What’s New in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
I recently attended TechEd 2012 on the Gold Coast, and was pretty spoilt for choice as to what technologies I…
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System Centre Orchestrator 2012: why you should be using it
Firstly, what is Orchestrator? Orchestrator is a new member of the Microsoft System Centre suite, previously badged System Centre Opalis…
Digital Travel
I recently had the opportunity to work in Melbourne for 10 months, where I was able to fly back to…
MCSE Private Cloud Certification
Released a few months ago, Microsoft have re-vamped their certification for the 2012 suite of products, introducing, most notably, the…
Enable Intel VT-x & EPT in VMWare Workstation
Following on from my previous post, I forgot that VMWare doesn't turn this on by default. You absolutely require passthrough…
Building a Hyper-V Lab – cheaply!
I've been trying to build a lab at home for a while, but have continued to put the thought aside,…
Windows 8 – to be or not to be?
Microsoft has a track record for releasing horrible operating systems every now and then, as witnessed by the IT world…
Lion-style Inverse Scrolling – On Windows XP
My home computer is a Mac, now running OSX Lion. I've become quite accustomed to the backwards/reversed scrolling which seems…
Why you should upgrade to OS X Lion – sooner rather than later!
Every 2nd Saturday and Sunday makes up what I call "F1 Weekend". I run a Winfast USB HDTV tuner, which…
IIS, PHP, and LDAPS with Active Directory.
Why you'd ever want to do this is probably a discussion best left to the political arena. But for the…