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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith Windows Server 2016 we have some cool new features within Hyper-V. One of them are Hyper-V Virtual Machine Groups. In this post I am going to explain what Virtual Machine Groups are and how to create them. What are Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I have needed to configure an Active Directory to replicate changes between sites straight away. They had everything set to replicate at the default 15 minutes but this was not quick enough due to a dispersed helpdesk. The best Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I have managed to get a new work laptop, one that can utilize nested Virtualisation with Hyper-V. Because of this, I needed to create my lab again. I had some spare time so I decided to create a basic Read more