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What’s new in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
Today Microsoft announced the new features which are coming in Windows Server 2012 R2 which will be the next version of Windows Server at Microsoft TechEd North America. By the way just to show you...
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Cisco Nexus 1000v for Hyper-V now available for download
Just got the information that Cisco made the Nexus 1000v for Hyper-V available for download. What is the Cisco Nexus 1000v Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches provide a comprehensive and extensible...
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What’s new in Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces
Microsoft announced the next version of the Windows Server platform called Windows Server 2012 R2 at TechEd North America. I already blog about what’s new in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. Storages...
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What’s new in System Center 2012 R2 – Virtual Machine Manager
I already posted blog post about What’s new in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and What’s new in Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces, now it’s time to focus on System Center 2012 R2 – Virtual Machine...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 Preview available
Microsoft made the preview bits for System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 available on TechNet and MSDN. So for all of you who have a MSDN or TechNet account you can download them and test...
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Windows Azure Pack available for download
Today Microsoft made previews of System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 available and also the Windows Azure Pack formerly known as Windows Azure Services for Windows Server. Windows Azure...
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What is Hyper-V over SMB?
With the release of Windows Server 2012 Microsoft offers a new way to store Hyper-V Virtual Machine on a shared storage. In Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Microsoft did only...
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How to configure Availability Sets in Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft first introduced Availability Sets in Windows Azure and with System Center 2012 SP1 this feature also came to the Private Cloud. Availability Sets are used to keep virtual machines separate...
View ArticleInterview about System Center Universe Europe 2013
Today the crew from System Center Universe Europe released an interview with me where I talked about my job at itnetx, the Public and Private Cloud and of course about my sessions at System Center...
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Hyper-V over SMB: SMB Multichannel
As already mentioned in my first post, SMB 3.0 comes with a lot of different supporting features which are increasing the functionality in terms of performance, security, availability and backup. Here...
View ArticleMark your calendars for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center...
Microsoft just announced that Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 will be available on October 18th. Windows Server 2012 R2 Available October 18th Mark your calendars for...
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Hyper-V over SMB: SMB Direct (RDMA)
Another important part of SMB 3.0 and Hyper-V over SMB is the performance. In the past you could use iSCSI, Fiber Channel or FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet). Now SMB 3.0 has a lot of performance...
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Connect IPAM with System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
In System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager you already had an option to feed information into your IPAM (IP Address Management which was introduced with Windows Server 2012). In the R2 release...
View ArticleSpeaking at Geekmania 2013
Last year I was speaking at Geekmania 2012 in Switzerland about Windows Server 2012: Hyper-V V3 – the new generation Hypervisor and Windows Server 2012: Storage Management – get ready for “Big Data”...
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Connect Microsoft Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway in System Center...
If you are using Hyper-V Network Visualization you can use the Microsoft Hyper-V Network Virtualization Gateway for your Virtual Machines to leave the VM Networks or to connected inside these Virtual...
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Hyper-V Network Virtualization: NVGRE Offloading
At the moment I spend a lot of time working with Hyper-V Network Virtualization in Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager and with the new Network Virtualization Gateway. I am also creating...
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Hyper-V over SMB: SMB Bandwidth Limits
SMB is a huge topic since Windows Server 2012 and together with the concept of Converged Networking there was one very important features missing, and this was QoS (Quality of Service) for SMB traffic....
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System Center Universe Europe 2013 – Review
Okay finally after two weeks I found some time to write about the System Center Universe Europe 2013 in Bern, Switzerland. I arrived Sunday morning in Bern at the meeting point for the speakers day....
View ArticleSpeaking at E2EVC 2013 Rome
E2EVC Virtualization Conference is a non-commercial, virtualization community Event. The main goal is to bring the best virtualization experts together to exchange knowledge and to establish new...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster and Hyper-V...
Microsoft today released the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster and Hyper-V Mini-Posters which provide a a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in...
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