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Configuring Windows Server PowerShell Web Access

PowerShell Web Access is a new feature in Windows Server 2012 (in this case, Windows 8 Beta). ...

Author: Ken Date: 05/05/2012

Fun With SCOM 2012 Dashboards…SharePoint & Visio Included…

I’ve been busy building out various demo scenario’s in my lab and after getting SCOM 2012 humming...

Author: Ken Date: 05/05/2012

System Center 2012 Operations Manager Survival Guide

I’m pasting the content from the TechNet Social site found here. Introduction What is a survival...

Author: Ken Date: 05/04/2012

How Many Activations Do I Have Left on my MAK Keys?

Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 is a managed MMC plug-in. VAMT uses Windows Management...

Author: Ken Date: 05/02/2012

Free VMware Monitoring for SC2012 with VEEAM!

New offer from our friends at VEEAM!  Get more information here: ...

Author: Ken Date: 04/25/2012

Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter BETA

For small business customers looking at migrating from VMware to Hyper-v… Introducing the Microsoft...

Author: Ken Date: 04/13/2012

System Center 2012 – RTM Documentation

System Center 2012 - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh546785.aspx Configuration Manager...

Author: Ken Date: 04/12/2012

Windows Server 8 – Understand and Troubleshoot Guides

The Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Guides (UTG) help IT administrators and...

Author: Ken Date: 04/03/2012

Fun with Deduplication in Windows 8 Server…

One of the first things I wanted to play with in my Windows 8 lab was the new data deduplication...

Author: Ken Date: 04/02/2012

Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Guides

The Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Guides (UTG) help IT administrators and...

Author: Ken Date: 03/27/2012

IT Camp: System Center 2012 In-Person Events Coming To Your Town…

TechNet Events Presents IT Camp: The Future of IT Being What's Next in IT The year 2012 is an...

Author: Ken Date: 03/23/2012

Windows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster

Provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server “8” Beta...

Author: Ken Date: 03/21/2012

Hyper-V in Windows 8 Client…

Don’t forget…you can run Hyper-V on Windows 8 client now! If you are running the Windows 8 Consumer...

Author: Ken Date: 03/02/2012

Prometric MPN Competency Exam Packs

  https://www.prometric.com/microsoft/competencypacks Purchasing the 3-pack will get your exam...

Author: Ken Date: 11/02/2011

Partner Private Cloud Activation Kit

Why build your business with Microsoft Private Cloud? Accelerate your business growth with Microsoft...

Author: Ken Date: 10/05/2011

Private Cloud Solution Hub

TechNet Launches Private Cloud Solution Hub TechNet has a new home for IT architects, implementers,...

Author: Ken Date: 10/05/2011

Upcoming System Center / Private Cloud Partner Training Events

October 4 ·         Microsoft Intune Sales Specialist...

Author: Ken Date: 10/03/2011

Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Performance Data for Exchange, SQL and SharePoint

  • Lab Reports: Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Hyper-V R2 SP1 Performance Analysis: can support 20,000...

Author: Ken Date: 08/10/2011

Hyper-V Support for RHEL 6.x/CENTOS 6.x!

We are pleased to announce the release of the new Linux 3.1 Integration Services and support for the...

Author: Ken Date: 07/29/2011

System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta–Now Available!

System Center Operations Manager 2012 provides the monitoring component of cloud and datacenter...

Author: Ken Date: 07/20/2011

Windows 8 Hyper-V Server “Sneak Peak”

Lifting from the Virtualization Team Blog here: ...

Author: Ken Date: 07/18/2011

Simplify cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0–Now Available for Download!

The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Assessment and...

Author: Ken Date: 07/18/2011

Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 RTW

The Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 (VMMSSP) is a fully supported,...

Author: Ken Date: 07/15/2011

Announcing Orchestrator 2012 3rd Party Integration Packs Beta

Welcome IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus & VMware vSphere Orchestrator integration packs to the System...

Author: Ken Date: 06/29/2011

Accelerate adoption of Microsoft private and public cloud platforms with MAP 6.0 Beta

The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)...

Author: Ken Date: 05/31/2011

Using Opalis & SCOM To Protect Your Domain Admin Security Group

In a previous post, I described how you can use SCOM to create a custom alert that watches the...

Author: Ken Date: 05/19/2011

How To Configure SCOM To Monitor for Changes To The Domain Admins Group

One of the demos that I do in my lab uses an Opalis workflow that is triggered by a SCOM rule...

Author: Ken Date: 05/18/2011

Hyper-V Fast Track with Cisco And NetApp

At TechEd we announced a new addition to the Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Program offered from Cisco and...

Author: Ken Date: 05/17/2011

CentOS Linux Guests Now Supported Within Hyper-V

The CentOS Linux distribution is now supported as a guest within Hyper-V. Please see Sandy Gupta’s...

Author: Ken Date: 05/17/2011

Using Opalis to Update Hyper-V VM Integration Components

With the recent release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, those of you running Hyper-V are...

Author: Ken Date: 05/01/2011

Crushed by Your Calendar? Check Out This App

A new time-management application takes information from Exchange and presents it to users in a...

Author: Ken Date: 04/29/2011

Microsoft iSCSI Target – FREE DOWNLOAD!

The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 provides storage (disks) over a TCP/IP network. It turns a...

Author: Ken Date: 04/05/2011

How to Automate VM Provisioning for SCVMM and VMware vCenter in 20 Minutes using Service Manager and Opalis

Jim and Travis put together a great ‘how-to’ video on getting a good workflow going with...

Author: Ken Date: 03/17/2011

FREE Virtualization Jump Start Event

Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals  –  Free Online Classes  – ...

Author: Ken Date: 03/17/2011

KB2492980: Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Hotfix Rollup Package, February 8, 2011

With SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 on the way…in the meantime: Microsoft released a hotfix rollup package for...

Author: Ken Date: 02/10/2011

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RTM

On behalf of the Windows Server and Cloud teams at Microsoft, I’m pleased to announce that today we...

Author: Ken Date: 02/09/2011

All You Ever Wanted To Know About Dynamic Memory

Hyper-V Question of the Day: Q: My customer has questions about Dynamic Memory such as: · What is...

Author: Ken Date: 01/31/2011

Using PowerShell to find the virtual processor to logical processor ratio of Hyper-V

I lifted the code from Ben Armstrong’s MSDN Blog here – so have to give credit where credit is due:...

Author: Ken Date: 01/18/2011

Reinstalling Exchange 2010 (w/ DAG) After A Server Failure

Well, I learned this the one the hard way. :) I had (operative word…’had’) an a couple of Exchange...

Author: Ken Date: 12/17/2010

First Experience with the SCVMM Self Service Portal 2.0

I finally got a chance to get the SSP 2.0 up and running in my lab. I had installed the RC but never...

Author: Ken Date: 11/14/2010

Server Core Configurator 2.0

sconfig is a great tool that allows you to get a server core implementation up and running much...

Author: Ken Date: 10/17/2010

System Center Operations Manager Cumulative Update 3 Installation

(Important:  As you’ll read in the liner notes, my PRO integration quit working after the...

Author: Ken Date: 10/15/2010

Tweaking CPU Core Parking

I’ve done a lot of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V related presentations over the last two...

Author: Ken Date: 09/14/2010

Booting Hyper-V R2 From USB

Didn’t think you could boot Hyper-V from a USB? Well, you can. Yeah, kinda snuck up on me too...

Author: Ken Date: 09/13/2010

Microsoft VDI Reference Architecture Resources

I’ve been getting a number of requests for these types of resources. So, I thought I’d...

Author: Ken Date: 09/13/2010

Microsoft Partners – Check Out the New MPN Transition Tool

With all the changes to the Microsoft Partner Network, the MPN team created the new “Transition...

Author: Ken Date: 09/13/2010

ESX vs Hyper-V Footprint War…

I attended a hypervisor compete session at VMWorld this week and saw this topic come up yet again....

Author: Ken Date: 09/03/2010

VMWare’s Creative Marketing…

Someone just pointed me to the new VMWare vSphere 4.1 key features and comparison chart. ...

Author: Ken Date: 08/28/2010

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