Windows Server Archives - Thomas Maurer

Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines at Microsoft Ignite

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:24:07 +0000

Today at Microsoft Ignite 2023, I will be presenting Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines on an interactive Learn Live online streaming session together with Cloud Solution Architect and Microsoft MVP Bert Wolters. In this session we will go through the Microsoft Learn module and provide you with some great demos on how …

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Happy 30th Birthday Windows Server! 🥳🎂🍾🎈

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:04:33 +0000

Windows Server just celebrates the 30th birthday! 🥳🎂🍾🎈 Can you believe it? It’s been 30 years since Windows Server was first released to the world. That’s three decades of innovation, evolution, and transformation in the world of computing. Windows Server has come a long way since its beginnings as Windows NT 3.1 in 1993. It …

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Windows Server Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) cloud learning for Windows Server professionals

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 06:54:22 +0000

I am very excited to announce that I will be part of a Windows Server ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ (AMA) event to discuss tips for diving into cloud learning for Windows Server professionals. We’ll discuss certifications, answer your questions about training available through Microsoft, and share tips on managing skill transitions for yourself and your team. …

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How to In-place upgrade Windows Server in Microsoft Azure

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:30:16 +0000

Today I came across a tweet by Microsoft Program Manager Ned Pyle mentioning that in-place upgrade for Windows Server VMs in Microsoft Azure is now supported. There is now an official Microsoft doc, which describes the process and the considerations to for the in-place upgrade of Windows Server running in an Azure virtual machine (VM). …

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Install and run Kubernetes on Windows Server

Thomas Maurer — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 14:13:45 +0000

Many Windows Server Administrators are being confronted with application modernization. Often new applications are architected on PaaS-architecture (platform-as-a-service) or microservices architectures based on containers. These workloads often need a Kubernetes cluster which orchestrates the containerized application and workload. In this blog post we are going to have a look at how you can install and …

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Speaking at the Windows Server Summit 2022

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:52:01 +0000

I am happy to let you know that I will be speaking at the Windows Server Summit 2022 and show you how you can run the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Hybrid deployment options on Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI, as well as manage it through Azure Arc. But there is more to learn here, …

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New AKS hybrid deployment options enabled by Azure Arc, AKS Edge and Hybrid Benefit

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:51:51 +0000

This week at Microsoft Ignite Microsoft announced some new features and improvements to the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) hybrid deployment options enabled by Azure Arc. This allows you to run the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) you know as a managed Kubernetes on Azure, in a hybrid cloud environment on-premises, and edge locations. These include AKS …

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How To Manage Windows Server

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:31:00 +0000

In this blog post we are going to have a look at how you can manage Windows Server and what the right management tools are for you. To manage Windows Server, we offer a couple of different management tools depending on your needs, and in this blog post we are going to have a look …

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Manage Arc-enabled Windows Server with Windows Admin Center in the Azure Portal

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:41:29 +0000

With a new feature called Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal, you can now securely manage your Windows Server machines running as an Azure virtual machine (VM) or running on-premises with Azure Arc, directly from the Azure portal. Azure provides a lot of different management tools to manage your virtual machines or physical servers …

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Set up a single-node AKS cluster on Windows Server on-premises

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:30:51 +0000

In this blog post we are going to have a look at how you can deploy a single-node Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster on Windows Server running on-premises in your hybrid cloud environment and connect it with Azure Arc. Many customers want to modernize their application landscape and are using managed Kubernetes services from cloud …

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