Tag: Server
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Link summary for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and Meltdown on Windows Server, Hyper-V and Azure
From a security perspective the new year has started with a big bang. If you have lost the traction where you get the necessary information for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and Meltdown on Windows Server, Hyper-V, and Azure, then have a look at the following link summary. Windows Server in general: Windows…
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Enabling Azure Disk Encryption on Windows Server 2016 Server Core in Azure
Beside the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter image, Microsoft also provides an image with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter – Server Core in Azure. If you are using the Server Core image and want to enable Azure Disk Encryption for the VM, you will see the following error message. New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment : 14:27:53 – Resource Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions ‘azst-crp4/BitLocker’ failed…
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Deploying Storage Spaces Direct on a Single Node SOFS Cluster
In my previous post on how to deploy Windows Server 2016 TP3 onto an SD card I introduced you to my new server system. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/how-to-deploy-windows-server-2016-tp3-onto-an-sd-card/ The reason why I bought this system was to play around with Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 TP3. Regarding the testing guide Microsoft recommends four servers to…
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Building a lab environment with Windows 10 Hyper-V and Nested Virtualization
Last week Microsoft has released the newest Insider Build 10565 of Windows 10. -> http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/10/12/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10565/ The Insider Build 10565 includes a long awaited and hidden gem: Nested Virtualization. Before the release of build 10565 we know that nested virtualization will be included in Windows Server 2016 for running Hyper-V Containers. But the real question at…
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How to deploy Windows Server 2016 TP3 onto an SD card?
A few weeks ago I bought a HP Microserver Gen8 (Intel Celeron G1610T, 2,3GHz, 2GB RAM) to continue to use the four 1TB Hitachi HDDs from my previous NAS system and 12GB RAM that are left over from other systems. The main reason for buying the HP Microserver is to play a bit with Storage…
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Getting started with Windows Server Containers
The last month I have played a bit with Docker and now I’m looking forward to have some time to get in touch with Windows Server Containers. If you have not done something yet with Docker or did not play around with the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 which includes the Windows Server Container…