals Operator</Title>

<Description>Equals Operator</Description>

<SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>

</SnippetTypes>

</Header>

<Code>

<![CDATA[-eq ]]>

</Script>

</Code>

</Snippet>

</Snippets>

That was quite a straightforward example, but how about if you want to add some code that spans multiple lines? Personally, I can never remember the syntax to check if a parameter has been supplied by using $PSBoundParameters. One nice way to do that is to create a Here-String with your code snippet in like this:

$Snippet = @'

if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Something')){

}

Then use the New-IseSnippet cmdlet to create the snippet with the $Snippet variable:

New-IseSnippet -Title "Check PSBoundParameters" -Description "Check PSBoundParameters" -Text $Snippet

We can now choose this code snippet from the menu:

And it appears before our eyes…

There you have it. I hope this piece on code snippets helps you and gives you some ideas about how you can save time (and your memory) when writing Windows PowerShell script.

~ Jonathan

Thank you, Jonathan, for taking your time to share your knowledge.

I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

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Verbesserte barrierefreie Nutzung für Microsoft Office

January 25, 2014, 1:21 am

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Microsoft und sein Partner GW Micro Inc. bieten ab sofort blinden oder sehbehinderten Menschen eine verbesserte Nutzbarkeit von Microsoft Office. Kunden mit einer lizensierten Version von Microsoft Office 2010 oder 2013 können eine kostenlose Version von Window-Eyes, dem weit verbreiteten und vielbeachteten Screen Reader von GW Micro herunterladen.

„Zugang und Teilhabe“ ist neben Datenschutz und Wahrung der Privatsphäre, Sicherheit und Transparenz eine wichtige Säule unseres Verständnisses von Corporate Technical Responsibility, unserer technologischen Verantwortung für alle unsere Produkte, Dienste und sonstigen Angebote und durch die Partnerschaft mit GW Micro können wir nun in diesem Verantwortungsbereich weitere, deutliche Verbesserungen im barrierefreien Umgang mit der Office Suite einschließlich Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote und Outlook erreichen.

Weitere Informationen und die Möglichkeit zum Download von Window-Eyes finden sich unter www.windoweyesforoffice.com und einen umfassenderen Blick auf unsere Selbstverpflichtung, Instrumente und Initiativen für bessere Barrierefreiheit bietet unsere Webseite www.microsoft.com/enable.

Posted by Thomas Langkabel
National Technology Officer

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Big Data Summit 2014: Jetzt 20 % Vergünstigung auf Tickets

January 25, 2014, 4:58 am

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Die Flut an vielfältigen Informationen aus unterschiedlichen Kanälen wird immer größer. Besonders für Unternehmen wird es immer schwieriger, mit diesen Big Data sinnvoll umzugehen und in geschäftlichen Nutzen zu verwandeln. Informieren Sie sich am 26. März 2014 auf dem Big Data Summit 2014 in Hanau bei Frankfurt, was Big Data für Ihr Unternehmen bedeutet und wie Sie es für sich nutzen können. Die Konferenz wendet sich an IT- und Business-Entscheider aus Unternehmen, Organisationen und staatlichen...(read more)

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7. Premier Auftakt am 11.2.2014 in Berlin unter dem Motto "Neues Arbeiten im neuen Office"

January 25, 2014, 5:18 am

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Am 11. Februar 2014 findet in den Räumen unseres neuen Berliner Regionalbüros http://aka.ms/Berlinevents wieder der 7. Premier Auftakt statt. Eingeladen sind die Hauptansprechpartner unserer Microsoft Premier Kunden.

Zum Motto haben wir in diesem Jahr „Neues Arbeiten im neuen Office ” gewählt, welches wir gern in Vorträgen und Präsentationen vorstellen möchten. Details dazu finden Sie in der folgenden Agenda.

Bei Fragen können Sie sich gern an an Ihren Technical Account Manager oder mich wenden: Susann.Huettner@microsoft.com

	Veranstaltung	Redner
12:30–13:15	Eintreffen der Teilnehmer des Premier Auftaktes 2014
13:15-13:45	Rundgang im neuen Büro	Susann Hüttner, Daniel Kompe Technical Account Manager
13:45-14:30	Begrüßung der Gäste im neuen Büro Berlin	Henrik Tesch Leiter Büro Berlin
14:30-15:15	Die Microsoft Premier Strategie	Andreas Weber Leiter Premier Services
15:15-16:00	Kaffeepause
16:00-17:00	Cyber Security und Microsoft Hardening Ansätze	Lars Klinghammer Cyber Defense Architect
17:00-18:00	#einfachmachen Devices und Services	Elmar Witte Produktmanager Office 365 Stefan Truthän
ca. 18:00	Ende Premier Auftakt 2014

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Tip of the Day: Validating a Single Disk in Cluster

January 25, 2014, 7:00 am

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Today’s tip…

Windows Server 2012 can select individual disks for cluster validation. It was not possible previously as all the disk in available storage were tested on running validation. Now, we can just test individual disk by taking it out from cluster and running validation onto it.

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Troubleshooting File Server Networking Issues in Windows Server 2012 R2

January 25, 2014, 9:25 am

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In this blog post, I’m sharing a few troubleshooting tips related to File Server Networking in Windows Server 2012 R2.

For each one, I first describe the issue that is commonly reported, followed by a quick explanation of the root cause of the issue and finally a way to solve it.

Let me know if those are helpful and feel free to share your own issues related to File Server Networking using the comments.

1. Make sure your network interfaces are RSS-capable

Issue:

Certain 10GbE NICs won’t perform as well as others
Multichannel might not aggregate multiple 10GbE in certain configurations

Cause

Some 10GbE NICs show as non-RSS capable. Without RSS, SMB uses 1 TCP connection.
If mixing RSS and non-RSS NICs, Multichannel will use only the RSS-capable NICs

Solution (both are complete solutions, choose one)

Server-class NICs should show as RSS-capable. Update the driver. Check RSS settings.
You might need to disable RSS on both to aggregate throughput.
Blog: Make sure your network interfaces are RSS-capable

2. Use Multiple VNICs on the host

Issue

When using a VNIC on the host, I cannot achieve maximum performance.
This is noticeable when using 10GbE NICs RSS-capable NICs and/or NIC Teaming.

Cause

The VNIC on the host is not RSS capable. Without RSS, SMB uses only 1 TCP connection.

Solution

Use multiple VNICs to make sure you have multiple connections.
Blog: Make sure your network interfaces are RSS-capable

3. SMB prefers slow NIC to faster VNICs

Issue

When using a VNIC on the host, SMB prefers a slower physical NIC to the VNIC.
This is important when using 10GbE NICs RSS-capable NICs and/or NIC Teaming.

Cause

The VNIC on the host is not RSS capable and the physical NIC is RSS capable.
SMB will always prefer RSS NICs to non-RSS NICs, even if at slower speeds.

Solution (both are complete solutions, choose one)

Disable the RSS-capability of the physical NIC
Use SMB Multichannel Constraints to prefer the VNICs

4. More TCP connections for SMB inside a VM

Issue

In Windows Server 2012, I got 1 TCP connection per VMNIC. In R2 I now get 4.
Why has this changed? Is there a problem?

Cause

With the new Virtual RSS feature, VMNICs now report themselves as RSS-capable.

Solution

This is by design. Enjoy the increased performance...

5. More connections to a Scale-Out File Server

Issue

Windows Server 2012 R2 creates more connections to Scale-out File Servers.
Why has this changed? Is there a problem?

Cause

Windows Server 2012 used one set of connections per Scale-Out File Server.
Windows Server 2012 R2 uses one set of connections per Share on a SOFS,
when this helps avoid server-side redirection (typical case: Mirrored Storage Spaces)

Solution

This is by design. Enjoy the increased performance...

6. Use multiple subnets when deploying SMB Multichannel in a cluster

Issue

When using multiple NICs on the same subnet in a cluster, only one is used

Cause

Cluster networking won’t use more than one NIC per subnet
You can confirm by using the cmdlet Get-SmbServerNetworkInterface

Solution

Configure each NIC to use a different subnet. Make sure cluster shows multiple networks.
Blog: Use multiple subnets when deploying SMB Multichannel in a cluster

7. Update firmware and driver for your NICs

Issue

I’m using an RDMA NIC, but SMB reports the NIC as not RDMA capable.

Cause

NICs with older firmware or driver might not report themselves correctly.

Solution

Update the firmware and driver with the latest from the manufacturer’s website.
Link: Latest RDMA drivers for Chelsio for Windows Server 2012 R2 (Select latest Unified Wire driver)
Link: Latest RDMA drivers for Mellanox for Windows Server 2012 R2

8. How much traffic needs to pass between the SMB Client and Server before Multichannel actually starts?

Issue

SMB3 always starts with single TCP/IP then moves to multiple TCP/IP or RDMA.
Concern with timing of initial handshake and speed of transition to faster behavior.

Cause

SMB Multichannel is used to discover RSS and RDMA capabilities.
For server SKUs, Multichannel starts on the first read or write operation.
For client SKUs, Multichannel won’t start unless you’re doing some amount of work.

Solution (both are complete solutions, choose one)

On server SKUs, don’t worry. This happens fast and is done only once per session.
On client SKUs, there is a registry configuration to use the server behavior, if necessary.
Blog: How much traffic needs to pass between the SMB Client and Server before Multichannel actually starts?

9. Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?

Issue

Concern around performance of SMB3 without RDMA NICs

Cause

We have talked so much about RDMA...

Solution (both items contribute to the solution)

Using non-RDMA NICs is fine. You can get good performance with non-RDMA 10GbE.
Watch your CPU utilization. make sure you’re using RSS NICs.
Blog: Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?

10. Is it possible to run SMB Direct from within a VM?

Issue

Running file server or SQL Server in a VM
Desire to use RDMA networking from the guest

Cause

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot do RDMA to the guest

Solution (both are complete solutions, choose one)

Run the workload on the bare metal
Consider solutions that use the Hyper-V storage path (Hyper-V over SMB, Shared VHDX)
Blog: Is it possible to run SMB Direct from within a VM?

11. Use Client Access network for CSV Traffic

Issue

Limited performance when accessing a scale-out file server in Windows Server 2012
Happens when client hitting non-owner node and redirection is required

Cause

The client access network is high speed RDMA but the cluster network is not
Redirection is happening over cluster network only (usually a 1GbE NIC)

Solution (both are complete solutions, choose one)

Enable option to use client network for CSV traffic: (Get-Cluster).UseClientAccessNetworksForSharedVolumes=1
Upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2 (automatic rebalancing avoids redirection)
Blog - Automatic SMB Scale-Out Rebalancing in Windows Server 2012 R2

12. Single file copy performance

Issue

Limited performance when copying a single large file to a scale-out file server
Using a 10GbE connection, can only achieve less than 150MB/sec throughput

Cause

File extension done in 1MB increments, serialized in write-trough mode
This leads to loss of the asynchronous nature of SMB2/3

Solution (both items contribute to the solution)

Copy multiple files in parallel (ROBOCOPY /MT)
Apply Windows Server 2012 R2 GA patch (changes to 8MB increments)
KB article and patch download - http ://support.microsoft.com/kb/2883200

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SQL Server chez les clients – La mise en cache proactive

January 25, 2014, 10:04 am

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Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services est une solution de gestion de base de données analytique (OLAP : OnLine Analytical Processing) permettant de stocker et de restituer des données analytiques suivant différents domaines : comptable, stock, achat, etc.

Cet article illustre comment, au travers de SQL Server Analysis Services et de son mécanisme de Proactive Caching, nous pouvons améliorer l’accessibilité et la mise à jour des données d’analyses en réduisant leur temps de mise à disposition.

...(read more)

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MEC Demo 5.5 is now available!

January 25, 2014, 11:43 am

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Todd Sweetser

MEC Demo 5.5 Now Available!

MEC Demo 5.5 has launched!

The latest demo version of the MEC (5.5) is now available at www.usmec.com. MEC Demo is the lightweight MEC program alternative that empowers Microsoft and Partner sales teams to deliver the Microsoft platform value and Office 365 story with customers using a single Windows 8 PC and companion device.

Leveraging the same impactful “day in the life” scenarios of the in person MEC session, a full MEC Demo runs ~30 minutes in total. Ideal for 1:1 conversations or even 1: many events, MEC Demo is easy to setup, learn and begin delivering the core messaging that drives sales momentum with IT experts and business professionals alike.

Highlights of the latest MEC Release Now Available in MEC Demo:

Windows 8.1
Yammer Improvements (outlook plug-in, messaging & chat presence, usage of Yammer groups as DLs, search)
Office 365 web app co-authoring
Ability to post SharePoint documents directly to Yammer
Lync enhancements with Q&A Manager and picture/photo customization
New Compete talking points & guidance added to the guide

MEC & MEC Demo O365 trial periods are changing!

The trial period of Office 365 Tenants for MEC (MEC In Person and MEC Demo) will be changing next Friday, January 31, 2014 from 30 days to 90 days. Office 365 Tenants created prior to January 31. 2014 will remain active for 30 days with the ability to request a 1 year extension. As of January 31, 2014 we will be unable to extend any Office 365 tenants

Calls to Action

Any Microsoft cloud partner can utilize this great tool! If you have not signed up for access yet, see these slideson the steps to sign up.

Questions or Support

Review the materials @ www.usmec.com or contact us

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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Choose Random Letters

January 25, 2014, 11:59 am

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to choose random letters.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to arrange five letters in a random order?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Get-Random cmdlet, specify the letters as input values,
and then use the –count parameter to specify how many to choose:

Get-Random -InputObject 'a','b','c','d','e' -Count 5

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Sábado - Maiores contribuintes da 4ª semana de Janeiro de 2014

January 25, 2014, 3:03 pm

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Olá comunidade Wiki Ninjas Brasil.

Hoje é Sábado, dia de saber quem são os Maiores Contribuintes da Semana em nossa comunidade.

Iniciamos com os atuais líderes.

ESTATÍSTICAS

Esta é a análise das contribuições do TechNet Wiki ao longo da última semana.

Segundo as estatísticas gerais do Technet Wiki tivemos 247 usuários que contribuíram 1.758 páginas.

Além disso, obtivemos 7.726 revisões com 4.939 comentários.

Mais detalhes em nossa página: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/default.aspx

DESTAQUE

O grande destaque desta semana é Alan Nascimento Carlos com várias revisões e novos artigos criados no Technet Wiki. Ele se destacou em quase todos os grupos de prêmio.Parabéns Alan.

Este é nosso quadro atualizado com os prêmios acumulados durante toda a semana.

Prêmio Maiores Revisores
Quem fez mais revisões individuais

#1 Alan Nascimento Carlos com 70 revisões.

#2 Durval Ramos com 26 revisões.

#3 Lucas Camargo Reis com 21 revisões.

Prêmio Artigos mais atualizados
Quem atualizou mais artigos

#1 Alan Nascimento Carlos com 29 artigos.

#2 Lucas Camargo Reis com 14 artigos.

#3 Durval Ramos com 14 artigos.

Prêmio maioria dos artigos atualizados
A maior quantidade de conteúdo atualizado em um único artigo

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Mestre de Operações do Active Directory, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Tipos de Certificados Digitais usados no Exchange Server 2010, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Guia de Sobrevivência: SharePoint Server 2010 (pt-BR), escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

O revisor desta semana foi Hezequias Vasconcelos - MTFC,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi UNION x UNION ALL, escrito por Fredy Esmeraldo

O revisor desta semana foi Durval Ramos,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Entendendo System Center Operations Manager 2012, escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

Os revisores desta semana foram Alan Nascimento Carlos& Lucas Camargo Reis

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Guia de Sobrevivência: System Center Service Manager 2012, escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Dica do Dia - Validando um Disco Único no Cluster, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Wiki: Portal de Tecnologias, escrito por pmdci

O revisor desta semana foi Richard Mueller,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Guia de Sobrevivência: System Center 2012 Orchestrator, escrito por

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo a ter a maioria das mudanças esta semana foi Migração Exchange 2003 para Exchange 2010 - Move Mailbox Erro Insufficient Access Rights, escrito por

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

Prêmio Artigo com mais longa atualização
O artigo com longa atualização desta semana

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Mestre de Operações do Active Directory, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Runbook - Criação de usuário via Service Manager, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Guia de Sobrevivência: System Center Service Manager 2012, escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Tipos de Certificados Digitais usados no Exchange Server 2010, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Entendendo System Center Operations Manager 2012, escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

Os revisores desta semana foram Alan Nascimento Carlos& Lucas Camargo Reis

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi UNION x UNION ALL, escrito por Fredy Esmeraldo

O revisor desta semana foi Durval Ramos,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Guia de Sobrevivência: SharePoint Server 2010 , escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

O revisor desta semana foi Hezequias Vasconcelos - MTFC,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Associando uma fila no Service Manager a um grupo do Active Directory, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

Os revisores desta semana foram Ed Price - MSFT& Lucas Camargo Reis

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Estendendo Formulário via Authoring Tool, escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

O revisor desta semana foi Lucas Camargo Reis,

O artigo que obteve maior atenção esta semana foi Provisionamento de usuário com System Center Service Manager e Orchestrator 2012 - Passo a Passo., escrito por Lucas Camargo Reis

Os revisores desta semana foram Ed Price - MSFT& Lucas Camargo Reis

Prêmio maioria dos artigos revisados
Artigo com mais revisões em uma semana

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Como ler o log de erros do SQL Server através do Powershell, escrito por Demétrio Silva. Foi revisto 12 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Demétrio Silva,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é SharePoint 2013: Acessando dados da lista com PowerPivot, escrito por Demétrio Silva. Foi revisto 6 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Demétrio Silva,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é TF285010: The following user is not a valid Project Server resource, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos. Foi revisto 5 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Como Alterar o Favicon (Icone do Favoritos) do Sharepoint 2010 ou 2013, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos. Foi revisto 4 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é ALM – Avaliando o Progresso da Equipe de Testes, escrito por . Foi revisto 4 vezes na semana passada.

Revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Integration Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Project Server-Full Wiki, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos. Foi revisto 4 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Integração Team Foundation Server (TFS) e Project Server– Wiki Completo, escrito por . Foi revisto 4 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Treinamentos em Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), escrito por . Foi revisto 3 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Configurando Permissões de Acesso no Team Foundation Server, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos. Foi revisto 3 vezes na semana passada.

Os revisores desta semana foram Durval Ramos& Alan Nascimento Carlos

Esta semana, a maioria que brincava com artigo é Error TF30172 – You are trying to create a project either without required..., escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos. Foi revisto 3 vezes na semana passada.

O revisor desta semana foi Alan Nascimento Carlos,

Prêmio do artigo mais popular
Colaboração é o nome do jogo!

O artigo a ser atualizado pela maioria das pessoas desta semana é Entendendo System Center Operations Manager 2012, escrito por Fernando Lugão Veltem

Os revisores desta semana foram Alan Nascimento Carlos& Lucas Camargo Reis

O artigo a ser atualizado pela maioria das pessoas desta semana é Federação Lync Server 2010 ou 2013 e Skype, escrito por Alan Nascimento Carlos

Os revisores desta semana foram Alan Nascimento Carlos& Durval Ramos

Obrigado a todos os colaboradores pelas ótimas colaborações em nossa comunidade.

Até a próximo sábado.

Wiki Ninja Hezequias Vasconcelos

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Top Contributors Awards! SQL Server, EBooks, Exchange Server 2013, and this year's featured article nominees are....

January 25, 2014, 11:19 pm

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Welcome back for another analysis of contributions to TechNet Wiki over the last week.

First up, the weekly leader board snapshot...

Craig leading the weekly stats thanks partly to all the hard work he's been putting in lately on his new crawler and tag curator tool. Nice work Craig!

MVP Mustafa keeping his hand in with a batch of new articles lately!

As always, here are the results of another weekly crawl over the updated articles feed.

Most Revisions Award
Who has made the most individual revisions

#1 Craig Lussier with 206 revisions.

#2 Mustafa KARA - MVP with 150 revisions.

#3 Benoit Jester - MTFC with 76 revisions.

Just behind the winners but also worth a mention are:

#4 Alan Nascimento Carlos with 70 revisions.

#5 Durval Ramos with 67 revisions.

#6 JoeyDj with 55 revisions.

#7 Richard Mueller with 53 revisions.

#8 Ed Price - MSFT with 51 revisions.

#9 Lucas Camargo Reis with 47 revisions.

#10 Carsten Siemens with 42 revisions.

Most Articles Updated Award
Who has updated the most articles

#1 Craig Lussier with 185 articles.

#2 Benoit Jester - MTFC with 66 articles.

#3 Mustafa KARA - MVP with 58 articles.

Just behind the winners but also worth a mention are:

#4 Durval Ramos with 41 articles.

#5 Alan Nascimento Carlos with 29 articles.

#6 Lucas Camargo Reis with 29 articles.

#7 Ed Price - MSFT with 26 articles.

#8 Carsten Siemens with 24 articles.

#9 Davut EREN - TAT with 17 articles.

#10 Richard Mueller with 13 articles.

Most Updated Article Award
Largest amount of updated content in a single article

The article to have the most change this week was SQL Server: Misleading Database Initial Size Label, by Praveen Rayan D'sa

This week's revisers were Praveen Rayan D'sa& Peter Geelen - MSFT

Ohhh yum yum, look at the eye candy images, professional and polished sections, and well conceived presentation.

Another sensational contribution from Praveen. Also note the response (comments) to someone helping to buff it further. A great community member.

Longest Article Award
Biggest article updated this week

This week's largest document to get some attention is E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies, by Monica Rush

This week's revisers were Hasan Dimdik - TAT& Craig Lussier

Always worth a mention when it gets a tweak, as it is one of my favourite pages of the wiki.

Just making sure any new readers also have it bookmarked.

While I'm here, another huge document to get some attention is TechNet Wiki Featured Article Nominees, by Eric Battalio

This week's reviser was Ed Price - MSFT,

This is where it's @ if you want to get up there on the home page of TechNet Wiki.

A growing number of esteemed writers to hold the privilege of such recognition is steadily growing.

Most Revised Article Award
Article with the most revisions in a week

This week's most fiddled with article is SQL Server 2012 Database Partitioning, by JoeyDj. It was revised 42 times last week.

This week's revisers were JoeyDj& Benoit Jester - MTFC

Tadaaa!! Another awesome arrival from the one and only JoeyDj.

Even added a comment referring back to the forum discussion for it.

JoeyDj danced to the top of the charts this week, knocking TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014, by XAML guy (me) into second!

Guru Contributions were revised 28 times last week with a great flurry of activity, as the first competition of 2014 comes to a close, with only SIX days left!

This week's many revisers were Ken Tucker, pituach, Mohammad Nizamuddin, sqlsaga, BradHeld, Praveen Rayan D'sa, Steven Andrews, Richard Mueller, Tim Pacl, Mohit Kumar Gupta, Tomasso Groenendijk, Srithar, Firdous S - MSFT, Chitvan Jain, Carsten Siemens, Eihab Isaac, Mr X, OasisLiveForever& AB82

Also worth a mention are the following obsessives:

Turkish Avengers Team Council Center, by Gokan Ozcifci. It was revised 18 times last week.

This week's revisers were Hasan Dimdik - TAT, Ugur Demir - TAT, Craig Lussier, Elguc Yusifbeyli-TAT, Recep YÜKSEL - TAT& Davut EREN - TAT

SQL Server Memory and Troubleshooting, by Shanky_621. It was revised 18 times last week.

This week's revisers were Shanky_621& Naomi N

Wiki: Test Issues, by Richard Mueller. It was revised 16 times last week.

This week's reviser was Richard Mueller,

Active Directory: Ambiguous Name Resolution, by Richard Mueller. It was revised 13 times last week.

This week's revisers were Richard Mueller, Ed Price - MSFT& Hasan Dimdik - TAT

TechNet Wiki: Featured Article Teams, by . It was revised 13 times last week.

This week's revisers were Ed Price - MSFT, Durval Ramos& Gokan Ozcifci

Virtualized Domain Controllers in Windows 2012, by Deepak Kotian - Ratish. It was revised 12 times last week.

This week's revisers were Benoit Jester - MTFC& Deepak Kotian - Ratish

SQL Server Change Data Capture (CDC), by JoeyDj. It was revised 12 times last week.

This week's revisers were JoeyDj& Richard Mueller

Como ler o log de erros do SQL Server através do Powershell, by Demétrio Silva. It was revised 12 times last week.

This week's reviser was Demétrio Silva,

Thank you all for your hard work!

Most Popular Article Award
Collaboration is the name of the game!

The article to be updated by the most people this week is TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014, by XAML guy

This week's revisers were Ken Tucker, pituach, Mohammad Nizamuddin, sqlsaga, BradHeld, Praveen Rayan D'sa, Steven Andrews, Richard Mueller, Tim Pacl, Mohit Kumar Gupta, Tomasso Groenendijk, Srithar, Firdous S - MSFT, Chitvan Jain, Carsten Siemens, Eihab Isaac, Mr X, OasisLiveForever& AB82

The article to be updated by the second most people this week is another regular, Turkish Avengers Team Council Center, by Gokan Ozcifci

This week's revisers were Hasan Dimdik - TAT, Ugur Demir - TAT, Craig Lussier, Elguc Yusifbeyli-TAT, Recep YÜKSEL - TAT& Davut EREN - TAT

So I highlight the article to be updated by the third most people this week is Exchange Server 2013 Kurulum ve Konfigürasyonu – Bölüm-2 (tr-TR), by Recep YÜKSEL - TAT

This week's revisers were Hasan Dimdik - TAT, Craig Lussier, Elguc Yusifbeyli-TAT, Faik GENÇ -TAT& Davut EREN - TAT

Since it's arrival, this month, it has had a number buffs and polishes from Recep's TAT colleagues and Craig.

I always think any attention to an article, once published is great news, as it shows it is touching people, and they are encouraged to improve it.

What greater compliment could you get. Better that, than it gather dust and never see the light of day.

Thank you to Recep for your continuously awesome input, and to the TAT band of brothers for showing real team work.

Ninja Edit Award
A ninja needs lightning fast reactions!

Below is a list of this week's fastest ninja edits. That's an edit to an article after another person

Version 9 of Exchange Server 2013 Kurulum ve Konfigürasyonu – Bölüm-3 (tr-TR) was saved by Elguc Yusifbeyli-TAT just 1 minute after Recep YÜKSEL - TAT
Version 2 of SQL Server 2012 Database Partitioning was saved by Benoit Jester - MTFC just 1 minute after JoeyDj

Congratulations Elguc and Benoit!
Also worth a mention are those also in the top ten:

Version 10 of Using the SB-Messaging Adapter & ESB Toolkit to send messages to the Windows Azure Service Bus was saved by Sandro Pereira just 3 minutes after Tomasso Groenendijk
Version 3 of SQL Server 2012 Database Partitioning was saved by JoeyDj just 3 minutes after Benoit Jester - MTFC
Version 1 of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Datawarehouse ve Reporting Kurulumu (tr-TR) was saved by Naomi N just 5 minutes after Mustafa KARA - MVP
Version 45 of TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014 was saved by Tomasso Groenendijk just 23 minutes after Srithar
Version 54 of TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014 was saved by BradHeld just 33 minutes after Mohammad Nizamuddin
Version 8 of SQL Server: Misleading Database Initial Size Label was saved by Peter Geelen - MSFT just 40 minutes after Praveen Rayan D'sa
Version 48 of TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014 was saved by Mohammad Nizamuddin just 53 minutes after Tim Pacl
Version 52 of TechNet Guru Contributions for January 2014 was saved by Praveen Rayan D'sa just 69 minutes after Steven Andrews

Another sensational week of contributions from many heavy weights and a few new comers!

Please join me again next week for more awesomeness, and maybe something from you?!

Best regards,
Pete Laker

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Weekend Scripter: Modify DNS Settings via Windows PowerShell

January 26, 2014, 12:01 am

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Summary: Guest blogger, Gershon Levitz, talks about modifying DNS settings with Windows PowerShell.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Gershon Levitz. Gershon is a senior technical writer for Hyper-V at Microsoft.

The floor is yours, Gershon...

There are times when I need to change the DNS settings and use specific DNS servers. Then after I am done, I want to go back and use the DNS settings provided by DHCP. I can make these changes manually, but it would require a number of manual steps. Because I needed to do this on a regular basis, I investigated how to automate this by using Windows PowerShell.

Being fairly new to Windows PowerShell, I thought this was going to be a simple exercise—similar to writing a batch script. The actual Windows PowerShell cmdlets are fairly simple. However, I still needed to figure out how to run a Windows PowerShell script (ExecutionPolicy) and how to create a shortcut to the script file so that I could double-click an icon to run the scripts.

I created two simple Windows PowerShell scripts, one to modify the DNS settings to use specific DNS servers and another to set the DNS settings to automatic. In this blog post, I will walk you through the steps to create these scripts, and the steps needed to run the scripts from shortcuts without having to open a Windows PowerShell session.

Identify the name of the adapter

The first thing you need to find out is the name of the adapter that you want to change. To list the network adapters, run the Get-NetAdapter Windows PowerShell cmdlet. In my case, the adapter name that I want to modify is Wi-Fi.

Script #1: Modify DNS server settings

This script will set the Wi-Fi adapter to use the following DNS servers:

DNS Server 1: 1.1.1.1
DNS Server 2: 2.2.2.2

If the adapter is set to get its IP address automatically from a DHCP server, the cmdlet only overrides the DNS settings that are received from the DHCP server, and the adapter will continue to receive its IP address from the DHCP server.

Note You need to run the following command from an elevated command prompt.

Notice that the value for the –InterfaceAlias parameter is the name of the adapter from the previous image. Replace 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 with the IP addresses of the DNS servers you want to use.

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Wi-Fi -ServerAddresses "1.1.1.1","2.2.2.2"

After running the command, run GetNetIPConfiguration to confirm the change to the DNS servers.

Or you can use the Get-DnsClientServerAddress cmdlet.

After you have the syntax of the command, and it works as you want it to, copy the command to a file with an extension of .ps1, for example DNSCustom.ps1.

Script #2: Automatically get DNS setting from DHCP server

This script will set the DNS setting to automatic for the network adapter:

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias wi-fi -ResetServerAddresses

After running the command, run Get-DnsClientServerAddressto confirm the change to the DNS servers. When the DNS setting is set to automatic, the ServerAddress column is blank for the adapter.

After you have the syntax of the command, and it works as you want it to, copy the command to a file with an extension of .ps1, for example DNSDefault.ps1.

Allow Windows PowerShell scripts to run

To run Windows PowerShell scripts, you need to change the script execution policy.

For more information about the Windows PowerShell script execution policy, see:

To see the current policy, run the Get-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet.

Create shortcuts to each file

To run each script file (.ps1) that you created, you can create a shortcut with the following command:

%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe –file “path to the script file”

For example, if I saved my scripts to D:\scripts, I would create two shortcuts—one for each script file with the following locations:

%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe –file d:\scripts\DNSCustom.ps1
%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe –file d:\scripts\DNSDefault.ps1

Note If you have spaces in the path to the file, enclose the path in quotation marks.

The last step is to set the shortcuts to Run as administrator:

Right-click the shortcut, and select Properties.
On the Shortcut tab, click Advanced.
On the Advanced Properties page, select Run as administrator.

Thank you, Gershon, for sharing your time and knowledge.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

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Gigapixel Panoramafotos mit Image Composite Editor von Microsoft Research

January 26, 2014, 2:33 am

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Mit modernen Digitalkameras und Smartphones produzieren wir Unmengen von Fotos, oft von Szenerien oder Landschaften, die wir gerne zu einem großen Panoramafoto zusammenfügen wollen. Hierzu hat Microsoft Research (@MicrosoftICE) bereits vor längerer Zeit den Image Composite Editor zum freien Download zur Verfügung gestellt. Damit können mehrere Bilder automatisch zu einem hochauflösenden Panoramafoto zusammengefügt werden.

Das Gigapixel Art Zoom (Seattle) Projekt

Microsoft hat diese Technologie und fast 2400 Einzelbilder mit je 22 Gigapixel genutzt, um ein hochauflösendes, riesiges Panoramafoto der Stadt Seattle zu erstellen. Die Besonderheit dabei ist, dass viele lokale Künstler mit Ihren Street-Art Kunstwerken, Informationen und Verlinkung in dieses Gesamtwerk integriert wurden. Die Adresse zum Anzeigen und Reinzoomen ist

http://gigapixelartzoom.com/

Immer wieder beeindrucken ist das hineinzoomen in die Details.
Dort gibt es beim Gigapixel Art Zoom Projekt viel zu entdecken!

Das Panorama wurde übrigens auch auf einer Länge von mehr als 7 Metern ausgedruckt und kann in einem Zylinder betrachtet werden. Selbst dieser Ausdruck entspricht nur einem Tausendstel der Originalgröße.

Sehr interessant ist das Making Of auf YouTube anzusehen.


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Ein eindrucksvolles Gesamtwerk.

Selbst Panoramafotos erstellen

Um selbst Panoramas zu erstellen, einfach den Image Composite Editor (ICE) downloaden und installieren. Auf der Website von Microsoft Research finden Sie weitere Informationen über den kostenfreien ICE.

Nun werden mehrere Bilder markiert und mit Drag & Drop in das graue Editor-Fenster gezogen. Die Fotos müssen nur überlappend sein, der Image Composite Editor berechnet daraus ein neues Gesamtbild (und entfernt nicht passende Fotos).

Das erzeugte Panoramafoto kann über das Photosynth-Web in 3D angezeigt werden oder Datei(en) in den gewohnten Formaten JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc. abgespeichert werden. Beim Speichern in mehreren Dateien (multiresolution tiled format) können diese Bilder dann mit Silverlight's Deep Zoom und mit HD View und HD View SL Panorama Viewers interaktiv angezeigt werden.

Das berechnete Bild kann dann noch mit der Crop-Funktion zugeschnitten werden. Zum Upload in das Photosynth Web muss Photosynth auf dem Computer installiert werden, beim ersten Mal folgt die Webseite zum Download von Photosynth. Auch dieses muss installiert werden (Photosynth Version 2). Nun kann mit dem Button Publish to Web... das Photosynth berechnet werden.

Für das Photosynth-Web ist das Anmelden mit dem eigenen Microsoft Konto erforderlich. Alle Photosynths landen dann in diesem Konto und können mit My Photosynths angezeigt und verwaltet werden.

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Nun wird das Panorama möglichst gut beschrieben und die Sichtbarkeit (Public für alle oder Unlisted nur sichtbar mit dem richtigen Link) festgelegt werden.

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Im nächsten Schritt wird das Photosynth upgeloadet.

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Danach kann das interaktive Ergebnis online bestaunt werden.
Es macht Spaß, hier herumzufahren und zu Zoomen.

Gerade zum Weitergeben von großen Panoramas ist die Photosynth-Plattform gut geeignet.

Alternativ kann das erzeugte Panoramafoto natürlich auch mit Export to disk… lokal gespeichert werden

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Viel Spaß beim Erstellen eigener Panorama Fotos mit dem Image Composite Editor und Photosynth!

Wir haben bereits über Photosynth und DeepZoom berichtet, hier weiterlesen:

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Hannover naht in großen Schritten: Die Top IT Trends bis zur CeBIT und darüber hinaus von Susan Hauser

January 26, 2014, 3:00 am

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Die CeBIT 2014 in Sichtweite, stellt sich für uns die Frage nach den aktuellen Trends. In dem Post meiner US Kollegin Susan Hauser, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft, hat diese im Dezember ihre Top Trends für Unternehmen in 2014 skizziert. Doch gerade mit Blick auf das CeBIT-Motto Datability sind Ihre Worte für mich heute aktueller denn je. Genau auf dieses Thema hat Susan von verschiedenen Seiten eine spannende Perspektive. Diese beginnt mit dem Internet of Things.

Trend No. 1. Das Internet der Dinge trifft Big Data

Heute werden pro Sekunde mehr Daten durch das Netz geleitet als vor 20 Jahren durch das gesamte Internet. Dabei erzeugen internetfähige Geräte wertvolle Daten, deren wahres Potenzial erst durch intelligent vernetzte Systeme und Big Data-Analysen voll ausgeschöpft werden. So schreibt Susan:

“This concept, called the “Internet of Things,” is a hot topic among my customer conversations. Many businesses are uncovering efficiencies based on how connected devices drive decisions with more precision in their organizations. (…) understanding what data needs to be absorbed vs. ignored – is where the “Internet of Things” becomes real.”

Mit Live Szenarien auf der CeBIT werden wir in Halle 4 diesen Trend mit Leben füllen und zeigen, wie Unternehmen – auf Basis eines verantwortungsvollen Umgangs mit Daten – Business Intelligence Lösungen produktiv nutzen und in Innovationen übersetzen.

Trend No. 2: Das Gegenteil von Bring Your Own

Bring Your Own Device wurde von vielen – uns nicht ausgenommen – als Trend für 2013 ausgemacht. Heute zeigt sich eine gegenteilige Entwicklung. Wenn Geräte so attraktiv und sicher sind, dass ich sie auch privat nutzen und vorzeigen kann, dann nehme ich sie auch aus dem Büro mit. Susan schreibt:

“In my conversations with customers, business-ready, secure devices are getting so good that organizations are centrally deploying mobility solutions that are equally effective at work and play.“

Delta Airlines stattete beispielsweise 19.000 Flugbegleiter mit Windows Phone 8 und 11.000 Piloten mit dem Surface 2 aus. Was für Smartphones und Tablets gilt, erreicht auch die Services. Mit Lync-Skype telefoniere ich beruflich wie privat, unterwegs oder von zuhause egal auf welchem Device. Microsoft als reiner Softwarehersteller – das gehört dabei der Vergangenheit an.

Trend No. 3: Das Social Enterprise wird erwachsen

„Two years ago, customers would tell me that they were worried about social technologies in the workplace because there was too much risk and they didn’t see the reward. However, today I have a conversation on enterprise social in almost every meeting.”

Ob Deutsche Post DHL, Telefónica oder ABB: Social Enterprise Lösungen wie Yammer sind in den Unternehmen angekommen. Hier hat sich mit der technischen Evolution auch ein kultureller Wandel vollzogen, der den Wunsch der Mitarbeiter nach größerer Mobilität, teamübergreifender Zusammenarbeit und kreativer Freiheit widerspiegelt und Kunden wie Nutzer in den Mittelpunkt rückt.

Trend No. 4: Alle Jahre wieder kommt die Cloud

Zugegeben, die Cloud behauptet sich seit einigen Jahren als Trendthema. Doch ist es faszinierend zu sehen, wie sich die Debatte gewandelt hat und die Cloud heute als unerlässliche Plattform für Innovationen rund um Mobility, Social Enterprise und Big Data genutzt wird:

“Initially driven by the need to reduce costs, many enterprises saw cloud computing as a way to move non-critical workloads such as messaging and storage to a more cost-efficient, cloud-based model. However, the larger benefit comes from customers who identify and grow new revenue models enabled by the cloud.”

Ausfühlich sind Susan Hausers Worte im Microsoft Blog „The Fire House“ nachzulesen.

Wir freuen uns auf die CeBIT!

Posted by Diana Heinrichs
Communications Manager Social Enterprise und Wettbewerbsstrategie

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Windows Server 2012 R2- Enhancing DHCP policies and DNS registrations in DHCP server

January 26, 2014, 3:41 am

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Introduction Windows DHCP server can perform registration of DNS records with the DNS server on the behalf of its clients. Windows Server 2012 R2 enhances this DNS registration functionality in DHCP server. It provides you more flexibility in registering clients with the DNS server. You can now configure the DHCP server to perform registration only for A records and not PTR records. You can now also configure a DNS suffix to register the clients that match a DHCP policy. Together these enhancements...(read more)

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Sunday Surprise - Introducing new Transact-SQL eBook!

January 26, 2014, 4:35 am

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Good Sunday to you all,

As you may all remember, at the end of November Gokan Ozcifci published this blog post First TechNet Wiki Ninjas eBook: "The Wiki Ninjas Guide to SharePoint 2013". I really liked the idea of creating that book and immediately thought that we may want to follow this great initiative and create a Transact-SQL e-book. I added a comment to that blog post and was very pleasantly surprised a few days later by being contacted by Saeid Hasani who offered his help in book preparation.

So, I decided I'll take a role of the boss and let Saeid work on preparing the book :) which he did splendidly. Several weeks later we were discussing this new e-book in Skype Group and when Durval Ramos heard about our plans with the book, he got very excited about the idea and also joined our team.

So, now I am very happy to introduce our first Transact-SQL eBook which is created by combining many great SQL Server articles in TechNet Wiki.