System Center 2022 Orchestrator Integration Packs
System Center 2022 Orchestrator Integration Packs are now available for customers. These Integration packs expand the functionality and ability of Orchestrator to integrate with System Center 2022 components and other Microsoft products for datacenter automation. Follow the steps mentioned here ... continue reading

Azure powers rapid deployment of private 4G and 5G networks
As the cloud continues to expand into a ubiquitous and highly distributed fabric, a new breed of application is emerging: Modern Connected Applications. We define these new offerings as network-intelligent applications at the edge, powered by 5G, and enabled by ... continue reading

Azure powers rapid deployment of private 4G and 5G networks
As the cloud continues to expand into a ubiquitous and highly distributed fabric, a new breed of application is emerging: Modern Connected Applications. We define these new offerings as network-intelligent applications at the edge, powered by 5G, and enabled by ... continue reading
Recurring Active Directory Checks
Q: I just had an Active Directory (AD) or Active Directory Security health assessment from Microsoft, and they found some stuff I didn’t know about, or they found other items I knew to check for but forgot about. While I ... continue reading
A brand new web console for Orchestrator 2019
System Center Orchestrator is the datacenter workflow management solution that's commonly used to automate datacenter operations including creation, monitoring, and deployment of data center resources. We consistently hear feedback from customers on enhancing the user experience and support for modern browsers ... continue reading
System Center 2022
Datacenters are complex with multiple components across compute, storage and networking – components that are used to store and manage the most critical resources, vital for continuous operations of an organization. These IT environments quickly grew out of control, along ... continue reading
End of Support for System Center 2012 and System Center 2012 R2 products is approaching soon!
With less than year left for System Center 2012 and System Center 2012 R2 products to go out of support, this is reminder for you to plan the upgrade. System Center 2012 and System Center 2012 R2 follows fixed lifecycle ... continue reading
SMS “HRESULT E_FAIL from COM component” workaround coming
Heya, Ned here again. Storage Migration Service admins: if you're seeing "Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component" during transfer validation after installing the November cumulative update, we have a workaround coming to WAC, ... continue reading
Storage Migration Service October 2020 Update
Heya folks, Ned here again. We've released our next set of features and fixes for the Windows Server 2019 Storage Migration Service, as part of cumulative update KB4580390 (Windows Server 2019) & KB4580386 (SAC 1903, 1909) This update comes optionally ... continue reading

Rethinking cyber scenarios—learning (and training) as you defend
In two recent posts I discussed with Circadence the increasing importance of gamification for cybersecurity learning and how to get started as a practitioner while being supported by an enterprise learning officer or security team lead. In this third and ... continue reading