As a seasoned virtualization expert (mostly with Hyper-V environments), I totally agree with the concept of building your VMs (virtual machines) and virtualization hosts to meet a particular need. Often, I talk to SQL DBAs (database administrators) or Exchange administrators who swear that these platforms can NEVER be virtualized. This line of thinking is so …
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Technology Writing: Overcoming the Fear
As an expert in your field you may feel that you know everything there is to know about a particular technology, but are unable to concisely write about what you know. Whether you’re describing the latest features of Windows 8 or writing about server migrations, it’s essential that your writing clearly illustrates all of your …
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Windows Server 2012 Feature: Storage Spaces
There has always been a need to consolidate disks into a single large disk in order to store more data than any single drive can contain. In the past we used hardware or software RAID to accomplish this. Hardware RAID can be expensive due to the extra controller needed. Software RAID is slow, and requires …
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Windows Server 2012 New Feature: Hyper-V Replica for Failover
For mission critical systems, we often want to try to achieve the highest level of up time as possible, and the best disaster recovery strategy. Often this involves expensive software which replicates servers or data for failover purposes. This means Share this:
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Windows Server 2012 New Feature: Large Disk Support for Hyper-V
One of the biggest limitations of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 was that it didn’t support storing a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) on physical disks larger than 2 TB. This was actually due to the sector size of the physical disk which was supported by Hyper-V. Larger disks tended to use 4096-byte sectors (also known …
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Video Conferencing: What’s the Point?
Although video conferencing technology has been available for decades, its use is not as common as other technologies. Like any technology, there are pros and cons to using video conferencing for both business and personal use. Share this:
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Windows Server 2012 New Feature: Store Hyper-V VHDs in a SMB 3.0 Share
When building high-performance Hyper-V host servers for a production environment, we often buy high-end servers with lots or memory and fast SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) or SSD (Solid State) drives. These drives are fast but usually expensive, especially after adding in RAID redundancies. Share this:
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Should I Purchase Windows 7 or Windows 8
It depends… Whether you are buying a new PC or thinking of upgrading an existing PC, the choice of Windows 7 or Windows 8 is not an easy one. To determine whether Windows 8 will work for you and your environment you first have to consider: application compatibility, added benefits, and usability. Once you have done that …
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Using SYSPREP Before Creating a System Image
SYSPREP is a Windows utility that allows a computer to be generalized. If you’re restoring system images (using Ghost or a similar technology) to multiple PCs on a network, then it is imperitive that you first run SYSPREP to generalize the system. Not doing this will not only result in several PCs with the same …
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): Is BYOD Bad for Your Company?
Until recently when we thought of computing devices, we usually thought of PCs and laptops. Today, with tablets and smart phones selling in the millions on opening weekend, we have a very different picture of what a computing device is. If you’re not familiar with it, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is the idea of …
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- TechEd–Get Your Tickets While You CanLast year TechEd sold out so don’t wait until the last minute to sign up. Just do it now! TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans. TechEd is Microsoft’s premiere conference for IT Professionals and … Continue reading → […]
- Building Virtual Machines in the New Microsoft Cloud: From Deployment to Cost AnalysisWindows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) for IT Professionals Join us for Four Series of interactive weekly Webcasts designed to help you understand the true ROI for ‘on-demand’ infrastructure scenarios and walk away with real-world proof of concepts that you can … Continue reading → […]
- Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Training Days in US East Region (The Good Stuff)– Please come with an active Windows Azure subscription (http://aka.ms/IaaS) Venue City Date Start Time End Time Venue Name & Registration New York City 5/21/2013 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Microsoft NYC Office Reston 5/22/2013 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Microsoft Reston … Continue reading → […]
- Site-to-Azure VPN using Windows Server 2012 RRAS Step-By-StepI have had on my blog todo list for a number of months to put a Step-By-Step blog post together on How To setup a VPN from my on-premise datacenter to my Windows Azure environment. If you do not already … Continue reading → […]
- Configuring and Optimizing Your Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 #BuildYourCloud Week 3Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course! Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No! Server Virtualization is Great, But … Server virtualization has been a great set of technologies to reduce our … Continue reading → […]