Windows Server 2012 Upgrade Paths

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Erkan

As Windows Server 2012 has been out for some time and generally available, upgrade paths to Windows 8 and Server 2012 has been officially announced.

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Back in Action

Posted on 14/10/2012 by Erkan

Hello,

I havent been able to blog lately, had busy days with 2 things:

  1. I am now a dad, after a long way with lots of trouble.
  2. Windows Server 2012 testing and busy working days.

Anyway, my test lab is now ready and I will be blogging more and more.

Regards.

Erkan

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Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate is now Available

Posted on 01/06/2012 by Erkan

As Microsoft promised, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Release Candidate versions are now available to download.

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Network Binding Order Warning in SQL Server 2008R2 Cluster Installation

Posted on 31/05/2012 by Erkan

When you are installing SQL Server 2008R2 Cluster, you may get a warning message at Prerequest check step about Network binding order. In this post, I will explain the possible causes and solutions to them. First of all, I will describe the warning.

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Official Name : Windows Server 2012

Posted on 19/04/2012 by Erkan

Microsoft has announced in MMS Summit that Windows Server 8 Beta will be named as Windows Server 2012.

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Hyper-V 3.0 Installation on Server Core Installation of Windows Server 8 Beta

Posted on 28/03/2012 by Erkan

In another post, I have given the steps to enable Hyper-V role on Windows Server 8 Beta. In this post I will give information on how to enable Hyper-V on Server Core Installation.

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List of Available Roles and Features on Windows Server 8 Server Core Installation

Posted on 27/03/2012 by Erkan

I have been working on Windows Server 8 Beta for a bit now and I am close to create my first Hyper-V cluster. While working on my purpose, I wanted to list all available features and roles that comes with Windows Server 8 Server Core Installation.

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Hyper-V 3.0 Installation on Full Installation of Windows Server 8 Beta

Posted on 19/03/2012 by Erkan

In another post, I have written about new features and improvements of Hyper-V 3.0 on Windows Server 8. This post is going to be about installation of Hyper-V on Windows Server 8 Beta “Full Installation”.

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Hyper-V 3.0 on Windows Server 8 Beta

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Erkan

Microsoft is investing more and more resources on Virtualization and Cloud Computing and with the new Hyper-V on Windows Server 8 Beta there are many new features and improvements in Hyper-V 3.0

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Windows Server 8 Beta Deployment Improvements

Posted on 13/03/2012 by Erkan

In another post , I had promised to write about Windows Server 8 Beta deployment improvements and here it is. By the way, as Deployment Improvements I actually mean the deployment of the OS itself, not the roles/features.

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First Look at Windows Server 8 Beta

Posted on 12/03/2012 by Erkan

Hello,

It has been a few days since the release of Windows Server 8 Beta and I would like to write about my first impressions it. First but not last, I will give information about in general now. In the near future I will be testing the Beta more and more and write about the specific details about roles/features.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 Beta Download

Posted on 29/02/2012 by Erkan

Hello,

Here is the link for downloading Windows 8 Consumer Preview from official Microsoft site :

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso

And this is for the beta of Windows Server 8 :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33

I have already downloaded and installing it on my test lab so see if my main applications are working.

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Remote Desktop Connection Broker Failed in a Clustered Environment

Posted on 28/01/2012 by Erkan

Remote Desktop Connection Broker is the new name of Terminal Services Connection Broker and mostly being used in session based environments

In Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2 it can be used in high-available as a cluster service.

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SQL Server 2012 Licensing Model Changes

Posted on 08/01/2012 by Erkan

With the upcoming release of SQL Server, Microsoft is going to change licensing model. New model is looking to be cost more than current in most scenarios.

First of all, SQL Server 2012 will be released in 3 main editions while the last one is the most expensive and 2nd one is totally new:

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Upgrading 2008R2 Hyper-V Hosts to sp1

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Erkan

Windows Server 2008R2 sp1 comes with a very important feature as you know, Dynamic Memory. As I have written before, Dynamic Memory is only available to Windows Server 2008R2 sp1 hosts. In this post, I will give basic guide to upgrade your Windows Server 2008R2 Hyper-V cluster to sp1. Continue reading →

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