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There are just 14 days let for you to get off of W2003 and W2003 R2 before patches dry up and security is a theory on your network. Boo hoo. Of course, you understand that I really don’t care for sob stories – I see them more as tragic comedies.
I have been quite vocal about a few things: Microsoft’s bashing of the GUI is unnecessary and unwarranted. I think Nano is a great idea. In fact, one of my first pieces of feedback as a Hyper-V MVP many years ago was that I wanted a version of Hyper-V that was even more stripped down … Continue reading “Let’s Get Something Straight About GUI-Less Windows Server”
You have probably already heard about Windows Insider, a program for providing feedback and shaping the future of Windows on client devices – not that I did not say “Windows 10” because the Insiders program will live beyond the RTM of Windows 10 this summer. Similarly, the Windows Server group has launched a feedback forum. … Continue reading “Give Your Feedback on Future Windows Server Releases”
Here are my notes from the recording of Microsoft’s New Windows Server Containers, presented by Taylor Brown and Arno Mihm. IMO, this is an unusual tech because it is focused on DevOps – it spans both IT pro and dev worlds. FYI, it took me twice as long as normal to get through this video. … Continue reading “Ignite 2015 – Windows Server Containers”
Speaker: Net Pyle. What is a Disaster? Answer: McDonalds running out of food at Ignite. But I digress … you lose your entire server room or data centre. Hurricane Sandy wiped out Manhattan. Lots of big hosting facilities went offline. Some stayed partially online. And a handful stayed online. Storage Replica Overview Synchronous replication between … Continue reading “Ignite 2015–Exploring Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016”
Speakers: Elden Christensen & Ned Pyle, Microsoft A pretty full room to talk fundamentals. Stretching clusters has been possible since Windows 2000, making use of partners. WS2016 makes it possible to do this without those partners, and it’s more than just HA, but also a DR solution. There is built-in volume replication so you don’t … Continue reading “Ignite 2015–Stretching Failover Clusters and Using Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016”
Speakers: Ben Armstrong & Sarah Cooley This is a detailed view of everything you can do with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 TPv2 build. 14 demos. This is not a complete overview of everything in the release. This is what you can realistically do in labs with the build at the moment. A lot of … Continue reading “Ignite 2015–What’s New in Windows Server Hyper-V”
Speaker: Jeffrey Snover Reasons for Nano Server, the GUI-less installation of Windows Server It’s a cloud play. For example, minimize patching. Note that Azure does not have Live Migration so patching is a big deal. CPS can have up to 16 TB of RAM moving around when you patch hosts – no service interruption … Continue reading “Ignite 2015–Nano Server: The Future of Windows Server”
Lots of folks that are using Window Server Technical Preview (from October 2014) were facing a ticking time bomb. The preview is set to expire on April 14th (tomorrow). Microsoft released a hotfix that will extend the life of the preview until the next preview is released in May. Lot of folks have reported that … Continue reading “Continue To Use October 2014 Windows Server Preview”
Nothing will make a Hyper-V admin bald faster than storage issues. Whether it’s ODX on HP 3par or networking issues caused by Emulex, even if the blip is transient, it will crash your VMs. This all changes in vNext. The next version of Hyper-V is more tolerant of storage issues. A VM will enter a … Continue reading “Windows Server Technical Preview – Storage Transient Failure”
