How To Enable Guest Virtual Secure Mode in Windows Server 2016 #HyperV #WS2016
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 […]
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Running Storage Spaces Direct on HPE ProLiant Micro Servers #S2D #HyperV #WS2016
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 […]
My Second Book is Published! Getting Started with Nano Server #WS2016 #NanoServer #NanoLove
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. […]
How to Create a Multi-Resilient Volume with ReFS on Standalone Server in Windows Server 2016? #WS2016 #HyperV #StorageSpaces
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 […]
The Future of Windows Server and System Center #WindowsServer #SysCtr
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 […]
Can You Mix MTU on Windows Server 2016 Converged Network With Switch Embedded Teaming? #WS2016 #HyperV
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 […]
Adding Virtual Network Adapter to Storage Spaces Direct #S2D Cluster #StorageSpacesDirect #WS2016 #HyperV
Introduction You deployed a new shiny Storage Spaces Direct cluster and everything is running smoothly. During the planning phase, you missed to add an additional […]
Running Storage Spaces Direct on 2 Nodes HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 #S2D #HPE #WS2016 #HyperV
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 […]
How To Update Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces to Windows Server 2016? #WS2016 #StorageSpaces #HyperV
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 […]
Real World Experience With Storage Spaces Direct – Unexpected Outage #S2D #WS2016 #HyperV #StorageSpacesDirect
Introduction If you have been in IT for while, you probably aware about how power is important for your Datacenter. I’m not sure about how […]
An Unexpected Error Occurred During #DPM 2016 Installation ID: 4387 #SysCtr #SCDPM
This is a short blog post about my experience in deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2016. I am involved currently with several DPM projects […]
How To Upgrade The VM Configuration Version In Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cluster With PowerShell? #HyperV #WS2016
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 […]
How to Expand and Resize Storage Spaces Direct CSV Volume? #WS2016 #HyperV #S2D
Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). S2D enables building highly available storage systems with […]