Windows Admin Center is one of the pivotal technologies integrated with Windows Server 2019. Microsoft has purpose-built Windows Admin Center to be a new platform for management that allows administrators to aggregately manage hosts, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V hosts, and HCI solutions. When managing Windows server [...]
Have you heard the saying, "You don’t need backup until you lose your data for the first time"? I remember; it sounded just like a normal saying to me, but I grasped the real meaning when I first lost my data. I made a mistake [...]
Besides the high availability aspect of virtualization platforms, the other tremendous benefit of today’s virtualization hypervisors is the effective means to load balance and effectively spread around resources. Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V Failover Clusters provide a powerful platform for not only high availability but also [...]
Microsoft Azure contains many great management capabilities for IT admins managing cloud resources. One of those administrative capabilities is the Azure resource tag. When preparing for the AZ-104 exam, this is a concept that you will need to be familiar with. Let's take a look [...]
There have been many new advancements in Windows Server technologies in the past few Windows Server releases. Many of these have improved upon the core features of Windows Server, including the resiliency and high-availability features it offers. One of the newer features found in Windows [...]
Implementing a resource lock is one safety mechanism that can be used within an Azure subscription to prevent incidents from taking out critical infrastructure. You must also understand these for the AZ-104 resource locks exam questions. Let's better understand Azure resource locks, what they are, [...]
This Beginner’s Guide to Ransomware is a comprehensive multi-part series that will empower you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of ransomware threats. Part 1 – Understanding the Ransomware Basics Part 2 – Ransomware Causes, Attackers, and Mechanisms Part 3 – [...]
Quick Bites: Forget complicated storage! Two new options, vVOLs and vSAN, simplify managing your data for virtual machines vVOLs works with your existing storage hardware, giving you finer control over storage for each virtual machine vSAN creates a software-defined storage pool from the local disks [...]
In the previous post, we looked at Azure Policy, what it is, and what it does. In this post, for the purposes of the AZ-104 exam, we will consider how we can create an Azure Policy definition and initiative, the requirements, and the steps involved [...]
VMware vSphere provides powerful networking capabilities that allow tremendous flexibility in moving packets both within the virtual environment and from virtual to the physical network and physical into the virtual. Perhaps the most important component of the vSphere network infrastructure is the virtual switch or [...]
