First published on TECHNET on Oct 10, 2013 When a Hyper-V Replica Broker is configured in your DR site to accept replication traffic, Hyper-V along with Failover Clustering intelligently percolates these settings to all the nodes of the clusters. A ... continue reading

Self-service is core to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Back in the virtualization days, you had to wait for someone to create a VLAN for you, carve out a LUN, and find space on a host. If Microsoft Azure ran that way, we ... continue reading

First published on TECHNET on Feb 02, 2017 When talking to customers about the security features in Windows Server 2016, a common question keeps coming up, how do I secure my jump server? Recently, I worked with a Microsoft internal ... continue reading

First published on MSDN on Mar 24, 2014 In this blog, I will discuss some common questions pertaining to IPv6 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clusters. What network protocol does Failover Clustering default to? If both IPv4 and IPv6 ... continue reading

First published on MSDN on Dec 13, 2012 In Windows Server 2012, a Failover Cluster can be created in an environment that has access only to a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) but not a Read Write Domain Controller (RWDC) ... continue reading

First published on MSDN on May 07, 2012 In this blog, I will outline the steps in order to troubleshoot “Create Cluster” failures with Windows Server 2012 or later Failover Clustering. Step 1: Run the Cluster Validation Tool The cluster ... continue reading

First published on MSDN on Nov 27, 2018 In the last blog posts, INTUNE – Intune and Autopilot Part 1 – The Blueprint INTUNE – Intune and Autopilot Part 2 – Setting up your environment Intune and Autopilot Part 3 ... continue reading

This blog post was co-authored by Daniel Savage, Principal Program Manager, Azure Stack and Tiberiu Radu, Senior Program Manager, Azure Stack. Azure Stack at its core is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform When we discuss Azure Stack with our customers, they ... continue reading

A network virtual appliance (NVA) is a virtual appliance primarily focused on network functions virtualization. A typical network virtual appliance involves various layers four to seven functions like firewall, WAN optimizer, application delivery controllers, routers, load balancers, IDS/IPS, proxies, SD-WAN ... continue reading

Introduction If you are reading this article you probably are still using SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 and want to take advantage of the extended security updates that Microsoft is offering if you move your SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 into Azure ... continue reading