Iperius backup is known for its small footprint and a possibility to backup VMs running on VMware ESXi. Iperius is the only backup software I know which is able to backup VMs running on the Free version of ESXi. This new release of Iperius Backup 7.0 brings also Incremental and differential Hyper-V backups, features that […]
New Book – Bitlocker for IT Admins
A fellow blogger and book author Xavier Genestos released a new book called Bitlocker for IT Admins. Like every year he kindly asks me to write a small post about that. This year he wrote about Bitlocker technology from Microsoft and how it can help IT, administrators, to secure their data. The book is in […]
StarWind Free NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows
StarWind just released new free product. It’s called NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows and it’s completely free. Not so long time ago we have written about NVMe Over Fabric (NVMe-oF) protocol in this post – What is NVMe Over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)? and talked about the advantages of lower latency and higher throughput. Remember that this protocol is […]
What is Azure File Sync?
With generalization of cloud storage services, many vendors, including Microsoft offers syncing services. In this post, we’ll talk about What is Azure file Sync and what’s the different scenarios for usage. If you’re already using Azure File Sync or you think you know all about this service from Microsoft, you can skip to another post. […]
What is Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool?
MSIX Packaging Tool enables you to update your existing (or older) win32 application packages to the MSIX format. You can run your older desktop installers through this tool and obtain an MSIX package that you can install on your machine and upload to the Microsoft Store (coming soon). According to Microsoft, it will be manageable […]
Remote Desktop Web Client for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview is Generally Available
The announcement came out on Twitter later today, that Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Team has released a new product. In fact, a Remote Desktop Web Client for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview is Generally Available. A production-ready Remote Desktop Web Client for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 Preview. Available through PowerShell deployment, via […]
How To Reset 120 Day RDS Grace Period on 2012 R2 And 2016 Server
When you home lab and you don’t have Microsoft license for RDS, you have two options. Reinstall the server (redeploy the VM) or cheat a bit. Yes, in fact, there is cool hack which allows you to reset the 120 day grace period on Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS, and we’ll show you how. I […]
StarWind Supports SMB3 – Did you Know?
StarWind is known for their StarWind Virtual SAN software. It’s a cost-effective solution for IT admins and organizations willing to deploy simple storage solution. Today we’ll talk about StarWind which is able to provide lower cost data services like caching, snapshots, QoS, or data optimization. Yes, in fact, StarWind Supports SMB3 – Did you know? StarWind itself […]
Microsoft Windows Server Management Challenges – Project Honolulu
It seems that Microsoft hasn’t said their last word concerning GUI management for Microsoft Server systems. In this post we will discuss the new Project Honolulu but get back to Nano Server which seems to be dying fast. In fact, after trying to develop Nano server for some time, a very lightweight server node, recent […]
How to Disable Auto Lock on Windows Server via Group policy
The problem with the auto lock feature is that it really slow down when working in a multi-server environment in a lab. This is especially true of lab environments. Servers in lab environments are usually used much more than usual production servers. So, in the long run, the automatic lock can be especially painful. In this post, […]