A while back, I said I was making progress on migrating this blog to Azure. In case you care, I didn’t. I was really interested in doing so for a little while, but got busy on other things, and … lost interest. I am interested again, so maybe this time I will make it. The… Continue reading Still not there
Strange Reboots
This isn’t going to be a terribly helpful post, but I do think it is interesting. I have a server that is exhibiting some strange behavior. When I copy a file to the server it reboots. At first, I thought this was a specific file, but later determined that it didn’t matter what the file… Continue reading Strange Reboots
StorSimple Virtual Array
I really like Microsoft. As a company, they don’t always do things the way I would like them to, but overall, they make products that meet a need. We operate in a (mostly) centralized infrastructure. Our file servers are (mostly) in our main office. I have a few virtualized StorSimple appliances that I use in… Continue reading StorSimple Virtual Array
Back Up!
So after several months of not being accessible, my blog is once again available. I know that there are thousands of people (or maybe just me) that missed my blog while it was down. So I would like to have some grand reason for being down so long, but the simple fact is, we made… Continue reading Back Up!
Not quite yet…
So the other day I said that I was moving this blog to Azure. I have tinkered with that, and am actually making a little progress. (This happens when you put little effort/time into something). I decided to bring it back up where it was in order to do an easier transfer of the image… Continue reading Not quite yet…
Migrating to Azure
So, at the time of this writing, my blog is down. If you are reading this, then I must have succeeded in migrating it to Azure for hosting. If I didn’t succeed, maybe I will be the only one who reads this. I am an “on again/ off again” blogger, so anything is possible. I… Continue reading Migrating to Azure
Open Live Writer
Since it first came out, I have been a fan of what was “Windows Live Writer”. It was probably one of the simplest, and friendliest tools that came from Microsoft in the Windows Live time frame (in my opinion). I recall coming across something a while back that reference an update to Live Writer, and… Continue reading Open Live Writer
Express Route Provisioning Error
We have recently decided to invest in an Express Route circuit for Azure. It is supposed to be helpful with Azure and Office 365. There are two ways to provision the ExpressRoute circuit. Both require PowerShell. There is the classic: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/expressroute-howto-circuit-classic/ And there is the Resource Manager: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/expressroute-howto-circuit-arm/ Here is the note about those… Continue reading Express Route Provisioning Error
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
I have been interested in StorSimple for some time, but haven’t actually used it before. Recently, Microsoft announced a virtual appliance preview. It looks pretty interesting and I have a test scenario where I want to use it. If my testing goes well, I may expand my use of it. The documentation on it is… Continue reading StorSimple Virtual Appliance
2015 Blog Report
Well, I didn’t hit the number I was hoping to hit. I made it to 162, and I was hoping to make it to 175. Maybe by the end of 2016? Since this is a WordPress site and I use Jetpack here is a nice little report provided with no effort on my part: http://jetpack.me/annual-report/6842850/2015/