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Active Directory during DR Tests

Due to their central role in a Windows environment, including Active Directory domain controllers in a disaster recovery test will nearly always be required. However, how do you ensure that the DCs function correctly, and safely, in a DR environment without having any impact on production? Let's look at the best practices around Active Directory in a DR test. These ideas apply to both on-premise replication to a secondary site and replication to Azure using Azure Site Recovery.

by Mitchell Grande Nov 15, 2018

Active Directory Replication Troubleshooting

With Active Directory having a decentralized database, healthy replication is extremely important to ensuring it functions correctly. Replication problems can lead to all sorts of issues, including authentication failures, machines falling off the domain, or worse. Let's take a look at some ways to diagnose and troubleshoot basic replication problems.

by Mitchell Grande Oct 4, 2018

Upcoming Windows Features

With the release of Windows Server 2019 getting closer, let's take a look at some of the upcoming features in the latest version of Windows Server: Storage Migration Service, System Insights, and Remote Desktop Modern Infrastructure.

by Mitchell Grande Sep 21, 2018

Testing File Server Performance

Measuring file server performance can be a little tricky. In this post, we are going to look at each of the components that affect the speed clients can read/write to a file server. After gathering baseline stats, we'll look at 2 different ways to test the performance of a file server: using the Windows Explorer file copy UI and using the diskspd command line tool. We'll find that the speed shown in the Windows Explorer file copy interface isn't a reliable measurement of the disk throughput on the backend.

by Mitchell Grande Sep 5, 2018

Domain Controller Selection

The process of a Windows client selecting an Active Directory domain controller isn't too complex but is often not fully understood. Let's look at the way a member server chooses a DC and how this affects applications.

by Mitchell Grande May 17, 2018

Tech Talks - What the Edge has to do with the Cloud

In this episoide of Tech Talks, Nathan Lasnoski, discusses what the Edge has to do with the Cloud.

by Nathan Lasnoski Apr 12, 2018

Tech Talks - Azure Iaas, Paas, Containers

In this episode of #techtalks, Nathan Lasnoski walks through how a business can use Iaas, Paas, and Containers to quickly scale up and down with demand, and deliver everything from simple cloud-based apps to sophisticated, cloud-enabled enterprise applications.

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 15, 2018

Tech Talks - How to Transition from a Traditional Organization to a Cloud Organization

In this episode of #techtalks, Nathan Lasnoski walks through how a traditional organization can go through a successful adoption of cloud services through a cohesive triangle of technology, business and organization.

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 8, 2018

Windows Subsystem for Linux – A High Level Overview

You can now run Linux command-line tools directly on windows, without use of Virtualization applications.

by Scott Poling Aug 14, 2017

Starting from scratch with Windows 10 Anniversary Update

With the release of Windows 10 Anniversary update, many of us will be upgrading to it. But many of us will also be installing it from scratch. You can cut down the time your machine is out of service by automating application installation with a simple script.

by Carl Schweitzer Aug 1, 2016

Getting out of the Datacenter Business

I presented at an online education session on “Getting out of the Datacenter Business”. We talked about why companies are moving out, what they are moving, and how they are moving it. We explored Azure Governance and Policy, as well as migration approaches.

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 17, 2021