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Create a shielded VM template in SCVMM in four easy steps

SCVMM templates simplify the process of deploying shielded VMs. Prepare the disk to use shielded VM technology before creating the template.

By Nirmal Sharma • July 23, 2018

How a bastion forest limits exposure of admin privileges

A Windows Server 2016 feature called a bastion forest is the centerpiece of Microsoft's privileged access management model that limits the exposure of admin rights.

By Brien Posey • July 20, 2018

Manage all your Hyper-V snapshots with PowerShell

Using PowerShell commands to take and remove Hyper-V snapshots, and to restore VMs to a previous state is easy and efficient, especially when working with bulk VMs.

By Nirmal Sharma • July 20, 2018

Follow a Kubernetes and Go tutorial in your home lab

Learn how to use the Kubernetes Go client, dep for dependency management and other capabilities for Kubernetes and Go in this home lab exercise on Minikube.

By Walker Rowe • July 19, 2018

GCP Marketplace beats AWS, Azure to Kubernetes app store

Google is the first major public cloud provider to sell prepackaged apps for container orchestration clusters, but expect AWS and Azure to follow quickly with Kubernetes marketplaces of their own.

By Beth Pariseau • July 19, 2018

Container security emerges in IT products enterprises know and trust

Established IT security vendors add containers to their repertoire, and IT pros must decide between trusted platform integration and the latest features from startups.

By Beth Pariseau • July 19, 2018

Manage Hyper-V containers and VMs with these best practices

Containers and VMs should be treated as the separate instance types they are, but there are specific management strategies that work for both that admins should incorporate.

By Brien Posey • July 19, 2018

Heuristic automation prevents unmitigated IT disasters

IT automation isn't about doing everything faster -- although that's how it started. Heuristics make automation smarter and responsive to changes in the IT environment.

By Clive Longbottom • July 18, 2018

Log analytics tools gain application performance support skills

Log analytics tools are boosting real-time capabilities to monitor application performance, and users are in the market for tools that best slice, dice and store log data.

By Alan Earls • July 17, 2018

Perform this Octopus Deploy tutorial in under 60 minutes

Octopus Deploy extends a variety of agents called Tentacles that manage a wide swath of tasks. In just one hour, create an Octopus Deploy instance in a simple home lab.

By Adam Bertram • July 12, 2018

What are the Microsoft IRM requirements for Exchange 2016?

Before a company can take advantage of information rights management on the Exchange 2016 platform, administrators must ensure the server setup meets the technical requirements.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 12, 2018

How do you use Outlook IRM to protect email content?

The information rights management feature in Exchange prevents unauthorized parties from viewing sensitive content. Admins can tailor the settings to fit the company's needs.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 11, 2018

July Patch Tuesday brings three public disclosures

Microsoft resolved three public disclosures and updated its Spectre and Meltdown advisory this July Patch Tuesday. In total, Microsoft addressed about 54 vulnerabilities.

By Kristen Gloss • July 10, 2018

Modern service management, DevOps streamline app administration

DevOps and service management are synonymous in modern IT, insofar as their guidelines match. Regardless of the term, ensure organizational practices are built for today's reqs.

By Kurt Marko • July 10, 2018

Set up Hyper-V nested virtualization for production

There are several considerations for using nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments, including system requirements, networking, storage and memory considerations.

By Brien Posey • July 10, 2018

How infrastructure as code benefits and eases provisioning

Being able to provision services with code means a simplification to sometimes complicated processes. Plus, you won't need to worry about the platform that service will run on.

By Adam Bertram • July 10, 2018

Zabbix monitoring requires experience for best results

Not every IT tool is as easy to learn as it is potentially useful. Zabbix offers several views into an environment, but that flexibility comes at the price of admin experience.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 9, 2018

Satisfy GDPR standards and identify issues early in the pipeline

GDPR requirements are here to stay. Get your developers involved early and shift security left to make your pipeline secure. Everyone is responsible for compliance now.

By Will Kelly • July 9, 2018

Istio service mesh tech boosts Kubernetes’ work, with trade-offs

Why wouldn't IT teams use a tool that enables developers to focus on writing app code and operations to focus on IT resources? For all its benefits, Istio does require a study on pros and cons.

By Alan Earls • July 6, 2018

Build an IT infrastructure plan from the ground up

IT infrastructure improvements require careful planning that includes evaluating new technologies, such as converged and hyper-converged, and building for future flexibility.

By Brian Kirsch • July 5, 2018

Salary snapshot: Embrace an entry-level DevOps role

New DevOps engineers make much more than their software engineer counterparts. If you have DevOps skills, maybe it's time to rebrand.

By Ryan Dowd • July 3, 2018

IT pursues zero-touch automation for application support

The best and most efficient approach to IT automation features as little human intervention and interaction as possible.

By Tom Nolle • July 3, 2018

What are the Windows Defender management tools?

If you're using Windows Defender AV to protect your company, it's imperative to configure the malware protection properly. This tip lays out the management options for admins.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 3, 2018

Taking stock of Windows Server management tools

Microsoft provides a mix of server management tools that administrators can choose from to control the machines that run the business. This comparison can help steer your decision.

By Kristen Gloss • July 2, 2018

Use HashiCorp’s Terraform tool and companions for production IaC

Developers want isolated systems for prototyping. Testers want mimicry of production. And IT operations wants to configure this infrastructure for them without reinventing the wheel.

By Stuart Burns • June 29, 2018