Orin Thomas
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Model Spaceship Gatherer. Author of 45 technical books. Cloud Advocate. aka.ms/orin
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The new edition of Windows Server Inside Out is available. It includes everything from Securing AD and Hardening Windows Server, to how to host and manage Hyper-V, integrate with Azure Services and how to host generative AI workloads like Ollama and Foundry Local.
www.amazon.com/Windows-Serv...
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Windows Server: Today, tomorrow, and what’s next
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Windows Server: Today, tomorrow, and what’s next
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdDj6DsExKw
about 1 month ago
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Windows Server Summit:
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about 2 months ago
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New Windows Server on Azure Lab. Self paced exercises that walk you through deploying Windows Server in an availability set, configuring applicaiton gateway, monitoring, backup and Entra domain services
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GitHub - microsoft/windows-server-azure-lab: Exercises for deploying and managing Windows Server on Azure
Exercises for deploying and managing Windows Server on Azure - microsoft/windows-server-azure-lab
https://github.com/microsoft/windows-server-azure-lab
about 2 months ago
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Want to in-place upgrade your servers to Windows Server 2025 to upgrade using the Windows Update service, and without the need for Windows Server 2025 physical media? Configure a special registry setting (or group policy) to enable this functionality:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Opt-In Windows Server 2025 Feature Update from the WS 2022 and WS 2019 Settings Dialog | Microsoft Community Hub
This capability allows customers who want to in-place upgrade their servers to Windows Server 2025 to upgrade using the Windows Update service, and without...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsservernewsandbestpractices/opt-in-windows-server-2025-feature-update-from-the-ws-2022-and-ws-2019-settings-/4515961
about 2 months ago
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Overview of Azure Monitor Pipeline
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Overview of Azure Monitor pipeline
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUh77f3kJnk
about 2 months ago
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Overview of App Migration with Azure Migrate
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Overview of App Migration with Azure Migrate
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWv5S_Jg2_M
2 months ago
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Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode Public Preview 2 is now available:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Announcing Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode Public Preview 2! | Microsoft Community Hub
Download Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode Public Preview 2 here. Provide feedback on Public Preview 2 on our GitHub page. At Microsoft Ignite...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-admin-center-blog/announcing-windows-admin-center-virtualization-mode-public-preview-2/4508937
2 months ago
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Troubleshoot and optimize IIS performance
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...
2 months ago
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Overview of Migrating MySQL Workloads to Azure.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v6R...
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Overview of Migrating MySQL Workloads to Azure.
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v6RuNaga9s
2 months ago
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Overview of migrating Oracle workloads to Azure
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Overview of Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgtBAcORM8
2 months ago
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In the Administer Internet Information Services learning path, you learn how to install, configure, and manage IIS to host web applications and services. Learn how to harden IIS security, backup config, sites, & applications, & enable detailed monitoring &logging.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...
2 months ago
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Migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
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Migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwCh8lgTyz4
2 months ago
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Overview of migrating SQL Workloads to Azure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rstx...
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Overview of migrating SQL Workloads to Azure
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RstxESBTZcA
2 months ago
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Manage Internet Information Services
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...
2 months ago
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SQL on Azure Platform Options
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SQL on Azure Platform Options
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnva5W0oOw
3 months ago
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Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 May 19-21. Online event with deep technical Azure infrastructure content for IT professionals, platform engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams who want to go deeper on how Azure really works in production
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopsta...
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Join us at Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 for deep technical Azure infrastructure content | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 is a free, engineering-led virtual event created for IT professionals, platform engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/join-us-at-microsoft-azure-infra-summit-2026-for-deep-technical-azure-infrastruc/4509368
3 months ago
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Choosing the right Azure Database Migration Target
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Choosing the right Azure Database Migration Target
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-k_7Dao5zo
3 months ago
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Overview of Azure Workload Monitoring:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Cr...
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Overview of Azure Workload Monitoring
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3CrrFqzuJw
3 months ago
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Secure and harden Internet Information Services
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Secure and Harden Internet Information Services - Training
Learn how to secure and harden Internet Information Services (IIS) to protect your web applications and data from potential threats. This module covers best practices for authentication, authorization...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/secure-harden-internet-information-services/
3 months ago
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Introduction to Azure IaaS VM High Availability
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Intro to Azure IaaS VM high availability
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkEqTncHpWQ
3 months ago
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Azure Immutable Storage Demo: What Happens When Ransomware Tries to Delete a Protected Blob
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Azure Immutable Storage Demo: What Happens When Ransomware Tries to Delete a Protected Blob
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCxn6YPSdk
3 months ago
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Create a Cloud Witness quorum resource using managed identity while creating a new Windows Server failover cluster:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failove...
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Using Failover Clustering Cloud Witness with Managed Identity in Windows Server 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub
Failover Clustering has a strong quorum model that is always used to prevent partition in space (AKA Split Brain, Network partition, Cluster partition). We...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failoverclustering/using-failover-clustering-cloud-witness-with-managed-identity-in-windows-server-/4504438
3 months ago
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Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBG...
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Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBGaisDOlA
3 months ago
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Overview of Defender for Cloud, App Service, and SQL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ln...
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Overview of Defender for Cloud, App Service, and SQL
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lnGMIYAOA
3 months ago
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Overview of Entra Workload Identities
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Overview of Entra Workload Identities
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_sfyrK-1_I
3 months ago
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Windows Server 2025 Native NVMe: Storage Stack Overhaul and Benchmark Results
www.storagereview.com/review/windo...
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Windows Server 2025 Native NVMe: Storage Stack Overhaul and Benchmark Results
Windows Server 2025 native NVMe tested: new storage stack architecture, read gains, CPU efficiency, and real lab benchmarks.
https://www.storagereview.com/review/windows-server-native-nvme
3 months ago
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Overview of Azure workload Modernization
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJr...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopsta...
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Overview of Azure Workload Modernization
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJrYylRR28
3 months ago
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Windows NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) Initiator in Windows Server Insiders Builds. NVMe-oF extends the NVMe protocol across a network fabric, allowing hosts to communicate directly with remote NVMe controllers using the NVMe command set
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Introducing the Windows NVMe-oF Initiator Preview in Windows Server Insiders Builds | Microsoft Community Hub
What Is NVMe-over-Fabrics? NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) extends the NVMe protocol—originally designed for local PCIe-attached SSDs—across a network fabric....
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsservernewsandbestpractices/introducing-the-windows-nvme-of-initiator-preview-in-windows-server-insiders-bui/4501344
3 months ago
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Windows Server Summit is May 11-13, 2026. Hear directly from Microsoft engineers and product leaders on best practices for modernization, security, and operational excellence. To add the event to your calendar, visit
aka.ms/WSSummitSaveTheDate
#WindowsServer
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Windows Server Summit 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub
Save the date for three days of architecture guidance, scenario-based deep dives, and actionable insights on the latest in Windows Server capabilities.
https://aka.ms/WSSummitSaveTheDate
3 months ago
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Introduction to Agentic Migration & Modernization Tools
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Introduction to Agentic Migration & Modernization Tools
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5dejNaETU
3 months ago
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Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course
dev.to/azure/get-st...
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Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course
GitHub Copilot has grown well beyond code completions in your editor. It now lives in your terminal,...
https://dev.to/azure/get-started-with-github-copilot-cli-a-free-hands-on-course-3beg
3 months ago
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The 6 Rs of planning Azure workload migration and modernization
youtu.be/jrthbSI7O0c
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The 6 Rs of Azure Workload Migration & Modernization
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://youtu.be/jrthbSI7O0c
4 months ago
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A short introduction to Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones
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A short introduction to Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Unnvd7U-s
4 months ago
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Azure Migration Challenges (& how to overcome them)
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Azure Migration Challenges (and how to overcome them)
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydDycl66AU
4 months ago
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A presentation I did for Microsoft Reactor on Migration, Modernization & Agentic Tools
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Azure Decoded: The New Migration & Modernization Foundation Virtual Training Day
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVISr34SSM
4 months ago
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Prepare your servers for Secure Boot certificate updates
www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
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Prepare your servers for Secure Boot certificate updates
The original Secure Boot certificates introduced in 2011 are approaching the end of their planned lifecycle, with expirations beginning in late June 2026. These certificates must be updated before the...
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2026/02/23/prepare-your-servers-for-secure-boot-certificate-updates
4 months ago
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Public Preview of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for Windows DNS Server
aka.ms/dohserver
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Secure DNS with DoH: Public Preview for Windows DNS Server | Microsoft Community Hub
Bring encrypted, authenticated DNS to Windows DNS Server with our new DoH public preview, designed for Zero Trust‑minded enterprises that want stronger...
https://aka.ms/dohserver
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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DNS & DHCP Server Monitoring, Health & Automation survey for Windows Server Admins (including requests for future features)
forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon...
(It's always DNS!)
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Microsoft Forms
https://forms.microsoft.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR5Wu3J1P3CREu3VDF3QSGABUOFlMQ1lQSldEVUlMQlVROUdRMjZXNlRHNC4u&route=shorturl
4 months ago
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Windows Admin Center Architectural Changes
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Windows Admin Center Architectural Changes | Microsoft Community Hub
Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode is a new experience that helps you manage your virtualization infrastructure across your Hyper-V clusters, storage...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-admin-center-blog/windows-admin-center-architectural-changes/4488583
4 months ago
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Advancing Windows security: Disabling NTLM by default
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows...
5 months ago
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The new edition of Windows Server Inside Out is available. It includes everything from Securing AD and Hardening Windows Server, to how to host and manage Hyper-V, integrate with Azure Services and how to host generative AI workloads like Ollama and Foundry Local.
www.amazon.com/Windows-Serv...
6 months ago
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Configure Backup & Recovery for Windows Server IaaS VMs hosting IIS websites in an Azure availability set
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-I...
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Configure Backup & Recovery for Windows Server IaaS VMs
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-IvqWa9TU
6 months ago
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Native NVMe in Windows Server 2025 (~80% IOPS gains over WS22)
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Announcing Native NVMe in Windows Server 2025: Ushering in a New Era of Storage Performance | Microsoft Community Hub
We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of Native NVMe support in Windows Server 2025—a leap forward in storage innovation that will redefine what’s possible...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsservernewsandbestpractices/announcing-native-nvme-in-windows-server-2025-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-storage-p/4477353
6 months ago
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Announcing Support for S2D Campus Cluster on Windows Server 2025
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Announcing Support for S2D Campus Cluster on Windows Server 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub
Applies to: Windows Server 2025 Failover Clustering with the 2025-12 Security Update (KB5072033) (26100.7462) applied on each Failover Cluster node. First, I...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failoverclustering/announcing-support-for-s2d-campus-cluster-on-windows-server-2025/4477075
6 months ago
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Deploy and configure an Azure Application Gateway for load balancing and website protection.
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhuGuCLr7U
6 months ago
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Windows Server Failover Clustering with Storage Spaces Direct & SAN Storage
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failove...
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Announcing Support for S2D and SAN Coexistence | Microsoft Community Hub
Applies to: Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025 Failover Clustering Failover Clustering has supported SAN storage since Windows NT 4.0 Server,...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failoverclustering/announcing-support-for-s2d-and-san-coexistence/4475351
7 months ago
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Overview of Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NP...
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Overview of Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NP9p75EFM
7 months ago
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No need to use WinGet to install Nano to edit files from the terminal - Just use: edit filename in Windows Terminal
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