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OpenHCL: Evolving Azure’s virtualization model

Hari_Pulapaka on Sep 18 2024 09:43 AM
Azure virtualization model with Boost, and OpenHCL 
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Windows Server 2025: The upgrade and update experience

DanCuomo on Aug 16 2024 08:43 AM
This article looks at the improvements in the upgrade experience to Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows...
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Networking improvements in Windows Server 2025

DanCuomo on Aug 09 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on networking improvements in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server Summit he...
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Demo Bytes: Storage Replica, Failover Clustering, and Winget

DanCuomo on Aug 02 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on some demos of new improvements and features (like storage replica, failover clustering, and wing...
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Active Directory improvements in Windows Server 2025

DanCuomo on Jul 26 2024 08:19 AM
This article focuses on Active Directory improvements coming to Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Ser...
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Next-generation SMB file services

DanCuomo on Jul 19 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on new improvements in SMB file services in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Se...
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Supercharge your datacenters with Hyper-V and virtualized GPUs

DanCuomo on Jul 12 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on virtualized GPUs with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server Sum...
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New storage features in Windows Server 2025

DanCuomo on Jul 05 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on new storage features in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server Summit held ...
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Securely design your applications and protect your sensitive data with VBS enclaves

Hari_Pulapaka on Jul 01 2024 08:39 AM
VBS enclaves are new way to design and securely build your apps on Windows.
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Improving server security and productivity with Hotpatching

DanCuomo on Jun 28 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on Hotpatching coming in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server Summit held in...
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Microsoft options for VMware migration

DanCuomo on Jun 21 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on options for migrating from VMware to Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server...
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Use GPUs with Clustered VMs through Direct Device Assignment

afiaboakye on Jun 19 2024 02:38 PM
This article talks about one of Microsoft's GPU virtualization technologies, which offers direct GPU access to clustered...
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Windows Server 2025 and beyond

DanCuomo on Jun 14 2024 05:00 AM
This article focuses on what’s new and what’s coming in Windows Server 2025 as published in the 2024 Windows Server Summ...
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Hyper-V live migration network selection in Windows Server 2025

Steven Ekren on Jun 13 2024 08:33 AM
See how we’re enhancing network selection for Windows Server 2025 and Azure Stack HCI 24H2
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Run untrusted content safely with Windows Sandbox

Kavya_Nagalakunta on May 14 2024 12:10 PM
As a developer, accessing unfamiliar files or repos can sometimes be a challenge. You do not know if they are safe or po...
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Azure Host OS Update with Hypervisor Hot Restart

Hari_Pulapaka on Sep 06 2023 09:48 AM
Instantly update the Hypervisor on Azure with no customer impact. 
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Confidential VMs on Azure

Caroline_Perezvargas on May 31 2023 11:43 AM
How did Microsoft build the Confidential VM capabilities leveraging confidential hardware platforms?
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Azure Host OS – Cloud Host

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 06 2023 11:24 AM
Have you ever wondered how we run the Azure nodes in the data center? How does Windows look on Azure hosts?
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Windows OS Platform

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 03 2023 05:08 PM
Updated Windows kernel internals blog to Windows OS Platform blog 
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Multi-Key Total Memory Encryption on Windows 11 22H2

Jin_Lin on Nov 23 2022 02:14 PM
Data-in-use protection has recently become available through the latest generation hardware in Azure, providing an end-t...
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Hotpatching on Windows

Mehmet_Iyigun on Nov 19 2021 07:05 PM
Hotpatching is an impact-less update technology which has been keeping the Azure fleet up-to-date for years with zero im...
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Getting to Know ARM64EC: #Defines and Intrinsic Functions

Mehmet_Iyigun on Nov 18 2021 12:55 AM
In this post, we start describing ARM64EC, a new ABI that makes it easy to build native apps for Windows on ARM even if ...
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Developer Guidance for Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

Jin_Lin on Feb 24 2021 12:47 PM
Windows 10 implementation details of Hardware-enforced Stack Protection, which takes advantage of the latest chipset sec...
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Introducing Kernel Data Protection, a new security technology for preventing data corruption

Mehmet_Iyigun on Jul 08 2020 10:45 AM
Kernel Data Protection (KDP) is a new technology that prevents data corruption attacks by protecting parts of the Window...
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Securely donate CPU time with Windows Sandbox

Hari_Pulapaka on Apr 06 2020 12:11 PM
Run Folding@Home in Windows Sandbox 
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Understanding Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

Hari_Pulapaka on Mar 24 2020 08:54 AM
ROP (Return Oriented Programming) based control flow attacks have become a common form of attack. In this post, we will ...
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DTrace on Windows – 20H1 updates

Hari_Pulapaka on Jan 27 2020 11:51 AM
DTrace on Windows updates for 20H1 - now without local KD attach requirement.
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DTrace on Windows

Hari_Pulapaka on Mar 11 2019 10:04 AM
Introducing DTrace on Windows 10 
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Windows Sandbox - Config Files

Hari_Pulapaka on Feb 21 2019 12:37 PM
Windows Sandbox now supports minimal scripting 

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gabriielluizbh
in Demo Bytes: Storage Replica, Failover Clustering, and Winget on Aug 02 2024 10:09 PM
Nice!
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ohault
in Run untrusted content safely with Windows Sandbox on Aug 01 2024 02:12 PM
It would make a lot of sense to- run several instances of Windows Sandbox simultaneously on Windows - https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Sandbox/issues/49 - Remote App locally on hidden Windows Containers/Windows Sandbox on your local Windows host - https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Sandbox/iss...
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HotCakeX
in Windows Sandbox - Config Files on Jul 29 2024 10:22 PM
@Alex Kwitny Oh I didn't know the environment variables you wanted to pass to Sandbox were sensitive. Now I actually think using a Hyper-V VM and VM checkpoints is the better way to test your software (I do that pretty much every day). Using a checkpoint, it takes only few seconds to go back to the ...
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Alex Kwitny
in Windows Sandbox - Config Files on Jul 25 2024 01:03 PM
@HotCakeX unfortunately it's not easy with PowerShell due to the architecture of Windows Sandbox unless you're willing to expose the environment variables in plain text and/or encrypt them and pass them to the sandbox. The logon commands are executed inside the sandbox, so there's no way for it to a...
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HotCakeX
in Windows Sandbox - Config Files on Jul 25 2024 12:30 PM
@BevanWeiss You can totally do that with PowerShell.
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