Application virtualization is a common way for organizations to scale enterprise applications to multiple users. It allows employees to access applications from a wide variety of devices and it enables centralized management of workstation applications - particularly attractive in scenarios with a high percentage of remote or branch office workers. In some cases, application virtualization can [...]
There have been some nice improvements to Windows 2016 networking. While not as flashy as some of the other changes, such as Nano Server or storage replicas, the new DNS features can help secure your server. DNS Policies DNS policies can be created to tell DNS how to handle incoming requests. Here are only a [...]
It feels like every other week I’m working at a client and we need to run one little extra service or application. As a result we usually either piggyback this service onto an existing server or build a new server just for the small service or application. Both options have their disadvantages. Introducing Windows Server [...]
On December 6th, Peters & Associates joined forces with Nimble Storage to present the latest in Windows Server 2016 and Nimble Storage solutions – and how they are working together to help customers. At the time of this writing, Windows Server 2016 has been generally available for about 2 months. We are finding that some [...]
With the release of Windows Server 2016 a slew of new and exciting features have been added to Hyper-V. Plus some features have been updated. Below are some that I consider exciting and extremely helpful. Hot add network card and memory In Windows 2016, you can add or remove a network card to a VM as [...]
