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Evaluate This–Collapsed Cluster
In my last post I used two clusters; one to host a high availability (HA) file server where I stored...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/16/2013
Error Code1 in Windows Update & 0x80004005 in ccmsetup.log
Today I’ve been playing with my System Center Configuration Manager SP1 lab and came across a very...
Author: Si May Date: 01/15/2013
Event: The Hybrid IT Roadshow
YOUR EXCLUSIVE INVITATION TO THE MICROSOFT HYBRID IT ROADSHOW Get the latest insights and learn...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 01/15/2013
Microsoft Licensing - Simple MVA courses to solve your licensing headaches
If licensing has been a pain point for a long time or if you’ve ever wanted to gain knowledge...
Author: Marcel Boothe Date: 01/14/2013
Evaluate This–High Availability Virtual Machines
Server virtualisation is all about decoupling the operating system form the hardware it’s...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/13/2013
Poll: TechDays Online 2013–Suggest Topics, Speakers & Content
TechDays Online is returning for 2013 and we want you to get involved in the process of choosing the...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 01/11/2013
Evaluate This–Storage Migration
In some smaller organisations virtual machines (VM) often run on local storage DAS – Direct...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/10/2013
WSUS Service fails to start with error 193, WSUS Service is not a valid Win32 application
As I continue to build my System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (CM12) lab I continue to shoot...
Author: Si May Date: 01/09/2013
Evaluate This - Shared Nothing Live Migration
In earlier versions of Windows Server you needed to build a cluster with shared storage (i.e. a SAN)...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/08/2013
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas Grand Prize Winner Announced
As many of you may have heard we ran a series of competitions across the 12 days in the run up to...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 01/08/2013
Three Windows Azure UK Events to Start 2013
You’re back to work and ready to learn the latest new technologies in 2013. If Windows Azure...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 01/08/2013
Build and Capture Error codes with System Centre 2012 Configuration Manager
I’m currently spending some time build a test lab with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...
Author: Si May Date: 01/07/2013
Evaluate This – Highly Availability File Servers
Storage in Windows Server 2012 is more than firing up a few file shares and setting up security on...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/07/2013
Evaluate This–Windows Server 2012 AD DS
Last time I posted about how you can use Windows Azure to setup a test lab for yourself without the...
Author: Si May Date: 01/04/2013
Evaluate This–Windows Server 2012 on Windows Azure IaaS
If you’re looking for an easy way to start evaluating Windows Server 2012 this couldn’t...
Author: Si May Date: 01/03/2013
Evaluate This–Server Core and MinShell
In my last video I showed you how to use Server Manager to manage lots of servers, and given that...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/30/2012
12 Days of Geekmas–The Final Competition–Extended!
It is Christmas eve and time for our final competition in our 12 Days of Geekmas series! To...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/24/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas– Day 11 More great prizes!
Only a day until the really big competition day… things are hotting up fast and we’re...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/23/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas–Day 10–Big Prize!
So we’re onto day 10 and many of you are off doing your last bit of Christmas shopping…...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/22/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas Day 9
Things are hotting up and we’re getting ever close to day 12 and the big prizes! Each day we’re...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/21/2012
How to: Das Windows AzureVM On/Off Szenario (IaaS)
Hallo @all, [update: read this article in english, try bing translate] im Anschluss an den Dynamic...
Author: Alex Guy Date: 12/20/2012
Microsoft Hybrid IT UK Roadshow – Registrations Now Open!
We would like to invite you to register and attend the Microsoft Hybrid IT UK Roadshow on 29th...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/20/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas–Day 8–The one with the MVP’s
Only 5 Days until Geekmas… are you humming the tune yet!? Today we are giving away a Windows...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/20/2012
Microsoft Licensing Events
We hear your cries for “simplicity” when it comes to licensing! We hear your brains...
Author: Marcel Boothe Date: 12/19/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas – Day 7
A week into the 12 Days of Geekmas and we have already given away loads of great prizes! Today is no...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/19/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas – Day 6
This time next week you’ll be celebrating and off on your festive holidays! There are only 7 days...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/18/2012
Competition 12 Days of Geekmas – Day 5
There are only eight days until Christmas now and lots more prizes still up for grabs on TechNet UK...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/17/2012
Evaluate This – Multi-server management
My favourite feature in Windows Server 2012 is it’s ability to manage and be managed. For...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/16/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas–Day 4
Today is the fourth day of the 12 days in the run up to Christmas. Here’s a taster of the great...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/16/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas – Day 3
Today is the third day of the 12 days in the run up to Christmas. Here’s a taster of the great...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/15/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas - Day 2
Today is the second day of the 12 days in the run up to Christmas. Here’s a taster of the great...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/14/2012
Evaluate This–DHCP Failover
Having looked at how NIC teaming makes the best use of your network card in my last video I wanted...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/14/2012
Competition: 12 Days of Geekmas – Day 1
Today is the first of the 12 days in the run up to Christmas so we thought it would be fun to do a...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/13/2012
12 Days of Geekmas Terms & Conditions
ELIGIBILITY. This promotion is open to any person resident in the United Kingdom who is eighteen...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/12/2012
Evaluate This – NIC teaming
In the third in this video series I wanted to show you NIC Teaming.. which is how you can provide a...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/10/2012
Evaluate This–an Introduction to Hyper-V
Hopefully you will have read the introduction to our Evaluate This series and are now ready to start...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/09/2012
Evaluate This – an Introduction
The main reason my blog has been totally neglected for the last few months is because Simon and I...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/08/2012
Windows Azure Storage: neue Preise ab 12.12.2012
Hallo @all, in den letzten Tagen hat sich die Preisspirale beim Cloud-Speicher weiter nach unten...
Author: Alex Guy Date: 12/06/2012
Free Windows Azure Poster To Brighten Up Your Day
This poster introduces Windows Azure for developers and IT pros. It summarizes benefits such as...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/06/2012
Guest Post: Power to the people – AppStores for the enterprise
By Dave Harding, product manager at 1E The consumerisation of IT has undoubtedly been one of...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/06/2012
Event: FREE Kelverion Webinar Cost Reduction with System Center 2012 Orchestrator
IT organizations are under increasing pressure to ensure high service levels and deliver...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/05/2012
FireBrand Windows Server 2012 Survey Results
Last month Firebrand ran a survey to find out what your plans are for using Windows Server 2012...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/04/2012
The Ultimate Guide to Windows Server 2012 with PC Pro
PC Pro have brought out a really interesting content hub focusing on Windows Server 2012. ...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/04/2012
Guest Post: Consumerization and SharePoint security challenges
By Geoff EvelynI was a guest speaker on a general SharePoint Security Webcast today, which was great...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/03/2012
Guest Post: WEDM in real life scenarios
By Thomas Frahler, Acting Windows Embedded BG Lead Northern Europe This video shows how you can...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/03/2012
Event: SQLSanta 2012
On Friday 14th December 2012, the SQLSanta team is proud to present a free one-day technical...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 12/03/2012
Poll: Licensing
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Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 11/28/2012
WhitePaper: IDC- Delivering Private Cloud Today with Microsoft System Center 2012
Microsoft recently introduced System Center 2012, a tightly integrated management solution built...
Author: Sarah Lamb Date: 11/21/2012