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Top 6 Takeaways from VMworld 2014

Couldn’t make it to VMworld this year? Our VMworld 2014 recap serves up some of the key takeaways from the event, from buzzwords to hot products.

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Microsoft’s View on Hyper-Convergence

Aidan Finn gives us his opinion of Microsoft’s approach to hyper-convergence, as was shared at Microsoft TechEd Europe 2014 in October.

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Best Practices for Installing Active Directory Domain Controllers in a Virtual Machine

Last Update: Feb 01, 2024

Installing Active Directory domain controllers in a virtual machine (VM) can be useful if you want to separate them from the physical network, giving you more flexibility and additional protection for your Active Directory infrastructure. In this guide, we’re going to detail the best practices for installing Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) in a virtual…

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Hyper-V’s Biggest Weakness

Aidan Finn explains what he believes to be Hyper-V’s biggest weakness for Microsoft and provides a strategy to improve the service for IT pros.

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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1: Software Requirements

Check out the software requirements for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1, including VMM Database, VMM Library, and more.

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Hyper-V beta embedded inside Windows Server 2008 RTM

A few days ago, on the 4th of February 2008, Microsoft has finalized the Windows Server 2008 code, declaring it Ready to Manufacture (RTM) – Read more about it on my “Windows Server 2008 is RTM” article. Unlike in any previous product in Microsoft’s history, for this release Microsoft took an unusual step by including…

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How To Migrate Machines To Azure

In this “how do I ..?” article I will explain how you can use Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to migrate machines, VMware, physical, or Hyper-V, running Windows or Linux, to Azure with minimized downtime.

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Happy 10th Birthday Hyper-V!

Last Update: Mar 14, 2023

On February 19, 2003, Microsoft announced that the corporation has acquired a privately held virtualization vendor called Connectix. It might not have seemed like it then, but this acquisition was the genesis of something huge in the IT world, and I’m not limiting that to just Hyper-V.

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Adding Microsoft Cloud to a Small-to-Medium Business

There’s lots of talk about cloud and what it can do for your business. But with so many offerings, even from one vendor such as Microsoft, it can be confusing to determine what’s the best way forward.

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New Hyper-V Features in Creators Update

Aidan Finn discusses how Microsoft’s release of the Creators Update will impact your Windows 10 client Hyper-V deployments.

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