Category Archives: Deployment

Quick Tip: PowerShell for Testlab DNS Entries

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Phil

A quick post to cover building up the test lab DNS. Eventually these notes will appear in my test lab build series, but until then, this will give you the gist on how to automate this. The following code snippets … Continue reading →

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Test Lab Build Series – 1 – Planning

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Phil

The first part of any environment build, be it a test lab, a development platform, or even a production environment, is planning.  Arguably the 2nd most important task in any project is this step, because it is going to guide … Continue reading →

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Test Lab Buildup Series – Introduction

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Phil

I am in the process of revamping my entire test lab build process, and given that I know of a number of admins that still do things entirely by hand, I thought I would share the process involved since for … Continue reading →

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#IAMMEC Session Report: Virtualization in the New Exchange

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Phil

Supported Hypervisors HyperV 3rd Party Hypervisors Host-based Clustering All roles Exchange Roles All roles Storage Block level iSCSI, FC, pass-through, etc. Same requirements as Ex2010 Support for SMB3 file shares for specific limited scenario Guest on 2012 with guest VHD’s … Continue reading →

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