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31 Days of our Favorite Things: Windows Server 2012 Versions (Part 22 of 31)

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Today we need to talk about the versions and the licensing options you have for Windows Server 2012.  There are some pretty significant changes to A) what you can purchase, and B) what those versions include. “So it’s not just Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter?  Are you making it even more complex?!” Absolutely not.  In fact, … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Windows Server 2012 Versions (Part 22 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: Extend Your Hyper-V Virtual Switch in Windows Server 2012 (Part 20 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIt’s the weekend!  Just in time for Part 20 of the “31 Days of our Favorite Things” series:  the Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch! What is a Virtual Switch? In Hyper-V, as in other virtualization platforms, a virtual switch is rather like a physical networking switch in the sense that it is a connection point for … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Extend Your Hyper-V Virtual Switch in Windows Server 2012 (Part 20 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: Continuously Available File Shares in Windows Server 2012 (Part 18 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmHow much do you depend on a file share to be available at all times? “Not much.  After all, I don’t use them for anything much beyond file storage due to the performance of that kind of resource.” Ah.. but back in Part 17 of our series, we told you that with the new SMB … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Continuously Available File Shares in Windows Server 2012 (Part 18 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: Just when you thought SMB couldn’t get any better (Part 17 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm“SMB?  You mean Server Message Block?” Yep.  “Better?  It’s just the protocol for accessing files across a network, isn’t it?” Yes.  But can you use that file share storage for fast, highly available file access and use it for, say, a database file used by the database server?  Or as the location for a virtual … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Just when you thought SMB couldn’t get any better (Part 17 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: The Resilient File System (ReFS) in Windows Server 2012 (Part 15 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmNTFS is getting a little long in the tooth.  It has been, and continues to be, a rock-solid file system on which most of the world’s data on disk is stored.  And it is still the default disk format for installations of Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.   Enter ReFS – the new Resilient File … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: The Resilient File System (ReFS) in Windows Server 2012 (Part 15 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: Windows Server 2012 and Deduplication (Part 12 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn Windows Server 2012 Microsoft includes many improvements, but also many new capabilities “in the box”.  One of the new things we’re including is built-in support for data deduplication.  “Wait.. you mean like when a process makes more efficient use of the space used on a storage volume by finding all blocks of data that … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Windows Server 2012 and Deduplication (Part 12 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: You want everything, and you want it for FREE? (Part 9 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn today’s “31 Days of our Favorite Things” series, Matt Hester is giving away the store. “Huh?” Unlike our main competition in the area of virtualization and all things private cloud, Microsoft believes that virtualization is just a ubiquitous part of the datacenter today.  And as such, it should be available and optionally installable as … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: You want everything, and you want it for FREE? (Part 9 of 31)

31 Days of our Favorite Things: Yes, there is an “I” in Team. The NIC Team in Windows Server 2012 (Part 7 of 31)

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmHappy Sunday!  It’s my turn again to provide today’s article in our series of “31 Days of our Favorite Things”.  And today I am pleased to introduce to you the topic of NIC Teaming. “’Introduce’?  But, Kevin… I’ve been doing NIC Teaming for years now.” Sure.  But not as a built-in feature of Windows Server.  … Continue reading 31 Days of our Favorite Things: Yes, there is an “I” in Team. The NIC Team in Windows Server 2012 (Part 7 of 31)

Launch Day! Windows Server 2012 is available today!

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Yessir!  According to the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform page, And that’s today!  Go to THIS PAGE to set up a reminder that at 8:00AM Pacific (10:00AM Central) time, the launch is happening. “Where will the Windows Server Launch be taking place?” Online.  Go to http://www.windows-server-launch.com at 10:00AM Central Time to “learn, connect, and have … Continue reading Launch Day! Windows Server 2012 is available today!

Full of I.T. Shark Week!: Chuck Norris and PowerShell Scripting

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm I received this question at a TechNet Event IT Camp in Minneapolis a few months ago… Can Chuck Norris write PowerShell scripts?  Naturally.  And only he can run his PowerShell scripts under MS-DOS 6.1. It’s a little know fact that, after codename “Monad”, rather than “PowerShell”, the name was originally going to be “NorrisShell”. … Continue reading Full of I.T. Shark Week!: Chuck Norris and PowerShell Scripting