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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Introduction In Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new feature called Virtual Secure Mode (VSM). VSM is what enables feature like Device Guard […]
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to create a Two-way Mirror Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. In Windows […]
Image Credit solarviews.com Introduction In October 2015, Microsoft released the first version of Microsoft Azure Backup Server (a.k.a MABS – project codename is known as […]
With the release of Windows Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new type of teaming approach called Switch Embedded Teaming (known as SET). SET is a […]
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to automatic activate Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machines using PowerShell, you can read […]
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert 70-744 Exam: Securing Windows Server 2016 on the first […]
Monitor & run virtual servers or personal workstations on the cloud with windows applications using SAS 70 certified data centers and access it remotely with […]
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2016 Agent on Windows Server 2016 Core […]
My fellow MVP Carsten Rachfahl and I recorded a Podcast about my recent published book – Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook. In this Podcast, Carsten […]
While installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2016 Agent on Windows Server 2016 Core edition, I encountered the following error: Error (415) Agent installation failed […]
Introduction Recently I was upgrading some Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts to Windows Server 2016. I have Storage Tiered Spaces with mirroring resiliency deployed […]
Microsoft recently announced a configuration change for constrained delegation with Kerberos in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V (Live Migration). You can read about this announcement here. In […]
Introduction Altaro has released Altaro VM Backup V7, a faster and lighter upgrade to its flagship Hyper-V and VMware backup solution, which now supports Windows […]
Hello folks, Over the past one year, I’ve been busy working with my co-author Patrick Lownds and Leandro Carvalho on updating the second Edition of […]
Updated 09/02/2017: [Announcing backups of SQL Server 2016 and SharePoint 2016 with DPM 2016 Update Rollup 2. DPMDB can also be hosted on SQL Server […]
Introduction In the previous version of Hyper-V, whenever you upgraded your host to a new release, the moment Hyper-V sees your virtual machines, the VM […]
I just passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate 70-743 Exam: Upgrading Your Skills to Windows Server 2016 on the first attempt! So I figured I’d […]
With the release of Windows Server 2016, Microsoft also introduced a new licensing model to better support today’s changing business requirements. Software licensing can be […]
Updated 17/10/2016: [Please note that SC DPM 2016 Update Rollup 1 does not support SQL Server 2016 yet. It may work as described in this […]
Big day to Microsoft folks! At Microsoft Ignite last month, the Windows Server team released Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 to the public. […]
Hello folks, Live from Microsoft Ignite 2016 at Atlanta, Georgia! In October 2014, Microsoft released the first Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, on May 5th, […]
Image Credit [http://wonderfulengineering.com/] Do you need massive Virtual Machines with 240VPs, 16TB of RAM to run databases for Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and […]
Hello folks, Big news at exiting time! With the launch of Windows Server 2016, Microsoft just announced a new VMware migration offer. From September 1, […]
Hello folks, Although Microsoft Hyper-V is a mature, stable, and reliable server virtualization platform, problems can, and sometimes do occur. That being the case, Altaro […]
On October 2nd 2014, Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 1 bits along with System Center Technical Preview 1. On May 4th 2015, and […]
Introduction Let’s take a first look at VM Groups and VM Start Ordering in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. As the name implies, VM Groups are […]
Hello folks, The big news! Microsoft just released Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5 to the public. You can download the […]
Introduction Most businesses today are critically dependent on the continued availability of their IT environments to support business operations. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery […]
Updated 12/08/2017: [ReFS v1 volumes which are created under Windows Server 2012/R2, can be mounted on Windows Server 2016. ReFS is backward compatible, however, that volume […]
Picture left to right: Fellow MVPs, Clint Wyckoff, Dave Kawula, Mr. Hyper-V (Ben Armstrong, Principal Program Manager Lead), Didier Van Hoye, Charbel Nemnom and Andy Syrewicze. […]
Hello folks, Party on… Microsoft just released Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 4 to the public You can download the evaluation […]
[Updated: December 6th, 2015 – Nano Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 support] Nano Server is a new installation option in Windows Server 2016 built for the […]
Cross-post from Microsoft MSDN Blog —————————————————- Hello Folks! In the unlikely event that you have not heard, Windows Server 2016 and System Center TP3 is […]
Hello folks, Party on… Microsoft just released Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 3 to the public! You can download the evaluation […]
Hello folks, In October last year, Microsoft released Windows Server Technical Preview 1 bits along with System Center Technical Preview and Windows 10 Technical Preview. […]
[Updated: May, 22nd, 2016] Hello folks, In today’s demo, I will show you a very interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server Technical Preview called […]
Hello folks, In today’s demo I will show you another new feature in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V called Production Checkpoints. A little bit of overview […]
Hello folks, Today I will demo another new big operational feature in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, Hyper-V Replica support for Hot Add and Remove of […]
Hello folks, In today’s demo, I would like to show you two big new features request in Hyper-V vNext for solving operational problems. None of […]
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 […]
Updated 10/01/2017: [Adding the following two sections: “Updating Nano Server with HPE Drivers”, “Applying Latest Windows Updates”, and “Adding Nano Server Roles and Features”]. Introduction […]
At the last day of Microsoft Ignite 2016, I had the chance to meet my fellow MVPs (Philip Elder, Didier Van Hoye, and Carsten Rachfahl) […]
The list of features was last updated on 25/May/2015 (Windows Server 20126 Technical Preview 2). I will keep adding to this post as soon as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 After Microsoft announcement on discontinuing Server Management Tools (SMT) Azure service on June 30, 2017. The server management team at Microsoft was working very […]
Introduction With the release of Microsoft System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (SC DPM), DPM team announced Modern Backup Storage (MBS), delivering 50% storage savings, 3x […]
Updated 26/08/2017: [Please note that if you currently delete the Management Azure Backup Server from Azure Portal, all the Cloud Recovery Points will be deleted […]
Recently I was working on System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (DPM) that has some free space problems on the Modern Backup Storage (MBS) volume in Windows Server 2016. […]
Warning! This article is written for lab and demo purposes, it’s not supported to be used in production and is neither supported by Microsoft, HPE […]
Hello folks, After a successful release of my first book Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second Edition, I am delighted to announce that my second book is published as well. […]
Microsoft just announced a big change for Windows Server and System Center with a faster release cadence. The Future of Nano Server The future of […]
Introduction Shared VHDX is a great feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2, it’s very easy to set up for guest clustering. However, […]
I recently did a 2 Nodes Storage Spaces Direct Hyper-Converged deployment using SSDs & HDDs on top of HPE DL380 Gen9 servers. I used the […]
Introduction System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 (DPM) is the latest release by Microsoft and with it comes a lot of improvements and new features. […]
Today, Microsoft released Update Rollup (UR2.1) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2016. Apart from all fixes in Update Rollup 2, the fixes for the […]
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