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What’s the deal with Virtualization and Domain controllers?
We live in a virtual world. We interact virtually, our servers are virtual, even our presence at...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/05/2013
Getting Started with System Center 2012: OpsMgr & VMM
Let’s face it: System Center 2012 is BIG. Microsoft literally took seven completely separate...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 06/04/2013
Help Protect Your Friends And Family From Scams – Part 2
Hello Folks, A while back Chris Di Lullo wrote a piece on protecting your friends and family from...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/04/2013
Microsoft Announces Windows Server 2012 R2 at TechEd 2013 North America
During the TechEd North America Keynote yesterday, Microsoft unveiled Windows Server 2012 R2. These...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/03/2013
Microsoft Announces Changes To Windows Azure at TechEd 2013 North America
Today was an exciting morning for IT Professionals attending TechEd 2013 North America as details...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 06/03/2013
Step-By-Step: Managing Multiple Versions of the Same Application via System Center Configuration Manager
In System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM 2007) collections were used to determine any...
Author: MVP Colin Smith Date: 06/02/2013
Step-by-Step: Enabling and Using Fine-Grained Password Policies in AD
Here is a little that IT Planners/Designers and especially administrator will be interested...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/29/2013
Step-by-Step: Creating Differencing Disks
Yesterday I told you how you can use Differencing Disks in courseware, for lab development, for...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 05/28/2013
Windows 8 End User Training Brochure
Hello folks, Windows has been reimagined to be all about you and your style of working. That...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/24/2013
Windows Server 2012 and Group Policy
I've always been a great fan of Group Policy Objects. They are a fantastic way to retain...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/22/2013
Step-By-Step: Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target as a Storage Device for System Center VMM
Over the past few months we have made a big deal about the storage features of Windows Server 2012,...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 05/21/2013
Windows Server 2012 Active Directory – What’s New?
Hello Folks, Today we will look at some of the new features and enhancements in Active directory...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/20/2013
Summer is approaching, don't just plan to work on your tan.
I love this time of year. The days are getting longer, warmer and the deck is calling my name....
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/16/2013
Step-By-Step: Backing Up SQL Databases to Azure
While delivering an CANITPRO Camp not to long ago, an IT administrator shared his story as to why he...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/16/2013
TechEd North America 2013: Expand Your Network & Earn Certification
TechEd is Microsoft's leading IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers technical conference being...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/14/2013
Step-By-Step: Creating a Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Forest Via Azure
Anyone who has attended one of our #CANITPRO Camps provided across Canada has been appreciative of...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/13/2013
Step-By-Step: Enabling BranchCache in Microsoft Windows Server 2012
BranchCache enables remote offices to have centralized access to file-shares over the wide area...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/13/2013
Step-By-Step: Installing a Replica Active Directory Domain Controller in Windows Azure
Chatter around cloud computing has increased as of late as more organizations are investigating how...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/08/2013
Step-By-Step: Adding a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller to an Existing Windows Server 2003 network
Sharing knowledge amidst social media is a passion of mine. I challenge myself to try and spark a...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/05/2013
Step-By-Step: Deploying ReFS
Hello folks, In this series, we’ve looked at deploying or leveraging the goodness of Windows Server...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/01/2013
Step-by-Step: Enabling Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2012 Volumes
Hello folks, A new feature of Windows Server 2012 called Storage Spaces is designed to change the...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/29/2013
Step-By-Step: Migration of DHCP from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
Pierre and I have been delivering #CANITPRO camps for some time now and we are thoroughly enjoying...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/28/2013
Tips and Tricks for Navigating the New Windows 8 User Interface
Hello Folks, This is a re-post of a great article that our friend Mitch Tulloch wrote for the...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/26/2013
Step-By-Step: Deploying Virtual Desktops with Windows Server 2012
What is desktop virtualization? Its many things to many people. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/25/2013
Windows Server 2012: Roles & Features
A colleague asked me earlier today if I knew off the top of my head how many roles and features...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/23/2013
Step-By-Step: Extending USB storage into Hyper-V via Windows-To-Go
Those who attended one of the Windows 8 #CANITPRO Camps earlier this year were privy to seeing the...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/18/2013
Next up: Toronto, Edmonton, and Vancouver!
Wow… Calgary was a blast, and after three great sessions it is great to be home…...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/18/2013
Price Reductions for Virtual Machines and Cloud Services
One of our influencers in Montreal Alexandre Brisebois, wrote this article on Tuesday. With his...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/18/2013
Azure IaaS: Infrastructure wherever you are, whenever you need!
On Tuesday Microsoft made a huge announcement with regard to Windows Azure and Virtualization. ...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/17/2013
Step-By-Step: Building a Private Cloud with Hyper-V Server 2012
While attending a flurry of IT Professional user group meetings across Canada, I have spoken to many...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/17/2013
The Virtualization Landscape
Dan Stolts is a Senior IT Pro Evangelist with Microsoft. Earlier this month he sat down with Tony...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/15/2013
Step-By-Step: Virtual Machine Replication Using Hyper-V Replica
As mentioned in previous posts, now that #CANITPRO Camp V2 is in play, labs from version 1 are being...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/07/2013
Step-By-Step: Enabling Remote Application Access
Hello Folks, I’m In South Carolina right now enjoying the sun and the golf courses. However,...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/05/2013
Step-By-Step: Migrating From Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 to Hyper-V Server 2012
Yesterday, I participated in a great Microsoft Jumpstart session entitled Live Q&A: Introduction...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/04/2013
Step-By-Step: Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
The past weeks have seen Pierre, Mitch and myself drink bigger doses of caffeine than what would be...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/02/2013
Virtualization: CPUs and Cores and Sockets… Oh My!
I have been getting a lot of questions recently about virtual machine CPU usage, especially around...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/02/2013
Microsoft Virtual Academy: Live Q&A!
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/01/2013
Virtual Networking in Hyper-V 2012
Microsoft has released a poster diagramming virtual networking in Hyper-V 2012. Much of it...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 04/01/2013
TechEd 2013: Call For MCTs!
Are you a current MCT? TechEd wants you! The Call For Staff for TechEd, including Hands On...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 03/28/2013
System Center 2012 Orchestrator - Fix the Web Console Login Issue after Upgrading to SP1
I submitted a blog post recently on upgrading System Center 2012 to Service Pack 1 see it...
Author: MVP Brad Bird Date: 03/26/2013
Step-By-Step: Migrating From VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
This week is going to be a great week for Pierre, Mitch and I as activities are underway to create...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 03/24/2013
Feedback regarding Office license portability
Hello Folks, Yesterday, the "TechNet eNews - Revisiting Windows 8 and Your Feedback" mailing went...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/19/2013
Activation Headaches: Here is your aspirin!
There are three concepts in Microsoft licensing that people often mistake for a single entity, when...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 03/14/2013
What not to Learn… Revisited for 2013!
In October, 2011 I posted an article called vPTA: What NOT to take away from my 1-day virtualization...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 03/13/2013