Tips - Remote connect to PC turned off or with no O.S. using Intel AMT Active Management Technology

Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) is a remote control technology integrated into PC Intel vPro platform hardware based component. 

Most of latest laptops has Intel vPro enabled. 

You could use this technology to give remote support, consider that Intel AMT allows you to control a remote computer that has no OS or even power on if its off.

First step that you should do on your pc/laptop it is to enable AMT.

You could utilize these articles:

1. Intel 
2. blog

After that you need to download meshcommander tool  (otr other similar tools) to connect to pcs.

Linux - SQL installation MVA tutorial

As mentioned in earlier blog post SQL could be installed on Linux server as Well.

Microsoft released, last year, SQL binaries for Linux too.

Linux - How to install MS SQL and .NET on several Linux distributions
http://www.alessandromazzanti.com/2017/03/linux-how-to-install-sql-server-on.html

Due to this fact I would like to mention this MVA Microsoft video tutorial that go deeper on this topic:

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/installing-configuring-and-managing-microsoft-sql-server-on-linux-18305?l=Z4MuSOc2E_2113214697

Windows 10 - Enable diagnostic command prompt with 1703 or later versions

During Windows 10 upgrade process and pressing SHIFT + F10 you  would have possibility to launch and use diagnostic command prompt to verify upgrade status, log viewing and other tasks.

Due to Microsoft security aspect attention this feature was disabled with 1703 version and later.

Using SCCM or this O.S. upgrade process you need to:

• Add a Set Task Sequence Variable step before the Upgrade Operating system step in the Upgrade Task Sequence, like so.
  Task Sequence Variable: Set OSDSetupAdditionalUpgradeOptions
  Value: /DiagnosticPrompt enable

If you launch from command line Windows 10 O.S. upgrade phases you need to launch setup.exe as below:

/DiagnosticPrompt {enable | disable}

Specifies that the Command Prompt is available during Windows Setup. Enable: The Command Prompt can be accessed by pressing Shift+F10 during Windows setup. Disable: The Command Prompt is not available during Windows setup. The Command Prompt wil not be available while offline and OOBE phases are running. This is the default setting. Example: setup /DiagnosticPrompt enable This setting is new for Windows 10, Version 1703.

Server - MAP Toolkit 9.8

Today I would like to mention the new MAP Toolkit version 9.8 availability.

This is a tool that helps organization:

• Assess their environment.
• To have software reporting status to generate usage report
• Track usage (O.S. & Sw) and preparing a migration to Windows Azure virtual machines.
• It helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies

Here they are sw/o.s. that apply it:

1. Exchange Server 2016.
2. SharePoint Server 2016. 
3. Windows 10 and previous versions
4. Windows Server 2016 and previous versions.
5. Office 2016, Office 365 and previous versions.
6. It track usage of Windows Server 2012, SharePoint Server 2013, and Exchange Server 2013, 

Download and more details could be find here.

Here they are some screenshots: