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Oct032018October 3, 2018October 3, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
Thomas Maurer Speaker

Speaking at Cloud Camp 2018 Dublin

Posted in Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, Microsoft MVP, Nano Server, Server Core, Speaking, Virtualization, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

I am very excited to announce that I will be speaking at Cloud Camp 2018 in Dublin. Cloud Camp is Irelands Inaugural Conference for Microsoft Cloud & Server 2019. The conference takes place on October 17th 2018 in the Dublin Convention Center. In my sessions I will be speaking about Microsoft Azure Stack and Windows Server 2019, the latest and greatest new features.

Cloud Camp

Azure Stack - Your Cloud Your Datacenter

Microsoft released Azure Stack as an Azure appliance for your datacenter. Learn what Azure Stack is, what challenges it solves, how you deploy, manage and operate a Azure Stack in your datacenter. Learn about the features and services you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers and how you can build a true Hybrid Cloud experience. In this presentation Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP) will guide you through the highly anticipated innovations and experience during the Azure Stack Early Adaption Program and Azure Stack Technology Adoption Program (TAP).

Cloud Camp

Windows Server 2019 - The Next Generation of Software-Defined Datacenter

Join this session for the best of Windows Server 2019, about the new innovation and improvements of Windows Server. Learn how Microsoft enhances the SDDC feature like Hyper-V, Storage and Networking and get the most out of the new Azure Hybrid Integration and Container features. You’ll get an overview about the new, exciting improvements that are in Windows Server 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 in Windows Server 2019 and the Semi-Annual Channel including: ○ Windows Server Containers ○ Azure Integration ○ Hyper-V features ○ Storage ○ Networking ○ Security ○ Windows Server Containers And more!

About Cloud Camp

In a time of rapid changes to “the cloud” – with continuous and frequent changes to Windows Server; Azure and even Microsoft 365. Add in the ever increasing importance to security and the challenges of compliance at its too easy to fall behind.

Cloud Camp brings together international speakers to one event where you will learn the latest about digital transformation, IT modernisation, productivity, security and compliance and governance.


Oct022018October 2, 2018October 2, 20181Commentby Thomas Maurer
Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 released, get it now!

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Private Cloud, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

Microsoft announced Windows Server 2019 a while ago and also showed of a lot of new features and improvements at Microsoft Ignite last week. Today Microsoft announced the release of Windows Server 2019. Windows Server brings improvements in four key areas, such as Hybrid, Security, Application Platform and Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI). Together with Windows Admin Center, Windows Server 2019 becomes a powerful platform to run your workloads on-premise or in the cloud.

Windows Server 2019 Investments

You can also read more about Windows Server innovations on my blog:

I have some other blog post in the pipeline, covering new features in Windows Server 2019.

Download Windows Server 2019

You can download and get Windows Server 2019 form different Microsoft source:

MSDN and the Microsoft Partner Network will get Windows Server 2019 later in October.

At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft showed also some great Windows Server demos and I hope you check it out!


Oct012018October 1, 2018October 1, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
Windows Server 2019 ATP

Windows Server 2019 Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Posted in Cloud, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

Windows Server 2019 comes with a lot of new feature. One of the large investment Microsoft is making in this Windows Server release, is in security. And one of my favorite new security features in Windows Server 2019 is the support for Windows Defender Advanced Thread Protection. Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is a unified platform for preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response. It was available for Windows 10 devices for awhile, and now it is available for Windows Server 2019 and other version of Windows Server.

What is Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Windows Defender ATP

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection brings some great security features to your platform.

  • Agentless, cloud-powered – No additional deployment or infrastructure. No delays or update compatibility issues. Always up to date.
  • Unparalleled optics – Built into Windows and Windows Server for deeper insights. Exchanges signals with the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph.
  • Automated security – Take your security to a new level, by going from alert to remediation in minutes – at scale.

Onboard Windows Server 2019 to Windows Defender Advanced Thread Protection

Windows Defender Advanced Thread Protection Onboarding

If you’re already using Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), preview these features by simply installing the latest preview build of Windows Server, and onboard it to Windows Defender ATP.

Otherwise, sign up for the Windows Defender ATP trial on Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

Quick Look at Windows Defender ATP for Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 ATP

Using Windows Defender ATP is pretty simple. It is also very simple with Windows Server 2019. After you have onboarded your Windows Server you can already see alerts and recommendations in your dashboard.

Windows Server ATP

To have some active alerts, you can create a test alert. This is also recommended to do after you have onboarded your machine. With that you can see if the connection is working.

Windows Server 2019 ATP Machine Page

You can find alters, events and actions in the machine page in the Windows Defender Security Center.

I hope this just gives you a short overview about Windows Defender ATP for Windows Server 2019. If you have any questions just leave a comment.


Sep202018September 20, 2018September 21, 20181Commentby Thomas Maurer
Windows Server 2019 Azure Network Adapter

Windows Server Azure Network Adapter

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, Virtualization, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019

In my series about Windows Server 2019, I have a new feature I want to introduce you to. Windows Server 2019 Azure Network Adapter is one of the Hybrid Cloud efforts Microsoft is making in Windows Server 2019. A lot of workloads are running cross cloud and require connections to virtual machines running in Azure. To achieve this there are several options like Site-to-Site VPN, Azure Express Route or Point-to-Site VPN. With Windows Admin Center and Windows Server 2019 Azure Network Adapter, you get a one-click experience to connect your Windows Server with your Azure Virtual Network using a Point-to-Site VPN connection.

Even this is might not for every enterprise scenario, there are a lot of scenarios where you might quickly want to connect a server to Azure. The Azure Network Adapter functionality gives you that feature with a one click button. And by the way it also works on Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher.

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Sep172018September 17, 2018September 17, 20180Commentby Thomas Maurer
PowerShell Windows Server System Insights

Windows Server 2019 System Insights

Posted in Hyper-V, Microsoft, PowerShell, Windows, Windows Admin Center, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019

Currently Microsoft is releasing preview versions of Windows Server 2019 to the public. In one of the latest Windows Server Insider Preview builds, Microsoft released a new feature called Windows Server System Insights. The Windows Sevrer 2019 System Insights capability is a machine learning or statistics model that analyzes system data to give insight into the functioning of your Windows Server deployment. These predictive capabilities locally analyze Windows Server system data, such as performance counters or ETW events. This is helping IT administrators proactively detect and address problematic behavior in their Windows Server environment.

Windows Admin Center System Insights CPU Capacity forecasting

System Insights runs completely locally on Windows Server. All of your data is collected, persisted, and analyzed directly on your local machine, allowing you to realize predictive analytics capabilities without any cloud-connectivity. However, if you are using for example Azure Log Analytics (OMS), you forward the events created by System Insights to Azure Log Analytics, which than can give you a unified view about your environment.

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Sep152018September 15, 2018September 15, 20182Commentsby Thomas Maurer
Install SNMP Feature on Windows Server Core

Install SNMP on Windows Server Core

Posted in Microsoft, Server Core, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Work

If you run Windows Server as Core Installation, like Windows Server 2016 Core or any Microsoft Hyper-V Server edition and you want to use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) on that system, you first have to install the SNMP feature on that Core Server. After that you can use the MMC to remotely connect to the services list on the Core Server.

Install SNMP on Windows Server Core

First lets see if the SNMP feature is installed, using PowerShell:

By default the SNMP feature is not installed. To install the SNMP feature on Windows Server Core, you can run the following command:

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Sep112018September 11, 2018September 11, 20182Commentsby Thomas Maurer
Windows Server FTP

Install FTP Server on Windows Server

Posted in IIS, Microsoft, PowerShell, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Work

Windows Server has IIS build in, which also offers a FTP server option. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is still a very popular protocol that allows users to simply upload and download files. Of course today you have more modern options, however it is still very often used and a lot of legacy applications still support it.

In this blog post I wanna quickly go rough how you can install the FTP Server on Windows Server. I do this on a brand new Windows Server 2019 operating system, however it didn’t really change since early Windows Server versions.

Install FTP Server Feature on Windows Server

Install FTP on Windows Server using PowerShell

First you will need to install the FTP feature. I usually simply do that using PowerShell to install the FTP Server feature in Windows Server. You can also do that using the Server Manager. However, if you want to use PowerShell, you can use the following command:

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