Storage Spaces Direct

After the release of a patch for Windows Server 2016 on April 16th, it’s now possible to manage hyper-converged infrastructure using the Windows Admin Center.

Month 3 of 2018 brought us some interesting news in Azure IaaS. Some things that have been in the oven for a while are starting to rise and there’s lots more evidence of the new and open Microsoft.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains what hyper-convergence is and how it can help simplify your IT systems.

Aidan Finn grades his predictions on what would happen with Hyper-V and Microsoft cloud computing in the year of 2017.

Learn about the new features and changes to Hyper-V in the recent 1709 semi-annual channel release of Windows Server.

Aidan Finn explains why Microsoft did not include the bits for Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 1709 and why this causes upgrades or installations of S2D to result in an error.

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s announcement to remove all the infrastructure features, such as scale-out file server and Hyper-V from Nano Server.

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to review my 2016 predictions and make my predictions for 2017.

Explore the main reasons you should consider deploying the now generally available Windows Server 2016 in your network.