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Understanding Azure Availability Sets

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Find out about the differences between Azure Availability Sets and Affinity Groups, and when you should use which.

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Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Automation Runbooks

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Learn how to access Azure Automation job history to troubleshoot problems with runbooks.

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How Many CSVs Should a Scale-Out File Server Have?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains how many cluster shared volumes (CSVs) you should have in a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server.

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What You Need to Know About Windows Server 2016 Containers

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn about what’s new about Windows Server containers, which are coming soon to Windows Server 2016.

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Test Active Directory User Accounts with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks shows us how to test Active Directory user accounts with a custom function in PowerShell.

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How to Install the full UI on Windows Server 2016

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Aidan Finn shows us how to install the full user interface on Windows Server 2016, which is not the default option during installation.

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Understanding Federated Resources, Forward Syncing, and Loose Coupling in Office 365

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn about how Office 365 manages user and group identities under the hood using Azure Active Directory.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Where is that IP?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us how to easily find the geographic location of an IP address.

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What is Microsoft’s Storage Spaces Direct?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn provides us a detailed look into Microsoft’s latest feature in Windows Server 2016, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).

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PowerShell Management at Scale

Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Jeff Hicks demonstrates how to use PowerShell management at scale to get large, complicated tasks accomplished.

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