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…
It’s Time to Take Off To The MVP Global Summit 2016 #MVP #MVPSummit #MVPbuzz
~MVP on board~ So here I go… I’m off to United States of America, Washington, Seattle, Bellevue/Redmond. I’m travelling to attend the best summit, the MVP Global Summit 2016. I’ll…
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 get the first version of…
Reduce DPM Storage Consumption by enabling Deduplication on Modern Backup Storage?
In this article, we will share with you how to reduce DPM storage consumption by enabling deduplication on Modern Backup Storage. Updated 29/11/2016: [Script updated to create a simple storage…
Download Script for VHD Evaluation for System Center #SysCtr
Hello folks, On October 12th, Microsoft released the GA version of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016. GA is the RTM version of Windows Server 2016 and System Center…
How to install DPM 2016 on Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016? #DPM #SysCtr
Updated 17/10/2016: [Please note that SC DPM 2016 Update Rollup 1 does not support SQL Server 2016 yet. It may work as described in this article, but it is not…
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 is Now GA!
Introduction 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. This is was the…
MVP Carsten Rachfahl Interviews me at MSIgnite 2016 about My Favorites Features In #WindowsServer2016 #HyperV #MVPbuzz
At the last day of Microsoft Ignite 2016, I had the chance to meet my fellow MVPs (Philip Elder, Didier Van Hoye, and Carsten Rachfahl) to talk about their conference…
Microsoft MVP 2016 – Cloud and Datacenter Management – #MVPbuzz #MVP #HyperV
Another year already passed… Being an October 1st Microsoft MVP (my category is Cloud and Datacenter Management which falls under Hyper-V expertise) means that every year on October 1st, I…