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    Slow data copy between iscsi drives

    Hi All, I have a windows 2012 r2 server with iscsi drives configured. Server is experiencing slowness during data copy between iscsi drives after server reboot . In order to fix the issue , I need to disable and enable iscsi configured NIC card after server reboot . It looks server is not able...
  2. Announcing Android™ apps on Windows 11 Preview for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel

    UPDATED 10:45AM Redmond time with link to download and install from the Store! Hello Windows Insiders, Today we have announced that the first preview of Android™ apps on Windows 11 is now available for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the U.S. If you haven’t already read this blog post...
  3. how many server machines to implement the cluster?

    how many server machines to implement the cluster? is it possible to do it with 2 machines or in a single machine we configure ADDS and the iSCSI server
  4. Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements and the PC Health Check app

    Today’s blog post provides two updates. First, an update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements based, in part, on feedback from the Windows Insider community. Second, information on the updated PC Health Check app that is now available to Windows Insiders. Since the introduction of Windows...
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    how to replace a failing disk in Hyperconverged Infrastructure node

    Hi, Just wondering what steps we could do to replace a failing hard drive in a HCI node. Can anybody help me with some instructions or point to somewhere i could find the answer ? HCI is made of three HPE DL380 servers and using Hyper V. The nodes dont have any tools installed to exactly find...
  6. Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements

    Windows Insiders, Today we’re releasing our first Insider build for Windows 11, and we’re looking forward to the insight that comes from you installing and using on a variety of your PCs. Last week’s introduction of Windows 11 signaled the first step on our journey to empower people with the...
  7. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1052 (21H1) to Beta & Release Preview Channels

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.1052 (KB5003637) to the Beta Channel & Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1. See our blog post here on preparing the Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) for release. This security update includes quality...
  8. VIDEO SSH Honeypot in 4 Minutes - Trap Hackers in Your Server

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  9. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19042.746 (20H2) to Beta and Release Preview Channels

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.746 (KB4598242) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include: We fixed a security vulnerability...
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    Hyper-V not running

    I have been using Hyper-V on a W-10 Pro 64b for four years, with two virtualized OS: a] Windows XP-SP3 b] Windows 10 Pro satisfactorily for testing, in a Lenovo laptop P70 (Xeon 2.8, 64GB RAM) with Windows 10 Pro. Just updated the OS a week ago to v:20H2 built 19042.685. Today the two virtual OS...
  11. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.685 (20H2)

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.685 (KB4592438) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include: We fixed a security vulnerability...
  12. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Starting with today’s build, Windows Insiders will notice that the name of the branch we are releasing builds from has changed to FE_RELEASE. Just like we did back in May...
  13. Upgrade options for a friends small office server.

    Hi all, I have a friend who runs her own accountancy business, she currently has a Dell poweredge server with Windows 2008 R2 Standard on it. It used to be used for regular server related tasks, such as user accounts (4-5 staff members), file sharing and MSSQL. She has since closed her...
  14. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 20241 Introducing theme-aware splash screens for apps Building on theme-aware tiles in Start, we’re introducing theme-aware splash screens for...
  15. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20236

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20236 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 20236 Change Refresh Rate of your display You can now go to Settings > System > Display > Advanced display settings and change the refresh rate of your...
  16. Windows 10 How to convert VMDK to VHDX

    Hi I am trying to convert one of my VM in VMware Workstation (.VMDK) to Hyper-V (.VHDX) In lot of forums it says to use MVMC. Unfortunately, MVMC not available to download and there's no alternative tool to convert VMDK to VHDX. Can anyone please advise. TIA
  17. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.572 (20H2)

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.572 (KB4579311) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following fixes and improvements: We fixed an issue with a possible elevation of...
  18. Import/attach WHDX to Hyper-V Server

    Hi I converted a VDMX file to WHDX using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Tool. I need to attach converted WHDX to Hyper-V Server 2019 via WAC. Can anyone please advise me how to do it. Thank you in advance.
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    Ubuntu USB driver with persistance storage

    Hi, Does anyone know if I installed ubuntu 20.04 onto a usb device with the above intention, can I install a virtual box and use win xp in that? It wold need to run a usb device used to plug into the car for mechanical diagnostic purposes. Link Removed
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    Diskless Servers Booting VM OS From NAS

    Hi all, Is there anyway to have a diskless server boot a Windows server image/VM from a NAS? Or is it possible to have an operating system like Windows Server 2012 not installed each individual machine? Instead running from a centralized disk storage.