My First Book Published! Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second Edition #HyperV
Introduction Hello folks, Over the past year, I’ve been busy working with my co-author Patrick Lownds and Leandro Carvalho on updating the second edition of the Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V…
Real World Experience With Storage Spaces Direct – Unexpected Outage #S2D #HyperV #StorageSpacesDirect
In this article, I will share with you my real-world outage experience with Azure Stack HCI OS (a.k.a Storage Spaces Direct, known as S2D). Introduction If you have been in…
How To Automate The Installation of DPM 2016 on Windows Server 2016? #SCDPM #SysCtr
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 2016. We continue our series…
A Year in Review… Goodbye 2016! Welcome 2017 #NewYear #MVPBuzz
As we end another year and preparing for 2017 to start… With a humble and wide open heart–thank you for following, sharing and modeling my work (whether via my blog…
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 on upgrading System Center Data…
Upgrade The VM Configuration Version in Windows Server Hyper-V Cluster with PowerShell? #HyperV
In this article, we will show you how to upgrade the VM configuration version in Windows Server Hyper-V Cluster with PowerShell. Introduction In the previous version of Hyper-V, whenever you…
How to Expand and Resize Storage Spaces Direct CSV Volume? #HyperV #S2D
In this article, we will walk you through how to expand and resize an existing Storage Spaces Direct Clustered Shared Volume(s). Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new…
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 in Windows PowerShell or using…
Passed 70-743 Exam: Upgrading Your Skills to Windows Server 2016 #WS2016 #MCSA
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 share my experience here. I…
New Altaro Webinar: Windows Server 2016 Licensing #WS2016 #HyperV
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 complex, especially when a new…
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 With the release of Windows…
3 Simple Ways to Disable Server Manager at Startup for all Users
You have logged onto Windows Server many times and you find that you only have to wait for Server Manager to finish loading. This becomes annoying that you need to…