Tag: Servers
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Cloning with Customization Specifications
Being back in a VMware environment, there are a few differences I need to remember from Hyper-V and System Center. It is not that one is better or worse than the other, but they are certainly different. Customization Specifications are a great addition in vCenter to Cloning virtual machines. They allow you to name the VM,…
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Failover Clustering: Let’s spread the Hyper-V love across hosts!
This article was originally published on the Canadian IT Pro Connection. Some veteran IT Pros hear the term ‘Microsoft Clustering’ and their hearts start racing. That’s because once upon a time Microsoft Cluster Services was very difficult and complicated. In Windows Server 2008 it became much easier, and in Windows Server 2012 it is now…
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From Server Core to GUI to… MinShell?
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro. In Windows Server 2008 we were introduced to a revolutionary way to install Windows Server: Server Core. Server Core may look boring – there’s nothing to it except the command prompt – but to an IT…
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To be, or not to be: If you are IT it is not your decision!
I made what I thought was a reasonably innocuous statement in front of an audience a few months ago, and couldn’t believe the pushback I got. Our job as the IT providers – whether as in-house providers or as contractors – is not to make decisions. In fact, people are often amazed by how few…
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