Step-By-Step: Enabling Hyper-V for use on Windows 10
Virtualization provides a plethora of solutions from making the most of an organization’s hardware investment to running specific applications in other OS offerings. Using the same technology found in Windows Server, the Windows 10 embedded Hyper-V client allows IT professionals to move VMs from server to client without the requirement to re-learn the use of Hyper-V features and tools.AzUpdate: Post Ignite recap, Responsible AI, Azure Automanage, Azure Resource Mover and more
Well Microsoft Ignite 2020 is over and while our step counters may not have captured as many steps as last year... it doesn't mean that there wasn't a plethora of Azure news shared. Here are the headlines we are covering this week: The IT Professional's role in the Responsible use of AI, Azure Automanage for VMs, Move resources to another region with Azure Resource Mover, New Windows Virtual Desktop Capabilities, Hybrid Cloud announcements surrounding Azure Arc and Azure Stack as well as the Microsoft Learn module of the week.How to In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019
As you know the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are out of support on January 14th, 2020. Customer will need to upgrade their Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to a newer version of Windows Server or migrate these servers to Microsoft Azure.How to run a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V
Happy new year everyone! Last month, before the holidays I wanted to run a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V to run a few tests on Windows containers in a different environment than my local machine. However, it took me some time to get that VM up and running, simply because I forgot about the new hardware requirements for Windows 11 and that I had to get them configured before I installed the new OS in it. This blog post is my contribution so you don’t have to go through the same!How does the PXE boot process work?
Within the IT department imaging devices for end users is something that we’ve probably all had to do at some point, either manually or with an automation product such as Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM). There are a lot of moving parts to imaging devices using one of the tools mentioned above, and there can be a lot of pain points in the process. One of the pain points is often how to get the device to boot into the PXE environment, in this article we explore how that process works and understand why it can be a pain point.How to Migrate Active Directory from Windows Server 2012 R2 to 2019
Windows Server 2019 was available for public (GA) from early October 2018. In past i have written many articles about domain migrations by covering different Active Directory versions. So, it is time me to write about AD 2019 migrations. In this demo I am going to demonstrate how to migrate from Active Directory 2012 R2 to Active Directory 2019. The same procedure is going to apply for any AD version from Windows Server 2008.PowerShell Basics: Don't Fear Hitting Enter with -WhatIf
Chances are you've run into this situation. You've built a script, or a one-liner, to perform a specific task, but you don't have a way to thoroughly test it without hitting Enter. That moment before hitting enter can be difficult. Knowing this need, there is a switch available with many PowerShell commands called -WhatIf .Step-by-Step: How to work with Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)
Services Accounts are recommended to use when install application or services in infrastructure. It is dedicated account with specific privileges which use to run services, batch jobs, management tasks. In most of the infrastructures, service accounts are typical user accounts with “Password never expire” option. Since these service accounts are not been use regularly, Administrators have to keep track of these accounts and their credentials. I have seen in many occasions where engineers face in to issues due to outdated or misplace service account credential details. Pain of it is, if you reset the password of service accounts, you will need to update services, databases, application settings to get application or services up and running again. Apart from it Engineers also have to manage service principle names (SPN) which helps to identify service instance uniquely.
