What’s the difference between your average non-production Hyper-V host and a really nice gaming rig? There’s not all that much when you really look at it. Your regular HyperV system requires a lot of memory, a fast processor, strong network connectivity and a lot of hopefully pretty fast storage. The Operating System of choice is…
If you have multiple management groups in your Operations Manager environment, you likely are well aware of how much work is involved in keeping them even somewhat in sync with each other. I recently developed a PowerShell script which helps to keep two different management packs in sync which is discussed here. Soon after I…
If you ever looked into using BranchCache, you’re likely well aware that the Enterprise or Ultimate editions of Windows Workstation are required to get this peer-2-peer caching functionality. That’s a disappointment for many organizations who aren’t spending the extra money to upgrade from the Professional edition. However, as I learned today in front of…
If you’re looking for a way to test an Android device, consider the Android-86 port which can be run as a VM. This makes a great test/demo platform for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager or Microsoft Intune. Colleague Joe Kuster wrote an article awhile back regarding his experience installing Android as a Hyper-V guest. More…
This Wednesday (1/14/2015) Pete, Mike and I will be teaming up for the first time ever for a presentation on how to automate management of your Hyper-V environment. It’s not often that you get three MVP’s with this much System Center background and diversity working together on one session. If you are interested in how…
Is that morning alarm clock ruining your day? Are you tired of the constant struggle of being employed as a consultant? Are you looking for interesting methods to allow you to spend your days waiting in the unemployment line or sitting at home catching up on all the important TV shows and video games which…
I am a Global Admin in Office 365, and Site Collection Administrator on a new site in SharePoint Online, so it’s pretty disconcerting to get the message: “Sorry, you don’t have access to this page” when configuring my site. In Site Settings, Look and Feel, I clicked on Navigation. I made some changes to…
When working with the Azure AD Sync Services Tool (a.k.a. DirSync), you’ll often end up with user accounts synced up to Azure AD that you don’t need and will never license. This typically happens during the initial sync (full sync) as subsequent syncs are deltas. In any case, here’s a quick PowerShell script you can…
I have spent some time working with the Veeam management pack and recently started development of a NOC (Network Operations Center) dashboard which uses one of the Veeam widgets. The Veeam Traffic Light Widget allows you to show the top 20 or bottom 20 metrics and to color code them based upon the values which…
About a year ago I wrote a blog post on how to become a Microsoft MVP. I had planned on following up with a second blog post providing more information but the more I review what I put in place the more I believe that it stands well as it is. I hope that the…
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