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Everyone runs Windows… okay, that is not entirely true, but by 2012 it is the rare datacentre that does not have any Windows running.  I have been crisscrossing the country and indeed traversing the globe telling people how wonderful Hyper-V and Microsoft’s virtualization story is as good as or better than it’s competition, ...

Since it was in pre-release I have been evangelizing Windows Server 2012.  I have gone from sea to shining sea talking about it at Launch events, at Partner showcases, in IT Camps, at user groups talking about how much better it is than Windows Server 2008, but more importantly I chiefly discuss the improvements to Hyper-V over previous ...

One of the exciting developments at the re-introduction of the MCSE designation was the announcement of an MCSE: Private Cloud certification.  Holders of this certification have proven that they have the skills to deploy and manage a Private Cloud infrastructure based on Microsoft platform technologies.  In the delivery of the Private ...

Mitch Garvis is always good for sharing his experiences when making the leap into new technologies.  As I blogged about a couple of months ago, some IT Pros that I spoke to experiences a bit of a learning curve with the new Windows 8 Metro user interface.  My experience after moving my primary computer to Windows 8 was the topic of the ...

When delivering IT Camps over the last several months, both Ruth and I have always said that one of the best next steps in your journey of professional growth is to get or update your certification on Microsoft-based technologies.  With the recent re-introduction of the MCSE designation, a number of you have asked for some more information on ...

Many individuals who attended the IT Virtualization Boot Camp or Private Cloud Boot Camp in the last few months have asked how we set up the systems and how we are able to reset computers back to a pre-Camp state to take to the next event.  The actual reset process is a simple XCOPY of the pre-Camp VMs and boot files over the ones that IT ...

We often get asked how to do certain “simple” operations on the GUI when running the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2.  While the SCONFIG utility allows you to perform a number of tasks quickly, it does not cover every possibility.  There are still times when you need to go to the command line or look into using ...

So I am thrilled to post my first blog article on Windows 8, at least from the Consumer Preview. This will be the first tip of many I am sure. I am doing my best to stick to the tablet experience, even though I have the full keyboard on my HP EliteBook 2740p. As such, this is my first ever blog article written entirely with the on-screen ...

Many of you (thousands, impressively!) read the three articles that Mitch Garvis wrote in April about Microsoft’s Software iSCSI Target 3.3. If you didn’t, you can read them all now by clicking below: All for SAN and SAN for All Creating a SAN using Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Creating HA VMs for Hyper-V with Failover Clustering ...

While delivering IT Virtualization Boot Camps across the country, Mitch Garvis and I often get asked about how to administer Windows Server 2008 R2 computers running Hyper-V or other services remotely.  This is especially true if you want to administer computers running Hyper-V Server or Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core install.  Mitch ...