The case of the missing AKS route table assignment
When an AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) cluster is deployed with basic network (kubenet) a (UDR) route table gets created in Azure. But sometimes this route t...
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2019
Control pipeline artifacts upload with the .artifactignore file in Azure DevOps Pipelines
To control with files and directories are upload as pipeline artifacts in an Azure DevOps Pipeline the .artifactignore file can be used.
Using the SSH server in Windows Server 2019
Yes, your are reading it right. Windows Server has now also a built in SSH Server for remote access. And it is not just any SSH server it is the popular Open...
2018
Export and import Azure Blueprints definitions
Azure Blueprints are relatively new and currently in public preview. With Azure Blueprint you can deploy and update a set of different Azure resources and co...
Useful PowerShell snippets for Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) operations
This is a very quirk post to just share some simple PowerShell snippets I have created or found elsewhere which I find very handy when it comes to troublesho...
Speaking at Experts Live Switzerland in Bern
On 3rd of May the one day country event of the Experts Live conference series will take place at the “Workspace Welle 7” in Bern and I am really looking forw...
Simple and fast way to ensure a PowerShell script runs always as Administrator
Sooner or later when you are writing PowerShell scripts you have the situation where you want to ensure that the Script is running with elevated user rights ...
2017
Azure Stack – The Azure in your data center
With the beginning of this year Microsoft Inspire conference (formerly Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference – WPC) the long-awaited Microsoft Azure Stack b...
Get insights about the performance of your Windows systems with Grafana
Ever dreamed about some mission control like dashboards to get a quick insight about the performance of your Windows systems? 😊
Script to build stretched file server cluster with Storage Replica
One possible scenario for use of Storage Replica in Windows Server 2016 is to build a stretched file server cluster based on two VMs on two different sites. ...
SCVMM: When the deployment of new VM template suddenly fails
Recently I ran in a very strange behavior when deploying a VM template with Server 2016 through VMM 2012 R2. First of all, to enable the full support of Wind...
Be aware of DSC pull server compatibility issues with WMF 5.0 and 5.1
Apparently, there are some incompatibilities when WMF 5.0 computers wants to communicate with a DSC pull server running on WMF 5.1 or vice versa. This is esp...
2016
How to enable CredSSP for PowerShell Remoting through GPO
In a domain environment CredSSP can easily enabled through a GPO. To do so there are three GPO settings to configure:
Webinar “Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC” (German)
On Tuesday October 11 2016 at 2pm (CEST) I had a webinar in German about Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC. I explained the basic concepts of Azure Automat...
How to setup VMFleet to stress test your Storage Spaces Direct deployment
As an outcome of the Microsoft’s demos about Storage Spaces Direct at Ignite conference and the Intel Developer Forum, Microsoft published recently a bunch o...
Replicate or migrate VMware VMs with a client OS to Azure with Azure Site Recovery
The official (not working) way
Install Azure Stack POC into a VM
Update 09.03.2016: Although the setup just works fine in the VM and you can even provisioning Subscriptions and Tenant VMs there are some serious issues w...
2015
Configuring Hyper V Hosts With Converged Networking Through Powershell Dsc
Lately I had to rebuild the Hyper-V Hosts in my home lab several times because of the release of the different TPs for Windows Server 2016. This circumstance...
Azure Backup the future (replacement) of DPM?
As Aidan Finn (and probably many others) wrote on his blog Microsoft has published a new Version of the Azure Backup Software. The new Software has now the a...
Build a Windows Server 2016 TP3 VHD with minimal GUI
Update, 11/20/2015: This does not work any more with the TP4 which is now public available as the feature “Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra” is gone now. You can add...
Registry keys to tune the data source colocation in DPM 2012
By default, DPM will create for every data source two volumes (a replica and a shadow copy volume). For Hyper-V and SQL Database DPM can colocation multiple ...
How to Build a Source for Windows 10 Enterprise from the official Insider Preview ISO (Build 10162)
The official Windows 10 Preview ISO from Microsoft installs only the Pro or Core Version. So it can not be used to install or upgrade the Enterprise Edition....
The connection between Hyper-V Network Virtualization (NVGRE) and MTU Size (and Linux)
In a network with Hyper-V Network Virtualization (using NVGRE encapsulation) the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size is 42 Bytes smaller than in a tradition...
Query Terminal Services Profile Path of AD Users through PowerShell
If you like to query Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Server Profile Path with PowerShell you cannot use the Get-ADUser Cmdlet. Instead you have to go thr...
Beware of SCVMM UR5 if you have Hyper-V Clusters with Storage Spaces
The latest Update Rollup (UR5) for SCVMM 2012 R2 seems to have some issues with Live Migration in environments where the Hyper-V hosts have Cluster Shared Vo...
SMB Direct connectivity options with HP servers
Are there any 10GBE network cards from HP which you can use for SMB Direct?
How to delete a specific Recovery Point in DPM
There is no possibility to delete a recovery point (backup) in DPM via GUI. But good old friend PowerShell helps. 🙂
How to change the RDP certificate on a RD Session Host
In Windows Server 2012 R2 RD Deployment you will install a certificate for the RD Connection Broker, RD Web Access and RD Gateway in the Deployment Propertie...
Open high ports (over 49151) on a Windows Server Gateway
In a cloud infrastructure with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Hyper-V and Azure Pack the Windows Server Gateway could provide the tenants wit...