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Turns out the spare server I have is an R610 and doesn't support Server 2016 so looks like I'll have to VM-host it anyway. Good news it appears I can run Server 2016 \ Win10 guest on a 2012 R2 host so can do it that way instead I wonder if I can find another server then have two physicals running Hyper-V then spead all the RDS components between them, perhaps one session host VM per physical tin.

Always thought Yahoo was a bad enough name for the company but Altbaba makes it almost sound sensible

I've used it twice as an additional meal \ protein top-up but there's something in there that doesn't agree with me. Always seem to end up feeling nauseous a few hours after consuming it

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We just got this after our 9-year old plasma went pop... LG 43UH661V | 43 inch 4K Ultra HD HDR Smart LED TV Freeview HD | Richer Sounds No slowness in the UI so far which is the only complaint I've seen against it.

Just had a request for us to receive some data from an external supplier, however the process needs to be secure. Going the other way with data being sent out we can use OneDrive etc. but inbound would've been something like FTP in the olden days, not so now with encryption etc. Plenty of paid services out there but they're not cheap, anyone got any UK DPA-compliant solutions they use?

Any performance hit by running the Session Hosts as VMs or much of a muchness if running them without graphics cards \ RemoteFX?

@FN-GM you can possibly get around that by publishing via Azure AD Application Proxy, which will use your Office 365 login in Azure AD using Kerberos delegation provides SSO to the internal resource. Comes with Azure AD Basic (free on EES) As an aside I'm looking at setting up RD session based for a cheap remote access solution, not running Hyper-V and don't want to run the Session Host on our VM infrastructure but do have some decent spec physical servers spare. Was thinking this... Physical - Session Host (64GB RAM, possibly more if I can find some) VM - RD Gateway \ RD Web Access VM - RD Connection Broker \ RD Licensing Azure AD Application Proxy publishing RD Web Access externally Or I guess I could put Hyper-V onto that physical and run everything as VMs within it, seems a bit inefficient that way though?

This, I run multiple VMs for testing, shedloads of browser tabs whilst researching, email \ OneNote constantly open on second screen for documentation etc. so without the kit to do that I'd feel restricted in my job the same way any other professional would without the right-spec tools for the job. Luckily we're given the freedom to pick the kit here so I use a Dell workstation as main desktop, 16GB RAM with dual screen and it gets pushed to use all of that resource. Before we upgraded a few years back my old machine was slowing me down so spec does make a difference. Also have a ThinkPad that goes with me to meetings, off-site work etc. which sees a lot of use.

Yup Datacenter on our stuff as well to get the unlimited guest VM Windows licenses @localzuk best get begging for some extra budget now as you have the mandatory 13% to deal with as well as these core changes

Yup from what I remember a dual quad-core CPU server would cost the same as what you pay for a dual CPU licence now. It's those with the 12-16 core processors who need watch out!

Yeah that's the rule I have on as well, good if it does work like that in practice as the MS article seemed to suggest it could be luck of the draw depending on which tries to install first.

Didn't Google used to say how Team \ Shared areas were dead and their method of individual file storage was the way forward? All that is old becomes new again

Bit of a thread resurrection but how are people managing this in practice now? As it stands my Approval rules will be causing duplication with the Security Updates \ Rollups, anyone found an easy way to automatically choose one or the other? As an aside I could really do with a Cumulative Rollup for Windows 8.1 right now, 276 updates to get the machine on my desk up to date Before anyone says it yes 10 would probably be better but they're my digital signage machines and I'd need to rebuild everything onto Win10 LTSB to get them all to match, a project for another day I think

We're trying out a couple of Windows 10 tablets (Surface 3, Dell Venue 11 Pro) for staff at the moment. We're trying these out joined to Azure AD so effectively they're BYOD devices but kit provided by us. Problem being Windows 10 seems to be a bit odd with its handling of Wi-Fi networks... is the below normal? select Wi-Fi network at login screen join to RADIUS network using AD credentials, as you would for a BYOD device log in successfully reboot \ shutdown network credentials forgotten on reboot, have to enter them again Seems to be the same whether we connect to the network from within Windows desktop or at the login screen. Bizarrely Windows lists the Wi-Fi network in its "Known Networks" section in Settings but despite having "Connect Automatically" ticked it still doesn't behave. Have to manually tap on the Wi-Fi icon, select the network and then enter details again. Yes in theory we could go really heavy handed and generate RADIUS machine auth certificates, push them out via MDM and auth that way but seems a sledgehammer to crack a nut when, in theory a user should be able to set up a connection via user-based RADIUS auth, save those details and have it remembered for subsequent logins??? So it appears that the behaviour (for RADIUS at least) may be: - Wi-Fi profile set up in the user's desktop (profile) remembers the login details and auto reconnects - login screen is separate and doesn't remember details Now the question is whether sign-in details for Azure AD are cached so in fact the lack of connection doesn't matter, not convinced on that front though. Edit: seems like they are cached so the lack of Wi-Fi connection at login may not be an issue after all http://www.tenforums.com/user-accounts-family-safety/28823-logging-into-windows-10-pro-using-office-365-credentials.html It seems although the BYOD RADIUS method seems to work well for iOS and Android devices it's not such a good fit for Windows 10...

And that's why we won't buy EMS right now, per user pricing for students for Azure AD Premium is really poor form from Microsoft there. No logic in the pricing of it, if EMS is sold as a pack it should be the same free for students offer across the whole suite.

Yes also interested to hear about @Willott query above. EMS price for staff FTEs was fine as of last year but MS sneakily put a charge per user for students to use Azure AD Premium (i.e. password self service for SSO federated users etc.) which for us negated the point of buying EMS as a pack and also goes against the general rule of educational licensing being by FTE count. MS have tried these kind of strokes in the past (Office 365 E3 licenses etc.) and eventually seen sense so hoping for the same here.

Glad to see they listened, this will be getting turned on asap!

Ironically MS were originally claiming it was being a member of the EU that was to blame for their plans to hike ("harmonise") EES prices a few months back, can't win can we

@markwilfan indeed it does but you then get a different problem in how to deploy the MITM certificate page as there doesn't seem to be a way to redirect a RADIUS client to a splash page

Thing with NUCs is they're not the cheapest things in the world, Compute Stick is more affordable but yes I agree keep them wired if possible.

Does web filtering filter by category list only or does it have real-time scanning? Does the web filtering comply with the new guidelines for Safeguarding and PREVENT? Does the firewall have Layer 7 application awareness? Does the firewall provided have adequate throughput to run all modules at the max speed of your Internet line? Does the firewall support redundant lines and automatic failover e.g. can you plug an ADSL line into it as a backup in case yours goes down?

Compute Stick plus Planet eStream here. If I didn't have eStream then would probably go for the SignageLive route to avoid managing a Windows box (how does Xibo client run on Linux these days?) Compute Stick first gen has its issues, mainly that the built in Wi-Fi is useless and only has 1 USB port so needs a hub to set up really. I don't like using them over Wi-Fi as we play lots of video so bought a USB Ethernet adapter which gets cable tied to the Compute Stick. The newer devices have at least 2 x USB ports, better CPU and I believe sorted the Wi-Fi so definitely go for those if you can. More info on my blog post about these here https://gshaw0.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/intel-compute-stick-digital-signage-on-a-stick/

Really interesting site that, thought provoking stuff - although the concept of 3 cats and 2 dogs driving a car did make me chuckle Seems the bulk of my decisions were based around the concept that the car should be protecting its owner at the cost of others, along with those not following the rules of the road are the ones I chose to be run over when it was a straight choice of who to run over. Also wonder how the car could ever decide on the social value of a person at any given point in time but then again with pervasive social media and Big Data that's maybe not as far fetched as first thought. Does bring out a very interesting point that if self-driving cars go mainstream how can you put your faith in the appliance you've paid for putting your interests first? Likewise can you be safe in the knowledge of a system making decisions for you without knowing the profile of the algorithm that's been installed? I guess many consumers won't care as long as they get the novelty of being driven around and the marketing is good enough.

Yup I had to do the same on my WSUS VMs, cleanup wizard got stuck and timed out so now I have the SQL queries on weekly schedule to keep things tidy. I used this one which also does some work on the WSUS DB indexes https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/103094-automate-wsus-cleanup