Tag: Networking
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Manage Windows Server 2016 TP3 Network Controller with System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
Actually in the Technical Preview 3 you can use either PowerShell or System Center 2016 VMM to manage a Network Controller instance. I had not the time yet to test the management capabilities provided by System Center 2016 Operations Manager. You can manage your datacenter network with Network Controller by using management applications, such as…
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Working with vNIC Consistent Naming in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
Windows Server 2016 TP3 Hyper-V includes a very interesting feature that got several names out there vCDN, Consistent Naming of Virtual Network Adapters and Virtual Adapter Identification. Only the last two are a good wording for it, because it is not Consistent Device Naming. In this blog post I use the following wording vNIC Consistent…
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Convert Standard Switch to Logical Switch in System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
How often have I rebuild the Hyper-V Switch configuration in the last few years at customer sites? I cannot remember. When ever I implemented VMM or checked the VMM installation at a customer I designed or redesigned the Logical Network configuration and with that the Logical Switch configuration. In System Center 2012 R2 VMM you…
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Connect Windows Server 2016 TP3 Network Controller with System Center 2016 TP3 VMM
Today Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 TP3 and System Center 2016 TP3. -> http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/08/19/what-s-new-in-windows-server-2016-and-system-center-2016-technical-preview-3.aspx Finally with the release of Technical Preview 3 we got a guide on how to set up the Network Controller role in Windows Server 2016. -> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt282165.aspx In TP3 you are able to set up a single node Network Controller. Multi…
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Microsoft Azure – Cross-premises connectivity with FortiGate
Last week I have implemented an Azure PoC at a customer site and was faced with the configuration of the S2S VPN tunnel between Azure and the on-premises site. You can check on the MSDN website which VPN devices are supported. -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj156075.aspx The customer is using a FortiGate as VPN device and as you…
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Microsoft Azure – VM Extensions are not installed
If you have a S2S VPN gateway connection between your on-premises and Microsoft Azure with a DNS server entry pointing to an on-premises DNS server you can experience the issue that the VM extensions are not installed. In the scenario you want to deploy a new VM in Azure, but the gateway connection between your…