In this lab, you will see how the new, continuously available file server in Windows Server 2012 allows user sessions to move from one file server node to another without any downtime. In this lab you will create the entire cluster environment starting with the configuration of the iSCSI storage and then the creation of the 2-node Read more
In this lab we dive into the storage pooling and deduplication features of Hyper-V. If you are attending a Pro Camp with us or just want to follow along from your office Read more
IT Time Radio is back with a new edition with Ed Wilson, The Scripting Guy. Here he explains some great tips and tricks concerning Powershell 3.0. Take a look:
Part 1 – Prepare Dual Boot Windows Server 2012 using Read more
We often get questions regarding what the difference between Server 2012 Standard versus Datacenter licensing. This Channel 9 video gives a good idea on how this works. Take a look:
Many people have asked me recently how to install trials of Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 on their current desktop or laptop. This article applies if the laptop/desktop is running Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, or Windows 8. I will cover Windows XP in a separate post later. There is also one restriction that this article cannot provide a solution for, and that is if you have Bitlocker enabled on the machine. Since Windows 7 and above allow for booting a machine from a virtual hard disk, we will be utilizing this method during this blog post. A virtual hard disk is simply a flat file that appears as a real hard disk in Windows. The new Windows installer will Read more
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Here’s a quote from a Forrester article that I think best sums up the Windows Server 2012 story: “It appears to me, based on numerous contacts with Microsoft and conversations with several Beta users, that this is essentially a complete rewrite of the OS, involving 1000s of developers over at least five years and probably somewhere between 40 and 50 million lines of code.” All that I would add to this is, “And they got it right.” 
Read the entire article here: http://blogs.forrester.com/richard_fichera/12-09-05-microsoft_announces_windows_server_2012
I get asked a lot, how does the new HyperV compare to vSphere especially since VMworld just ended. Well now we have a document that provides spec by spec comparisons of vSphere and HyperV. This doc is up to date with all of the announcements made in the past two weeks on both Windows Server 2012 and VMware vSphere 5.1: http://aka.ms/hypervcomparedtovsphere Also, here’s a free ebook that’s a good intro to Windows Server 2012: http://aka.ms/hypervintroebook
