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Re: Is RDMA supported for 2022 Servers
Thanks for the inquiry. Yes, Windows Server 2022 absolutely supports RDMA. It's a critical technology used by storage such as SMB Direct. You can learn more about SMB Direct here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-direct Please note the article specifically states support for Windows Server 2022. Cheers, Jeff Woolsey PM Manager, Microsoft DKolb3KViews1like2CommentsWindows Server 2019 Summit...
If you're looking for more Windows Server 2019 content, we've got you covered. In the spring of 2019, we hosted the Windows Server Summit 2019. This many hours of streaming content with lots of DEMOS, Hardware showcase and much more. We covered topics like: Discover what’s new in Windows Server 2019, Windows Admin Center, and Azure Stack HCI. Learn how to take advantage of Azure services to integrate your on-premises environment with the cloud. Get tips and tricks to modernize your evolving applications and infrastructure before support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ends. Agenda: Innovations in Microsoft’s hybrid strategy: Deep dive into Microsoft’s hyperconverged technologies and how to add hybrid services from Azure. Modernize Windows Server apps and workloads: Learn about security, Remote Desktop Services, containers, and features on demand. New in management and security: See what’s new in Windows Admin Center, System Center 2019, and Windows Server 2019. Insights and best practices: Chat with Windows Server community experts. Looking ahead: Learn more about Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel and Windows Server on Azure. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-summit1.4KViews4likes0CommentsUpgrading Windows Server 2008/2008R2 Clusters...
Q: I have a Windows Server 2008 cluster. How do I upgrade/migrate this to a newer cluster? A: Use the Cluster Migration Wizard. Check out this blog here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/clustering/2012/06/25/how-to-move-highly-available-clustered-vms-to-windows-server-2012-with-the-cluster-migration-wizard/1.4KViews4likes0CommentsMigrating Windows Server 2008/2008R2 File Servers to WS 2016/2019...
If you have Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 File Servers, we have an elegant way to migrate you to a modern file server with the Storage Migration Service (SMS) built-in to Windows Server 2019. SMS makes it easier to migrate your older Windows Server File Servers (2003 & later) to 2016/2019. SMS provides an elegant graphical UI (via Admin Center) that inventories data on servers and then transfers the data and configuration to newer servers—all without apps or users having to change anything. SMS is designed to help by doing the following: 1. Inventory multiple servers and their data 2. Rapidly transfer files, file shares, and security configuration from the source servers. 3. Optionally take over the identity of the source servers (also known as cutting over) so that users and apps don't have to change anything to access existing data 4. Manage one or multiple migrations from the Windows Admin Center user interface Storage Migration Links Storage Migration Docs here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview Storage Migration Step-by-Step here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data Storage Migration Ignite Session Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9Qa5nlRTU8KViews4likes0CommentsNetworking Benefits moving from Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 to WS2019...
If you're wondering about the networking benefits of moving from Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019, the list is really long. So, the networking team wrote a top 10 list for new features in Windows Server 2019. This is just a fraction of what's new in networking since WS2008... Starting with #10 to #1... https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/07/18/top10-ws2019-hatime/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/07/25/ledbat/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/08/01/faster-safer-internet/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/08/08/sdn-goes-mainstream/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/08/15/high-performance-gateways/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/08/22/netperf4vw/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/08/29/sdnsecurity/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/09/05/azurenetworkadapter/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/09/12/windowsdpdk4broadcasting/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/09/19/ws2019-kubernetes/1.1KViews5likes0CommentsMost Common Mistakes in Active Directory ...
Here are some useful links to help you avoid making these common mistakes with Active Directory... Most Common Mistakes in Active Directory and Domain Services – Part 1 – MEA SI Blog https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/meamcs/2018/12/31/most-common-mistakes-in-active-directory-and-domain-services-part-1/ Most Common Mistakes in Active Directory and Domain Services – Part 2 – MEA SI Blog https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/meamcs/2019/01/08/most-common-mistakes-in-active-directory-and-domain-services-part-2/3.4KViews7likes3CommentsMigrating Windows Server 2008 DCs to 2016/2019...
Q: How do I upgrade an Active Directory domain to Windows Server 2016/2019? A: The recommended way to upgrade a domain is to promote domain controllers that run newer versions of Windows Server & demote the older DCs as needed. Details here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/upgrade-domain-controllers7.3KViews4likes0CommentsRe: Welcome to the Windows Server 2008 End of Support Ask Microsoft Anything!
Since we're discussing the Windows Server 2008 End of Support dates, it seems like a good time to include a more detailed list of the products you should already be modernizing... 🙂 Windows Server 2008 SP2 January 14th 2020 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Windows%20Server%202008%20Service%20Pack%202 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 January 14th 2020 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Windows%20Server%202008%20Service%20Pack%202 Exchange Server 2010 SP3 January 14th 2020 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=exchange%202010 SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 October 13th 2020 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=sharepoint%202010 SQL Server 2008 SP4 July 9th 2019 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%202008 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 July 9th 2019 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=SQL%20Server%202008%20R2%20Service%20Pack%203 BizTalk Server 2009 July 9th 2019 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=BizTalk%20Server%202009%20Enterprise Project Server 2010 SP2 October 13th 2020 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=project%20server%2020103.4KViews2likes0CommentsRe: No deduplication on Hyper-V 2019 Core?
Thank you for your question. Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a focused enterprise class hypervisor. It does not include software defined networking or software defined storage. If you would like the software defined storage capabilities like deduplication, Remote direct memory access, storage spaces direct, then you should use Windows Server 2019 data center edition which includes all of these capabilities and so much more. Jeff Woolsey Hybrid Cloud5.2KViews1like3CommentsRe: hyper-v core 2019 version 17723 lacks storage replication feauture?
Microsoft Hyper-V Server provides an enterprise class hypervisor and virtualization platform. Microsoft Hyper-V Server includes VM replication which means any VMs can be replicated to other Hyper-V systems or Azure. The replication is asynchronous and can be configured to replicate every 30 seconds, 5 minutes or 15 minutes. Hyper-V Server does not include storage replication. If you require storage replication, Windows Server provides that functionality.1.7KViews0likes1CommentRe: Unable to boot to installer
Hmm. This sounds like corrupt DVDs. A guess: When you burnt the DVDs for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 did you use Dual Layer DVDs? WS2016/2019 don't fit on a standard 4.7 GB DVD. (Windows 10 does fit on a standard DVD.) Your burning software should have caught this. Otherwise, download the image again and reburn the DVDs.1.7KViews0likes1CommentRe: Hyper-V build 17623?
We haven't release the media for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 yet because we want everyone focused on testing the Windows Server Datacenter bits! :-) Fear not, we will have Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 Preview bits. Jeff Woolsey Windows Server/Hybrid Cloud/Azure1.4KViews1like1CommentRe: Explorer sucks on Windows Server Datacenter 2009
Thanks for following up with your configuration. That system looks awesome. Windows Server 2019 should be flying on that system. Please make sure that you have the latest BIOS update for the motherboard and retest with the latest preview build. tx!1.4KViews0likes1CommentRe: So Windows Server Insiders is only the Core Version. How About Next Month the Full Server Is Avail..
Hey folks, Thanks for the note. We've been watching carefully as the industry changes and transforms to embrace new application models such as containers and others. We've also been listening to you as you adopt the Long Term Servicing Channel and the Semi-Annual Channel releases. Here's the short answer: The summary is that customer adoption of SAC is almost entirely containers. SAC adoption on hardware was minimal as most people can’t churn their hardware that quickly. For that reason, we pivoted the SAC releases to containers and application innovation since they can easily take a new change, update a container and publish as part of their CI/CD pipeline. Since containers have no GUI, SAC is Server Core and Nano Server. It literally makes no sense to release a SAC build with a GUI. That's why only LTSC includes GUI. For a detailed explanation, see this blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/03/29/windows-server-semi-annual-channel-update/3.7KViews2likes1CommentRe: Explorer sucks on Windows Server Datacenter 2009
What you're seeing isn't normal or expected. I'm running Windows Server 2019 on a variety of systems from a modern one to a systems that's 7 years old. Even on my 7 year old system, Explorer is silky smooth. Do yo have anymore info about the system? Make, model, system config etc. thx1.4KViews0likes3Comments
