Windows Server 2016 has been out for a while now and I am starting to see it being rolled out to more production environments. One good thing about this, is now we can start to use VM Start Ordering. I have been waiting for this feature since the days of Read more…
In a previous article, I talked about how to enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V running on Server 2016. As we all know a lot of Azure runs Hyper-V and some of the regions are running Server 2016. Recently Microsoft announced that they are going to bring Nested Virtualisation to Azure. Read more…
Now that Windows Server 1709 has been released we have some new features to play with. One of the new features is native Linux Containers on Windows. In this article, I am going to walk through how to setup a Container host using Windows Server 2016 version 1709 to run Read more…
I have been using Project Honolulu, Microsoft’s new Server Management tools for a few weeks now, both in the lab and production systems and I love it. At the moment it is in technical preview. Even though it is a technical preview Microsoft has brought a really good product to Read more…
During the deployment of Azure Stack, a number of VM’s are created and set up. As of GA, the Azure Stack Developer Kit consists of 13 VM’s, each help makes up what is Azure Stack. Each VM runs Windows Server 2016 Core. For the Azure Stack Integrated System, most of Read more…
In this article, I am going to walk through how to purchase and manage domains and hostnames from within Azure to be used with Azure. Purchase and manage domains for your Azure Services In the below steps, I will show you how to purchase and manage domain names from within Read more…
In this article, I am going to register my Azure Stack installation with my Azure Subscription. This will allow me to download marketplace items from Azure to my Azure Stack. Prerequisites Before we are able to register our Azure Stack with our Azure subscription we need to gather a few Read more…
Recently I have had the opportunity to create my second guest blog post for Veeam. This one is about Creating VHD Sets. You can view the article here.
In this blog article, I am going to walk through how to create Plans, Quotas, Offers, and Tenants in Azure Stack. This is one of the first things you are going to need to do after you have installed Azure Stack. How To Create A Plan and Quota What is Read more…
In this article, I am going to explain how to resize an Azure VM using PowerShell. You may need to do this for many reasons. You can perform this action via the Azure Portal, but you will be limited to one VM at a time. This is can be time-consuming. Read more…