Tag: Virtualization
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Windows Server TP2 Build 10074 – VM import fails
Today I experienced an odd behavior of the Windows Server Technical Preview 2 Build 10074. Because of my storage capacity I am running some of my VMs on local data HDDs in my Hyper-V hosts. After a complete new installation of the Hyper-V hosts with Technical Preview 2 I was unable to import my VMs…
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What is Azure Stack?
There has been some confusion around what Azure Stack is right after the announcement at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago. I will try to do a short and high-level clarification based on that what I got from the sessions and I like to invite the Product Group to reach out to me if I got something wrong. First of…
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Microsoft Ignite Announcements – Azure Stack and OMS
Day one of Microsoft Ignite in Chicago is over and I want to let you now what is coming next regarding the Cloud OS story. First of all the next version of Windows Server and System Center will be called Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016. A huge announcement was Azure Stack! So Azure…
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Azure Site Recovery InMage Scout with VMware Series – Overview & Introduction
Last year Microsoft acquired the company InMage with its product InMage Scout. InMage Scout provides disaster recovery capabilities for a VMware on-premises to VMware on-premises scenario. Last month Microsoft has announced a VMware on-premsies to Microsoft Azure scenario which is still in preview. -> http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/07/16/azure-site-recovery-now-offers-disaster-recovery-for-any-physical-or-virtualized-it-environment-with-inmage-scout-2/ -> http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/26/announcing-the-preview-of-disaster-recovery-for-vmwarephysical-servers-to-microsoft-azure-with-asr/ In the blog post series about InMage Scout…
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Azure Site Recovery InMage Scout with VMware Series – Teaser
This blog post will give you a short overview what you can expect from the Azure Site Recovery InMage Scout with VMware blog series. Parts: Introduction & Overview Configuration Server Installation Process Server Installation vContinuum & Push Install Agent Installation Configuration of ASR InMage Scout Windows Master Target Installation Protection of a Windows VM Linux…
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System Center 2012 R2 VMM – Forecasting for Capacity Planning
Ever thought about a forecasting for your on-premises virtualization infrastructure? No? Maybe the reason for that was the only option you had with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager was SQL Server Analysis Services. Yeah you heard right SQL Server Analysis Services. -> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh882395.aspx But it’s all good now because we good Microsoft…