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Windows Server 2012 R2 Has RTMd 27 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
Brad Anderson has announced that Windows Server 2012 R2 has been released to manufacturing. He also stated: Also of note: The next update to Windows Intune will be available at the time of GA, and we...
Storage Spaces & Scale-Out File Server Are Two Different Things 27 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
In the past few months it’s become clear to me that people are confusing Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Server (SOFS). They seem to incorrectly think that one requires the other or that the terms ...
Toshiba Z10t – A Windows 8 Tablet/Convertible Ultrabook For The Business User 26 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
It wasn’t until I saw the spec of the new Toshiba Z10t that I realised all of the pro-style Windows 8 tablets were missing something: an RJ45 port that supports PXE boot. Without it, how exactly are ...
Configuring Quorum on Storage Spaces For A 2 Node WS2012 (and WS2012 R2) Cluster 26 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
In this post I’m going to talk about building a 2 node Windows Server 2012/R2 failover cluster and what type of witness configuration to choose to achieve cluster quorum when the cluster’s storage is ...
The Shareholders React To Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer’s Retirement Plans 23 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
I saw the tweet first from Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley was next. According to a Microsoft press release: Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to ...
WS2012 Hyper-V Networking On HP Proliant Blades Using Just 2 Flex Fabric Virtual Connects 23 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm
On another recent outing I got to play with some Gen8 HP blade servers. I was asked to come up with a networking design where (please bear in mind that I am not a h/w guy): The blades would have a du...
ODX–Not All SANs Are Created Equally 23 Aug 2013 | 05:09 pm
I recently got to play with a very expensive fiber channel SAN for the first time in a while (I normally only see iSCSI or SAS in the real world). This was a chance to play with WS2012 Hyper-V on thi...
Update Rollup 3 For DPM 2012 SP1 Is Fixed 23 Aug 2013 | 01:09 pm
It was widely reported that UR3 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Data Protection Manager had problems. This was yet another bad update from Microsoft, providing ample evidence that you should no...
Veeam Backup & Replication v7 Is Released 20 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm
Veeam has announced the release of version 7 their Backup & Replication product, with support for both Hyper-V and vSphere. According to Doug Hazelman: … v7 brings two innovations: Built-In WAN Accel...
The Number 1 Support Call For WS2012 R2 Hyper-V Will Be … 19 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
… How do I enable remote desktop (Enhanced Session Mode) into a virtual machine on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V? I just set up a host for the first time in a while and was trying to connect into a V...
