How To Protect Against Speculative Execution Side-Channel Vulnerabilities (Meltdown & Spectre)
Updated – 1/19/2018 – 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…
2017 Year in Review… Goodbye 2017 and Welcome 2018! #HappyNewYear #MVPBuzz
As we end another year and preparing for 2018 to start… With a humble and wide open heart–thank you for following, sharing and modeling my work (whether via my blog…
How to Replace a Faulty Disk in Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces? #StorageSpaces #WS2016 #HyperV
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…
Monitor Storage Spaces Direct Health with PowerShell #S2D #WS2016 #PowerShell
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…
Passed 70-745 Exam: Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter #WS2016 #SDDC #MCSE
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…
How to Add a Linux Image to Azure Stack in Disconnected Mode #AzureStack #AzureStackDevKit #Linux #Azure
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…
Installing and Configuring SQL Server Resource Provider into #AzureStack #AzureStackDevKit #PaaS
In this article, you will see how to install and configure SQL Server resource provider in the Azure Stack Development Kit environment. In the next articles, I will cover the installation and configuration…
What’s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager – Preview 1711 #VMM #SCVMM #SysCtr
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…
What’s New in System Center Data Protection Manager – Preview 1711 #DPM #SCDPM #SysCtr
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…
No Available MAC Address for Dynamic Network Adapter in #WindowsServer 2016 #HyperV
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…
Technical Reviewer: Microsoft Official Courseware 20537 – Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with #Microsoft #AzureStack
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…
