Straight from the Channel 9 Studio in Redmond, WA. Dave Kawula and I had the opportunity to record several video sessions on the heels of their MVP Summit. In this episode we discuss the value of Certifications,User Groups and Home Labs. Both Dave and I are very active in the IT Community and it was interesting to hear share our thoughts and experiences. Enjoy! »
Everyone has a different definition Community just as your meaning of Community is different. A few weeks back I had the opportunity to participate in a Community Roadshow in Western Canada, MVP Days. Going into the event I was extremely nervous, I knew a couple of the guys but I really never met any of the core crew in person before (only chatted with on Twitter via #MVPHour). MVP Days is a 3 day... »
Earlier this past year in Chicago, Microsoft launched and held their inaugural event where many announcements were made regarding the future of Windows Server and Hyper-V Technologies. There’s many posts out there that list out the features in great depth, so I am not going to re-create the wheel – My favorite is from Thomas Maurer, Hyper-V MVP. One of the great resources available is ... »
This week during VeeamON 2015 I had the opportunity to participate in a vBrownbag. During this vBrownbag I presented on What is Windows Nano Server. Checkout the recording below! For more information on Nano Server, checkout these resources: Microsoft Virtual Academy Getting Started with Nano Server »
Earlier this Spring 2015, it was announced that the Hyper-V Role in Windows Server 2016 will support Nested Hyper-V instances. Woot woot, sounds of rejoice are echoing through the virtualized data center! One of the very few drawbacks of Microsoft Hyper-V was that you could not run a Hyper-V host as a Guest on a physical Hyper-V host. This is known as nested virtualization, and is a “feature... »
Expected and unexpected downtime are necessary evils within the data center. Application upgrades, system patch windows and unexpected failures continue to challenge the IT Professional daily. What happens when the storage administrator updates the array the production VMs live on? Fortunately technologies built-in to Hyper-V help alleviate these problems. Both Live Migration and Live Storage Migr... »
Note: this post has been originally published on Veeam Blog Read the full series: Ch.1 – Protecting the Active Directory Domain Services Ch.2 – Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Ch.3 – Recovering the Active Directory Domain Services Introduction This blogpost is the third in a three-part series on AD (Active Directory) administration best practices. Have you ever had the horribl... »
Note: this post has been originally published on Veeam Blog Read the full series: Ch.1 – Protecting the Active Directory Domain Services Ch.2 – Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Ch.3 – Recovering the Active Directory Domain Services Introduction In Part 1, Protecting the Active Directory Domain Services – Best Practices for AD administration, I focused on protection steps to pro... »
Note: this post has been originally published on Veeam Blog Read the full series: Ch.1 – Protecting the Active Directory Domain Services Ch.2 – Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Ch.3 – Recovering the Active Directory Domain Services Introduction Every component of the Modern Data Center requires authentication of some form or fashion. Microsoft’s Active Directory Services... »
We can all agree, companies of all shapes and sizes need to ensure their data is available at ALL TIMES. Being ‘available’ is a critical part of success! One of the most challenging pieces of an organizations overall availability strategy is attempting to get their data off-premises. In the legacy days Tape Backup was the most efficient way of achieving this. On a nightly basis the ... »