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Windows Server 2019 - Windows Admin Center

robert — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:37:51 +0200

After having played around a bit with Windows 2019 server, it was time to see what this “Project Honolulu” was all about. Only to find out it’s no longer called that, it’s now been re-branded to it’s (hopefully) final name: Windows Admin Center

VM Lab - Switch it up

robert — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:00:33 +0200

Back again for another part in my VM Lab series. So far I’ve created the folder structure which we will use to store our ISO files, VHD files [including template VHDs and Unattend.xml files] and VM’s. In order to manipulate the ReadOnly status of various files [such as the template VHD’s and Unattend.xml files], I’ve provided simple functions which will assist us. Now we need to make sure that the final piece of the infrastructure is ready: the Hyper-V VM Switches.

VM Lab - Read Only status

robert — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:30:50 +0200

In this next installment of my VM Lab series of posts, I have created a tiny set of tools which basically do exactly as the names imply. While I admit, not quite hard to do, perhaps you’d even prefer to type things manually, but as mentioned in my previous post, for me it’s all about re-usability. Requirements In one of the upcoming installments of my VM Lab series, I will create a template VHD file, which will need to be set to Read Only in order to prevent changes to be made accidentally.

VM Lab - Lab Folders

robert — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:53:45 +0200

Lets get started… First of all, I always prefer my lab to have the same layout and tend to use the same solutions, since they’re either best practice or the most logical approach for me. Now in a Lab environment, this starts at the basics, creating a folder structure to put everything in, from VHDs, VMs to ISO files and templates. Requirements For my Lab I always want it to have the same folder structure.

VM Lab - Introduction

robert — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:38:53 +0200

Hey guys, It’s been a bit quiet lately, some holiday time and most importantly a change of jobs! As of July 1st I now work for OSC as an Infrastructure Specialist and will hopefully have more time to expand my knowledge and share this with the community. The last few weeks I’ve been busy playing around with a solution in order to quickly create a Lab with VM’s. While I know how to manually set them up and create machines, I had a somewhat ‘ideal’ method in mind and didn’t really want to stray from that idea.

Lab: Configure PowerShell WebAccess for management

robert — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:26:02 +0200

Now that I have my Lab configured and set up to accept remoting from my Client machine, I want to set up a small Hyper-V lab onto this Host. Since my goal is to manage as much as possible through PowerShell, my current setup will run into the following problem: I can remote into my lab host, but due to single-hop remoting, it is not recommended to daisy chain sessions.

Lab: Connect to your ServerCore using remoting - step by step

robert — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:03:49 +0200

The next part in my Lab setup now that I’ve gotten network configured is to actually no longer touch my new Lab machine… While that might sound strange at first, the reason for this is simple. My Lab should be a headless server, stuffed in a cabinet somewhere with power and a network connection and I should be able to do ALL my management tasks remotely. This should be a simple task you’d say, but for the sake of clarity [and to learn this process better myself] I have decided to write down all the steps required to do this.

Lab: Intel NUC with Windows ServerCore 2012R2

robert — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 09:00:04 +0200

Since I’ve decided to get more serious about updating my skills and knowledge again [also why I started blogging], I thought about getting a proper lab setup. The goal is to have a small, portable but powerful Hyper-V based lab which I can carry along with me from home and to work if need be. Now I tend to have a test setup on my home machine and one on my work laptop, depending on what I need at that moment.