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Tech Days in San Francisco from May 2–3, 2013
I am always asked if there are any good training events happening that have great technical speakers. I thought I would mention that there is an event called Tech Days taking place in San Francisco...
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Deleting multiple Packages in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 by Mike Terrill...
There are times when a GUI interface is perfectly fine when performing administration tasks. At other times, it just outright sucks. If you have ever had to delete multiple Packages in Configuration...
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Hyper-V 2012 Dynamic Memory: What does the VM think it has versus what it...
On Wednesday, my teammate Chris Avis posted a very nice article on his blog about Monitoring Dynamic Memory in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. Towards the end of the article, Chris makes a good...
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Server Virtualization Series: Virtualization Storage – Definitions (Part 5 of...
As you size the hardware for Hyper-V, I’m sure one of the things you do take a hard look at is storage. How much do you really want to spend to get the performance you want (or need)? There are a lot...
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Quick Review of some Lync headsets and devices
I’ve been a Unified Communications guy for quite some time and have been using Lync (and its predecessors) for many years now. During that time, I’ve had the opportunity to try out different headsets...
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Server Virtualization Series: Networking – NIC Teaming (Part 10 of 20) by...
As you start virtualizing more and more of your server infrastructure, network bandwidth (and networking in general) become more and more important to the overall design and architecture of your...
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Server Virtualization Series: Step by Step – Storage Live Migration (Part 8...
As most people who work with Server Virtualization realize, storage is one of the biggest components of the architecture. As VMs grow and the storage used by the Hyper-V host starts to get full, what...
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Server Virtualization Series: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 and...
I realize this one is definitely out of order, but I just realized today that I did not create a post for a Parts 7 and 9 in the series. I’m sure most folks are familiar with iSCSI storage and may have...
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Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Networking in Hyper-V (Part 9 of 20) by...
As you start working with Hyper-V, virtual networking configuration becomes very important. You need to understand how to allocate physical adapters for use by Hyper-V (virtual switches) and what the...
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Server Virtualization Series: High Availability – Live Migration (Part 12 of...
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Brian Lewis posted Part 12 of the Server Virtualization Serie s on Live Migration. If you are new to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V or just haven’t had a chance to look at all...
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Server Virtualization Series: Your Hyper-V Hosts and Clustering an...
When deploying multiple Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts into an environment, High Availability should be one of the things an IT Pro needs to take into account. If one Hyper-V host fails, it is no...
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IT Camp Resources for Events taking place from March – April 2013 in...
I have finished holding two IT Camps in my territory (Lehi, UT and Tempe, AZ) with three more to go (Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego). I wanted to make the PowerPoint Decks available to everyone. I...
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Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Machine Guest Clustering with Windows...
High Availability is important and hence why Microsoft offers Failover Clustering. As more and more people start virtualizing their server infrastructure, Hyper-V Host Clustering is important and that...
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Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management – Memory (Part 17 of 20)...
I thought long and hard about what I was going to write for this article. My first thought was to go into detail on monitoring memory using Performance Monitor. Then I thought about it a bit more and...
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Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Replica Broker Explained (Part 15 of...
I have talked about Hyper-V Replica many times in the past and have mentioned how great of an option it is for setting up a Disaster Recovery (DR) solution at an affordable price. This is a feature...
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Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management: Monitoring CPU...
When trying to understand how your server is performing, it is usually a good idea to monitor the CPU resources to make sure you do have enough processing power. There are multiple ways to look at...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and System Center 2012 R2 Preview Now Available
Just in case you weren’t paying attention this morning, the Preview (Beta) of Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 are now available for download and testing! If you have a TechNet or MSDN...
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Server Virtualization Series: Virtualization Storage – Definitions (Part 5 of...
As you size the hardware for Hyper-V, I’m sure one of the things you do take a hard look at is storage. How much do you really want to spend to get the performance you want (or need)? There are a lot...
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Quick Review of some Lync headsets and devices
I’ve been a Unified Communications guy for quite some time and have been using Lync (and its predecessors) for many years now. During that time, I’ve had the opportunity to try out different headsets...
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Server Virtualization Series: Networking – NIC Teaming (Part 10 of 20) by...
As you start virtualizing more and more of your server infrastructure, network bandwidth (and networking in general) become more and more important to the overall design and architecture of your...
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