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By Tim Posted on March 3, 2019August 24, 2019

Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today

We live in an age of high demand where it has become the norm to expect things to be said, replied to, messaged, talked about, decided, delivered, created, finished, sold, … Continue reading Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today

Categories: Thought LeadershipTags: Mindfullness
By Tim Posted on February 2, 2019August 25, 2019

Quote of the Day

If problems are within your sphere of influence to effect, then you can take positive steps.  If it’s not then worrying about them is wasted energy!

Categories: Thought LeadershipTags: Mindfullness
By Tim Posted on January 11, 2019August 27, 2019

SQL Migrations to Azure, Where Do I Start? Part 1

I’ve blogged already on what SQL PaaS services are available on Azure.  Microsoft are investing heavily in this area with both new SQL PaaS services, and migration options. Why?  A … Continue reading SQL Migrations to Azure, Where Do I Start? Part 1

Categories: Business, Thought LeadershipTags: Azure, Databases, PaaS, Public Cloud
By Tim Posted on September 23, 2018August 27, 2019

Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

Part 1 – First Management Server Prerequisites SQL 2016 already configured Windows Server 2016 VMs created to host SCSM Domain account for the SCSM Service Domain account for the Workflow … Continue reading Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, How To, PowerShell Snippets, SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on September 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

Server Configuration 2x Windows Server 2016 virtual servers; Server01, Server02 Disk Config: Apps Disk on SCSI Controller 0 SQL DB Disk on SCSI Controller 1 SQL Log Disk on SCSI … Continue reading Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, Databases, PowerShell Snippets, Servers
By Tim Posted on September 22, 2018August 29, 2019

How Do Containers Make Things Easier for Application Development?

It works on my computer! We’ve all been there.  We’ve installed, configured, or developed something that works perfectly on “my computer” or “my dev environment”, but under release testing it … Continue reading How Do Containers Make Things Easier for Application Development?

Categories: Business, Thought LeadershipTags: Azure, Microservices, Public Cloud
By Tim Posted on September 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Azure Low Priority VMs on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

What are VM Scale Sets VM scale sets are a group of identical virtual machines deployed as a scaled set.  Scale sets, along with other benefits, support load balancing, auto … Continue reading Azure Low Priority VMs on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Categories: TechnicalTags: Azure, Public Cloud
By Tim Posted on May 4, 2018August 24, 2019

Azure Microservices and PaaS as Infrastructure – That’s a DevOps Thing, Isn’t It?

I am a Consultant in IT and that is..? If you ask an IT consultant what their job involves, 9 times out of 10 they will say designing and building … Continue reading Azure Microservices and PaaS as Infrastructure – That’s a DevOps Thing, Isn’t It?

Categories: Business, Thought LeadershipTags: Azure, Data, Microservices, PaaS, Public Cloud
By Tim Posted on April 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Women In Tech

Is this a blog by another guy crusading on behalf of women because it’s cool without really understanding the problem..?  Well, I don’t think of myself that way but its … Continue reading Women In Tech

Categories: Business, Thought Leadership
By Tim Posted on October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

TLS 1.2 now Supported by SystemCenter 2016

Worth taking note. Particularly anyone struggling to fit SCSM outbound email to Office 365 into your security model. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/2017/10/25/system-center-2016-now-supports-tls1-2-security-protocols/

Categories: TechnicalTags: SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on May 30, 2017August 25, 2019

Entity Explorer

Essential reading for any SCSM admin or developer. How to use entity explorer to examine classes easily

Categories: TechnicalTags: SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on March 13, 2017August 27, 2019

Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

Back in 2013 Microsoft discovered a bug in the upgrade process from Microsoft System Center 2012 Orchestrator to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator.  More information can be found here. … Continue reading Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

Categories: TechnicalTags: How To, SCORCH, Servers

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