Aidan Finn, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), has been working in IT since 1996. He has worked as a consultant and administrator for the likes of Innofactor Norway, Amdahl DMR, Fujitsu, Barclays and Hypo Real Estate Bank International where he dealt with large and complex IT infrastructures and MicroWarehouse Ltd. where he worked with Microsoft partners in the small/medium business space.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Learn how to delegate admin rights in Azure with some helpful tips on how to implement role-based access control (RBAC).

The role of the GUI in Windows Server has been under attack. Aidan Finn explains why he and customers do not accept the dogma.

Last Update: Oct 28, 2025
What is Azure Active Directory, and what are the features? Here’s a feature comparison for the free, basic, and premium editions of Active Directory in the cloud.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Read how Microsoft’s view and recommendations on hyper-convergence have changed over the last year with the evolution of Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Microsoft has announced details on Windows Server 2016 licensing, which includes a switch to a per-core licensing model.

Aidan Finn shares his opinion on what it means for IT pros to adopt an infrastructure as code approach.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Learn how to deploy Windows Server Containers with direct network connectivity and DHCP-assigned IP addresses.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Learn and understand the reasoning behind Hyper-V Containers and how they work and differ from Windows Server Containers.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
In this post, learn how to deploy a Windows Server Containers-based application and configure NAT networking and Windows Firewall rules.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Learn about new features in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 for Hyper-V and related roles and technologies.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft and Red Hat announced a partnership to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Azure, .NET to RHEL, and improve mutual systems management.

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025
Learn how to perform administration inside of a Windows Server container, along with steps on creating a new container image in the repository.