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ADRMS OWA Issue Code 2147160062

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Recently I was working for ADRMS integration with Exchange which is rather simple however it became quite complicated with OWA in this case.

Outlook was working fine however Outlook Web Access was unable to protect or consume content and giving error:

There was a problem opening this rights protected message. Code: –2147160062 as you can see below:

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When user tries to send email with OWA, he get below error:

Error: The message can’t be sent right now. Please try again later as you can see below:

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The test-irmconfiguration was running fine with all tests PASSED and overall test results PASS as well.

We did a lot of research to find out the root cause, and one of the thing we found that the customer had an old ADRMS environment which was later removed, hence we reset the DRM by using the below procedure and it solved the issue.

  • Disable IRM: Set-IRMConfiguration -InternalLicensingEnabled $false
  • Remove existing RMS certificates: Delete all the directories under "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\DRM\Server" on the mailbox servers
  • Reboot the Exchange servers
  • Enable IRM: Set-IRMConfiguration -InternalLicensingEnabled $true

After this ADRMS started to work fine with OWA.

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cross_database_join_and_transaction

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Внимательнопрочитав описание на In-memory базы данных мы можем обнаружить большое количество ограничений (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn247639.aspx),присутствующих в настоящее время. Часть этих ограничений, быстрее всего, так и останется в будущем, но часть исчезнет.

Одно из ограничений связано с невозможностью выполнять Cross-database транзакции и запросы (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn584627.aspx)если в эти запросы вовлечены In-memory таблицы.

Приведем пример.

При попытке выполнения запроса, приведенного ниже, появляется сообщение об ошибке.

select*
from [hkNorthwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart_Hash] hksch
join [Northwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart] nsc
on hksch.ShoppingCartId = nsc.ShoppingCartId

Msg 41317, Level 16, State 5, Line 1 A user transaction that accesses memory optimized tables or natively compiled procedures cannot access more than one user database or databases model and msdb, and it cannot write to master.

Сообщениеуказывает на невозможность выполнения cross-database запроса между in-memory таблицей ([ShoppingCart_Hash])  и обычной таблицей размещенной в другой базе данных.

Для обхода этого ограничения предлагается использовать табличную переменную, перемещая данные в нее (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn584627.aspx).

Однако при большом количестве строк этот подход не всегда удобен и нивелирует преимущества in-memory таблиц.

Возможно использование другого пути.

Возможность эта основана, на особенностях работы ODBC (OLEDB) провайдеров, которые и позволяют  частично обойти это ограничение.

Пример.

Оформим локальный сервер как Linked Server.

EXECmaster.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver@server =N'(LOCAL)\SQL2014', @srvproduct=N'SQL Server'

EXECmaster.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin@rmtsrvname=N'(LOCAL)\SQL2014',@useself=N'True',@locallogin=NULL,@rmtuser=NULL,@rmtpassword=NULL

 

Выполним запрос еще раз слегка его подправив.

select*
from [hkNorthwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart_Hash] hksch
join [(LOCAL)\SQL2014].[Northwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart] nsc
on hksch.ShoppingCartId = nsc.ShoppingCartId

 Запрос будет выполнен.

Однако, если вы представите запрос в формате приведенном ниже, то получите сообщение об ошибке.

select*
from [(LOCAL)\SQL2014].[hkNorthwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart_Hash] hksch
join [Northwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart] nsc
on hksch.ShoppingCartId = nsc.ShoppingCartId

Msg 12323, Level 16, State 95, Line 1 Distributed Queries and Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) are not supported with memory optimized tables.

Т.е. in-memory таблица не может быть получена с удаленного сервера для выполнения любых операций на локальном сервере.

Даже такой запрос вернет эту же самую ошибку.

select*
from [(LOCAL)\SQL2014].[hkNorthwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart_Hash] hksch

 Msg 12323, Level 16, State 95, Line 1 Distributed Queries and Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) are not supported with memory optimized tables.

Обращение к OPENQUERY ничего не изменит.

SELECT*
FROMOPENQUERY([(LOCAL)\SQL2014],'select * from [hkNorthwind].[dbo].[ShoppingCart_Hash]')

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI11" for linked server "(LOCAL)\SQL2014" returned message "Deferred prepare could not be completed.".
Msg 12323, Level 16, State 95, Line 1 Distributed Queries and Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) are not supported with memory optimized tables.

Таким образом частично это ограничение может быть обойдено формированием запроса к стандартной таблице, размещенной на удаленном сервере, с локального сервера, где размещена in-memory таблица.

 Александр Каленик, Senior Premier Field Engineer (PFE), MSFT (Russia) 

Now Supporting SQL Server 2014 Running on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 CU7 and AX 2012 CU5

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We are happy to announce support for SQL Server 2014 running on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Cumulative Update 7  and AX 2012 Cumulative Update 5. This means that all Dynamics AX 2012 versions are now supported with SQL Server 2014.

Quarta-feira - Wiki Life - O que é o Blog do Technet Wiki?

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Olá Comunidade!

Hoje é dia de Wiki Life e irei falar sobre o Blog do Technet Wiki! O Blog do Technet Wiki tem como missão evangelizar a comunidade Technet através de artigos escritos por autores apaixonados por tecnologia, divulgar o Technet Wiki, outros Blogs da Microsoft, o Portal Technet e todos os assuntos inerentes as tecnologias da Microsoft! 

Nosso blog, e quando digo nosso, incluo toda a comunidade :), é bem estruturado e conta com uma equipe de primeira linha para ajudar a manter a comunidade atualizada com informações úteis do dia a dia na área de TI.

Estrutura do Blog

Nosso blog é bem estruturado, divido por assuntos diários, agenda de publicações, conselho, publicado em mais de uma língua, para ajudar a comunidade e manter de forma organizada todo o conteúdo.

- Agenda

Agenda publicada e atualizada diariamente pelos integrantes, informando as datas dos posts e responsáveis por cada publicação. Se quiser conhecer mais, veja a Agenda Brasil, Agenda TurquiaAgenda Internacional.

- Assuntos

Segundas "Entrevistas": Entrevistas com os colaboradores da comunidade Technet Wiki. Tema muito importante, pois é um dos momentos em que se destaca merecidamente o trabalho dos que contribuem para o Technet Wiki.

Terças "Artigos Spotlight": Escrevemos sobre alguns artigo ou coleção de artigo do Technet Wiki e a importância do mesmo para a comunidade. 

Quartas "Wiki Life": Escrevemos sobre uma ferramenta, feature, prática, ou processo no TechNet Wiki.

Quintas"Conselho Spotlight": Escrevemos sobre os projetos que nosso Conselho está atualmente trabalhando.

Sextas"Internacional Update": um resumo de notícias internacionais do Wiki.

Sábados"Maiores Contribuintes": Trabalho que destaca em formato de lista os maiores contribuintes da semana no Technet Wiki, onde nesse momento também são selecionados os destaques, e juntamente com o Artigos Spotlight, dá premiações aos que se destacam nessa constante ajuda ao Technet Wiki.

Domingos "Final de Semana Surpresa": Dia livre para a escolha de qualquer tema associado ao Technet Wiki.

- Conselho

A comunidade Technet Wiki possui um conselho, que trata de diversas questões associadas ao Technet Wiki, como agendas, definições, votações de artigos, próximos passos, entre outros assuntos. Conheça mais em Conselho da Comunidade.

Equipe do Blog

Nosso time conta com profissionais de toda a parte do mundo, altamente qualificados, como MSFT (Funcionários da Microsoft) MVP (Most Valuable Professional), MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer), Profissionais especialistas de tecnologias Microsoft em ALM, Servidores Microsoft, Nuvem Privada, System Center, Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio Online, e certificados MCSD, MCSE, MCSA, MCS, entre inúmeras outras certificações Microsoft, Não Microsoft e Processos de TI (ITIL e COBIT). 

- Integrantes

Ed Price - MSFT
Luiz Henrique Lima Campos - MVP
Luciano Lima - MVP
Peter Geelen - MSFT
Steef-Jan Wiggers - MVP
Yagmoth555 - MVP
Horizon Net - MVP
Margriet Bruggeman - MVP
XAML guy
Gokan Ozcifci - MVP
Tomoaki Yoshizawa - MVP
Sandro Pereira - MVP
Hezequias Vasconcelos
Maheshkumar S Tiwari
Naomi N
Benoit Jester - MVP
Matthew Yarlett
Durval Ramos
Carmelo La Monica
Alan Nascimento Carlos
Davut EREN - TAT
SathyanarrayananS - MVP

- Integrantes que já fizeram parte do time

Há muitos integrantes que já passaram pelo time do Technet Wiki e ainda muitos ajudam na comunidade com seus artigos, blogs, palestras e muito mais, podem ser vistos em Contribuintes do Blog Technet Wiki.

- Posts Recentes sobre a equipe

Aqui você poderá ver alguns posts recentes nacionais e internacionais sobre nosso "Dream Team" do Technet Wiki! 

Wiki World Cup
Wiki Life - Todos Juntos
Heróis do Technet Wiki
Conselho Spotlight - Líderes

É isso pessoal! Um abraço a todos e contamos com a ajuda de vocês!

Alan Carlos

Technet Wiki Ninja

Go Technet Wiki!!!!!!!!!

 

Guest post by Stacey Roshan, Maryland Teacher: Office Mix: A Tech Tool and Teacher’s Aide

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Office Mix is a tool that meets a real need - and I think flipped and blended classroom teachers will be particularly excited to get a peek into its capabilities. But as educators, we all know that a tool is only a tool until it becomes part of a solution, so I wanted to start with some background and to talk about how I see Office Mix addressing some of my teaching goals and challenges.

...(read more)

Chatting All Things Dash V with Richard C on RunAs Radio!

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Last week, Chris Jackson appeared on RunAs Radio talking about about the benefits of Windows XP Migration (Yes, we still have customers who have not made the jump to a modern OS.) You can view the recording here: (http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=374)

It is an honor to be following my mentor and idol in this week's show where I talk with Richard  Campbell on a variety of topics. Originally we were to discuss App-V, but as we dove into the VDI use cases, the conversation turned over to UE-V which is starting to take off!

Listen Here: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=375

Visual Storytelling: The Key to Keeping Your Customers Coming Back

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 As businesses make the tricky transition from traditional advertising to creating content that your customers choose to spend time with, videos need to play a key in your content mix. That's because 83% of human learning is visual. And while your audience may not have a passion for finance or insurance or whatever industry your business is in, they do have a passion for music, films, sports, and other topics your business can associate itself with.

...(read more)

PowerTip: Sorting More than One Column

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Summary: Learn to sort by more than one column in Windows PowerShell.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question Can I use Windows PowerShell to sort by more than one column, and have the primary column be ascending
          and secondary column be descending?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer In the Help examples, you'll see that the Property parameter accepts a hash table in place of a
          real property name. In this hash table, you can specify the property to sort by and the order per property.
          Copy Example 5 from the Help file and edit to suit your needs.

Image of Help file

Learn to how to bring Windows Azure technology to your own datacenter with WAP

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Join us on July 16 & 17 when we’ll show IT Pros how Windows Azure Pack (WAP) builds on the power of Windows Server and System Center to deliver an enterprise-class, cost-effective solution for self-service, multi-tenant cloud infrastructure and application services—a solution that runs on the hardware in your data center. For both service providers looking to support more customers and for enterprises looking for the flexibility and cost savings of a cloud environment, we’ll focus on WAP’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) including self-service and automation of virtual machine roles, virtual networking, clouds, and SQL Server, along with System Center and third-party integration.

Microsoft experts Andrew Zeller and Symon Perriman will share lots of helpful demos and real world examples that will speed your journey to the cloud. And be sure to bring your questions for the live Q&A!  

Windows Azure Pack: Infrastructure as a Service Jump Start

Date:  July 16 & 17, 2014
Time: 9am–1pm PDT
Where: Live, online virtual classroom
Cost: Free!

Register now!

New AD CS doc: Migrating a Certification Authority from a CSP to a KSP

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Just published: Migrating a Certification Authority Key from a Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) to a Key Storage Provider (KSP) - and optionally, migrating from SHA-1 to SHA-2. If you have a CA that you installed and configured a while ago and you're now able to implement these stronger security options, use this how-to and verification steps....(read more)

Out with the old! Migrate from Windows Server 2003/2008

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The one year countdown to end of support for Windows Server 2003 has begun, and we are here to help you plan for the challenges that will present. Upgrade paths can often be confusing, and moving existing services from versions that cannot be upgraded can carry significant risk. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides many options for upgrading and migrating that the IT Pro can use to ensure seamless transition to this new server platform. Join our latest free Jump Start, “Migrating Legacy Windows Server to 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure,” on July 24, 2014, from 9am–1pm PDT, to explore these tools. Learn how Windows Server 2012 R2 can ease your transition, not merely in upgrading earlier versions of Windows Server, but also ensuring that key services can be migrated in an efficient, cost-effective, and safe manner. You’ll also get a look at how to migrate your on-premises workloads to Microsoft Azure virtual machines to create a truly hybrid cloud environment.

Course Outline

  • Introduction to Windows Server On-Premises Migration Tools​
  • Active Directory Migration
  • Migrating Windows Server 2003 Workloads to Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Migrating WSUS to Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Migrating Clustering to Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Migrating Hyper-V VMs to Microsoft Azure

Migrating Legacy Windows Server to 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure

Date:  July 24, 2014
Time: 9am–1pm PDT
Where: Live, online virtual classroom
Cost: Free!

Register now!

Trading In The Whiteboard for OneNote and a Surface Pro

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Once again, Sam McNeill, the Director of ICT at St Andrew’s College, has blown us away with his innovative and creative use of technology in the classroom. Sam runs the St Andrew's College "eLearning Stories" blog which provides a virtual “look through the classroom window” into the exciting eLearning happenings in the various classrooms around the fully-independent, co-educational school for pre-school to Year 13. Recently he blogged this original post (here), about some of the great work a Year 9 Math class is doing with OneNote and Surface. You can read it below!

This morning I was invited by Mr Ben Hilliam to sit in and observe one of his Year 9 Math classes. I was keen to do this as I knew the Maths Department had been experimenting with the combination of MS Onenote, a Microsoft Surface and a Miracast device to wirelessly broadcast the screen of the tablet through the classroom projector.

The following video is a screencast of Mr Hilliam’s first 6 minutes of the lesson. He is writing on the Surface Pro directly, and using MS OneNote to record his voice and handwriting in the background:

(Please visit the site to view this video)

All students in this Year 9 class have read only access to this OneNote notebook so they can revise at anytime, and in this instance the lessons were being recorded for a student that was absent for the week. Once uploaded to YouTube, the link is inserted into the Notebook for student access.

What impressed me about this section of the lesson was the ease of the technology – it essentially existed in the background and in many ways, it was a direct substitute for the role of a whiteboard. Mr Hilliam was still asking students questions back and forward and they were still coming up and pointing to places on the graph on the projected image on the whiteboard to indicate their answers. The big difference however was that this was being recorded digitally for later revision.

Towards the end of last year we undertook training for a lot of 2014 Year 9 teachers and introduced them to the SAMR model. I recently came across a new poster for this:

Explaining the SAMR model through coffee

Explaining the SAMR model through coffee

The teaching in this Year 9 Math class falls clearly in the augmentation range – the teaching is not obviously different however the technology operating in the background provides massive functional improvement. Students, both those absent and physically present in the class, can all revise the concepts being taught at anytime.

Here are some photos of the students at work practicing the concepts that had been taught:

A student reviewing the MS OneNote content recorded moments earlier by Mr Hilliam, and then practicing in his exercise book.

A student reviewing the MS OneNote content recorded moments earlier by Mr Hilliam, and then practicing in his exercise book.

Students around the room making using of their laptops to review / rewind the concepts as taught and recorded from the start of the lesson

Students around the room making using of their laptops to review / rewind the concepts as taught and recorded from the start of the lesson

Whilst the phrase “ubiquitousness of technology” is over used, this lesson did demonstrate that when used effectively, the technology is not at the forefront of the lesson. It was not gimmicky or flashy, instead it provided functional improvement to what was already a great lesson.

I am excited to see how other curriculum areas make use of technology like this in their classrooms and will blog about these in the future. As the Director of ICT it’s important for me to support initiatives like this that trial how new technologies can be used in the classroom. On my recent trip to Edutech 2014 I trialled a MS Surface Pro 3, some of the only demonstration units outside of the USA, and was very impressed. I have pre-ordered one for our staff to trial once it is released and am interested to see at what point in the future touch screen devices like this may replace the traditional laptops given to staff.

Automating IIS configuration with .Net

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Configuring websites can be a tedious task, especially if you have large systems to manage, such as hosting providers do. If you are tired of doing this sort of thing manually, Visual Studio Magazine has published a detailed guide on using .Net code to do this for you.

This allows creating new sites, creating app pools and customizing configuration, all from managed code, and can save a lot of time for developers and system administrators.

For more information, visit the article.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ソフトウエア展開におけるログオン イベントの検知について

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こんにちは。SCCM サポート チームです。

今回は、System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (以下、SCCM 2012) にてソフトウエアの展開をご利用いただく場合に、ご注意いただきたいポイントについてご案内いたします。

SCCM 2012 にてソフトウエアを展開するため、パッケージを作成後、パッケージの展開スケジュールを設定することができますが、クライアントの起動後にプログラムを実行させたいという意図で、以下のように [次のイベントの直後に割り当てる] – [ログオン] を選択を行っても、実際にはパッケージ内のプログラムが実行されない場合があります。

具体的には、端末の電源起動直後(SMS Agent Host サービスの起動前)にユーザーがログオンした場合です。

その理由は、ユーザーのログオン イベントを検知する仕組みが、SCCM のクライアントサービス(SMS Agent Host サービス)が起動している場合にのみ動作するためであり、同サービスが起動する前はログオンが検知できません。

このため、本設定が利用できるシナリオとしましては、夜間の端末メンテナンスのため、電源を投入した状態としておき、夜間にダウンロードを完了させたプログラムを翌朝ユーザーのログオン イベントを利用してインストールする等、SCCM のクライアント エージェントのサービスが起動していることが前提の展開計画が必要となります。

こちらの割り当てスケジュールにて、 [新規] を選択すると、以下の項目が選択可能です。

 

昨今の新しい OS では、クライアントの起動直後に、より早くユーザーが操作開始できるように、自動開始されるサービスの起動を待たずにユーザーのログオンを優先する挙動となっており、SCCM のクライアント エージェントのサービスが起動するよりも早ーザーのログオンが実行される状況が生じやすくなっております。

本内容は SCCM 2012 SP1 および R2 でも同様の動作となりますので、ご注意ください。


Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 9.1 Available Now!

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As you have probably guessed based on previous posts that I’m a big fan of the MAP Toolkit as a planning and deployment tool for enterprise deployments.  Below are details of the latest release for you to download and use.

This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.1 helps organizations assess their environment readiness for Windows 8.1 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2012 R2, Lync Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, Exchange Server 2013, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2, and SQL Server 2014.  It also helps assess migrations from on-premises to Azure.

Discovery of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

MAP 9.1 adds the discovery and reporting of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. With the addition of Hyper-V to the Windows client OS in Windows 8, MAP will now correctly report the virtualization technology and hypervisor version.

Windows Server 2012 R2 as a platform for server virtualization

When using MAP to plan your server consolidation/virtualization project, you can now specify Windows Server 2012 R2 as the virtual machine host platform.

Improved SQL Server Discovery

In this version of MAP we expanded the discovery of SQL Server to include components installed independent from the database engine. For example, instances of stand-alone SQL Server Reporting Services will now be included in the MAP SQL Discovery report. MAP 9.1 also adds discovery of the Data Quality Services and Master Data Services which were added in SQL Server 2012. Finally, MAP 9.1 includes the discovery of SQL Server 2014 as well as the collection of UAL data for SQL Server 2014.

Download MAP Toolkit 9.1 now!

Jeffa

SCVMM 2008/2008R2 でライブラリ共有名の制約について

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こんにちは、日本マイクロソフト System Center Support Team の益戸です。

今回は SCVMM 2008/2008R2 のライブラリ共有名に関連して、SCVMM が正常に動作しなくなる事象をご紹介します。

SCVMM では、ライブラリサーバーのライブラリ共有時に、Windows のファイル共有を利用しています。
既定では、「MSSCVMMLibrary」というライブラリ共有が SCVMM サーバー上に作成されます。
しかし、場合によっては、ライブラリ サーバーを別サーバーにしたり、「MSSCVMMLibrary」以外を設定するケースもあると思います。
Windows のファイル共有の制限で、特殊文字( * や >、| など)はもちろん使えないのですが、その他にもライブラリ サーバー名に使用されている文字をライブラリ共有名に使用すると、一部の機能が使えなくなる場合があります。

[事象]
ライブラリ サーバー名に使用されている文字のライブラリ共有名のライブラリに対して仮想マシンを作成できない。

[原因]
ライブラリ サーバーに仮想マシンを保管する処理の中で、UNC パス名から実際のパスへ変換して仮想ディスクを保管します。
この、UNC パス名から実際のパスへ変換する処理に問題があり、当該ライブラリ内に仮想マシンを作成できないという現象が発生します。

例えば、"\\SCVMM\V" の実際のパスを "N:\Share" とした場合、"\\SCVMM\V\TEST.vhd" から共有名 “\\SCVMM\V” をライブラリサーバー上の実際のパス “N:\Share” に変換して、保管ファイルのフルパスとして “N:\Share\TEST.vhd” という文字列を生成しようとします。
しかし、実際の処理の中では、ファイル共有名の ”V” を区切り文字として使ってしまい、"\\SCVMM" と "\V\TEST.vhd" に分けられてしまいます。
その結果、保存先のファイルとして、誤った保管先のファイル名を "N:\Share\V\TEST.vhd" 生成してしまい、結果としてジョブが失敗します。

[対応方法]
ライブラリ サーバー名に使用している文字列をライブラリ共有名として使わない事で、本事象は回避できます。

上記の例では、以下のパターンとなります。

ライブラリ サーバー名 : SCVMM
ご利用いただけないライブラリ共有名 : S、V、M、VM、VMM など。
ご利用いただけるライブラリ共有名 : Library、VMMLibrary、O、Share など。


製品のリリースにあたり十分な検証を実施してはおりますが、場合によっては、今回のように想定外の動作が起きることがあります。
このような情報については、KB や TechNet の他にも、本ブログなどでも逐次ご紹介していきたいと思います。

なお、今回の事象について、最新版の SCVMM 2012R2 環境においては発生しません。

SMA Capabilities in Depth: Scalability and High Availability

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Introduction As a savvy Service Management Automation (SMA) user, you’re probably familiar with the fact that much of what makes SMA great is the fact that it is essentially “PowerShell as a Service.” With SMA, you get access to all that PowerShell goodness, with the added benefits of a service architecture -- high availability, reliability, scalability, manageability via a REST API, among other things. While it’s great that SMA gives you these “as a service”...(read more)

Inaugural Week of Code in East Asia a Big Success

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Kicking off with a blast on 21 April, the Asia Pacific Week of Code witnessed thousands of youth attending events and activities. Part of Microsoft YouthSpark’s #WeSpeakCode campaign, the Asia Pacific Week of Code encourages youth to learn basic coding skills so they can be equipped for the modern workplace and have access to better employment opportunities in the future. 

From business students in China to underprivileged children in community childcare centres in South Korea, the campaign reached a diverse group of learners from all walks of life.

Here are some highlights from East Asia

SOUTH KOREA

 Two South Korean children engrossed in a coding exercise

South Korea, a highly digital society anticipated to be the next global powerhouse for tech start-ups, implements a school curriculum that incorporates a substantial amount of ICT content. Yet, unequal access to opportunities and existing disparities put vulnerable groups of people and students at a disadvantage. As such, for this campaign, Microsoft Korea worked together with several nonprofits to focus only on underprivileged children and young women.

Coding games and interactive activities were carried out in 11 community child care centres for 151 children. At a two-day YouthSpark Live event, 60female college students, got their first taste of coding by way of Blockly, a web-based, graphical programming editor, which they learnt on the spot.  In addition, over 200 youth signed up for the basic and advanced learning resources that were provided to the National Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 

Reaching more than 48,255 social media accounts, the campaign also made a buzz throughout various social media channels. Offline and online, the Week of Code in Korea was definitely a success!


CHINA

 Over 15,000 participants in China created more than one million lines of code during the Week of Code

More than one million lines of code. That was the total amount written by more than 15,000 people across the country. In just an hour.

Reaching out to more than 200 schools and 16 Microsoft Youth Community Centres, the campaign swept through nine provinces (Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Anhui, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Gansu and Jilin). In preparing for such an extensive campaign, Microsoft China made sure that it would also reflect a diversity of beneficiaries: amongst the participants were senior citizens, rural women, people with learning difficulties and migrant schoolchildren. 

In Chengdu, the Qingyang District Government and Qingyang Education Bureau officially announced Week of Code to 57 primary and middle schools in the district. Sixty thousand students in the region will have the access to computer science education through Microsoft resources during and beyond Week of Code. In Anhui province, the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Association offered free server hosting for the students to have faster and smoother access to code.org. Such is the power of collaboration between government and private sectors!


 A group of newly-minted coders in China

TAIWAN

Microsoft Taiwan raised the bar by having a mock Windows Phone app development competition during a YouthSpark Live event, which was attended by 122 students from 28 universities.

After Enterprise Architect Evangelist Herman Wu showed how open government data can be used for apps, the students were asked to create their own apps. Split into five groups, they had to develop an app using Windows Phone and Windows Surface in 90 minutes. Despite having little knowledge about app-development prior to this, they produced apps that were not only creative, but feasible, too. Herman and the students then discussed how technology can be used to drive social good.

 A group of Taiwanese students clocking their Hour of Code together

We wish all participants the best on their journey in coding!

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MVA JUMPSTART: Windows Azure Pack - Infrastructure as a Service

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If you're interested in establishing cloud-style architecture in your datacenter then this Jump Start is great for you!

Once again it's not at a great time to be online for us in Australia (we are working on that), however if you register you will be sent a link to the recording soon after - it's what I will be doing !!. REGISTER NOW!

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Here is a quick snippet of what you can expect to hear;

IT Pros, you know that enterprises desire the flexibility and affordability of the cloud, and service providers want the ability to support more enterprise customers. Join us for an exploration of Windows Azure Pack's (WAP's) infrastructure services (IaaS), which bring Microsoft Azure technologies to your data center (on your hardware) and build on the power of Windows Server and System Center to deliver an enterprise-class, cost-effective solution for self-service, multitenant cloud infrastructure and application services.

Join Microsoft’s leading experts as they focus on the infrastructure services from WAP, including self-service and automation of virtual machine roles, virtual networking, clouds, plans, and more. See helpful demos, and hear examples that will help speed up your journey to the cloud. Bring your questions for the live Q&A!

Day One

  • Introduction to the Windows Azure Pack
  • Install and Configure WAP
  • Integrate the Fabric
  • Deliver Self-Service

Day Two

  • Automate Services
  • Extend Services with Third Parties
  • Create Tenant Experiences
  • Real-World WAP Deployments
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