Quick post!Got an error after I’ve upgraded my servers from 2008 R2 to 2012 and I wanted to boot my VM’s.In the event viewer I got this error message Hypervisor launch failed; Secure Mode Extensions have been enabled by the BIOS. Please disable Secure Mode Extensions in the BIOS to launch Hyper-V.I the hyper-v manager […]
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I see a lot of searches towards the blog regarding boundaries and boundary groups so therefore I thought that I should post a bit more about how these settings work and how they affect your site. A boundary is a network location in your infrastructure that contains one or more devices that you want to
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The last couple of days I’ve seen a lot of traffic on my blog regarding the posts on Netscaler ( And I don’t have so many of them!) And with the recent events regarding Cisco ACE and Microsoft Forefront TMG, I’m guessing that a lot of people are looking into the option to switch over
Even thou Microsoft said that it would be easier it was still a bit difficult for me to understand how it worked, but in the end I finally got a good grasp of how the licensing model works so therefore I would like to share it with you. Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012
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Microsoft has published some information regarding the new certifications coming for Wave 15 deployment, this is regarding SharePoint, Lync and Exchange 2013.This exams follow the new(old) MSCE certification tracks. Exchange:70-341 & 70-342 = MSCE Messaginghttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-exchange-server.aspx Lync:70-336 & 70-337 = MSCE Communicationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-lync-server.aspx SharePoint70-331 & 70-332 = MSCE SharePointhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sharepoint-server.aspx I’m guessing most of them will be available
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As a part of WS2012 and System Center 2012 SP1, Microsoft are introducing their network virtualization feature. You can read more about it here –> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134174.aspx In terms of virtualization it allows to run multiple virtual networks on a physical network. As a part of Microsoft’s investment to this solution, F5 is coming with a
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When installing SCOM 2012 w/webconsole you might the this error message during installation. The ISAPI and CGI Restrictions are disabled or missing: Web Console cannot operate properly because the ISAPI and CI Restrictions in Internet Information Services (IIS) are disabled or missing for ASP.NET 4.0. ASP.NET 4.0 Registration Check: The ASP.NET 4.0 handler is
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So with the latest version of Citrix Receiver you need to enter a URL with the prefix of https when setting up an connection.For a lab environment you won’t normally have an certificate installed for the service, so then you need to change some keys in the registry to allow the receiver to connect via
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Short post!What is important when planning your SCCM deployment ? Plan for High Availability! (among other things)SCCM can span from a simple to a very complex solution And it can also be in a complex hierarchy as well. So it is important to know “where do I need to deploy multiple servers in order to
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With the latest release of Beta of SP1, there is a lot of new functionality that needs to get tested VMM comes with some new and exciting features. Improved Support for Network Virtualization Extend the VMM console with Add-ins Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS
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