Tag: Windows Server
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Techstravaganza 2017 Event
ITProGuru Session: Azure & Windows Nano Server with Docker; Hybrid is possible (Track: Azure)Containers, the next wave of virtualization, are changing everything! Add it to an ultra-small and supper efficient OS like Nano and you have an incredible platform. Now with Docker running on Windows and Docker Containers built into both Azure and Windows Server,…
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How To Install Add Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2016 Step-By-Step and Video
In this post, we will walk through the step-by-step process for adding and configuring Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. Video AND Written Step-By-Step Instructions… Video Step-By-Step… Image / FYI Information Description / Step breakdown Preparation-Add Data Drive, Create Default VM destination Folder Best Practice: Create a folder on a non-OS drive to be the…
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How To Dual Boot and Install Windows Server 2016 on Windows 10 PC using Boot To VHD Step-By-Step
Insert Windows Server 2016 DVD and boot your computer from the DVD. If you do not have the media, you will need to download. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview for the Technical Preview. You could also download from MSDN.MICROSOFT.COM or other subscription service. You may also opt to create a bootable USB drive to use as an ISO.…
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Installing Windows Server 2016 on Bare Metal Step-By-Step
Insert Windows Server 2016 DVD and boot your computer from the DVD. If you do not have the media, you will need to download. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview for the Technical Preview. You could also download from MSDN.MICROSOFT.COM or other subscription service. You may also opt to create a bootable USB drive to use as an ISO.…
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IT Pro Con NY (Techstravaganza) March 25-registration Now Open
The conference formerly known as “New York City Techstravaganza” will now be called “IT Pro Con NY”. It is a one-day grassroots technical conference for IT Pros that is brought to you by a few of the local community groups in cooperation with Microsoft. IT Pro Con NY 2016 will be held on March 25th,…
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Awesome Tool – Estimating costs for migrating workloads to Azure with Azure IaaS Cost Estimator Tool Step-By-Step
Have you seen this incredible tool. Microsoft hit a home run with this little gem. The Azure Cost Estimator Tool will allow you to scan a machine, a virtualization host or even an entire Virtual Machine Manager Network. The Azure (IaaS) Cost Estimator has been designed keeping in mind the need to provide the IT…
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Assessing Current IT infrastructure with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) AND BONUS-Evaluate for Migration to Azure Cloud
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process. It is one of many solution accelerators from Microsoft. Solution Accelerators are free, scenario-based guides and…
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TechNet Radio Series on Windows Server 2012 with Jose Barreto
ITProGuru announces the continuation of the TechNet Radio Series with Jose Barreto (Principal Program Manager on the Windows Server team responsible for SMB 3.0 feature set) covering Windows Server 2012 deployment scenarios leveraging SMB 3.0 is nothing new, but I wanted to provide a single consolidated post with all of the sessions to have a…
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Virtualization Discussion with Microsoft Customer Research
Are you influential in the Virtualization space? Do you want to become influential? Are you smart about virtualization, cloud, and/or systems management? Do you work with any of these technologies? Here is your opportunity to be heard by Microsoft Research! Microsoft Windows Server and Systems Center Customer Research team would like to talk to IT…
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Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-Step (Hand On Lab)–Try It While Its FREE
Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-Step In this detailed post and hands on lab (HOL) guide we will introduce Windows Azure backup and dive in deep with step-by-step instructions you can use to schedule a backup, perform a manual backup of your server and perform a test restore. The post assumes only that…
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Using Your Own SQL Server in Windows Azure Step-By-Step (Part 22 of 31) by Blain Barton
The 22nd edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Part 22 of 31 – Using your own SQL Server in Windows Azure – 31 Days of IaaS In this edition, Blain Barton explains Step-By-Step how you can create a new VM and learn how to install SQL Server.…
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Beyond IaaS for the IT Pro (Part 21 of 31)
The 21st edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Beyond IaaS for the IT Pro (Part 21 of 31) In this edition, Bill Wilder explains in great detail the differences between IaaS and PaaS and what IT Pro’s need to know to succeed in the cloud. As technology…
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Step-by-Step: Extending On-Premise Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows Azure – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Part 20 of 31
The 20th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Extending On-Premise Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows Azure – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Part 20 of 31 In this edition, Keith Mayer explains how and why to extend Active directory into your…
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How to Create an Azure VM with PowerShell (Part 14 of 31) – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud Series – Brian Lewis
The 14th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at How to Create an Azure VM with PowerShell (Part 14 of 31) – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud Series. In this edition, Brian Lewis explains step-by-step how to use PowerShell to create a virtual machine. He looks at:…
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Step-By-Step Creating Azure Virtual Machines with System Center App Controller (Part 13 of 31) – Kevin Remde
The 13th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Creating Azure Virtual Machines with App Controller (Part 13 of 31) In this edition, Kevin Remde explains how to (Step-By-Step) use App Controller to create/deploy virtual machines on Windows Azure. App Controller is part of System Center. If you…
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Step-by-Step: Connecting System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows Azure (Part 12 of 31)–Kevin Remde
The Jan 12th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Connecting System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows Azure (Part 12 of 31). In this edition, Kevin explains how to use App Controller to help manage Windows Azure. He starts us off by showing you how to…
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Where Is The Best Virtualization and Cloud Technical Content?
VTUG is looking for the best online technical content in the world. Why? Because our members spend hours upon hours doing research duplicating the research process literally millions of times! VTUG wants to aggregate the best content on their site so members have a single place to go to get the best info about IT. …
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IE9 Security Overwhelms the Field With VERY Impressive Stats
In a recent test, NSS subjected Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 15-19, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 7-13 to over 3 million test runs against over 84,000 URLs determined to be active and malicious out of a unique sample set of 227,841. · Out of 750,000 test cases per browser, NSS labs found…
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IE9 Security Overwhelms the Field With VERY Impressive Stats
In a recent test, NSS subjected Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 15-19, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 7-13 to over 3 million test runs against over 84,000 URLs determined to be active and malicious out of a unique sample set of 227,841. · Out of 750,000 test cases per browser, NSS labs found…
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Create Bootable USB Thumb Drive Key with Windows 8 Media to Install Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 or Other Operating System–Step by Step
These procedures were written using Windows 8 Release Preview but will work with prior versions of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. There is a video walkthrough of this process at the bottom of this post. If you do not have the…