VMM Archives - Thomas Maurer

System Center 2019 – What’s new

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:31:32 +0000

Microsoft just launched Windows Server 2019 and Windows Admin Center, which also raised the interest in System Center 2019. At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft was talking about what is new in System Center 2019, the future of System Center, and how it fits in with Windows Admin Center and other management tools. Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter …

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Microsoft released System Center 1801 Semi-Annual Channel

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:31:17 +0000

Microsoft just release the first Semi-Annual Channel release for System Center, called System Center, version 1801. This is the first release which now comes out to support the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel releases like 1709 and also brings some new features and performance improvements. System Center, version 1801 is the first of our Semi-Annual Channel …

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Passed Microsoft Exam 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:53:01 +0000

This summer I took the Microsoft beta exam 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter, which focuses on implementing Software-Defined Datacenter solutions, based on Hyper-V, Windows Server, Software Defined Networking and Storage, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Operations Manager and everything around it. Plan and Implement System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Core Infrastructure Implement Software-Defined …

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Nano Server – The future of Windows Server – Just enough OS

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:40:25 +0000

Finally, Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 and with Windows Server 2016 we also get the first version of Nano Server. I had the opportunity to speak on several different events and conferences about Nano Server, so I tried to create a quick summary of my presentation in this blog post. Nano Server installation option Just …

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Secure your Hyper-V environment with 5nine Cloud Security 8.1

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:39:42 +0000

In the past years I was building several Hyper-V environments together with Enterprise customers and with service providers. In a lot of cases customer wanted more security in there Cloud and Virtualization environment. Security becoming a even more critical part in your datacenter and with a high virtualization rate, it gets even more critical and complex to manage. …

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Recording: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM now available

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:35:23 +0000

Last week I had the chance to do a Webinar together with Altaro about Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM. Now you can watch the recording from this online webinar. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if SCVMM …

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Webinar: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:16:01 +0000

There are some great Webinars coming up and I am proud to speak in one of them with Andrew Syrewicze (Altaro Software and Microsoft MVP) about PowerShell Scripting and Automation in Hyper-V. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if …

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Summary: Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack now available

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:53:32 +0000

Yesterday Microsoft released Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack. Again with the Update Rollups for Windows Azure Pack and System Center, Microsoft not only delivers bug fixes, they also release new features. There are some really cool highlights in this Update Rollup: Network Virtualization Improvements (Multiple External IP Addresses,…) …

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Summary: Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack now available

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:47:01 +0000

Last week Microsoft released Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack. And as always, Update Rollup 7 does not only include a bunch of fixes, it also includes some new features. This time especially Windows Azure Pack and System Center Virtual Machine Manager got some nice updates. Components that …

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Summary: Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack now available

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:28:22 +0000

Microsoft just released System Center 2012 R2 Update Rollup 6, which includes a lot of new features and fixes. With this Update Rollup 6 Microsoft now supports SQL Server 2014 as databases for the System Center and Windows Azure Pack components. Components that are fixed in this update rollup Data Protection Manager (KB3030574) Option to …

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