download Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Mon, 01 Nov 2021 19:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png download Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Windows Server 2022 is generally available https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/09/windows-server-2022-is-generally-available/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/09/windows-server-2022-is-generally-available/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:26:23 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=22302 Today Microsoft just announced the general availability of Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2022 adds a lot of improvements to the Windows Server platform when it comes to security, hybrid cloud capabilities with Azure, and as an application platform. You can download and try Windows Server 2022 today! Today, we are announcing the general availability …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/09/windows-server-2022-is-generally-available/feed/ 4 22302 PowerShell: Download script or file from GitHub https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/07/powershell-download-script-or-file-from-github/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/07/powershell-download-script-or-file-from-github/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:13:54 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=22142 Since a lot of people are starting to store their scripts and files in GitHub repositories, I often get the question, how can I download a script or a file from a Git repository using PowerShell. There are a couple of ways to you can obviously do this. You could use git and do a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/07/powershell-download-script-or-file-from-github/feed/ 1 22142 Get and Download Azure Stack HCI now! https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-and-download-azure-stack-hci-now/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-and-download-azure-stack-hci-now/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:11:47 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=19568 Yesterday, the Azure Stack HCI team shared some great news; the new Azure Stack HCI is now generally available. Azure Stack HCI is a new hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) operating system delivered as an Azure service that provides the latest security, performance, and feature updates. You can deploy and run Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs) …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-and-download-azure-stack-hci-now/feed/ 1 19568 New Windows Server vNext Preview Build 20201 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/08/new-windows-server-vnext-preview-build-20201/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/08/new-windows-server-vnext-preview-build-20201/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:50:19 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=17686 The Windows Insider and Windows Server team just announced a new Windows Server vNext Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience and Server Core installation options for Datacenter and Standard editions. The new Windows Server vNext Preview build has build number 20201 and adds a couple of new features and enhancements. …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/08/new-windows-server-vnext-preview-build-20201/feed/ 0 17686 Download New Azure Architecture Icons now! https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/download-new-azure-architecture-icons-now/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/download-new-azure-architecture-icons-now/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:15:31 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=17408 With the latest Azure Portal refresh, Microsoft Azure got some new icons as well. If you want to draw some Azure architecture diagrams you can now download the latest Azure Architecture Icons from the Azure Architecture Center. Customers and partners are permitted by Microsoft to use the Azure icons to create architecture diagrams. They are …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/download-new-azure-architecture-icons-now/feed/ 1 17408 How to Install WinGet Windows Package Manager https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/05/how-to-install-winget-windows-package-manager/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/05/how-to-install-winget-windows-package-manager/#comments Wed, 20 May 2020 05:15:48 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=16536 For a long time, people have been asking for a package manager on Windows. Today at Microsoft Build, Microsoft announced the preview of the Windows Package Manager called WinGet. A package manager can help you to save time and quickly install software and tools on to your machine. Developers and IT Pros have wanted a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/05/how-to-install-winget-windows-package-manager/feed/ 6 16536 New Microsoft Code and Terminal Font Cascadia Code https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/09/new-microsoft-code-and-terminal-font-cascadia-code/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/09/new-microsoft-code-and-terminal-font-cascadia-code/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:04:17 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=13376 Cascadia Code is the latest monospaced font shipped from Microsoft focusing on delivering an excellent font for command-line experiences and code editors like Visual Studio Code. The Cascadia Code font was first announced at the Microsoft Build conference in May 2019. And yesterday, Microsoft just released Cascadia Code version 1909.16 and it is available publicly …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/09/new-microsoft-code-and-terminal-font-cascadia-code/feed/ 9 13376 How to Install Azure CLI on Windows (one-liner) https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-azure-cli-on-windows-one-liner/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-azure-cli-on-windows-one-liner/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:03:40 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12777 There are many ways you can manage Azure, for example, by using the Azure PowerShell, Cloud Shell, or many other tools. One of them is the Azure CLI, which is a command-line tool providing a management experience for Azure resources. In this blog post, I will show you how you can download, install, and update …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-azure-cli-on-windows-one-liner/feed/ 2 12777 How to Install Hyper-V Server 2019 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-hyper-v-server-2019/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-hyper-v-server-2019/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:13:29 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12632 A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released the installation media, and you can download Hyper-V Server 2019 right now. In this blog post, I am going to show you how to install and configure Hyper-V Server 2019 step by step. This should especially help beginners with Hyper-V Server 2019. Hyper-V Server 2019 ships only a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-hyper-v-server-2019/feed/ 21 12632 How to Install and Update PowerShell 7 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:39:58 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12481 The PowerShell team just announced PowerShell 7. PowerShell 7 is built on .NET Core 3 and brings back many APIs required by modules built on .NET Framework so that they work with .NET Core runtime. While PowerShell Core 6 was focusing on bringing cross-platform compatibility, PowerShell 7 will focus on making it a viable replacement …

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