Virtualisation

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Webinar – What’s New in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

August 4, 2016 // 4 Comments

We just wrapped up delivering our latest webcast, which will be shared on the MicroWarehouse site in the next few days, along with the deck and digital handout. And we’ve already scheduled the next webinar, which will be the first in a series of webinars focusing on Windows Server 2016 ahead of [...]

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KB3172614 To Replace/Fix Hyper-V Installations Broken By KB3161606

July 26, 2016 // 10 Comments

Microsoft released a new update rollup to replace the very broken and costly (our time = our money) June rollup, KB3161606. These issues affected Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (WS2012 R2). It’s sad that I have to write this post, but, unfortunately, untested updates are still [...]

Webinar – Affordable Hyper-V Clustering for the Small/Medium Enterprise & Branch Office

July 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

I will be presenting another MicroWarehouse webinar on August 4th at 2PM (UK/Ireland), 3 PM (central Europe) and 9AM (Eastern). The topic of the next webinar is how to make highly available Hyper-V clusters affordable for SMEs and large enterprise branch offices. I’ll talk about the benefits of [...]

Moving Classic Azure VMs To A Different CSP / ARM Subscription Using MigAz

July 19, 2016 // 1 Comment

This post will show you how to migrate a cloud service-based virtual machine deployment from Classic Azure (Service Management or SM) to a different Azure subscription as an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) deployment. One example might be where you want to move virtual machines from a Direct/MOSP [...]

Choosing A Strategy To Migrate Azure VMs to CSP

July 18, 2016 // 5 Comments

This post is intended to help you understand how you can migrate your classic (Service Management or SM) Azure virtual machines from an old Azure subscription to a new CSP subscription where the only API available to you is Azure Resource Manager (ARM). Official Migration Options From Microsoft [...]

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RunAsRadio Podcast – Hyper-V in Server 2016

July 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

I recently recorded an episode of the RunAsRadio podcast with Richard Campbell on the topic of Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V. We covered a number of areas, including containers, nested virtualization, networking, security, and PowerShell. Technorati Tags: Windows Server [...]

New F-Series Virtual Machines in Azure

June 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Last week, Microsoft announced a new series of virtual machines called the F-Series. There’s quite a bit in this announcement. New Sizing One of the things that has wrecked my head in Azure is that the virtual machines had unusual memory sizes: 1.75 GB RAM 3.5 GB RAM 7 GB RAM 14 GB RAM etc And [...]