Creating the first Server 2019 Domain Controller
zulfikar This blog post is Part 2 in the Active Directory on Windows Server 2019 Series of knowledge articles Zulfikar Ali, 2023 Time to create your first Domain Controller (DC) You…
Creating your first VM
This blog post is Part 1 in the Active Directory on Windows Server 2019 Series of knowledge articles Zulfikar Ali, 2023 It is time to create your first Virtual Machine…
Installing VMware Workstation 17.5
Uninstall any other Virtualisation Software Firstly make sure you do not already have any virtualisation software installed on your Windows device. IF you have previously installed Virtual Box or added…
Office 365 and the backup/data loss conundrum
With GDPR on the horizon and many organisations rapidly moving to Office 365, Azure services, Skype for Business and SharePoint online it seems many are not 100% clear on the…
Did Microsoft Decode the Future in 2016? Not really
Microsoft Future Encoded Billed as an event where the future direction of Microsoft (and its partner network) would head in the next 3-5 years I thought it worth heading to…
Hyperconvergence – what (the heck) is it?
The latest buzzword in virtualization, yet for me the technology it describes is old hat (in the I.T. world old hat isn't all that long ago). Let me explain...traditionally a…
Free MS Books for Kindle or Kindle App
Whether you have a Kindle, or a smartphone/tablet with the Kindle App installed you can download the following Microsoft related technical books for free. Right now from Amazon. They are:…
Generation 8 HP Microservers released
HP have released updated versions of their Microserver range, the 8th gen. Now comes in 2 flavours, a G1610 or a G2020 with either a 2.2 or 2.5GHz dual core…
HP Microserver N40L bargain & the 16GB RAM confusion
The last few months the HP Microserver offering, the N40L, has been hitting sales highs due to a £100 cashback offer from HP. This effectively made the whole unit available…
Exam 70-659 Microsoft Server Virtualization
I took and passed this exam today, not as straightforward as I thought it would be. I pretty much used 'Mastering Microsoft Virtualization' by Tim Cerling at al, and a…
PlateSpin Migrate 8 and P2V of Cluster
Using PlateSpin version 8 to P2V a Active/Active Cluster? If your looking at virtualizing your infrastructure P2V of standalone systems is straightforward, usually a good idea to defrag drives prior…
Hyper-V on VMWare Workstation
Hyper-V has 2 core hardware requirements - DEP & CPU Virtualization - of course it has other requirements too for it to work optimally but that is not the concern…