Introduction I am proud and honored to speak for the first time in the biggest Microsoft community focused event in Europe. I will be traveling to Prague, Czech Republic, to present at the Experts Live Europe […]
Introduction System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) offers a great feature to provision a Hyper-V host or cluster from bare-metal computers. Bare-metal provisioning is a feature of SCVMM allowing rapid and consistent deployment of Hyper-V […]
Introduction DPM 2016 introduced with major new feature called Modern Backup Storage (MBS) that allows you to backup dynamic data sources with ease, achieve faster backups and reduced storage consumption. This is achieved by leveraging […]
Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (aka S2D). S2D enables building highly available storage systems with local attached disks, and without the need to have […]
Last week, my dear friend, colleague and fellow MVP Thomas Maurer wrote about his workplace and setup for 2018. You can check it here. Today, I want to share with you my setup and workplace […]
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft introduced a new servicing model called Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about it here. In short, this means that every […]
Updated – 08/15/2018 – Added Update Rollup for Azure File Sync Agent (KB4456224). Updated – 07/22/2018 – Added Server Core support is coming to Azure File Sync. Introduction You have a lot of files, and […]
Introduction For the past couple of months, I’ve been working with my peer and fellow MVP Adin Ermie (@AdinErmie) in something special for you. We wanted to bring a new resource about the Microsoft Azure […]
Introduction Microsoft Antimalware for Azure Virtual Machines is a real-time protection capability that helps identify and remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, with configurable alerts when known malicious or unwanted software attempts to install […]
Introduction I am happy to announce that my webinar is available now on-demand, you can watch it anytime here. In this webinar, I talked about how Microsoft Azure Stack is integrated into your datacenter, how […]
Another year already passed… Being a July 1st Microsoft MVP (my category is Cloud and Datacenter Management) means that every year on July 1st, I might get an e-mail to inform me I have been […]
Introduction Azure Stack lets you deliver a wide variety of services, like virtual machines, SQL Server databases, SharePoint, Exchange, and even Azure Marketplace items. As an Azure Stack operator, you configure and deliver such services […]
Hello folks, I am happy to share with you that Altaro Software just launched an exciting contest in celebration of Sysadmin Day next month! They’ll be giving away Amazon eGift Cards to the first […]
Introduction Azure Automated Backup allows you to schedule regular backups for all databases on a SQL Server Azure IaaS VM. Backups are stored in Azure storage for up to 30 days. SQL Server 2016 and […]
I am happy to announce that I will be speaking at HPE Customer Innovation Center in Geneva, Switzerland on June 27th, with my colleague and friend, Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP). The event is organized by […]
Hello folks, I am happy to share with you a new enhancement that was made available for System Center Data Protection Manager (SC DPM) and Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) connected to Azure Backup Service. […]
I am happy to announce that I will be presenting on one of multiple Microsoft Azure Stack webinars organized by itnetX in Switzerland. In this webinar, I will demonstrate, how Microsoft Azure Stack is integrated […]
I am happy to announce that my webinar is available on demand now, you can watch it anytime here. In this webinar, I talked about Azure Security Management and discussed about the different security features […]
Introduction I am happy to announce that I will be presenting on one of multiple Microsoft 365 security webinars organized by Microsoft. In this webinar, I will talk about Azure Security Management and discuss about […]
Introduction On Tuesday June 26, 2018, Microsoft is hosting a virtual Windows Server Summit that will help you to get speed with many important capabilities in the upcoming release of Windows Server. In this virtual […]
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Exam 70-537: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack! This exam opened first as beta on January […]
Introduction Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write SQL Server backups directly to the Azure Blob storage service. You can use this functionality to back up to and restore from the […]
Introduction When you setup Azure Stack in a connected scenario with Azure Active Directory (AAD), you get several applications registered in Azure AD. If you are an Azure Stack admin that is constantly trying out […]
Yesterday I was speaking at the CDC Germany 2018, a big Cloud Conference community event focusing on the Microsoft Cloud OS Platform, held in Hanau, Germany. With national and international speakers, and over 400 attendees it […]
Introduction Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft’s Disaster Recovery strategy. It keeps workloads safe and recoverable through replication from on-premises servers, such as physical servers, Hyper-V based VMs and VMware-based VMs. Although ASR is designed […]
Image Credit: azure.microsoft.com Introduction Azure Backup allows you to back up the data for on-premises servers, virtual machines, virtualized workloads, SQL server, SharePoint server, and more. As a pay-as-you-go service, Azure Backup gives you the […]
Introduction The shift in the modern business now revolves around a new IT concept – the digital transformation. It’s a process that’s taken organizations into the cloud and digital age. Today, companies are leveraging the […]
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 70-535 Exam: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions. This exam is one of the toughest exam I experienced over the […]
Hello folks, I am glad to share with you that Microsoft just released Update Rollup 5 (UR5) for System Center 2016 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). Please find the description for each component that are fixed […]
Think containers are just for developers? Think again. Containers have recently gained massive industry adoption and many IT pros are now being asked to support this new disruptive technology. Are you in the know? Join […]
Updated – 19/04/2018 – Added [Manage Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 with Windows Admin Center] Introduction The day has come… After almost a year of private and public previews, Windows Admin Center (formerly […]
Hello folks, You might have seen the announcement that Microsoft released Azure Stack integrated systems version 1803 and Azure Stack Dev Kit Build 20180329.1. You can check the new features and fixes in version 1803 […]
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do […]
Introduction Hello folks, You might have seen the announcement on Windows Server 2019 preview that went out recently. Microsoft Announced The Preview Release Of Windows Server 2019 After installing Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) or […]
Introduction In June 2017, Microsoft announced a new type of storage account known as “Managed Disks“. Managed Disks are an exciting new feature from Azure, designed to help with the availability, manageability, scalability, and performance […]
Introduction Hello Windows Server folks, Today is a big day, Microsoft just confirmed that Windows Server 2019 is in the oven on high temperature, and will be generally available in the second half of calendar […]
Introduction Microsoft Azure networking is one of the most valuable and important offerings in Azure. No matter what solution you are building for the cloud, you’ll find a compelling use for it. This book will […]
Introduction Azure Active Directory (AAD) is Microsoft’s multi-tenant, cloud based directory and identity management service. Azure AD combines core directory services, advanced identity governance, and application access management. Azure AD also offers a rich, standards-based […]
So here I go… I’m off to United States of America, Washington, Seattle, Bellevue/Redmond. I’m travelling to attend the best summit, the Microsoft MVP Global Summit 2018. I’ll be quiet in the next week. I’ll […]
Introduction I am proud and honored to speak for the first time in one of the biggest Microsoft-centric focused event in Europe. I will be traveling to Hanau, Germany, to present at the Cloud and Datacenter […]
Introduction Since the release of Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, Microsoft added a new type and default format of virtual hard disk (VHDX). There are a lot of benefits of using VHDX over VHD […]
Introduction As you already know that Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) for Windows listens on Port 3389 by default. However, the Remote Desktop Connection Client for the Mac supports only port 3389. This port is disabled in […]
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about it here. In short, this means that every 6 months, […]
Introduction A while ago, I published a PowerShell script that will query System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SC VMM) to get all Virtual Machines including their Virtual Hard Disks, then it will calculate the size […]
Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 is now Generally Available and includes Tape Support & Flexible Restores It is highly important that data needs to be backed up and there should be an effective Disaster Recovery plan […]
Introduction I was working recently on System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (SC DPM) that has some free space problems on the Modern Backup Storage (MBS) volume in Windows Server 2016. The DPM Server is deployed in a VM […]
Introduction For the last ~10 years , Microsoft released Windows PowerShell. On January 10th, 2018, Microsoft delivered PowerShell Core 6.0. Its first PowerShell Core release. PowerShell now comes in two flavors, Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core. Windows PowerShell is […]
Updated – 1/19/2018 – 9:25am – Added Hyper-V, Guest Virtual Machines information and HPE has revoked the 2.54 BIOS Update! Introduction Happy New Year folks! We started the new year with a big surprise in terms of security. […]
In January, I released my first book! Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V – Second Edition. My First Book Published! Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second Edition #HyperV #WS2016 In February, I had the chance to […]
Introduction Physical disks often experience errors of varying severity, from errors that the disk can transparently recover from, without interruption or data loss; to errors that are catastrophic and can cause data loss such as […]
Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). S2D enables building a highly available storage systems with local attached disks, and without the need to have […]
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter on the first attempt! This exam opened first as beta in July 2017. I was […]
Introduction You have a deployment of Microsoft Azure Stack (MAS). You want to add a Linux image to the Azure Stack Marketplace to make it available for deployment. In this scenario, your Azure Stack instance […]
Introduction Azure Stack can offer Platform as a Service (PaaS) services to users. With the initial release of Azure Stack, Microsoft offers four PaaS-based services: Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases App Service for websites […]
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about it here. In short, this means that every 6 months, […]
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about it here. In short, this means that every 6 months, […]
Introduction Since Hyper-V inception back in 2008, you can configure a virtual machine to use a dynamic or a static MAC address for any given network adapter. By default, Hyper-V use dynamic MAC address – which means […]
Hello folks, Over the past few months, I’ve been actively busy working as Technical Reviewer for the Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC) 20537A: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack. I am very […]
Introduction In Azure Stack, you have the option to retain storage accounts after they have been deleted. However, public Azure does not offer this feature. When a user deletes a storage account in Azure, the […]
Hello folks, After installing Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) or Azure Stack Integrated Systems, we need to add a default Windows Server 2016 or Linux Image. But before doing so, we have to complete a […]
Hello folks, Microsoft is making it’s first Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) release of System Center Preview 1711 available, and the VHDs for testing the preview build re ready for download. System Center Preview 1711 The VHD […]
Introduction Azure Stack is an extension of Azure, thereby enabling a truly consistent hybrid cloud platform. Consistency removes hybrid cloud complexity, which helps you maximize your investments across cloud and on-premises environments. Consistency enables you […]
Hello folks, I am glad to share with you that Microsoft just released Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2016. Please find the description for each component that are fixed and updated in System Center […]
Introduction In System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager, the DPM team announced a new backup storage technology called Modern Backup Storage (MBS). MBS helps achieving 50% storage savings using ReFS technology, and 3 times faster backup using ReFS block […]
Introduction If you are regularly deploying Windows operating systems, the combination of Microsoft WinPE and Windows PowerShell tools work together to speed up the deployment of Windows Server. There are also other tools of course you […]
Introduction Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline. WinPE is a stripped down version […]
Updated 27/10/2017: [Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) for Microsoft Edge. Check Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for Hyper-V section at the end of this post]. Introduction This week, Microsoft released Windows Server, version 1709 (known […]
Introduction You have deployed the first Technical Preview of Microsoft Project Honolulu in your environment, and you started exploring the new way of managing your servers in your Datacenter. If you did not hear yet about Microsoft […]
Introduction After Microsoft announcement on discontinuing Server Management Tools (SMT) Azure service on June 30, 2017. The server management team at Microsoft was working very hard on replacing SMT by a new server management experience […]
Introduction VMM permits us to create logical grouping for all the networks which are involved in the Datacenter configuration. Once you create the logical grouping, VMM is able to manage the tasks of keeping the […]
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