In today’s world, disruption or outage of business operations directly translates to financial losses and a decrease in employee or customer satisfaction, and therefore, the urge for b… Read More

Networking problems frequently challenge administrators. Introducing a virtualized switch to the mix adds another layer of complexity and multiple failure points. We can use the popular Wire… Read More

It has been one of the defining moments and turning points in modern technology – virtualization in computing. Virtualization and the technologies that include virtualized resources ha… Read More

Microsoft Azure enables you to create different workloads and host them in the cloud. These workloads are virtual machines, databases, NSG, load balancers, and many others. They are stored w… Read More

Windows Admin Center is now available in Azure to manage Azure Stack HCI on-premises. Register Windows Admin Center with Azure – Azure Stack HCI | Microsoft Docs With Windows Admin Ce… Read More

Azure Benefits is an offer from Microsoft that enables customers to use older operating systems and extend their support free of charge. You can see the major three benefits listed below… Read More

Normally your Azure Stack HCI environment consists of the following components: Azure Stack HCI Server Hardware Azure Stack HCI Network Equipment Azure Stack HCI Operating System Windows Ad… Read More

Long ago, near the beginning of my technical career, I worked for a company that serviced a niche PC peripheral. One customer’s system behaved so poorly that she needed a service call… Read More

For many years, a home IT lab was a “requirement” for any budding IT Pro – you needed a place to test out new software and learn. In some ways, this requirement has lessene… Read More

Today, there is no question that IT admins are busier than ever, juggling multiple tasks and responsibilities. These include managing and administering Exchange email services, both on-premi… Read More

Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) is the defacto directory service in today’s enterprise. Most organizations run Active Directory on-premises to provide access to inter… Read More

In 1999, Microsoft previewed the first version of Active Directory in Windows Server 2000. Later, in April 2003, they improved it in Windows Server 2003. Since then, Active Directory has bee… Read More

Hybrid cloud is taking the IT world by storm. Major vendors like Microsoft have been making significant strides towards Hybrid cloud technologies over the last several years, and many custom… Read More

In Windows Server 2012, Microsoft released the first version of SDN (Software Defined Networking) to address the challenges with non-centralized infrastructure management. This was based on… Read More

Launched in “early preview” in November 2021 the next version of System Center is going to be released in the first quarter of 2022. In this article, we’ll look at what&rs… Read More

It’s an interesting time to be an IT professional. The cloud is seeing increasing adoption for a number of reasons. On-prem infrastructure is now being influenced by cloud technologies… Read More

In this article, we’re going to look at Virtual Private Networks in Azure and how you can use them. As you may know, a Virtual Private Network or VPN is an encrypted tunnel over the In… Read More

It’s been a big year for Microsoft. Major structural decisions have forged a new path forward for Hyper-V and Azure. Let’s look back on the most significant developments of 2021… Read More

One of the security features IT Pros were missing in the first three versions of Hyper-V Server was securing virtual machines against potential host compromise. The idea behind this feature… Read More

The purpose of this blog post is to help build some clarification around Microsoft Network Virtual Appliances and other Network Security Partners. If you are working with the Partner Ecosys… Read More

‘Tis the season to be caring – for your loved ones, for each other, and yes, even for your data and mailboxes. If you’re a Microsoft 365 administrator, celebrate with us. A… Read More

Back in October 2008, Microsoft shipped the first Hyper-V Server version in Windows Server 2008. It was and still is, the technology that supported businesses to virtualize multiple operatin… Read More

Something that Microsoft has always tried to do, and sometimes succeeded spectacularly well in (looking at you – Small Business Server 2011) and sometimes not so much (looking at you … Read More

It’s that time again! A new version of Windows Server is upon us and as usual, we produced a comprehensive webinar for system admins that covers all of the “What’s New?&rdq… Read More

Each release of the Windows Server operating system represents a milestone of new technologies, capabilities, and features that help organizations solve the present technology challenges fac… Read More

In this article, I will focus on Azure File Sync, explaining the service and the use cases. I will not be able to touch everything about Azure File Sync, but I will try to include the most i… Read More

Microsoft already provides a good guide on how to migrate to Azure Virtual WAN, however, there are several frequently asked questions not covered there which streamline the migration process… Read More

Azure Bastion can be seen as a Jump Host or Secure Admin Station as a service. It allows connecting to Azure Virtual Machines using a secure browser like Google Chrome, Edge, or Firefox via… Read More

Hashicorp Terraform has made a name for itself as an Infrastructure as Code powerhouse, capable of interacting with many different environments. A newcomer onto the Infrastructure as Code sc… Read More

In the depths of Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), where the graphical interface cannot reach, network traffic shaping tools await the brave administrator. Most clusters work perfec… Read More

For all IT professionals, storage infrastructure is very much at the core of the services we provide in our datacenters. That said there seems to be this industry misconception that there ha… Read More

There has been an explosion of cloud technologies in the past few years. Today, many organizations are migrating business-critical resources to cloud environments due to the many advantages… Read More

With Azure virtual WAN at the current point of maturity, I noticed more and more landing zone deployments based on virtual WAN are coming up. Both in the greenfield and for migration. Curre… Read More

It’s that time of the year again: SysAdmin Day has arrived, and with it comes infinite gratitude for the men and women who support us 24/7. For all the times you’ve prevented cat… Read More

Storage technologies are always changing and evolving while at the same time bringing immense benefit to our datacenters. We have come a long way from IDE spinning rust drives, iSCSI/FC prot… Read More

Security is becoming increasingly important and considering the attacks on Solarwinds and Kaysea that have shaken the IT industry, there has never been a better time to reassess your own sec… Read More

PowerShell is an effective and powerful way to achieve administrative tasks that either require some degree of automation or perform an action that isn’t possible in the Exchange Onlin… Read More

There are few if any technologies that you will find are more popular and trending among SysAdmins as Kubernetes. Kubernetes is a game-changer in the world of containers. It provides the pat… Read More

How do IT professionals and businesses use the email security features of Microsoft 365? Do MSPs feel safe using these features? Do they think they’re useful? We’re running a sur… Read More

During the spring Microsoft Ignite 2021, as you might have seen, Microsoft announced a new service called Azure Route Server in public preview. When looking at the new service, you… Read More

As you might have seen from other posts, I’m currently writing more articles around Azure Virtual WAN and today I want to have an in depth look at what Azure vWAN is. To start off, I&r… Read More

At the recent Ignite 2021 conference Microsoft announced the preview of the next version of Windows Server 2022. This is not huge news as we can follow the direction that Windows Server is h… Read More

Which hypervisor provides the best virtual machine for Windows 10 and other operating systems? Let's compare and find the answer. Read the post here: The Best Virtual Machine for Windows 10 Read More

Learn how to write your own cmdlets, how you can share them with others and much more in our second part of the PowerShell cmdlets guide. Read the post here: PowerShell Cmdlets: What they ar… Read More

PowerShell cmdlets provide many powerful capabilities for automation, management and configuration. But what are they and what do they do? Let's have a closer look. Read the post here: Powe… Read More

Microsoft Ignite 2021 was packed with announcements, so we gathered 3 MVP's for a discussion on the main reveals that emerged from the event. Read the post here: Key Takeaways from Microsoft… Read More

PsExec is a powerful command-line utility that allows managing, administering, and configuring remote Windows hosts. Learn more about PsExec, and how it can be used. Read the post here: Ps… Read More

Microsoft Hyper-V is a robust hypervisor that can easily be automated using PowerShell. Here is a look at the top 10 PowerShell commands for Hyper-V. Read the post here: Top 10 PowerShell co… Read More

12 of the most commonly asked questions answered about backup & disaster recovery answered by two industry experts Read the post here: Your Backup & Disaster Recovery Questions Answe… Read More

A step by step guide on how to connect Site 2 Site VPN Device to a virtual WAN which is not a managed CPE Partner using Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro. Read the post here: How to configure Azure… Read More