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How to Activate Windows Server 2019 Evaluation Edition with VLSC MAK key or Retail key #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR

Apr 3, 2019 | Step-by-Step, Windows Server | 23 |

When you try to activate Windows server 2019 from evaluation version, do you always get an error message “the product key you entered didn’t work. Check the product key and try again, or enter a different one. (0x80070490)”? Today, I am going to show you how to install license key to activate Windows Server 2019 from Evaluation version. Let’s follow steps to activate your windows server 2019 (it also can be use for activating Windows Server 2016).
Note: you cannot use slmgr /ipk command with VLSC MAK key or Retail to activate evaluation edition server directly.

Configuring Windows Analytics: Part 2 Creating the Azure Log Analytics Workspace

Mar 31, 2019 | Windows 10 | 0 |

Introduction When configuring the workspace, it is usually a best practice to create a unique...

Configuring Windows Analytics: Part 1 Prerequisites

Mar 29, 2019 | Windows 10 | 3 |

Introduction Welcome, since I’ve been working with a number of clients using Windows...

The Case of the Failed Storage (East/West) Switch fabric with #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 27, 2019 | S2D | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs fans, I wanted to write to you today chatting about what happens if you lose...

The Case of Troubleshooting a failed Windows 10 Pro In-Place-Upgrade like the Pro’s – #MVPHour

Mar 27, 2019 | OSD | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, With the looming deadline of January 2020 coming up very very fast I know...

Checking out Windows Admin Center 1903 – DHCP, DNS, and Active Directory Previews #MVPHour

Mar 27, 2019 | Windows Admin Center | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Tonight, I wanted to checkout some of the brand new previews that are now...

INSTALL VEEAM BACKUP & REPLICATION 9.5 UPDATE 4a #Azure #VEEAM #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR

Mar 26, 2019 | Step-by-Step, Veeam | 0 |

Veeam released the Backup & Replication 9.5 service pack 4a today, Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4a is a cumulative hotfix rollup that addresses issues reported by customers on the original build of Update 4, as well as minor platform support enhancements –
VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 readiness, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019, Dell EMC Data Domain DD OS 6.2. In addition, Update 4a addresses over 300 minor bugs reported by customers and found during the internal testing.
The details information you can check from Veeam website https://www.veeam.com/kb2926
The Installation steps are straightforward, but you need to confirm that you are running version 9.5.4.2615 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam Backup & Replication console. After upgrade, your build number will be 9.5.4.2753.

The Case of the Partitioned Network in Failover Cluster Manager when Updating Windows Server 2016 #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 26, 2019 | S2D, Windows Server | 3 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Tonight @SifuSun (Cary Sun) and I were doing some routine maintenance of a...

HOW to FIX Access Denied Error in Demote DC server #Active Directory #WINDOWSSERVER # #MVPHOUR

Mar 26, 2019 | Windows Server | 0 |

Today, I was trying to remove an old windows 2003 R2 DC server in our domain, when I run DCPROMO command to demote it, I received the following error message:
The operation failed because: The attempt at remote domain controller DC2016 to remove domain controller CN=DC1,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Name,CN=Sites….from the forest was unsuccessful. “Access is Denied”

Performance Tuning Deduplication on Windows Server 2019 ReFS and #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 24, 2019 | S2D, Scripts, Windows Server | 4 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, In the previous post, we talked about the essential operator’s...

Essential Operators Report for #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 23, 2019 | S2D, Windows Server | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, I know we love Windows Admin Center for pretty much all things Storage...

Don’t forget to configure your Power Management Settings for #StorageSpacesDirect via Windows Admin Center

Mar 23, 2019 | S2D, Windows Admin Center | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Just a quick post here and a reminder to always configure your Power...

Activating DataON MUST via Windows Admin Center for #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 23, 2019 | S2D, Windows Admin Center | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Today I’m going to show you how to use the DataON MUST extension for...

Automated SDDC Diagnostics via Windows Admin Center for #StorageSpacesDirect

Mar 23, 2019 | S2D, Windows Admin Center, Windows Server | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs fans, Today, I’m going to show you a little golden nugget that came with...

The Case of Inventory Gathering using Microsoft MAP #MVPHour

Mar 13, 2019 | Hyper-V, Windows Server | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, I wanted to write to you today because sometimes the good old tools are...

The Case of Excluding Microsoft Teams from #Office365 Installer #MVPHour

Mar 12, 2019 | Office365 | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Just a quick post for you today. I was asked by a client this week to...

The Case of the Missing Deduplication Scheduled Tasks in Windows Server 2019 #StorageSpacesDirect #HyperV #MVPHour

Mar 9, 2019 | Hyper-V, S2D, Windows Server | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Recently I have been deploying a lot of Storage Spaces Direct...

Migrating VM’s with Passthrough and ISCSI disks to #StorageSpacesDirect using #Veeam Agent for Windows #MVPHour

Mar 9, 2019 | Hyper-V, S2D, Veeam | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs fans, Today I wanted to talk about moving non-standard workloads to your new...

Ping Sweep Using PowerShell – Turning Into A Function – #PowerShell #MVPHour #PingSweep

Mar 6, 2019 | Cool Tools, Scripts, Windows 10, Windows Server | 0 |

Hey there checkyourlogs.net fans! In my last post, I described a quick bit of PowerShell code for...

How to use Veeam to archive on-premises data to Azure Blob #Veeam #Azure #Azure Blob #MVPHOUR

Feb 20, 2019 | Azure, Step-by-Step, Veeam | 20 |

Veeam released the Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 on January, also with this release, Veeam now also have support for Cloud based Object Storage, such as Azure Blob Storage which means that we can have the last 30 days of data stored on a local repository and then move the archive or later up to a Azure Blob but Azure Blob is capacity tier storage, you cannot use it as local backup repository and backup data to it directly. Let’s follow steps to configure it.