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 […]
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 […]
OS Deployment – Out Of Band install of Windows Server 2012 R2 Using MDT,WDS and PowerShell (Part 1–Getting the Hardware info)
This is post refers to this post https://deploymentbunny.com/2013/12/29/os-deployment-oob-install-of-windows-server-2012-r2-using-mdtwds-and-powershell/ Out of Band or Bare Metal installation requires information regarding the hardware, that is no surprise. We need to to be able to define […]
OS Deployment – Out Of Band install of Windows Server 2012 R2 Using MDT,WDS and PowerShell
PowerShell is amazing, it is now possible to do all those things I know would be possible, but did require compiled code or time I don’t have (Still working as an consultant […]