Open licensing The Open licensing scheme provides an one-off purchase of Windows Server licenses and the customer must buy the Software Assurance (SA) maintenance contract separately on additional cost. The SA is optional but if the customer changes their mind in the future and wish to buy SA at a […]
New Windows Server 2022 announcement On March 2nd 2021 Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 is in preview, the next release in our Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), which will be generally available later this calendar year. It builds on Windows Server 2019, our fastest adopted Windows Server ever. This release […]
Microsoft announcement Microsoft has recently identified zero-day exploits and vulnerabilities in all active Exchange Server on-premise released and has announced (March 2021) that a series of critical patches have been released for all Exchange Server on-premise versions (2013, 2016, 2019) which mitigate the vulnerabilities. Exchange Server Online is not affected. […]
Overview Microsoft has introduced the Microsoft 365 network connectivity tool. This tools allows M365 admins to measure the connectivity between any M365 device and the internet, and from there to Microsoft’s network. Insights from these measurements help admins discover and understand connectivity problems for individual office locations and how they […]
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –Interxion, a Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) company and a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions, announced today it has acquired Lamda Hellix, Southeastern Europe’s leading colocation and interconnection provider. The acquisition provides Digital Realty access to one of the region’s fastest-growing markets and a gateway […]
Introduction When designing a new file server in a Windows Server environment, you need to take into account a series of design factors in order to properly finalize your implementation. Design factors The following general design factors needs to be taken into account: Active Directory vs Workgroup. It is highly […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the creation of several multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science Research Centers in support of the National Quantum Initiative. Today marks one of the U.S. government’s largest investments in this field. It is also a noteworthy moment for Microsoft, which is providing scientific leadership, […]
Introduction By acquiring Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice, Gartner equip the millions of buyers who visit these sites every month with the unbiased information they need to make great purchasing decisions. These platforms provide every vendor — whether they pay us or not — a way to connect with that […]
This post is also available in my podcast. Introduction There are various technologies available in Windows client and server operating systems for managing user profiles and folder redirection in an Active Directory environment. User profiles and folder redirection are methodologies used for accomplishing User State virtualization, also most recently called […]
This post is also available in my podcast. I am happy to announce the publication of my new e-book entitled “Windows Server Administration Tools and Management Consoles”. The e-book is available for pre-order in the Amazon Kindle store. The book will soon be available for download from the Amazon Kindle […]
This post is also available in my podcast. When deploying an on-premises virtualization infrastructure (which could also be thought of as a private cloud with the sole customer being the enterprise/organization itself) the following services and server roles should be considered in order to achieve a complete virtualization solution. Directory […]
This post is also available in my podcast. Microsoft has released a series of kits and tools which are made available for use with Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education), Windows 10 Mobile for development and manufacturing and Azure Cloud IoT for IoT applications. The following […]
Citrix Business continuity resources to use today. Business continuity planning has become increasingly more critical and partners and customers are asking for guidance. These resources will help guide these important conversations: BCP Resource Page Business Continuity Planning Conversations ECC Course BCP KickStart Campaign, “Guidelines for Maintaining Business Continuity for your […]
The promise of quantum computing is that it will help us solve some of the world’s most complex challenges. When designed to scale, quantum systems will have capabilities that exceed our most powerful supercomputers. We’re seeing this begin to take shape even today, with early breakthroughs in material design, financial […]
The Tinywall software firewall has recently been revamped to its new major version, i.e. version 3.0. The following release notes from the developer and creator of TinyWall outline its new functionality. TinyWall 3.0 focuses on improving its firewall engine, and achieves this by not piggybacking on the built-in firewall in […]
