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Last updated by Thomas Maurer at May 12, 2017.

May122017May 12, 2017May 12, 20170 Commentby Thomas Maurer

Speaking at the Midwest Management Summit 2017

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, Nano Server, Powershell, Private Cloud, System Center, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

I am proud to travel to the US tomorrow to speak at the MMS MOA 2017. The Midwest Management Summit is held in the Mall of America in Minneapolis and I have been there speaking for the past 3 years now from the first one at MMS 2014, second one at MMS 2015 and the last one just last year at MMS 2016. I am proud to be select as a speaker again this year.

The Midwest Management Summit is a 4-day conference purposely capped to just 750 attendees so that nobody gets lost in the crowd. Speakers have time to meet and talk to you. No rushing people out of a session to get the next speaker going. Time to absorb what you see and talk it over with speakers and other attendees. A true learning experience. Real networking. Real-life issues discussed.

This year I will be speaking in 3 different sessions mostly about Windows Server 2016, Nano Server, Hyper-V, Azure and Containers. And I am also proud to speak together with Samuel Erskine (Microsoft MVP) and John Joyner (Microsoft MVP). We have some exiting new stuff to share with the attendees, hopefully see you in the Mall of America!

MMS 2017

The best of Windows Server 2016

Join this session for The Best of Windows Server 2016 – The New Foundation of your Datacenter. You’ll get an overview of the new, exciting improvements that are in Windows Server 2016 and how they’ll improve your day-to-day job. In this presentation Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP) will guide you through the highly anticipated innovations including: Hyper-V 2016 features, Nano Server, Storage Spaces Direct, Storage Replica, Windows Server Containers, and more!

MMS 2017

Getting Started with Windows Containers, Docker and Azure

In Windows Server 2016 Microsoft released their first version of Windows and Hyper-V Containers. In this session you will get an overview of how containers work and how you can use them for your deployments , as well as how you can get started with Containers and Docker on Windows 10, Windows Server or on Microsoft Azure.

MMS 2017

Nano Server - The Future of Windows Server

Nano Server is the future of Windows Server. With Nano Server Microsoft created the foundation for Windows Server for the future. In this session you will get an overview about Nano Server and see some great live demos of how you can deploy, manage and operate Nano Server as well as creating applications for it. Get a better understanding of Nano Server and see how you deploy, manage and operate it.

Nov292016November 29, 2016November 29, 20160 Commentby Thomas Maurer

Hyper-V Manager ins Azure Server Management Tools SMT

Manage Hyper-V from Azure Server Management Tools

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Nano Server, Operations Management Suite, Powershell, Private Cloud, Server Core, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Work

Microsoft released an updated to the Azure Server Management Tools (SMT) and this improves some of the existing tools such as File Explorer and Device Manager. But the big announcement here is, that you now can manage your Hyper-V Server and Virtual Machines directly from Microsoft Azure from where ever you are. This is one of the great examples of using cloud solutions to extend your on premise environment, By using Management as a Service you basically don’t need to updated anything, you just got this new feature available in the Azure portal and you can start using it.

In this update to the Server Management Tools, Microsoft supports the following VM management functionality:

Start/Shutdown/Turn off/Pause/Resume
Save State/Delete Saved State
Take/Apply & rename checkpoints

You can see the Virtual Machines on which are running on the Hyper-V server

You can also do basic management of checkpoints

If you want to know more about the Server Management Tools (SMT) check out my blog post: Manage Nano Server and Windows Server from Azure using Remote Server Management Tools

Nov072016November 7, 2016November 7, 20162 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Azure Nano Server PowerShell Package Management

How to deploy Nano Server in Azure

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Nano Server, Powershell, Private Cloud, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

In some other post I have written how you can deploy a Nano Server on premise using PowerShell or the Nano Server Image Builder. In this post I will quickly show you how you can setup a new Nano Server in Microsoft Azure.

To deploy Nano Server in Azure, Microsoft offers you a Nano Server Image in the Marketplace.

Using the Azure Portal to deploy Nano Server on Microsoft Azure

There are also several ways you can deploy Nano Server, for example using the Azure Portal or PowerShell. First this will show you how you can create a Nano Server Virtual Machine using the Azure Portal.

Simply follow the steps to create a new Azure Virtual Machine.

The most important part is to configure the Network Security Groups to allow PowerShell Remoting since Nano Server does not support RDP. There are two options to do this, using WinRM over http (5985) or using WinRM using https (5986). To be honest in production you should only use https, but for some demos or if you are configuring Nano Server to be used over a VPN you can also use WinRM over http. I also recommend that you remove the RDP port rule, since this is not really necessary. If the WinRM rule in the network security group is not already there, just create it. For easy setup you can use 5985 if you want to use SSL you will require additional steps.

Follow the rest of the wizard to deploy the new Nano Server VM. After the VM is created you will see it in the Azure Portal. You can now use the IP address to connect to the virtual machine using PowerShell remoting. If you don’t have a VPN connection to the Azure VM Network you will need to use the public IP address, if it is connected trough a VPN or from another machine running in the same VM Network, you can use the internal IP address. In my demo case I am using the public IP address to connect to the virtual machine. To make it easier I also created a Public DNS name for this Azure IP address.

To connect to your Nano Server you also have to setup PowerShell Remoting on your machine and add the host to your trusted hosts group.

<div># Start the WinRM Service</div>
<div>Start-Service WinRM</div>
<div>Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "servername or IP"</div>

<div># Start the WinRM Service</div>

<div>Start-Service WinRM</div>

<div>Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "servername or IP"</div>

You can now connect to your Nano Server running in Azure.

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName tomsnano02.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com -Credential ~\ThomasMaurer

1	Enter-PSSession -ComputerName tomsnano02.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com -Credential ~\ThomasMaurer

Using the Azure PowerShell module to deploy Nano Server on Microsoft Azure

First you have to install the Azure PowerShell Module and get the NanoServerAzureHelper PowerShell Module (NanoServerAzureHelper_20160927) this will help you with the setup.

Time to fire up PowerShell and login to Azure

Login-AzureRmAccount

1	Login-AzureRmAccount

First create a new Azure Resource Group and a Key Vault if you don’t have them already available. The key vault will be helping you to use SSL configuration for your PowerShell remoting.

New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name “NanoServerAzurePS” -Location "West Europe"
New-AzureRmKeyVault -VaultName “NanoServerAzurePSVault” -ResourceGroupName “NanoServerAzurePS” -Location "West Europe" -EnabledForDeployment

1 2	New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name “NanoServerAzurePS” -Location "West Europe" New-AzureRmKeyVault -VaultName “NanoServerAzurePSVault” -ResourceGroupName “NanoServerAzurePS” -Location "West Europe" -EnabledForDeployment

Import the NanoServerAzureHelper PowerShell module which you have downloaded before.

Import-Module .\PowerShell\NanoServerAzureHelper_20160927\NanoServerAzureHelper.psm1 -Verbose

1	Import-Module .\PowerShell\NanoServerAzureHelper_20160927\NanoServerAzureHelper.psm1 -Verbose

This will give you some new PowerShell cmdlets to deploy Nano Server quickly on Azure.

The most important for creating new Nano Server VMs in Azure is simply the New-NanoServerAzureVM.

Create a new Nano Server VM in Azure using the following PowerShell command:

New-NanoServerAzureVM -Location "West Europe" –VMName "tm01-nanops" -AdminUsername "ThomasMaurer" -VaultName "NanoServerAzurePSVault" -ResourceGroupName "NanoServerAzurePS" -Verbose

1	New-NanoServerAzureVM -Location "West Europe" –VMName "tm01-nanops" -AdminUsername "ThomasMaurer" -VaultName "NanoServerAzurePSVault" -ResourceGroupName "NanoServerAzurePS" -Verbose

To connect you can get the public IP address for the system you deployed and connect to it

Get-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -ResourceGroupName "NanoServerAzurePS"

Enter-PSSession -ConnectionUri "https://tm01-nanops.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:5986/WSMAN" -Credential "~\ThomasMaurer"

Get-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -ResourceGroupName "NanoServerAzurePS"

Enter-PSSession -ConnectionUri "https://tm01-nanops.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:5986/WSMAN" -Credential "~\ThomasMaurer"

Using PowerShell Package Management to Install Roles and Features on Nano Server

Since in Nano Server does not include any roles per default you can now use PowerShell Package Management to installed Nano Server Packages on your Azure Virtual Machine.

If you want to know more about PowerShell Package Management on Nano Server, check out my blog post. If you want to know more about Nano Server in general check this post here: Nano Server – The future of Windows Server – Just enough OS

Aug092016August 9, 2016August 9, 20160 Commentby Thomas Maurer

Microsoft a leader in Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure 2016 Magic Quadrant

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Nano Server, Private Cloud, Server Core, System Center, Virtualization, VMware, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Work

Year over year Microsoft is named as a leader in the Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure Magic Quadrant and it gets closer and closer to VMware. Microsoft now is named again as a leader in Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure 2016 Magic Quadrant. Especially the integration with System Center and Microsoft Azure as well as the new security features in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, makes Hyper-V a strong player in the hypervisor space. Check out the Microsoft Blog post for more information or my blog post about What’s new in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V.

Gartner published the Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure MQ with Microsoft landing in the Leader Quadrant for the sixth year in a row. Microsoft moved up in the ‘ability to execute’ and to the right in the ‘completeness of vision’ assessment compared with 2015. Gartner defines leaders as having a clear strategy and roadmap for offerings, understanding virtualization’s role in infrastructure and operations transformation, and having a clear vision with respect to private cloud, hybrid cloud and public cloud computing.

Microsoft offers you to have a look at the Gartner Document here:

Download the Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure 2016 Magic Quadrant

May182016May 18, 2016May 18, 20160 Commentby Thomas Maurer

How to Install the Azure PowerShell Module

Posted in Cloud, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Powershell, Virtualization, Web, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

Well if you are working with Microsoft Azure you may need the PowerShell Modules for automation and some settings which are only available in PowerShell. With the latest releases you can install the Azure PowerShell Module in several different ways.

For me using the PowerShell Package Management and the PowerShell Gallery is may the easiest and fastest way to install it. In Windows 10 or a computer with the Windows Management Framework 5 installed, you can use the following PowerShell cmdlets to install it:

Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (new Portal):

Install-Module AzureRM

1	Install-Module AzureRM

And you can use the following command to login:

Login-AzureRmAccount

1	Login-AzureRmAccount

If you are using it against the classic Azure Portal you can use the following:

Install-Module Azure

1	Install-Module Azure

And you can use the following command to login:

Add-AzureAccount

1	Add-AzureAccount

You can also see the Azure PowerShell Modules and versions using the PowerShell Package Management:

Get-Module -ListAvailable *Azure*

1	Get-Module -ListAvailable Azure

Mar162016March 16, 2016March 16, 20162 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Migrate your WordPress Blog to Microsoft Azure Web Apps

Posted in Cloud, Hosting, Internet Explorer, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Web, Web, Work

I am running several WordPress websites and I run them on several different hosters, now in the past months I migrated some of them to Microsoft Azure using the Azure Web Apps. In this post you can see how you can migrate a smiple WordPress blog to Microsoft Azure.

First you have to have a Microsoft Azure account and login to the Microsoft Azure Portal. You can now create a new website from gallery, where you can choose WordPress as an option.

You can than start configuring the WordPress website and set it up to use a new database and where it should be located.

After you created the website, you can go on the link of the website and configure your wordpress site.

To be able to upload themes and plugins you have to enable FTP for you account. In you can do this by changing the deployment credentials.

Now what you can to migrate your existing blog to your new Microsoft Azure blog, you can export your WordPress blog and import in in the new WordPress blog running on Windows Azure. In my case I hit a issue with a PHP default setting which was maxupload limited to 2MB, and my WordPress blog export file was bigger than 2MB. Now you can simply change the PHP setting by using a .user.ini..

Feb162016February 16, 2016February 18, 20167 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Basic Networking PowerShell cmdlets cheatsheet to replace netsh, ipconfig, nslookup and more

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Nano Server, Powershell, Private Cloud, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Work

Around 4 years ago I wrote a blog post about how to Replace netsh with Windows PowerShell which includes basic powershell networking cmdlets. After working with Microsoft Azure, Nano Server and Containers, Powershell together with networking becomes more and more important. I created this little cheat sheet so it becomes easy for people to get started.

Basic Networking Information with PowerShell

Get the IP Configuration (ipconfig with PowerShell)

Get-NetIPConfiguration

1	Get-NetIPConfiguration

List all Network Adapters

Get-NetAdapter

1	Get-NetAdapter

Get a spesific network adapter by name

Get-NetAdapter -Name *Ethernet*

1	Get-NetAdapter -Name Ethernet

Get more information VLAN ID, Speed, Connection status

Get-NetAdapter | ft Name, Status, Linkspeed, VlanID

1	Get-NetAdapter \| ft Name, Status, Linkspeed, VlanID

Get driver information

Get-NetAdapter | ft Name, DriverName, DriverVersion, DriverInformation, DriverFileName

1	Get-NetAdapter \| ft Name, DriverName, DriverVersion, DriverInformation, DriverFileName

Get adapter hardware information. This can be really usefull when you need to know the PCI slot of the NIC.

Get-NetAdapterHardwareInfo

1	Get-NetAdapterHardwareInfo

Disable and Enable a Network Adapter

Disable-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection"
Enable-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection"

1 2	Disable-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection" Enable-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection"

Rename a Network Adapter

Rename-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection" -NewName "Wireless"

1	Rename-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless Network Connection" -NewName "Wireless"

IP Configuration using PowerShell

Get IP and DNS address information

Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" | Get-NetIPAddress

1	Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" \| Get-NetIPAddress

Get IP address only

(Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" | Get-NetIPAddress).IPv4Address

1	(Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" \| Get-NetIPAddress).IPv4Address

Get DNS Server Address information

Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" | Get-DnsClientServerAddress

1	Get-NetAdapter -Name "Local Area Connection" \| Get-DnsClientServerAddress

Set IP Address

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -IPv4Address 10.0.1.95 -PrefixLength "24" -DefaultGateway 10.0.1.1

1	New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -IPv4Address 10.0.1.95 -PrefixLength "24" -DefaultGateway 10.0.1.1

or if you want to change a existing IP Address

Set-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -IPv4Address 192.168.12.25 -PrefixLength "24"

1	Set-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -IPv4Address 192.168.12.25 -PrefixLength "24"

Remove IP Address

Get-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless" | Remove-NetIPAddress

1	Get-NetAdapter -Name "Wireless" \| Remove-NetIPAddress

Set DNS Server

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -ServerAddresses "10.10.20.1","10.10.20.2"

1	Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -ServerAddresses "10.10.20.1","10.10.20.2"

Set interface to DHCP

Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -Dhcp Enabled

1	Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Wireless" -Dhcp Enabled

Ping with PowerShell

How to Ping with PowerShell

Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch

1	Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch

Get some more details from the Test-NetConnection

Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -InformationLevel Detailed

1	Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -InformationLevel Detailed

Ping multiple IP using PowerShell

1..99 | % { Test-NetConnection -ComputerName x.x.x.$_ } | FT -AutoSize

1	1..99 \| % { Test-NetConnection -ComputerName x.x.x.$_ } \| FT -AutoSize

Tracert

Tracert with PowerShell

Test-NetConnection www.thomasmaurer.ch –TraceRoute

1	Test-NetConnection www.thomasmaurer.ch –TraceRoute

Portscan with PowerShell

Use PowerShell to check for open port

Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -Port 80
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -CommonTCPPort HTTP

1 2	Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -Port 80 Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.thomasmaurer.ch -CommonTCPPort HTTP

NSlookup in PowerShell

NSlookup using PowerShell:

Resolve-DnsName www.thomasmaurer.ch
Resolve-DnsName www.thomasmaurer.ch -Type MX -Server 8.8.8.8

1 2	Resolve-DnsName www.thomasmaurer.ch Resolve-DnsName www.thomasmaurer.ch -Type MX -Server 8.8.8.8

Route in PowerShell

How to replace Route command with PowerShell

Get-NetRoute -Protocol Local -DestinationPrefix 192.168*
Get-NetRoute -InterfaceAlias Wi-Fi

New-NetRoute –DestinationPrefix "10.0.0.0/24" –InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" –NextHop 192.168.192.1

Get-NetRoute -Protocol Local -DestinationPrefix 192.168*

Get-NetRoute -InterfaceAlias Wi-Fi

New-NetRoute –DestinationPrefix "10.0.0.0/24" –InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" –NextHop 192.168.192.1

NETSTAT in PowerShell

How to replace NETSTAT with PowerShell

Get-NetTCPConnection
Get-NetTCPConnection –State Established

1 2	Get-NetTCPConnection Get-NetTCPConnection –State Established

NIC Teaming PowerShell commands

Create a new NIC Teaming (Network Adapter Team)

New-NetLbfoTeam -Name NICTEAM01 -TeamMembers Ethernet, Ethernet2 -TeamingMode SwitchIndependent -TeamNicName NICTEAM01 -LoadBalancingAlgorithm Dynamic

1	New-NetLbfoTeam -Name NICTEAM01 -TeamMembers Ethernet, Ethernet2 -TeamingMode SwitchIndependent -TeamNicName NICTEAM01 -LoadBalancingAlgorithm Dynamic

SMB Related PowerShell commands

Get SMB Client Configuration

Get-SmbClientConfiguration

1	Get-SmbClientConfiguration

Get SMB Connections

Get-SmbConnection

1	Get-SmbConnection

Get SMB Mutlichannel Connections

Get-SmbMutlichannelConnection

1	Get-SmbMutlichannelConnection

Get SMB open files

Get-SmbOpenFile

1	Get-SmbOpenFile

Get SMB Direct (RDMA) adapters

Get-NetAdapterRdma

1	Get-NetAdapterRdma

Hyper-V Networking cmdlets

Get and set Network Adapter VMQ settings

Get-NetAdapterVmq
# Disable VMQ
Set-NetAdapterVmq -Enabled $false
# Enable VMQ
Set-NetAdapterVmq -Enabled $true

Get-NetAdapterVmq

# Disable VMQ

Set-NetAdapterVmq -Enabled $false

# Enable VMQ

Set-NetAdapterVmq -Enabled $true

Get VM Network Adapter

Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName Server01

1	Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName Server01

Get VM Network Adapter IP Addresses

(Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName NanoConHost01).IPAddresses

1	(Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName NanoConHost01).IPAddresses

Get VM Network Adapter Mac Addresses

(Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName NanoConHost01).MacAddress

1	(Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName NanoConHost01).MacAddress

I hope you enjoyed it and the post was helpful, if you think something important is missing, please add it in the comments.

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Speaking at the Midwest Management Summit 2017

The best of Windows Server 2016

Getting Started with Windows Containers, Docker and Azure

Nano Server - The Future of Windows Server

Manage Hyper-V from Azure Server Management Tools

How to deploy Nano Server in Azure

Using the Azure Portal to deploy Nano Server on Microsoft Azure

Using the Azure PowerShell module to deploy Nano Server on Microsoft Azure

Using PowerShell Package Management to Install Roles and Features on Nano Server

Microsoft a leader in Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure 2016 Magic Quadrant

How to Install the Azure PowerShell Module

Migrate your WordPress Blog to Microsoft Azure Web Apps

Basic Networking PowerShell cmdlets cheatsheet to replace netsh, ipconfig, nslookup and more

Basic Networking Information with PowerShell

IP Configuration using PowerShell

Ping with PowerShell

Tracert

Portscan with PowerShell

NSlookup in PowerShell

Route in PowerShell

NETSTAT in PowerShell

NIC Teaming PowerShell commands

SMB Related PowerShell commands

Hyper-V Networking cmdlets

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