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 […]
Windows Server 2019 Essentials vs Standard
The answer is simple. Where Windows Server 2019 Essentials is limited to 25 clients, the standard version is not and depends on a number of Client’s access licenses (CALs) which you buy. In this post we’ll show some basic differences between Windows Server 2019 Essentials vs Standard. The product was previously called “Windows Small Business […]
Windows Admin Center Deep Dive Webinar
Windows Admin Center (WAC) is the new administration tool for Windows Servers. It’s a separate tool which started as Project Honolulu a few years back. Now it clearly makes it one of the top tools to have for Windows infrastructure. There is a Windows Admin Center Deep Dive webinar organized by Altaro, the 9th of […]
How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service – Part 2
today we’ll go and see the steps which need to be done in order to migrate file shares from our old server to a new one. This post will teach you How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service. This is part 2. Please read the Introduction post – How To […]
How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service
Large migrations are not easy and so far, Microsoft did not have an efficient tool to do so. Admins had to use Robocopy at best in order to retain shares, NTFS permissions, and ownership of files and folders. In this post, we will discuss and details How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using […]
What is Host Guardian Service?
I stumbled across this by reading about Windows Server 2019, it is a Host Guardian Service (HGS), which is responsible for providing attestation and key protection services that enable Hyper-V to run Shielded virtual machines. This “Host Guardian Service” (HGS) was introduced in Windows Server 2016 actually, and since that time, it’s possible to run shielded VMs (VMs […]
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. […]
Windows Server 2019 GA Download
Yes, the news just came out a few hours ago, Windows Server 2019 GA download is available. This is a major news today. The new Microsoft Server OS came out just a week after Ignite so here we go, Microsoft released Windows Server 2019. It seems that the price of Windows Server 2019 is up […]
Windows Server 2019 What’s new?
As you know, Windows Server 2019 shall be out this year. While nobody has really the exact date, you can get some of the latest info from those guys who will discuss some of the most important features that will be in that release. We have a post about Windows Server 2019 (based on preview […]
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 […]