Author: Aidan Finn

Dynamic Memory settings in a Hyper-V virtual machine

What Is Hyper-V Dynamic Memory?

Mar 31, 2014 with 3 Comments by Aidan Finn

Check out Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, a cool feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Learn to increase the VM to host ratio and more in this overview!

Microsoft Announces the Enterprise Mobility Suite

Mar 28, 2014 with 1 Comment by Aidan Finn

Microsoft announced the Enterprise Mobility Suite this week, a bundle that includes Azure AD Premium, Azure Rights Management, and Windows Intune.

Microsoft Launches Office for iPad

Mar 27, 2014 by Aidan Finn

As expected, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the availability of Microsoft Office for the iPad at a press event in San Francisco this morning.

Deploying a RDS session host farm in Microsoft Azure

Forget Amazon Workspaces – Build a DaaS in Microsoft Azure (or any Other Cloud)

Mar 26, 2014 with 7 Comments by Aidan Finn

Amazon has just announced their new Workspaces Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offering. So is this new service worth a look?

The processor compatibility mode setting in a Hyper-V virtual machine

How to Enable Hyper-V Virtual Machine Processor Compatibility Mode

Mar 26, 2014 with 2 Comments by Aidan Finn

Doing some live migration? Learn to enable processor compatibility mode in Hyper-V to allow a VM to move between different gens of the same processor family.

Illustrating how virtual machines use logical processors

Using Hyper-V Virtual Machine Processor Resource Control

Mar 24, 2014 with 4 Comments by Aidan Finn

In this post, learn to use the virtual processor resource control settings to configure Hyper-V virtual machine reservations, limits, and weights.

Customizing guest aware NUMA of a Hyper-V virtual machine

Configuring Hyper-V Virtual Machine NUMA Topology

Mar 20, 2014 with 3 Comments by Aidan Finn

Find out the whys and hows behind customizing the virtual non-uniform memory access (NUMA) configuration of a VM in this handy how-to.

What Is Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?

Mar 19, 2014 with 1 Comment by Aidan Finn

Know about NUMA? Discover how Hyper-V interoperates with the Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architectures of host computers in this helpful intro.

Configuring Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) Cache

Mar 17, 2014 with 1 Comment by Aidan Finn

Use just a little bit o' RAM or a lot! Learn to enable Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) Cache to improve the read performance of CSV in WS2012!

Unified Threat Management and the WatchGuard XTM Firewall

Mar 12, 2014 with 1 Comment by Aidan Finn

Looking into unified threat management? Check our review of WatchGuard XTM, which provides security and connects on-premise and (hybrid) cloud services.

Combining storage systems to make a SOFS

How Would Microsoft Design a Scale-Out File Server: Disks, Networking, and More

Mar 10, 2014 by Aidan Finn

Discover how disks, networks, servers, and Storage Bricks play a part in designing a SOFS in part 2 of this series.

How Would Microsoft Design a Scale-Out File Server?

Mar 05, 2014 with 4 Comments by Aidan Finn

WWMSD? Ever wonder how Microsoft would design a SOFS for storage over SMB 3.0 networking with transparent failover? Find out more in part 1 of this series.