Active Directory Windows Time Service Functions

A good PDF about Windows Time Service Functions.

http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Active-Directory-Windows-24014571

Software-Defined Networking with Windows Server and System Center Jump Start

Is your infrastructure outgrowing your current networking strategy? Want to simplify the process for managing your datacenter? Software-defined networking (SDN) can streamline datacenter implementation through self-service provisioning, take the complexity out of network management, and help increase security with fully isolated environments. Intrigued? Bring specific questions, and get answers from the team who built this popular solution!

More information: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/software-defined-networking-with-windows-server-and-system-center-jump-start#?fbid=pIqPeldRtsY

Windows Azure now allows to set fixed IP-addresses for virtual machines

Untill recently IP-addresses of Azure virtual machines were not static/fixed. A VM which had been shutdown (for example to reduce costs, think test/dev scenario’s) could receive a different IP-address at boot than orginally assigned at creation. This leads to all kinds of issues. A new Powershell for Azure version solves this issue.


Read more here:

http://up2v.nl/2014/03/05/windows-azure-now-allows-to-set-fixed-ip-addresses-for-virtual-machines/

Twenty-five years chasing the dream of enterprise social networking.

A very interesting read, made me think...

http://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2014/03/04/twenty-five-years-chasing-the-dream-of-enterprise-social-networking/