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 […]
How To Add Nano Server to a Domain? #NanoServer #WS2016
Introduction In the previous post, I showed you how to install Windows Nano Server on HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers. When creating a Nano Server image […]
How To Install Windows Nano Server 2016 on HPE ProLiant Gen9 Servers? #NanoServer #HPE
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 […]
How To Disable Server Manager At Startup For All Users? #WindowsServer #ServerManager
Today’s post is not related to Virtualization or Cloud topic. If there is one thing irritating me when I log on to Windows Server is […]
How To Create a Reusable Bootable USB Media To Deploy Nano Server on Physical Machine? #NanoServer
Introduction On October 12th, Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 for public (GA). With the release of Windows Server 2016, we also […]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 is Now GA! #HappyBirthday #WS2016 #SysCtr
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. […]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Now Available! #WS2016 #SysCtr2016
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, […]
Massive Scalability in Windows Server 2016 #HyperV #WS2016
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 […]
New VMware Migration Offer for Windows Server 2016 #HyperV #WS2016
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, […]
Sysinternals Tools Support on Nano Server #NanoServer #Sysinternals
Nano is a super small light weight version of Windows Server, it’s an installation option of Standard and Datacenter edition, it’s about 400MB on disk […]
How To Update and Patch Nano Server with PowerShell? #NanoLove #WS2016
In the unlikely event that you have not heard, Windows Server 2016 TP5 is now available for download unless you are under a rock What you […]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5 Now Available! #WS2016 #SysCtr #HyperV
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 […]
Free Whitepaper! Understand Microsoft Hyper-Converged Solution #WS2016 #HyperV #S2D
For the past couple of months, I’ve been working with my peer Romain Serre (@RomSerre) in something special for you. We wanted to bring a […]
Step by Step: How to Configure Storage Replica using Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4? #WS2016 #StorageReplica
Introduction Most businesses today are critically dependent on the continued availability of their IT environments to support business operations. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery […]
How to Recover Data on ReFS Volume Between Different Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview Builds? #ReFS #WS2016 #HyperV
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 […]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 4 Now Available! #WS2016 #SysCtr #HyperV
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 […]
Why Windows Server Containers and Why You Need to Look at Containers? Hands on…
Hello Developers and IT Pros! In the unlikely event that you have not heard that Microsoft has released Technical Preview 3 of Windows Server 2016 […]
What’s New In Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 3? #WS2016 #SysCtr2016
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 […]
Windows Server 2016 & System Center 2016 Technical Preview 3 Now Available! #WS2016 #SysCtr
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 […]