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Create Guest Clusters in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

Create a guest cluster using virtual machines with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and learn what Microsoft is doing to make guest clustering easier.

Last Update: Mar 04, 2024

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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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Managing SMB Multichannel in SMB 3.0

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

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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3 Ways to Create New Active Directory Users

Last Update: Aug 12, 2022

Russell Smith shows how to create new Active Directory users with three different administrative tools.

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Designing a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Last Update: Jun 27, 2022

Considering a Hyper-V VM? Learn more about configuring a virtual machine on Hyper-V to run an operating system or service.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Adds Support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is finally getting support for some older versions of Windows Server. Indeed, the Redmond giant has launched a revamped Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. Microsoft announced a public preview of its new Defender for Endpoint solution back in October 2021. The unified…

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Backing Up Files with Azure File Sync

Last Update: Apr 04, 2022

Aidan explain’s how you can back up folders & files that have been synchronized and/or tiered to the cloud with Azure File Sync.

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How to Install the New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Agent on Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016

New protection capabilities for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) customers landed in public preview, Oct 7th 2021, for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.  With the public preview, Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 gain ‘functional equivalence‘ to Windows Server 2019, thanks to a new agent that is being described as the ‘unified…

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Replicating Between File Servers Using Azure File Sync

Aidan explains how you can easily synchronize folders between multiple file servers via Azure File Sync.

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What Is Tiering in Azure File Sync

In this post, Aidan explains what tiering is in Azure File Sync, how to enable it, and how the policy-based system works.

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