Building and Deploying Nano Servers
Microsoft has introduced an installation option of Windows Server 2016 that provides an operating system designed and optimized for Cloud operations. Microsoft’s Nano Server is intended to support and run …
Converting from Server 2012 Core install to Full GUI
Windows Server 2012 Core boasts many enticing enhancements which include reducing the installation footprint, attack surface and management overhead. Features on Demand allows the administrator to remove roles which are …
Configuring Network Load Balancing in Windows Server
Services and applications that are affected by high load require technologies to address this issue. Network Load Balancing is a technology that allows system administrators to configure clusters that distribute …
How to Install an Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server Array using Windows Network Load Balancing
Client Access Server Array Pre-Requisites Two or more Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Servers can be configured as a CAS array using NLB as long they are not also installed …
Getting Started with Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server Arrays
An often misunderstood feature of Exchange Server 2010 is the Client Access server array, or CAS array. In Exchange Server 2007 the Client Access server role was introduced to perform a similar …
AWS – Route 53 (DNS)
Amazon Route 53 is a highly scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service that converts word-based website addresses like www.example.com into IP addresses like 11.22.33.44. Amazon Web Services operates worldwide DNS servers …
AWS – Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
In this post I provide a guide for setting up and using VPCs in order to help guide your AWS setup. This AWS VPC tutorial is based on my experience …
Working with the Azure Blob Storage Service
Azure Storage is the foundation of the whole of Azure. Every service either runs directly on top of Azure Storage (VMs, PaaS Services) or relies on Azure Storage for many …
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER (ARM)
The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the service used to provision resources in your Azure subscription. It was first announced at Build 2014 when the new Azure portal (portal.azure.com) was …
AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY: AN INTRODUCTION
WHAT AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY IS (AND IS NOT) Azure Active Directory (aka Azure AD) is a fully managed multi-tenant service from Microsoft that offers identity and access capabilities for applications …