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Senior Technical Architect - HA/Compute/Storage

Philip is a Senior Technical Architect specializing in high availability solutions for SMB/SME businesses and hosting companies.

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VMware

HOW TO:  Make Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware Workstation function side by side

In this article, I will show you how to configure your Windows 10 computer so Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware Workstation can work side by side and co-exist.
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Screenshot of Hyper-V Settings

Using Bitlocker to encrypt virtual machines

This is another small article in my Bitlocker article series. It is about encrypting virtual machines. The scenario that I am securing the VM against, is that an attacker has physical access to the host and is trying to read out the virtual hard drive of the guest systems.
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Monitoring Hyper-V and Hyper-V Replica

A simple method for monitoring your Hyper-V servers and Replication Status
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Installing Ubuntu Linux on a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Can you run Linux on a Windows system? Yep. Here's how.
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Creating a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V

Want to create a VM? Here's how you do it.
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Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016

Take advantage of one of the most useful technologies available - virtualization!
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400TB Disaggregate Cluster

Practical Hyper-V Performance Expectations

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Herein one will find an aggregate of some of my experience building and deploying virtualization stacks both in standalone, clustered Hyper-V, clustered Hyper-V with a Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) backend, and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).
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How to create Hyper-V cluster – Part 4

In previous parts of this Nano Server deployment series, we learned how to create, deploy and configure Nano Server as a Hyper-V host. In this part, we will look for a clustering option. We will create a Hyper-V cluster of 3 Nano Server host nodes with Storage Spaces Direct on it.
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How to setup Hyper-V host in Nano Server – Part 3

Previously, on our Nano Server Deployment series, we've created a new nano server image and deployed it on a physical server in part 2. Now we will go through configuration.
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How to deploy Nano Server on Physical – Part 2

Optimized for private cloud infrastructures and datacenters, Nano Server is minimalistic, yet super-efficient, OS for services such as Hyper-V and Hyper-V cluster. Learn how you can easily deploy Nano Server and unlock its power!
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How to protect your VMs against Ransomware

Ransomware is a malware that is again in the list of security concerns. Not only for companies, but also for Government security and even at personal use. IT departments should be aware and have the right knowledge to how to fight it.
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Lab Topology

Setting up a Multi-Site AD Lab on a single Hyper-V host

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In this article, I am going to show you how to simulate a multi-site Lab environment on a single Hyper-V host. I use this method successfully in my own lab to simulate three fully routed global AD Sites on a Windows 10 Hyper-V host.
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Cloud-based mail backup and recovery with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365

Veeam Backup & Replication has added a new integration – Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.  In this blog, we will discuss how you can benefit from Office 365 email backup with the Veeam’s new product and try to shed some light on the needs and use cases of email backups.
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Is Exchange Server Supported in Amazon Web Services?

Exchange server is not supported in any cloud-hosted platform (other than Azure with Azure Premium Storage).
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Servers Sharing Services

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Know what services you can and cannot, should and should not combine on your server.
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Virtual or Physical?

Why should I virtualize? It’s a question that’s asked often enough. My response is usually “Why SHOULDN’T you virtualize?”
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Veeam: How to enable Direct NFS Access backup Access feature

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First I will try to share a design of a Veeam Backup Infrastructure without Direct NFS Access …
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Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8/10 Pro+

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Using the Hyper-V Manager requires administrator rights. This guide shows how to add shortcuts and Start Screen tiles for normal users to quickly connect to local virtual machines rather than using the otherwise recommended Remote Desktop connection.
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Storage Spaces Cluster JBOD

Some Hyper-V Hardware and Software Best Practices

The following article is comprised of the pearls we have garnered deploying virtualization solutions since Virtual Server 2005 and subsequent 2008 RTM+ Hyper-V in standalone and clustered environments.
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Best Practices - Network - Building Hyper-V Infrastructure

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Few best practices specific to Network Configurations to be considered while deploying a Hyper-V …

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