Tag: Management

Breaking News: New Microsoft Certs Align to Cloud–The MCSE is back!

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Hot off the newswire: Today Microsoft announced some changes to the certification program for IT Professionals, in order to address the growing need for people being able to prove their expertise in all things cloud-related. “Wait.. you said that “the MCSE is back’.  Huh?!” That’s right.  What was the well-known “Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer” acronym … Continue reading Breaking News: New Microsoft Certs Align to Cloud–The MCSE is back!

How many VMs can VMM M? (So many questions. So little time. Part 22.)

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At our TechNet Event in Kansas City a couple of months ago, Travis asked: “How many virtual machines can a single VMM instance manage?” That’s easy: As many as you want, and as your hardware can handle. “But how many are supported?” Ah.. well, that’s simply a matter of how many Microsoft was able to … Continue reading How many VMs can VMM M? (So many questions. So little time. Part 22.)

Does Exchange play well with Hyper-V Dynamic Memory? (So many questions. So little time. Part 21.)

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We got this question at our TechNet Event back in January.  The person didn’t give their name, so let’s call him Jooblety-Goop. “Dynamic Memory and Exchange 2010 - What happens in that scenario?” Well JG, I assume you’re asking about how Exchange Server 2010 works as a virtual workload (Short answer: Just great!), and more … Continue reading Does Exchange play well with Hyper-V Dynamic Memory? (So many questions. So little time. Part 21.)

BREAKING NEWS: Windows Server 8 Beta is now AVAILABLE!

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Finally!  After the long wait, and expectation growing as the day approached, we are finally able to announce to the world that the Beta of the next version of Windows Server, currently codename: Windows Server “8”, is now available for download. From the download page: Windows Server "8" is the broadest, most scalable and elastic … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Windows Server 8 Beta is now AVAILABLE!

Screencast: System Center 2012 Unified Installer (Part 2 of 3)

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Continuing on where we left off from our part 1 screencast yesterday, when we discussed the downloads and the prerequisites and what you needed in place for the installation; today in part 2 we discuss how to configure your servers. “Is it really all that complicated, Kevin?” Actually, yes.  If you read the User Guide, … Continue reading Screencast: System Center 2012 Unified Installer (Part 2 of 3)

Screencast: System Center 2012 Unified Installer (Part 1 of 3)

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Like many of you, I’ve been playing with the Release Candidate of System Center 2012.  And also like many of you, I have heard that there is something called the “Unified Installer”, that supposedly will allow a person to install many – or even all – of the components of System Center 2012 on to … Continue reading Screencast: System Center 2012 Unified Installer (Part 1 of 3)

Hyper-V Snapshots and “Now” (So many questions. So little time. Part 19.)

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This person at our Saint Louis, MO TechNet Event didn’t share their name, but it’s still a good question: “In snapshots, why is ‘now’ misleading on where you really are w/snapshots?” What Jerry (Let’s just call him or her Jerry) is referring to here is something that I think most of us experienced when we … Continue reading Hyper-V Snapshots and “Now” (So many questions. So little time. Part 19.)

Which SCOM Should We Install? (So many questions. So little time. Part 18.)

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In Saint Louis a few weeks ago at our TechNet Event, John B asked us: “We are only running System Center Configuration Manager 2008 and now want to run SCOM.  Should we install 2008 or 2012?” Well, first off, John.. that’s a pretty cool trick that you have SCCM 2008 while the rest of the … Continue reading Which SCOM Should We Install? (So many questions. So little time. Part 18.)

The best way to virtualize SQL Server (So many questions. So little time. Part 17.)

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Several weeks ago at our TechNet Event in Saint Louis, Joe F asked me: “When virtualizing SQL Server I need to know how to best configure SQL and the VM to ensure it will run well.  Where can I find configuration and setup information?” A quick Bing of “virtualize SQL Server using Hyper-V Best Practices” … Continue reading The best way to virtualize SQL Server (So many questions. So little time. Part 17.)