I have been working with Windows Server Storage Spaces since it was invented. It is great technology and I love it! Recently I was asked to be a part a MVA session […]
Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) – Storage Spaces Deep Dive
PowerShell is King–Convert Windows Server Editions during OS Deployment (MDT/LiteTouch)
Yesterday I posted a simple UI based PowerShell script that allows the local administrator of the server to change the Windows Edition. That is is a nice to have function, but what […]
PowerShell is King – Convert Windows Server Editions using a UI based PowerShell script
If possible it is best practices to keep the number of images to a minimum. So, in my line of work I’m building reference images for both client and servers, many of […]
Nice to Know–After a long time, Emulex now finally admit that there is an issue in the firmware and help is soon to appear
The combo of Hyper-V, VMQ, Emulex and lost network connectivity has been a nightmare for a long time. We have tried it all and the ONLY solution that works has been to […]
Nice to Know – MPIO “may” need to be configured correctly to increase performance when using Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2
This happens currently once a week, someone calls me and say “I’m using Storage Spaces with or without Scale Out file server and the performance is #”"!&%%&##” There is many reasons but […]
Reduce DNS Client Cache in Windows Server 2012 R2
A very good friend (and Geek) wrote a post about modifying the cache when using RDP Gateway. A very common issue we have is when we deploy, configure and re-construct the infrastructure […]
PowerShell is King – Measure disk performance for IOPS and Transfer rate
The need Since I build datacenters I need to verify performance and you can do that using SQLIO. But there is a lot of parameters, a lot of typing and to make […]
PowerShell is King – Simple resource Metering using PowerShell
This morning the Big Boss sent an email “There is something wrong, it’s slow, fix it.” Yes, Sir, no problem Sir, absolutely Sir (you get the picture). Anyway, I know we could […]
The Deployment Bunny 