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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 licensing

4 December 2015
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Microsoft has recently published more details on the licensing of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products. The publications are general available (and probably they will not change in the RTM) and are composed by a licensing FAQ, as well as a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard Edition licensing datasheet and a System Center 2016 licensing datasheet. As already know with Windows Server 2016 there will be again some specific features not available for the Standard edition (like the Storage Replica, for example). With Windows Server 2012 the Standard and the Datacenter where […]

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Possible issue with Veeam Endpoint Backup and Windows 10 TH2

25 November 2015
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Veeam Endpoint Backup 1.1.x may have an issue with Windows 10 machine updated with the latest big update. Windows 10 support has been introduced in version 1.1 and it works well, but after the Threshold 2 (or Fall Upgrade) some Veeam Endpoint Backup database files could be moved during the OS upgrade procedure. It’s not sure yet if all version are impacted or only Windows 10 coming from a previous major upgrade (Windows.old is normally used to keep a rollback for an in-place upgrade).

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Device passthrough in Microsoft Hyper-V

23 November 2015
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 add an interesting new features in Hyper-V: Discrete Device Assignment. This feature implement a “device passthrough” for virtual machines running on Hyper-V: users can now take some of the PCI Express devices in their systems and pass them through directly to a guest VM.

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Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4

19 November 2015
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Microsoft has just released the Technical Preview 4 of Windows Server 2016, the next generation of Windows Server that will provide a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more. To evaluate it just go to the download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview

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Windows 10 Threshold 2

13 November 2015
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Reading Time: 2 minutes As promised Microsoft does not release anymore “Service Pack” collections (the idea is move to a “Windows as a Service” upgrade model), but this does not mean that does not release cumulative upgrade. And for Windows 10 this is the latest Windows 10 v1511 build 10586: update, also now as Fall Update or Windows 10 Threshold 2. This upgrade include main of the Windows Insider preview, using the collaborative process to drive the choices in building Windows 10. Of course the Windows Insider will continue (and there is also a similar program in the new […]

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Dell-Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS)

2 November 2015
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Reading Time: 3 minutes One year ago Microsoft announced the Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS), also know as a Microsoft’s cloud in a box. CPS introduces a validated, ready-to-run, optimized solution that features Microsoft software stack of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and Windows Azure Pack strategically coupled with Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell Storage and Dell Networking in an integrated, cost-effective appliance. Also CPS prove an Azure-consistent cloud experience, because has been architected for agility and resiliency based on the experience gained from Azure. CPS offers consistent public, private, and hybrid cloud experiences for maximum flexibility.

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New features of Windows Server 2016 TP3

24 August 2015
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Reading Time: 3 minutes After the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 now it’s the turn of a new build: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 and also System Center 2016 Technical Preview 3 (confirming that there is a common and unified product strategy). There are some interesting news in Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 3:

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