cloud
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Azure
Configure Meraki to Azure Site to Site VPN
Lately, I have been playing around a lot with Azure as there is a lot of momentum, development, and enthusiasm around the platform. Since I run the Meraki MX security device at home, I wanted to play around with the…
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Windows Server 2016
Install Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Nano Server in VMware ESXi
One of the exciting features of Windows Server 2016 is Nano Server which is basically a headless operating system that really does strip out just about everything but the necessary components to run a server operating system. There is of…
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Networking
Use Meraki MX Security Appliance to throttle bandwidth
As I detailed in a previous post, I was able to get my hands on a Meraki security appliance for home lab use. I am still liking the performance and cloud integrated features of the Meraki platform and the ease…
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Security
Cisco Meraki Security Appliance Review
Recently, I have been looking to revamp my home lab network with something a little more power and newer technology. I have been running the Sophos UTM x86 product for this purpose for a couple of years now and it…
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Backup Software
Nakivo Backup & Replication Backup to Azure
Nakivo Backup & Replication has shown itself to very much be a mature cloud aware and cloud integrated product. This allows Nakivo Backup & Replication to scale and be agile to accommodate the variety of infrastructure designs and layouts of…
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Networking
Meraki MS220-8P unboxing and initial setup
Recently, I was excited to get my hands on a new Meraki MS220-8P cloud switch. So I wanted to go through some of the unboxing highlights as well as some of the initial setup and configuration steps to get the…
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Disaster Recovery
Tape vs Disk vs Cloud backup what solutions are you using?
I wanted to shoot a post out there to you guys visiting the site to see which solutions for backup you are using in your enterprise environment. In doing consulting work like I do, there are still environments utilizing tapes…
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Cloud
Users can’t login to Office 365 email after migration from Live@Edu
Recently, in working with an educational institution on issues their students were having logging into Office 365 after the mandatory upgrade from Microsoft, we stumbled on a problem and fix that resolved issues many students were having with their account…
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Servers
Blade Servers Saving Money and Transforming Modern Business Computing
The computer network of any organization could be considered the backbone, whether it be large or small. Having the right equipment along this network could improve the organization’s efficiency in profound ways. Efficiency doesn’t have to mean the actual throughput…
