Virtualisation

StorSimple–The Answer I Thought I’d Never Give

May 19, 2017 // 13 Comments

Lately I’ve found myself recommending StorSimple for customers on a frequent basis. That’s a complete reversal since February 28th, and I’ll explain why. StorSimple Microsoft acquired StorSimple, a physical appliance that is made in Mexico by a subsidiary of Seagate called Xyratex, several [...]

My Experience at Cloud & Datacenter Conference Germany

May 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Last week I was in Munich for the Cloud & Datacenter Germany conference. I landed in Munich on Wednesday for a pre-conference Hyper-V community event, and 2 hours later I was talking to a packed room of over 100 people about implementing Azure Site Recovery with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. [...]

Talking Hyper-V & Azure At Upcoming Community Events

March 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The last 12 months of my existence have been a steady diet of Azure. My focus at work has been on developing and delivering a set of bespoke Azure training courses aimed at our customers (MS partners) working in the Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) channel. As of last week, my calendar became a lot [...]

VMQ On Team Interface Breaking Hyper-V Networking

March 20, 2017 // 3 Comments

I recently had a situation where virtual machines on a Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V host could not communicate with each other. Ping tests were failing: Extremely high latency Lost packets In this case, I was building a new Windows Server 2016 demo lab for some upcoming community events in [...]

Ignite 2016 – Storage Spaces Direct

September 30, 2016 // 12 Comments

Read the notes from the session recording (original here) on Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and hyper-converged infrastructure, which was one of my most anticipated sessions of Microsoft Ignite 2016. The presenters were: Claus Joergensen: Program Manager Cosmos Darwin, [...]

Ignite 2016 – Discover Shielded VMs And Learn About Real World Deployments

September 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

This post is my set of notes from the Azure Backup session recording (original here) from Microsoft Ignite 2016. The presenters were: Dean Wells, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Terry Storey, Enterprise Technologist, Dell Kenny Lowe, Head of Emerging Technologies, Brightsolid This is a “how [...]

Ignite 2016 – Discover What’s New In Windows Server 2016 Virtualization

September 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

This post is a collection of my notes from the Ben Armstrong’s (Principal Program Manager Lead in Hyper-V) session (original here) on the features of WS2016 Hyper-V. The session is an overview of the features that are new, why they’re there, and what they do. There’s no deep-dives. A Summary [...]

Webinar Recording: What’s New in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V?

September 1, 2016 // 3 Comments

The good marketing folks at MicroWarehouse have edited and posted the recording of my recent webinar that focused on the new features of Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V. Lots of info in slide form and some demos too. We have also shared the slides of the presentation. Most of the demos were [...]

Microsoft Makes vSphere Look Like A Toy Once Again

August 26, 2016 // 4 Comments

Microsoft has increased the maximums once again for Hyper-V, with the upcoming release of Windows Server 2016. They’re leaving VMware not just in the dust, but somewhere so far behind that they’re over the horizon. How does vSphere 6.0 stack up against the superior Hyper-V? Ouch! Enjoy, [...]

Webinar Recording – Clustering for the Small/Medium Enterprise & Branch Office

August 9, 2016 // 2 Comments

I recently did another webinar for work, this time focusing on how to deploy an affordable Hyper-V cluster in a small-medium business or a remote/branch office. The solution is based on Cluster-in-a-Box hardware and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and Storage Spaces. Yes, it reduces costs, but it [...]