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Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 31 – @MellanoxTech Capture RoCE v2 or Infinniband Traffic with #WireShark and IBDump.exe #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 17, 2017 | S2D | 0 |

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 30 – @MellanoxTech System Snapshot 2.6 Documentation #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 16, 2017 | S2D | 0 |

MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 3 #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 16, 2017 | Step-by-Step, Windows Server | 0 |

Ok, it’s time to demote existing Windows server 2003 and migrate all Windows server roles to new Windows server 2012 R2, there are no down time for Part1 steps and Part2 steps, but we need to schedule down time for Part3 steps to cut over all services.

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 29 – The Death of #StorageSpacesDirect on #NanoServer #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 16, 2017 | S2D | 0 |

MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 2 #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 15, 2017 | Step-by-Step, Windows Server | 0 |

After done for Active Directory Preparation, now we need to install a new Windows Server 2012 R2, export data from existing windows server 2003 and then import to new Windows Server 2012 R2.

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 28 – @MellanoxTech #PowerShell Reporting Script #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 15, 2017 | S2D, Scripts | 1 |

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 27 – @MellanoxTech Physical Port Mapping #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 15, 2017 | S2D | 0 |

UPDATE – June 27, 2017 – Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 26 – @MellanoxTech Firmware Bug CX3-PRO #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 14, 2017 | S2D | 1 |

MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 1 #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 14, 2017 | Step-by-Step, Windows Server | 0 |

As we know Windows Server 2003 was end support on July 14, 2015, but there are some customers still using it for some reasons. Today, my customer asked me to migrate their Windows server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2, there are many windows roles on that server, let’s follow below steps to migrate it with minimal downtime.

STEP BY STEP MIGRATE EXCHANGE FROM ON-PREMISES TO OFFICE 365 PART 16 – MOVE MAILBOXES BETWEEN ON-PREMISES WITH EXCHANGE ONLINE #OFFICE365 #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 13, 2017 | Office365, Step-by-Step | 3 |

You can use the remote move migration wizard on the Office 365 to move existing user mailboxes between the on-premises organization with the Exchange Online organization

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 25 – Zero Downtime Migration to S2D #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #HyperV

by Kawula Dave | Jun 12, 2017 | S2D, Step-by-Step | 0 |

Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 24 – Planned Power Outage of S2D #StorageSpacesDirect #MVPHour #Hyper-V

by Kawula Dave | Jun 12, 2017 | S2D | 0 |

STEP BY STEP MIGRATE EXCHANGE FROM ON-PREMISES TO OFFICE 365 PART 15 – ENABLE MRSPROXY SERVICE AND CREATE MIGRATION ENDPOINT #OFFICE365 #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 12, 2017 | Office365, Step-by-Step | 0 |

Prior to performing on-boarding and off-boarding remote move migrations in an Exchange hybrid deployment, we recommend that you create Exchange remote migration endpoints. The migration endpoint contains the connection settings for an on-premises Exchange server that is running the MRS proxy service, which is required to perform remote move migrations to and from Exchange Online.

STEP BY STEP MIGRATE EXCHANGE FROM ON-PREMISES TO OFFICE 365 PART 14 – CONFIGURE ON-PREMISES EMAIL SERVER RECEIVE CONNECTOR TO RELAY EMAIL #OFFICE365 #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

by Cary Sun | Jun 11, 2017 | Office365, Step-by-Step | 0 |

By default, Exchange 2010 does not allow clients to use the SMTP service for anonymous relay, so we need to configure a Receive Connector for this purpose.