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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.

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What is Microsoft StorSimple?

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Curious about what Microsoft StorSimple is? Aidan Finn provides a thorough overview of Microsoft’s promising hybrid storage solution in this informative post.

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Microsoft Pulls Faulty Windows Patches

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has announced that it is pulling faulty Windows patches after users reported problems, including ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) errors.

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The Best Hyper-V Training Resources

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Looking to brush up on your Hyper-V skills? Aidan Finn serves up a comprehensive listing of some of the best online and offline Hyper-V learning resources.

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How Do I Manage Hyper-V?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Need to learn the basics of managing Hyper-V? Aidan Finn gives us the run-down on the most important Hyper-V management tasks.

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What are Hyper-V Protected Networks?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn when you may want to use the Hyper-V protected network feature to protect virtual machines connected to your physical network when there’s an unexpected network outage.

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US Judge rules against Microsoft in email privacy case

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In the Microsoft email privacy case, NY district judge Loretta Preska has ruled against Redmond. Aidan Finn gives us an Irish IT perspective on the news.

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What is Windows Server 2012 R2 Dynamic Quorum?

Last Update: Jun 29, 2025

Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a lot of new storage features, and Microsoft MVP Aidan Finn introduces us to Dynamic Quorum in this helpful introductory article.

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Microsoft Azure Growing Faster than Amazon, IBM, and Google in Cloud Services

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

A new report reveals that Microsoft Azure growth is helping Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure as a service offering gain ground against AWS in the cloud services battle.

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Improvements I Want to See in the Next Version of Hyper-V

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn serves up a wish list of the top features and improvements he’d like to see in the next version of Hyper-V.

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Why Blade Servers are the Wrong Choice

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Considering the purchase of blade servers for your IT department? Aidan Finn argues that blade servers are the wrong choice for today’s data center.

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Controlling SMB Multichannel in Windows Server 2012 R2

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Our two-part series on SMB 3.0 and SMB Multichannel concludes with a discussion of smart SMB design, SMB Multichannel constraints, and SMB bandwidth limits.

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Managing SMB Multichannel in SMB 3.0

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In part one of this article series, Aidan Finn shows how to design and manage SMB Multichannel in SMB 3.0, which is a data protocol that is available in Windows Server 2012 R2.

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