Matt Hester's WebLog
Candygrams for the IT Pro on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server, System Center 2012, Azure, Windows 8, PowerShell, Cloud and Office 365
Build Your Private Cloud in a Month: Foundation Windows Server 2012 Storage
When you start to think of building a private cloud into your datacenters, you might naturally think...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/03/2013
Chance to Win a Ticket to Microsoft TechEd 2013 and MORE … in the NEW TechEd “Cloud Challenge” (US Only)
Build your very own Virtual Network in the Cloud for FREE with the Windows Azure cloud platform, and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/01/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Keeping an Eye (Monitoring) your Hyper-V Servers (Part 20 of 20ish)
When you are working with Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V you will want to keep an eye on your...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/29/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Hyper-V and SMB taking Storage to the Next level (Part I am not sure :-) out of 20)
As I wrote in October of last year, SMB is dramatically improved, to learn more about SMB take a...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/28/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and Hyper-V (Part 17 of 20)
Here is a part 17 and Tommy does a great job at taking a look at System Center 2012 Virtual Machine...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/28/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- Monitoring Memory and Hyper-V (Part 18 of 20)
One the most important resources to any virtualization environment, is memory. Even with great...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/27/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- Virtualization going Live with Migrations, Memory, and storage. (Part 6 (better late than never) of 20)
Okay, so had to get caught up a bit, officially here is a part 6 and it comes in two parts. ...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/27/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- Monitoring CPU and Hyper-V (Part 16 of 20)
Monitoring your Hyper-V resources is important but also putting it in context of your server...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/27/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- Hyper-V Replica Broker (Part 15 of 20)
In this part Yung takes a look under the covers of Hyper-V. Specifically he takes a look at...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/27/2013
Slides for IT Boot Camp Events
To download a copy of a slide deck: Click on the bottom right of the PowerPoint to “View full-size...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/26/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization- Having your Hyper-V Guests in a Cluster (Part 14 of 20)
In part 13 I talked about how to cluster your Hyper-V hosts. You can read that here: 20 Days...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/21/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Your Hyper-V Hosts and Clustering an Availability Story (Part 13 of 20)
One of the features in Windows Server 2012 that got greatly enhanced is the Failover Clustering. See...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/20/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: A Look at Live Migration (Part 12 of 20)
In this post Brian takes a look at one of my favorite features in Windows Server 2012 Live...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/19/2013
Windows Azure Virtual Machines notes and some things you need to know!
As some of you may know I am extremely excited about Windows Azure IaaS and the virtual machines...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/19/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: There is No I in Team but there is are NICs (Part 10 of 20)
In Windows Server 2012, and in networking in general there has been tremendous strides to improve...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/18/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Virtual Networking in Hyper-V (Part 9 of 20)
In Windows Server 2012, we have really enhanced the Hyper-V role. One feature in Hyper-V that...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/18/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Step-by-Step Storage Live Migration (Part 8 of 20)
In the part of the series Brian takes a look at one of the new features in Windows Server...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/18/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Windows Server 2012 iSCSI and PowerShell (7 of 20)
One of the services we introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 was the iSCSI services (which was a free...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/12/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Taking a Look at Storage Options (5 of 20)
Storage and where to put all the components for your virtual machines is key to your virtualization...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/08/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Hyper-V Datastores (aka File Folders) and You!
Today we take a look at data stores. Tommy does a great post where he talks about datastores…err...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/07/2013
20 Days of 20 Ways – Get Started with Migrating and Deploying Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure VMs
As IT Pros, we absolutely love building with new technology! In February, my fellow IT Pro Technical...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/06/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Dynamic Memory and Hyper-V (3 of 20)
Today get two posts for the price of one. Dan and Chris take a great look at Dynamic Memory in...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/06/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Hyper-V is Getting Hot! (2 of 20)
So have you ever wanted to add a hard drive to physical system while it is hot (running) but too...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/05/2013
Register today for TechMentor and VSLive Events.
Hey Everyone I wanted to share with you some conferences coming up soon. If you are not...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/01/2013
20 Days of Server Virtualization: Getting to Know Hyper-V All Over Again (1 of 20)
Well another month and another series! This month we are going to be going through...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/01/2013
Microsoft IT Camp—A Hands on Experience–Sign Up Now!!!!
Here is the latest info on the Microsoft IT Camp series as we dive into how to get your datacenter...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/28/2013
20 + Days of Server Virtualization Series List
Here are all the parts of the series for Windows Server 2012 virtualization. Remember to take a look...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/28/2013
Migration and Deployment: A look at Windows 8 AppLocker Part 19
One of the Technologies we introduced with Windows 7 was AppLocker. AppLocker presented a great new...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/28/2013
Migration and Deployment: A look at Azure and App Controller Parts 12 -15
Wow, what a great week of content, I really like the two parts by Yung on App Controller. Take...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/23/2013
LAST WEEK REGISTER NOW: Microsoft Trivia Challenge!
Want to go to MMS on Microsoft’s dime? Want a chance to win free stuff?, Want to have your...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/22/2013
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon: 6 1/2 Hours and 27.3 Miles Worth Race Recap
What a run and what a day, a really long day. I would have liked to say to my time was a faster but...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/20/2013
Migration and Deployment Series Playing Catch up!
As some of you noticed we have been delivering another series this month focusing on Deployment and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/19/2013
Migration and Deployment: Installing the Migration Tools (part 8 of 19)
Introduction to Windows Server 2012 Migration Tools One of the fantastic tools we included in...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/13/2013
Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation (Part 6 of 19)
Here is part 6, Bob does a great job of showing you the installation requirements for Windows Server...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/12/2013
Migration Series Parts 1-3: Windows 8 Deployment and Migration
Good afternoon everyone! As I announced last Friday we are delivering another series this...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/06/2013
SpiceWorks "Cloud Challenge" Sweepstakes!
Want to try out all the cool new IT Pro features in Windows Server 2012, but don’t have spare...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/01/2013
The New Blog Series: Migration and Deployment
Kevin kicks off our next series for February. In this month we are going to be talking...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 02/01/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Cloud Authentication and Windows Azure (Part 31 of 31)
First off thank you! Thank you to everyone for tuning into this series and I hope you are...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/31/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Using Windows Azure to Learn Remote Desktop Services (RDS) (Part 30 of 31)
In Part 30 we take a look at another scenario to use Windows Azure to learn Remote Desktop Services...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/30/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Using Windows Azure to Learn (Part 29 of 31)
In today’s post we welcome Dan Noonan back to the series. Today he talks how to use Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/29/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Add-On to Windows Azure (Part 28 of 31)
On today we welcome Chris Avis to the series. Chris talks about the recently announced Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/28/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Using Windows Azure to Configure Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces (Part 27 of 31)
Today Kevin takes you on a tour of how to test Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces in Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/27/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Keeping an Eye on Windows Azure (Part 26 of 31)
So how do you know what Azure is up to. In today’s part Blain takes a look at all the built-in...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/26/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Using System Center 2012 SP1 to Storing VM’s in Windows Azure (Part 25 of 31)
In today’s part Yung takes a look at how to use System Center 2012 SP1 to store VM’s in Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/26/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Connecting Windows Azure PaaS to IaaS (Part 24 of 31)
Today we welcome Harold Wong to the series. Harold takes a look at how you can combine two key...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/24/2013
New Knowledge Quest for Early Experts: The Cloud Quest
This year Keith Mayer and all the other ITE are working on a great program called Early...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/23/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Implementing Domain Controllers in Windows Azure IaaS(Part 23 of 31)
One of the great things with Windows Azure IaaS is the flexibility it provides. You can...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/23/2013
Free Event: IaaS in the Cloud Bootcamp
Whether you build apps or support the infrastructure that runs the apps, the cloud can be a really...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/23/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: SQL in Windows Azure (Part 22 of 31)
Today we welcome Blain to the series and he takes you step by step on how to set up SQL in Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/22/2013