SMB signing required by default in Windows Insider
Heya folks, Ned here again. Beginning in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25381 (Canary, zn_release) Enterprise editions, SMB signing is now required by default for all connections. This changes legacy behavior, where Windows 10 and 11 required SMB signing by ... continue reading
How to deploy gMSA on AKS with Terraform
The other day I posted a blog on how to deploy an AKS cluster that is ready for Windows workloads using Terraform. Today, I wanted to expand that to include gMSA, which is a highly requested feature from Windows customers ... continue reading
gMSA sample application for Windows containers
Recently I talked to a customer about their deployment of gMSA on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This customer was having trouble when trying to run their deployment on AK, and the goal was to identify where the issue was. While ... continue reading
Introducing Windows Local Administrator Password Solution with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD)
Howdy folks, Today we have some news I know many of you will be excited about! As part of our vision to give you comprehensive security solutions, we’ve joined forces with the Windows and Microsoft Intune teams to release ... continue reading
Deploying a Windows AKS cluster with Terraform
Terraform is one of the most popular tools today for cloud management. As an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, it allows you to declaratively provision infrastructure on cloud providers such as Azure. In this blog post, we will cover how ... continue reading
Accelerated Database Recovery enhancements in SQL Server 2022
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. We are excited to share that there are several Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) enhancements in SQL Server 2022 that further improve the overall availability and scalability of the database, primarily around persistent version store ... continue reading
Change Configuration Manager Site Server OS – In-place Upgrade Reference
Hello! My name is Herbert Fuchs and together with other members of the Customer Success Unit and the Customer Service & Support Organization we want to help our Customers with This Blog-Series. We gathered information and put our field ... continue reading
Change Configuration Manager Site Server OS – Disaster Recovery Reference
Hello! My name is Herbert Fuchs and together with other members of the Customer Success Unit and the Customer Service & Support Organization we want to help our Customers with This Blog-Series. We gathered information and put our field ... continue reading
SQL Server 2022: Intel® QuickAssist Technology overview
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. In SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, backup compression was introduced addingWITH COMPRESSION as an option in the T-SQL backup command. SQL Server backup compression provides the compressed backup option for all streaming SQL ... continue reading
New Cluster-Wide Control For Virtual Machine Live Migrations In Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Azure Stack HCI, version 21H2 and later versions of both Overview: There is a new enhancement in the ability to manage the number of parallel live migrations within a cluster, making it easier to change ... continue reading
