Step by Step Azure File Sync – on-premises file servers to #Azure Files Storage Sync Service #AFS #Cloud #MSIgnite
Finally Azure File Sync is there in public preview, for the last months I had the pleasure to work with the Azure File Sync team and tested the product and thought about some great ideas where Azure File Sync (AFS) ... continue reading
Securing Privileged Access for the AD Admin – Part 2
Hello everyone, my name is still David Loder, and I’m still PFE out of Detroit, Michigan. Hopefully you’ve read Securing Privileged Access for the AD Admin – Part 1. If not, go ahead. We’ll wait for you. Now that you’ve ... continue reading
SDN Troubleshooting: UDP Communication failures and changing the Network Controller Certificate
With this blog post, I wanted to highlight a couple of issues that we have encountered recently with Software Defined Networking (SDN) customer deployments in Windows Server 2016. Issue #1: UDP communication isn’t working when outbound NAT is configured Customer ... continue reading
Microsoft’s perspective on cyber resilience
This post is authored by Ann Johnson, Vice President, Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. In the wake of recent ransomware outbreaks, I wanted to understand how impacted firms have evolved their thinking on cyber resilience planning and implementation. I asked the Detection ... continue reading
Azure Recovery Services Vault Management – performing a vault swap
In this blog post I will address some of the questions we’re receiving from customers regarding Azure Backup and Recovery Services vaults. We will focus on one of the most common Azure Backup / Recovery Services Vault management scenarios, which ... continue reading
Configure Storage Spaces Direct on a Virtual Lab – Step by Step
How to configure a Storage Spaces Direct cluster and a hyper-converged Hyper-V on a virtual lab with four storage VMs.continue reading
Migrating Datacenter to Azure – Part 1
Background Quite a while back a Managed Service Provider partner (hereafter referred to as “the MSP”) approached Microsoft regarding migrating one of their datacenter facilities to Azure. The MSP is an experienced managed service provider providing Dynamics ERP, ISV solutions ... continue reading
Migrating Datacenter to Azure – Part 1
Background Quite a while back a Managed Service Provider partner (hereafter referred to as "the MSP") approached Microsoft regarding migrating one of their datacenter facilities to Azure. The MSP is an experienced managed service provider providing Dynamics ERP, ISV solutions ... continue reading
Understanding the Windows Server Failover Cluster Quorum in Windows Server 2016
Before we look at the new quorum features in Windows Server 2016, I think it is important to know where we came from. In my previous post Understanding the Windows Server Failover Cluster Quorum in Windows Server 2012 R2 I ... continue reading
