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    Windows Server 2008 R2 End of Life Near

    If you run Windows Server 2008 R2 in your environment as well Server 2008 flat, you are in the “5 minutes til midnight” hour of getting a plan together to migrate off your Windows Server 2008 platform. Just like Server…

  • Windows-Server-2019-vs-2016-which-to-choose

    Windows Server 2019 vs 2016 – Which to Choose?

    With the introduction of Windows Server 2016 and now 2019, many businesses are looking at upgrading their infrastructure to use the latest versions of Windows Server operating systems. If you are running a legacy version of Microsoft Windows Server like…

  • Active-Directory-Administrative-Center-Windows-10-properties-and-locate-1

    Windows Admin Center New Active Directory Extension

    Remember the Active Directory Administrative Center? If you are like me, you didn’t really see many across the enterprise make use of the “next-generation” of Active Directory management. However, there is a new Active Directory Administrative Center that I would…

  • Hyper-V-Roadmap-of-New-Features

    Hyper-V Roadmap of Upcoming Features

    If you are like me and just getting to digest some of the content from the recent Microsoft Ignite conference, there are several sessions that caught my attention. One of the sessions detailed what’s next with Hyper-V. In that session,…

  • Windows-10-1909-Download-Released-New-Features

    Windows 10 1909 Download Released New Features

    Well, apparently the wait is over for Windows 10 version 1909 aka 19H2 as it appears it has been released and starting to roll out for those looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest on the slow ring. In…

  • Windows-Server-2019-Storage-Replica-Failover-Process

    Windows Server 2019 Storage Replica Failover Process

    In the previous post, we took a look at Storage Replica in Windows Server 2019 Features and Configuration. The new features and configuration that are included with the Windows Server 2019 version of Storage Replica make it an even better…

  • Storage-Replica-in-Windows-Server-2019-Features-and-Configuration

    Storage Replica in Windows Server 2019 Features and Configuration

    A capability that has been around for quite some time with Storage Area Network (SAN) devices is the ability to replicate the storage between one SAN device to another SAN device. SAN vendors have long had this capability. It provides…

  • New-Performance-Monitor-released-in-Windows-Admin-Center

    New Performance Monitor released in Windows Admin Center

    It is the tool that we have all either loved/hated for years working with Microsoft Windows Server systems. It has been the go to tool when troubleshooting Windows Server issues as they come up or in profiling systems to get…

  • Windows-Admin-Center-1910-GA-with-New-Features

    Windows Admin Center 1910 GA Download with New Features

    Windows Admin Center is the de facto standard now for managing Windows Servers, HCI, Hyper-V, and bridging your on-premises environment to your Azure environment. The hybrid cloud features that are built into Windows Admin Center certainly makes it clear this…

  • Windows-Server-Core-2019-Management-Fundamentals

    Windows Server Core 2019 Management Fundamentals

    Windows Server Core has finally matured and transitioned into the primary operating system that you should deploy when thinking about deploying a Windows Server platform in your environment. The days of GUI are numbered, especially with the recent developments in…