Microsoft News – 20 November 2014
There are a lot of upset people because of (1) the Azure outage and (2) how Microsoft communicated during the outage. We had a couple of affected customers. The only advice I can give to Microsoft is:...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 5 December 2014
It’s December, and not much happens then in the world of Microsoft. However, we do have GA of Azure RemoteApp (RDS in the cloud) on the 11th! Windows Server Sizing Volumes for Data Deduplication in...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 10 December 2014
I’ve included a few videos that Carsten Rachfahl recorded at the MVP Summit in Redmond last November. Hyper-V Reviewing My Hyper-V Predictions For 2014: A post I wrote for Petri.com Hyper-V MVP Carsten...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 2 January 2015
Welcome to the “Happy New Year 2015” edition of my Microsoft News posts. I hope you have a nice time off from work – it FLEW by for me; I could do with a holiday to recover from my holiday. Here’s the...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 6 January 2015
A few little nuggets to get you back in the swing of things. And yes, I have completely ignored the US-only version 1.2 Azure Pricing Tool that suffers from “The Curse of Zune”. Hyper-V Setting up Port...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 9 January 2015
3 big announcements from Azure last night plus a useful Hyper-V reporting script feature today. Hyper-V Hyper-V Reporting Script: A post by Ben Armstrong promoting a very useful script by Hyper-V MVP...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 16 February 2015
I was away on vacation for a little bit, photographing eagles in Poland. And then I came back and had to dive deep into Azure Site Recovery to prep a training class. I’m back in the normal swing of...
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Two New Hyper-V Books
I am not writing a WS2012 R2 Hyper-V book, but some of my Hyper-V MVP colleagues have been busy writing. I haven’t read these books, but the authors are more than qualified and greatly respected in the...
View ArticleMicrosoft News – 24 February 2015
Here is the latest news in the world of Microsoft infrastructure: Hyper-V Hyper-V receives Red Hat certification: Add RHEL 7.0 to the list on WS2012 R2 Generation 1 and Generation 2 VMs, along with...
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Microsoft News – 13 March 2015
Quite bit of stuff to read since my last aggregation post on the 3rd. Windows Server Enable and Use Remote Commands in Windows PowerShell: For when you get the error “Unable to connect to the server...
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I Am Speaking At Microsoft Ignite
I am happy to say that I will be speaking at Microsoft Ignite, running in Chicago from 4th until the 8th of May, 2015. I am not 100% sure yet, but it looks like I’ll be presenting the same session as I...
View ArticleMy Hyper-V Session at Microsoft Ignite
The details of my session have been confirmed. The session is called “The Hidden Treasures of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V”, and the description is: It’s one thing to hear about and see a great demo...
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My Hyper-V Presentation On Ignite Schedule Builder
Microsoft has posted my Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V session on the Microsoft Ignite schedule builder. Note that it should read “Windows Server 2012 R2”. Currently, the day/time is January 1st at...
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I Am Co-Hosting A Webinar On ODX/VAAI For Optimising Storage
On April 21st and 2pm ET (USA) or 7PM UK/IE, I will be co-hosting a StarWind Software webinar with Max Kolomyeytsev. I will be talking about using ODX in a Hyper-V scenario, and Max will talk about it...
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Microsoft News – 8 April 2015
There’s a lot of stuff happening now. The Windows Server vNext Preview expires on April 15th and Microsoft is promising a fix … the next preview isn’t out until May (maybe with Ignite on?). There’s...
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My Ignite Hyper-V Session Has A Time Slot
My session now has a time slot: you can come listen to what you can do now with Hyper-V on Tuesday, May 5th, at 5:00 PM until 6:15 PM. Technorati Tags: Events,Hyper-V,Virtualisation,Windows Server 2012...
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Microsoft News – 23 April 2015
I’ve been really busy either preparing training, delivering training, on customer sites, or prepping my two sessions for Ignite. Here’s the roundup of recent Microsoft news for infrastructure IT pros:...
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All The Details On My Two Ignite Sessions
Thanks (I think!!!) to John at MicroWarehouse (my employer) for sticking this on the company website: I think he even Photoshop slimmed me Here’s the details of both my sessions: The Hidden Treasures...
View ArticleIgnite 2015 – Spaces-Based, Software-Defined Storage–Design and Configuration...
Speakers: Joshua Adams and Jason Gerend, Microsoft. Designing a Storage Spaces Solution Size your disks for capacity and performance size your storage enclosures Choose how to handlw disk failures Pick...
View ArticleMy Microsoft Ignite 2015 Session Content
Microsoft recorded and shared a video of my session, The Hidden Treasures of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V, along with the slides. My second session, End to-End Azure Site Recovery Solutions for...
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