Throughout my career, my primary role has always been to make things more efficient and automated. And now more than ever, automation is needed to manage and deploy IT services at scale to support our ever-changing needs. In my opinion, one of the most convenient aspects of public cloud-based services is the ability to host…
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Here is a subject I hear and get asked over and over again. Is Azure Active Directory (AAD) the same as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Let me be very clear. Azure Active Directory is NOT a cloud version of Active Directory Domain Services, and in fact, it bears minimal resemblance to its on-premises…
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Expanding on my last post on Windows Virtual Desktop, let’s talk about FSLogix. So, let start at the beginning, FSLogix was founded by Randy Cook and Kevin Goodman, VDI industry veterans, tackling user experience problems with virtual desktops. FSLogix was one of the first along with Liquidware to use virtual hard disks as a way…
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Many people in the IT consider containers, a technology used to isolate applications with their own environment, to be the future. However, serverless geeks think that containers will gradually fade away. They will exist as a low-level implementation detail bubbling below the surface but most software developers will not have to deal with them directly.…
The Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) product and strategy announced last September is finally here in public preview. Something near and dear to my heart for the last 6 months. I've been in private preview and had to keep a lid on it :) Yea!! What is it? Simply put, it's multi-session Windows 10 experience with…
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Join us for episode 3 of the new MVPIT Pro Podcast, featuring your hosts Andy Syrewicze @asyrewicze from Altaro Software and myself @netwatch #specialguest Jeffrey Snover @jsnover #AzureStack #MVPBuzz In this episode Andy and Rob Talk about: Windows Server 2019 TP Build 17666 GDPR Microsoft Loves Linux! Steps that IT Pros can take today to become Microsoft MVPs and…
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Probably four of the best virtual platform developers are VMware (vSphere), Microsoft (Hyper-V), Red Hat (KVM), and Citrix (XenServer). While they are all comparable, each with its own set of advantages, the two who seem to cause the most ruckus are VMware and Hyper-V. There’s a lot of talk about which is better and in…
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If you’re looking to learn more about Microsoft cloud, including how your organization could benefit from it, you’re in the right place. This comprehensive guide covers the basics and beyond, from “What is Microsoft cloud?”, to services and security. Feel free to skip to the parts you’re most interested in by using the table of…