Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I have had the opportunity to create my first guest blog post for Veeam regarding Switch Embedded Teaming. The Article goes in to what Switch Embedded Teaming is, how to create and manage a SET team. You can view the article here.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article, I am going to walk through how to setup an Azure Load Balancer to allow you to connect to multiple VM’s using just one public IP address. The benefits of this, are not only the small cost saving but it also gives us better security due to Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesNow that the Azure Stack Developer Kit has been released I thought it was about time I updated my TP3 install. My TP3 install was on a physical host (HPE DL360 g7). To me, this was a waste of that server. I am no developer so I had no need Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this blog post, I am going to show you how to install PowerShell for Azure Stack. This should be one of the first things you do after you install Azure Stack. Prerequisites Before we are able to install PowerShell for Azure Stack we have to register the PSGallery repository. Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis blog post is going to be a small one. Azure Stack Development Kit has just been released and I thought it was about time I got it running on one of my Hyper-V servers. Before I was able to, I ran into an issue with the storage. I had Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat are Availability Sets? Availability Sets are a logical grouping of two or more Azure VM’s. It is advised to use an Availability Set for each application tier. For example, placing Domain Controllers in one Availability Set, SQL Servers in a second, and IIS web servers in a third. If we Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to create NAT (network address translation) rules for Hyper-V Virtual Switch on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016. A NAT rule is used to open inbound communication to your VM’s behind a NAT Switch. The most common use for NAT Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to create a NAT (network address translation) Virtual Switch for Hyper-V on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016. A virtual NAT switch enables virtual machines to be isolated behind a single shared IP address on the host server. This is Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this blog post, I am going to walk you through how to Install, Configure and use Microsoft LAPS. But first, let’s explain what Microsoft LAPS is. Local Administrator Password Solutions (LAPS) is a solution provided by Microsoft to manage the local administrator account on domain joined computers and servers. Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to perform a Rolling Cluster Upgrade from Windows Server 2012 r2 to Windows Server 2016. I will then show you how to upgrade the functional level of the cluster to the latest version. This guide does not show you how Read more