Analysing Azure Cost Estimation and Management

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Azure Cost Estimation and Management The interest in Cloud continues to gain momentum and as a result, an increasing number of organisations are researching Cloud to establish how/if the fit would work for them. Identifying specifications from a technical view is simple. However, customers find that analysing Azure costs while managing commercials effectively from optimisation […]

How does Windows 10 help support GDPR compliance?

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How does Windows 10 help support GDPR compliance? I’m sure you have, at the very least, heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you haven’t then I recommend you get up to speed, because this is the most significant change to data privacy and protection laws since the Data Protection Act. GDPR is […]

Infrastructure as Code – Azure Resource Manager Templates

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Infrastructure as Code – Azure Resource Manager Templates Dev Ops, IaC, JSON, Automation The above buzzwords are commonly used in IT today but what does it all mean? The idea of automation is not new.  I think we’ve all been using BAT files and more recently PowerShell scripts to deliver a wide variety of activity […]

Benefits of using Windows Reference Image

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Benefits of Using Windows Reference Image In this post, you will get an introduction to what reference images are, key terminologies, strategies and a high-level view of deployment and ongoing management. I am sure you have been in one of the following scenarios as either an end user getting a new device or an IT […]

Windows Phone Application GUID Finder – Free Tool

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Windows Phone Application GUID Finder – Free Tool The Windows Phone Application GUID Finder tool has been created to make your life as a Mobile Device Management Admin, Expert or Consultant easy when it comes to finding WP App GUIDs. We noticed that since Microsoft changed it from simply being part of the Windows Store […]

Free Disk Space Requirements for ConfigMgr 1606 Upgrade

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FREE DISK SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFIGMGR 1606 UPGRADE Very quick blog post here to give everyone the heads up on the free disk space requirements for ConfigMGr 1606 upgrade.  When I was writing the blog post How to upgrade to ConfigMgr 1606, I ran the ConfigMgr 1606 upgrade prerequisites check thinking this will just go through […]

How to Upgrade to ConfigMgr 1606

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How to Upgrade to ConfigMgr 1606 Another exciting release if you are into Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) the second upgrade is now out.  We have already had 1602 and now we have 1606. If you’re already using Configuration Manager 1511 and above you will hopefully be aware of the new update and servicing […]

How to Enable and Disable Hyper-V in Windows 10 & 8

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We’re spending a lot of time helping our customers move to Windows 10 from their current Windows 7 environment, and I typically end up showing them how to enable and disable the built-in Hyper-V feature…

OMS operations management suite intro

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OMS – Operations Management Suite Intro This is the start of my blogging journey (first blog ever! Not just at PowerON) and as I’ve recently been learning about Operations Management Suite (OMS), I have taken a particular interest in the Solutions that are contained in OMS and decided to write a short post on a […]

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Configuration Manager Status Messages viewer blank Sometimes in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) an issue crops up where the fix is not obvious. The ones that the natural logs and console checks won’t spell out what is the issue. Today I want to share an issue which falls into that category where a customer […]