Using the WebDAV Redirector with OneDrive

If you have read some of my previous blog posts and IIS.NET articles about WebDAV, you will see that I often use the WebDAV Redirector that is built-in to Windows in order to connect to various WebDAV websites. This allows me to access my files via a mapped drive letter, which also enables me to use WebDAV with applications that do not have native WebDAV support. (Like Visual Studio.) I'm also a big fan of OneDrive, but sometimes I'm on a legacy system where I don't have OneDrive installed. With that in mind, I thought that I would put together a quick blog series to show you how to map a drive letter to your OneDrive files.

• Using the WebDAV Redirector with OneDrive Part 1 - Standard Security


• Using the WebDAV Redirector with OneDrive Part 2 - Two-Step Verification

Source : http://blogs.iis.net/

Security baselines for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11 - FINAL

Microsoft is pleased to announce the final release of security baseline settings for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11. Some of the highlights of the new security baselines (many of which we intend to backport to older versions of Windows and IE):

• Use of new and existing settings to help block some Pass the Hash attack vectors;
• Recommendations to control the storage of plaintext-equivalent passphrases;
• Blocking the use of web browsers on domain controllers;
• Incorporation of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) into the standard baselines;
• Removal of the recommendation to enable "FIPS mode" (this is discussed in greater detail in this blog post: Why We’re Not Recommending “FIPS Mode” Anymore);
• Removal of almost all service startup settings, and all server role baselines that contain only service startup settings.

Source : Microsoft Security Guidance

Changes in the Security Guidance for Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 and IE11 since the beta

We have made a small number of changes in the baseline security guidance for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11 since we released the beta version of our guidance last April. This blog post discusses those changes and the reasons for them.

Source : blogs.technet.com/b/secguide

Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever

FREE Microsoft eBooks! Who doesn’t love FREE Microsoft eBooks? Well, for the past few years, I’ve provided posts containing almost 150 FREE Microsoft eBooks and my readers, new and existing, have loved these posts so much that they downloaded over 3.5 Million free eBooks as of last June, including over 1,000,000 in a single week last year (and many, many more since then).

Source : Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, Blog 

Microsoft Details Sleep Study Tool for Windows

Microsoft this week detailed an obscure command line tool for Connected Standby (now InstantGo)-based PCs and devices that will help identify which applications are causing battery drain while the machine is sleeping. Dubbed Sleep Study, the tool is part of the powercfg.exe utility in Windows 8.1/RT 8.1 and will tell you how well the system slept and how much activity it experienced during that time.

Source : Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows

Passwords in IE11 - IEBlog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

With Internet Explorer 11, we’ve done work to make signing into sites faster and more reliable as well as give users more control when saving credentials. In addition, IE11 will now roam credentials to IE11 on Windows Phone 8.1!

We are giving control back to the user when deciding to save passwords on a given site.  IE11 will now prompt the user to save passwords even if the autocomplete=off attribute is set on login forms.

Source : IEBlog

InstantGo: a better way to sleep

You may have heard about InstantGo in Windows 8.1 (known as Connected Standby in Windows 8 and Windows RT), and how it has replaced the traditional sleep or standby function in many Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 systems. What you might not know is how fundamentally different—and better—it is, and why.

Source : InstantGo: a better way to sleep

Windows 8.1 Update (KB 2919355) prevents interaction with WSUS 3.2 over SSL

 There is a known issue which causes some PCs updated with the Windows 8.1 Update (KB 2919355) to stop scanning against Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2 or WSUS 3.2) servers which are configured to use SSL and have not enabled TLS 1.2.

Microsoft plans to issue an update as soon as possible that will correct the issue and restore the proper behavior for Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355 scanning against all supported WSUS configurations. Until that time, we are temporarily suspending the distribution of the Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355 to WSUS servers.

Source : blogs.technet.com/b/wsus/

Stay up to date with Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft is taking an important step towards helping businesses stay up to date with the latest software, services, and devices. Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11, announced today as an update for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, provides better compatibility for older versions of Internet Explorer and tools to manage which Web apps use it.

Source  : IEBlog

What's New in Defrag for Windows Server 2012/2012R2

Hello everyone, I am Palash Acharyya, Support Escalation Engineer with the Microsoft Platforms Core team. In the past decade, we have come a long way from Windows Server 2003 to all the way to Windows Server 2012R2. There has been a sea-change in the overall Operating System as a whole, and we have added/modified a lot of features. One of these is Disk Defragmentation and I am going to talk about it today.

Source : blogs.technet.com/b/askcore

What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1

Must read article about WinSXS folder and what’s new in Windows 8.1/2012 R2

• Component Store Analysis Tool
• Component Store Cleanup

Ref : blogs.technet.com/b/askcore

Updating my HTML Application for Configuring your WebDAV Redirector Settings

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog that was titled "How to create an HTML Application to configure your WebDAV Redirector settings", where I showed how to use HTMLA to create a simple editor for most of the WebDAV Redirector settings. These settings have no other user interface, so prior to my blog post users had to manually edit the registry in order to modify their WebDAV Redirector settings.

Source : Robert McMurray : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Windows 8: File History explained

File History was introduced in Windows 8, and gives you a new way to protect your files. It supersedes the existing Windows Backup and Restore features of Windows 7 because it was never a very popular application. This leaves your personal data and digital memories quite vulnerable, as any accident can lead to data loss.

Source : TechNet Magazine

WorkPlace Join overview

With Windows Server 2012 or below, domain privileges were essentially on or off. Devices were either members of your domain or not. Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new middle ground called WorkPlace Join.

Source : 4sysops

Windows 8.1 Work Folders: the free self-hosted Dropbox for enterprise built into Windows

At Microsoft TechEd Australia 2013 a couple of weeks ago, my good friend Alan Burchill told me about a sneaky new feature in Windows 8.1 that should make a lot of business users very happy.

Built in to every Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is “Work Folders“, a free and managed synced-storage alternative to Dropbox or SkyDrive that any business can self-host for their staff. Soon it’ll also work with Windows 7, iOS and even possibly Android."

Source : istartedsomething

Debugging and Tuning Web Sites and Apps with F12 Developer Tools in IE11

Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 comes with a completely redesigned and enhanced suite of in-browser developer tools that help developers build, diagnose, and optimize modern Web sites and apps across multiple devices. The new tools, which we call F12 for short, enable Web developers to work quickly and efficiently.

The Visual Studio and IE teams have worked together to build F12 with a core principle of helping you get from problem to solution quickly with actionable data. The new F12 enables you to deliver fast and fluid Web experiences with tools for diagnosing and fixing performance issues and tools that give you deeper insight into how IE is laying out and rendering your app. F12 supports the fast, iterative workflow used by modern Web developers.

Source : IEBlog

Creating bootable USB drive for UEFI computers

In today’s blog I am going to discuss how to handle booting from a USB drive on a UEFI system so you can deploy Windows

Article : Ask the Core Team

Windows 8 Win X Menu: Editing

Did you know you could customize the "Windows 8 Win X Menu" ?
Yes you can !
Check out this great article by Joseph Moody on DeployHapiness :
Windows 8 Win X Menu: Editing

Outlook 2013 RT Coming to Windows RT Tablets as part of Windows 8.1 Update

Today at Computex 2013, Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Microsoft's Windows Division, announced that Outlook 2013 RT will be available on Windows RT tablets as part of the free Windows 8.1 update coming later this year. This means that if you have a Microsoft Surface or a Windows RT tablet made by one of our hardware partners, or you are planning to buy one, you'll soon have access to the familiar tools in Outlook that help you communicate with others, manage your contacts and appointments, and find information fast.

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In New Ad, Microsoft Finally Takes on the iPad

Well, it only took three years, but Microsoft has finally taken on the iPad in the place that needs the most work: Public perception. A new ad, designed to mimic the sickly sweet iPad ads of late, pits Apple’s tablet against a Windows 8 tablet. And it is awesome.

Source : winsupersite.com