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Deploying Windows Server 2016 Containers Using Azure and Docker

Learn how to get started quickly with Windows Containers and Docker with a little bit of help from Microsoft Azure.

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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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Windows Server: New Features in Version 1709

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith provides a summary of the new features in the latest version of Windows Server.

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Windows Server vNext Technical Preview Due in May

When Microsoft announced the Windows 10 Technical Preview last October, it was accompanied by the first-ever Windows Server vNext Technical Preview release as well. Since then, however, development of these systems has diverged, and Microsoft hasn’t ever delivered another Server Technical Preview release. But that’s finally going to change: a new Server Technical Preview build…

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Windows Server 2019 Improves Hybrid Cloud Support

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Server 2019 release improves its support for hybrid cloud scenarios.

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Azure Site Recovery Adds Support for WS2016

Microsoft recently added support for Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V to its disaster recovery (DR) service (DRaaS) or DR orchestration & replication solution, Azure Site Recovery (ASR). Find out what this means for you.

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Hyper-V Predictions for 2016

Here we are, counting down the days and hours to 2016, and it is time once again for Aidan Finn to break out the crystal ball and make some Hyper-V predictions for the New Year.

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Azure Update Management Part 1: Overview and Enrolling Azure VMs

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell shows you how to enroll Azure virtual machines to Azure Update Management and provide a general overview of how the solution works.

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Planning for Windows Server 2016

IT veteran Jeff Hicks shares his thoughts on getting the most from Windows Server 2016, what you might want to consider and the future of IT administration.

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Microsoft Continues Cloud Push, Announces Windows Server 2016, SQL Server 2016, and Windows Update for Business

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the first-ever Microsoft Ignite conference by saying that Microsoft has transformed itself to fulfill its “cloud-first, mobile-first” mission.

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