Just a guy – talking about technology … in an uncomplicated way.
http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/6a41/9456d129-867c-4e06-830b-51c0d41f6a41/BobCombsHyperVSwitchWS2012R2_mid.mp4 A while back, when Windows Server 2012 was codenamed “Windows Server 8”, I sat down and talked with Bob Combs, a Sr. Program Manager on the Windows Core Networking Team about the newly released “Hyper-V Extensible Switch”. Well, now that Windows Server 2012 R2 has been released and planning has already begun for whatever…
I was delivering a quick session on the wonder that is Multi-Server Management for WIndows Server 2012 and I got asked the question – What Ports are required to be open when managing a system remotely. ARGH… I always forget the port number – as it’s a non-standard port in the 5000 range. Well –…
I was on point for The Edge Show recently and decided to talk with my buddy Zach Alexander a PM on the Group Policy team on what’s new and cool in Group Policy these days. Three things immediately came to mind: Infrastructure Status Remote Update on client systems Improved Resultant Set of Policy. I helped…
An unexpected slowdown issue had me baffled a not too long ago with timeouts to online services, web surfing, network access – generally everything had delays in starting / connecting. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. Then it struck me. I was using Windows 8 Hyper-V feature for some screencasts here…
Looks like I am batting “CleanUp” for the Window Server Track here at TechEd New Zealand. I’m the last session before the farewell drinks and the official conference closure. I do have one trick up my sleeve to ensure people come out BESIDES an awesome session topic and content. I mean heck – who wouldn’t…
I am in the final days of prep work to get ready to head down to TechEd New Zealand and TechEd Australia. I had a great time down there last year and apparently they liked my stuff enough to ask me to come back again! I have slightly different speaking schedule for the two conferences…
I have the good fortune of working with some great folks here at Microsoft HQ – some of which I have been following for quite some time. Last week at TechEd NorthAmerica Jeff Woolsey was on the main keynote stage demonstrating a whirlwind of functionalities and achievements of the next generation of Hyper-V in Windows…
Greetings! As the curator of the TechEd Modernizing Your Datacenter foundational session, I have compiled a one stop resource to complementary sessions about the technologies we demonstrated during the event. You can click on the links to view the session details in schedule builder. If you are coming across this post AFTER TechEd 2012 has…
I’ve been working with Windows Server “8” since last September when it first peeked outside of the internal deployment servers at the Build conference. Because I was not part of the engineering group or product team – I had the same level of access all the rest of the public had. Time moved forward and…
(Or this could be called Windows Server 2012 Hands On Labs as well I guess. ) While I was off in Las Vegas for Microsoft Management Summit – I happened to notice that something sneaked on to the Windows Server TechCenter page on TechNet. Hands On Labs are now LIVE on the site! Yup –…