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 on those Hyper-V 2012 R2 hosts. For info about Storage […]
This post was edited/updated on 04/May/2015. The Microsoft guidance is that VMQ should be off on 1Gbps NICs. There is a known problem with the Broadcom 1Gb VMQ implementation that is supposedly fixed in the latest […]
Hello folks, Do you want to implement the commonly used roles and features provided by Windows Server 2012 R2 effectively, do you want to make your Microsoft network infrastructure more streamlined and efficient than ever? […]
Hello folks, Automatic Virtual Machine Activation! is pretty cool feature… Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) is a feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2. AVMA binds the virtual machine activation to the licensed […]
The other day I had a request to send a Virtual Machine over continent. Well this is very easy, but what if the size of the VM is large and you have limited Internet bandwidth! […]
Speakers: Benjamin Armstrong (Principal Program Manager on the Hyper-V team), Didier Van Hoye (Working Hard in IT). Overview (Source Microsoft®): The Gentlemen discussed and showed the following new features in Hyper-V 2012 R2 during the session: – […]
Illustrates the differences among the various Windows Server 2012 R2 products and editions, including information about locks and limits and supported server roles and features. This chart illustrates the differences among the various Windows Server […]
Hello Folks, As you know back in September 2012, Microsoft launched Windows Server 2012. This brought an incredible number of new and an enhanced Hyper-V Capabilities. One year later in October 18th, 2013 Microsoft released […]
Hello Folks, Today Microsoft announced the General Availability for Windows Server 2012 R2 Cloud OS. At the heart of Cloud OS is Windows Server 2012 R2, which delivers upon the promises of a modern datacenter, […]
Introduction Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform and solution. It contains core tools for troubleshooting, configuration, management and maintenance for Windows Server, Windows Client, Software-Defined Storage (SDS), Software-Defined Network (SDN), […]
Introduction In October 2015, Microsoft released the first version of Microsoft Azure Backup Server MABS v1 (known as project VENUS), and on May 2017, Microsoft released the second version of Microsoft Azure Backup Server MABS […]
Introduction Azure File Sync will help you centralize your files in Azure Cloud by installing a sync agent on Windows Server whether it’s on-premises or in Azure (IaaS VM) to provide fast local access to […]
Introduction In July 2018, Microsoft announced the GA release for Azure File Sync. With Azure File Sync, you can centralize your files in Azure and then install a sync agent on Windows Server whether it’s […]
Introduction Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform and solution. It contains core tools for troubleshooting, configuration, management and maintenance for Windows Server, Windows Client, Software-Defined Storage (SDS), Software-Defined Network (SDN), […]
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to automatic activate Windows Server 2016 Virtual Machines using PowerShell Direct, you can read all about it here. In Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, Microsoft […]
Introduction In Windows Server 2019, Microsoft introduced a brand new feature called Storage Migration Service (SMS). With SMS, you can migrate unstructured data from any Windows Server version (even Windows Server 2003 if you still […]
Introduction Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform and solution. It contains core tools for troubleshooting, configuration, management and maintenance for Windows Server, Windows Client, Software-Defined Storage (SDS), Software-Defined Network (SDN), […]
Introduction Windows Admin Center (WAC) is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform and solution. It contains core tools for troubleshooting, configuration, management and maintenance for Windows Server, Windows Client, Software-Defined Storage (SDS), Software-Defined Network (SDN), […]
Updated – 13/12/2019 – Azure File Sync Agent v9.1 is released (KB4522360). Updated – 31/10/2019 – Azure File Sync Agent v8.0 is released (KB4511224). Updated – 25/07/2019 – Azure File Sync Agent v7.2 is released […]
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 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 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 Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new storage solution called Storage […]
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 Venus). The user voice was very active in the previous […]
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 virtualization aware virtual switch, and it’s different from the traditional […]
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