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Create Guest Clusters in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

Create a guest cluster using virtual machines with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and learn what Microsoft is doing to make guest clustering easier.

Last Update: Mar 04, 2024

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Using Shared VHDX to Create a Guest Cluster in Windows Server 2012 R2

Last Update: Mar 04, 2024

Learn how to use a shared VHDX to create a guest cluster on WS2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts.

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Microsoft to Offer Three More Years of Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft has announced that it would provide three additional years of Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates (ESUs). This move is aimed at granting IT administrators extra time to upgrade or transition their workloads to Azure. Microsoft officially ended mainstream support for Windows Server 2012 in October 2018. The company offered extended support for all…

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Happy 10th Birthday Hyper-V!

Last Update: Mar 14, 2023

On February 19, 2003, Microsoft announced that the corporation has acquired a privately held virtualization vendor called Connectix. It might not have seemed like it then, but this acquisition was the genesis of something huge in the IT world, and I’m not limiting that to just Hyper-V.

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Configure SMB Security in Windows Server 2012

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

With Windows Server 2012 and Win8 comes a new version of the SMB protocol. Learn to disable SMB 1.0 and configure SMB encryption in this easy Ask an Admin.

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Managing SMB Multichannel in SMB 3.0

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

In part one of this article series, Aidan Finn shows how to design and manage SMB Multichannel in SMB 3.0, which is a data protocol that is available in Windows Server 2012 R2.

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Windows Server 2012: SMB 3.0 and the Scale-Out File Server

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

Wondering what’s up with SOFS? Learn the basics of Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Scale-Out File Server in this article.

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Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 File Shares: An Overview

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

Want increased performance, scalability, and availability but need to watch your pennies? Discover how storing Windows Server 2012 VMs on SMB 3.0 file shares makes it happen.

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Datacenter networking servers

Microsoft Confirms VM Secure Boot Issue Causing Boot Failures on Windows Server 2022

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that might prevent virtual machines (VMs) from booting up on Windows Server 2022. The company detailed on the Windows Health Dashboard that the problem triggers on Windows Server machines that installed the latest Patch Tuesday Updates released on February 14. According to Microsoft, the issue only impacts virtual machines…

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Cloud Computing

Windows Server 2012 Extended Support Ends in October

Microsoft is set of end extended support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 in October 2023. The company is reminding customers that it will no longer provide software updates, security patches, and technical support after this date. It’s been more than four years since Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for…

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