Tag: Nano Server

Feb232017February 23, 2017November 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
ExpertsLive Australia

Speaking at ExpertsLive Australia 2017

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Events, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, PowerShell, Private Cloud, Speaking, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

Last year I had the honor to speak at SCU Australia in Melbourne, and I am happy to announce that I will be speaking at this year’s ExpertsLive Australia 2017 (previously known as System Center Universe) event in Australia. The event will take place 6th – 7th April 2017 in the
Crown Promenade, Melbourne. Last year’s event was great and I really can’t wait to get back at Down Under and especially the ExpertsLive conference.

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I will be presenting three sessions:

ExpertsLive Australia 2017

Azure Stack - Everything you need to know!

Microsoft released Azure Stack as a Azure appliance for your datacenter. Learn how you deploy, manage and operate a Azure Stack in your datacenter. Learn about the features and options you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers.

ExpertsLive Australia 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 next years. In this session you will get an overview about Nano Server and see some great live demos 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.

ExpertsLive Australia 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 about 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!


Jan182017January 18, 2017June 26, 20191Commentby Thomas Maurer
Nano Server PowerShell Package Management

Nano Server PowerShell Package Management

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

In Nano Server roles, features and drivers live outside of the basic Nano Server Image in Nano Server packages. Nano Server Packages can be found on the Windows Server 2016 media in the Nano Server folder under Packages. You can the New-NanoServerImage or Edit-NanoServerImage PowerShell cmdlets to add them while creating or editing a Nano Server Image. If the Nano Server is already running you have to use PowerShell Package Management to add roles and features to the Nano Server. Here is how this works

Import the Nano Server PowerShell Package Provider

Nano Server PowerShell Package Management

# Import PowerShell Module
 
Save-Module -Path “$env:ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\Modules” -Name NanoServerPackage -MinimumVersion 1.0.0.0
 
Import-PackageProvider NanoServerPackage

Search for available Packages

 

# Find Nano Server Package
 
Find-NanoServerPackage

Online install Nano Server Packages on the running Nano Server

Install Nano Server Package PowerShell Package Management

# Online Install Nano Server Package
 
Install-NanoServerPackage -Name Microsoft-NanoServer-Containers-Package

Offline install Nano Server Packages to a VHD or VHDX file

# Offline Install Nano Server Package
 
Install-NanoServerPackage -Name Microsoft-NanoServer-Conainers-Package -culture de-de -RequiredVersion 10.0.14393.0 -ToVHd C:\NanoServer\Images\Nano01.vhdx

Download and save Nano Server Packages

You can also download the latest version of Nano Server Packages, so you can add them later using the New-NanoServerImage PowerShell cmdlet.

# Download and save a Nano Server Package
 
Find-NanoServerPackage -Name *containers* -MaximumVersion 10.2 -MinimumVersion 1.0 -Culture de-de | Save-NanoServerPackage -Path C:\NanoServer\Packages

Get Installed Nano Server Packages (Online)

# Get Installed Nano Server Packages (online)
 
Find-NanoServerPackage -Name *containers* -MaximumVersion 10.2 -MinimumVersion 1.0 -Culture de-de | Save-NanoServerPackage -Path C:\NanoServer\Packages

Get Installed Nano Server Packages (Offline)

# Get Installed Nano Server Packages (offline)
 
Get-Package -provider NanoserverPackage -fromVhd C:\NanoServer\Images\Nano01.vhdx

I hope this helps you how to handle Nano Server Packages using PowerShell Package Management (OneGet).

 

 


Dec282016December 28, 2016November 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer

Speaking at Microsoft TechDays 2017 Switzerland

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, PowerShell, Private Cloud, Speaking, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

I hope everyone had or is still having a great holiday. Today I am proud to announce that I have the opportunity to speak again at the Microsoft TechDays in Switzerland. From 30th – 31st January the Microsoft TechDays will take place in Baden. The conference will cover the latest trends and news from the industry and is a great opportunity for IT professionals and software developers to learn all about the newest developments in Microsoft technologies, products and services.

Microsoft TechDays Featured Speaker

My session will be placed under the IT Pro track and I will cover some of the new stuff coming with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V 2016, including:

  • Hyper-V 2016 features
  • Nano Server
  • Storage Spaces Direct
  • Storage Replica
  • Windows Server Containers
  • And more!

So if you want to learn the latest and greatest about Microsoft technology, make sure you attend this event.

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TechDays 2017

From 30th – 31st January the Microsoft TechDays will take place in Baden. The conference will cover the latest trends and news from the industry and is a great opportunity for IT professionals and software developers to learn all about the newest developments in Microsoft technologies, products and services.

 

 


Nov292016November 29, 2016November 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
Hyper-V Manager ins Azure Server Management Tools SMT

Manage Hyper-V from Azure Server Management Tools

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, 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

Hyper-V Manager in Azure SMT

You can also do basic management of checkpoints

Hyper-V VM in Azure SMT

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

 


Nov252016November 25, 2016November 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
Microsoft Technical Summit

Speaking at Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 in Darmstadt Germany

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, Operations Management Suite, PowerShell, Private Cloud, Speaking, System Center, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

After some great events like ITDEV Connections in Las Vegas, E2EVC in Rome and ExpertsLive in Amsterdam, I will also speak at the Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 in Darmstadt, Germany. The Microsoft Technical Summit will be the Microsoft IT event in 2016. This time it will be in Darmstadt from December 6-8. In my session I will speak about the new Nano Server deployment option in Windows Server 2016.

Technical Summit

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 next years. In this session you will get an overview about Nano Server and see some great live demos 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.

This will be more the last conference I will be speaking in 2016. I am really looking forward and hopefully see you there.


Nov162016November 16, 2016November 1, 20183Commentsby Thomas Maurer
ExpertsLive

Speaking at ExpertsLive 2016 in Amsterdam

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, Operations Management Suite, PowerShell, Server Core, Speaking, System Center, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

Last year I had the chance to speak for the first time at ExpertsLive.nl in Amsterdam. Today I am proud that I will be speaking at ExpertsLive.nl again this year. Next week I will be presenting in two session about Windows Server 2016 together with Michael Rüefli.

Also check out the Savison blog post about ExpertsLive from Isidora Katanić and me: Empower your knowledge at Experts Live 2016!

Presenting ExpertsLive

ExpertsLive

Greatest Server OS Hits; best of Server 2016

In this presentation we 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

ExpertsLive

The future of your datacenter: Nano Server and Container

Nano Server is the future of Windows Server. With Nano Server Microsoft created the foundation for Windows Server for the next 20 year. In this session you will get an overview about Nano Server and see some great live demos 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.


Nov142016November 14, 2016November 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
E2EVC

Speaking at E2EVC 2016 Rome

Posted in Active Directory, Cloud, Containers, Fun, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, PowerShell, Private Cloud, Speaking, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

I just came back from the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond and this week I will travel to Rome for the Experts 2 Experts Virtualization Conference. On Friday I will talk about Windows Server 2016 and what is new in the RTM versions.

E2EVC

The best of Windows Server 2016

The best of Windows Server 2016 – RTM. Join this session for the Best of Windows Server 2016 — The New Foundation of your Datacenter. You’ll be one of the first to know about new, exciting improvements that are coming in Windows Server 2016 and how they’ll improve your day-to-day job.

E2EVC Virtualization Conference is a non-commercial, virtualization community event. The main goal of the E2EVC is to bring the best virtualization experts together to exchange knowledge and to establish new connections. E2EVC is a weekend crammed with presentations, Master Classes and discussions delivered by both virtualization vendors product teams and independent experts. I am happy to be part of the community and listen to other industry leading experts.

I am looking forward to the E2EVC and hopefully see you in Rome.



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