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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 3 of 5
Continuing on with my daily status email series; after displaying event log information, my email displays a high level summary of the virtual machine health:These tables are generated with the...
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Recap: 2014 Hosting Summit
This morning I had the opportunity to speak at the 2014 Hosting Summit. This is an annual event here at Microsoft where we bring together hundreds of our hosting partners from around the world for a...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep –Hyper-V Recovery Manager
Earlier in this series, I looked at four common Hybrid Cloud scenarios, including disaster recovery. In this post, I’ll look at the technology behind Microsoft’s disaster recovery (DR) solutions (in...
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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 4 of 5
Now that I have talked about displaying event log information and virtual machine health information; the next part of my status email is storage health information.In my experience – the most common...
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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 5 of 5
After displaying event logs, virtual machine health and storage health– the last thing that is included in my daily status email is usage data.For this I take advantage of the built in metrics...
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Revisiting SBS 2011 Standard Migrations
We have been experiencing some good amount of volume around SBS 2011 Standard migrations recently. If you are stuck on one of such migration issues please start by following these outstanding...
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Hyper-V Networking–DHCP Guard
If you start digging into the advanced settings section of a virtual network adapter – there is a lot of interesting stuff to look at. Today I’m going to talk about the DHCP guard setting:This setting...
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Hyper-V Networking–Router Guard
Router guard is another advanced networking feature that was added in Windows Server 2012:When you enable Router Guard Hyper-V switch will discard the following packets:ICMPv4 Type 5 (Redirect...
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Deploying Work Folders with AD FS and Web Application Proxy (WAP)
OverviewWork Folders is a new component introduced in Windows Server® 2012 R2. It allows Information Workers to sync their work files between their devices. This functionality is powered by the Work...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep – Virtualization & Templates
In this final section of the Success with Hybrid Cloud series, I want to get technical. The following posts are going to dive into the technical elements that make a Hybrid environment tick. This first...
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Use Windows Azure Backup to Cloud Backup your Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Azure Backup can help you protect important server data offsite to Windows Azure, where they are available for easy data restoration. Windows Azure Backup supports backup and restore of Windows...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep – VMRoles & PaaS as an App Platform
Earlier this week, I wrote about how standalone VMs delivered through Windows Azure Pack enable application owners to consume on-prem solutions via a UI/experience that is consistent with what they...
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Windows Server Work Folders Resources List
Hi folks,With the introduction of Work Folders last year, we wanted to make sure we also offer great documentation and supporting content that IT Pros can use to successfully install and manage Work...
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Project VRC Desktop Virtualization Survey
Project VRC has launched a survey called “State of the VDI and SBC Union.” This survey covers both virtual machine-based desktop deployments as well as session-based desktop deployments (also known as...
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Detailed guides for Windows Server 2012 R2 Private Cloud Storage (using SMB3...
There is a new set of TechNet pages covering how to design and deploy a Private Cloud Storage solution using Windows Server 2012 R2 technologies.This includes the detailed description of a complete...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep – Hybrid Networking
In the previous four technical posts I’ve examined Virtualization & Templates, VMRoles & PaaS, Azure Active Directory, and Windows Azure Pack– now I want to look at the inner workings of the...
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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 1 of 5
I have spent a fair amount of time creating a reliable and resilient Hyper-V deployment in my house. For the most part this system runs smoothly, however, the resiliency of the design leads to an...
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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 2 of 5
Yesterday, I introduced my daily status email. Today I am going to talk about the first chunk of information that is included in this email: event logs.The primary goal of my status email is to let me...
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My Daily Hyper-V Status Email–Part 3 of 5
Continuing on with my daily status email series; after displaying event log information, my email displays a high level summary of the virtual machine health:These tables are generated with the...
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Recap: 2014 Hosting Summit
This morning I had the opportunity to speak at the 2014 Hosting Summit. This is an annual event here at Microsoft where we bring together hundreds of our hosting partners from around the world for a...
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