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...
4 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
1 day 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
3 days ago
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Troubleshoot and optimize IIS performance
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9 days 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
9 days 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
11 days 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...
13 days 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
13 days ago
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Overview of migrating SQL Workloads to Azure
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Overview of migrating SQL Workloads to Azure
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RstxESBTZcA
14 days ago
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Manage Internet Information Services
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...
14 days 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
16 days 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
16 days 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
16 days 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
17 days 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/
22 days 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
24 days 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
30 days 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
about 1 month ago
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Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
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Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBGaisDOlA
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
#Windows
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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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
2 months ago
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2 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
2 months ago
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Windows Admin Center Architectural Changes
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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
2 months ago
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Advancing Windows security: Disabling NTLM by default
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows...
3 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...
4 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
4 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
4 months ago
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Announcing Support for S2D Campus Cluster on Windows Server 2025
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/failove...
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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
4 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
4 months ago
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Windows Server Failover Clustering with Storage Spaces Direct & SAN Storage
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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
5 months ago
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Overview of Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode
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Overview of Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NP9p75EFM
5 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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6 months ago
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Same Same, But Different, But Still Same
#BattleTech
7 months ago
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Deploy Azure DNS Public Zones
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Deploy Azure DNS Public Zones
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsqpy89K8Dw
7 months ago
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Install and run Azure Foundry Local LLM server & Open WebUI on Windows Server 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FU...
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Install and run Azure Foundry Local LLM server & Open WebUI on Windows Server 2025
YouTube video by ITOpsTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FUjWN13X4
7 months ago
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Orin Thomas
Sonia Cuff
7 months ago
đź‘€ Microsoft Ignite session catalog!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Another Book for the BirmoShelf
7 months ago
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Enable Certificate-Based Authentication for Windows Admin Center Gateway Servers with AD CS
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Enable Certificate-Based Authentication for Windows Admin Center Gateway Servers with AD CS | Microsoft Community Hub
Implementing certificate-based authentication for Windows Admin Center (WAC) involves leveraging smart card login (user certificates) in Active Directory. In...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/enable-certificate-based-authentication-for-windows-admin-center-gateway-servers/4455790
7 months ago
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