Increasing Surface Tension
While Microsoft’s recent announcement of an almost $1B write down on Surface inventory caught everyone by surprise, the fact that it was languishing was no secret. While I have written about Surface...
View ArticleHome Network Rework
I recently went through the process of consolidating a bunch of servers at home, primarily driven by the need to avoid juggling VMs across multiple machines to get them all running properly. The old...
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Surface Pro With Wired Networking
In yesterday’s post I discussed some of the issues and workaround in getting large amounts of content onto the Surface, but with Surface Pro the story is much easier – get a USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet...
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Better Together: SMB 3.0 Multichannel (6/81)
With the release of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a major overhaul of Server Message Block (SMB) networking. The result of this was many new capabilities were introduced: SMB Transparent...
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Living with Windows 8.1 on an 8 inch Atom tablet (8/81)
Last week I was away from home for four days, and decided to rely solely on the Acer W3 8” tablet. Not as a secondary device, but as my only device. Apart from my Lumia. As I knew I would need to do...
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Storage Spaces in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Part 2 19/81
In the first part of this series I covered some Storage Spaces basics, but focused on the UI in Windows Server 2012 R2 as a way of leading in to this post which instead focuses on the UI in Windows...
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Storage Spaces in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Part 3 20/81
In parts 1 and 2 of this series I’ve given an introduction to some of the differences in the interface and features of Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, but there is one thing...
View ArticleUpcoming Events – ModernBiz Series – Safeguard Your Business
I’ll be delivering these events in January, so shake off the New Year brainfog and get yourself registered. Learn How to Help Customers Protect Their Business Data The Modern Biz Technical Series...
View ArticleMicrosoft Server Readiness Training – 23 City Roadshow in 2015
In early 2015 we’re taking our Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Readiness training on the road across Australia and you’re invited to attend. Covering all the capital cities (including Darwin) as well...
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Adding Online Services To Your Windows Server Essentials Install–Mobile...
Technically I should have included this in the last post, because this is being delivered to Office 365 users, but the reason why I have separated it out is because recently the Microsoft Intune team...
View ArticleJoin me on the Powered by MVP: Windows 10 IT Pro Readiness Webcast
Tomorrow I will be co-presenting with Arnav Sharma, who is also MVP for Windows IT Pro, as we do a whirlwind tour of what’s new and updated with Windows 10, as well as some of the coming udpates. Make...
View ArticleMy Build 2016 Watchlist
Build 2016 is coming up this week, so I thought I’d review the session list to bring you the list of the sessions I’ll be watching as they become available on MSDNs Channel 9 video site. I’ve picked...
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