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psydude posted:Question about licensing: if I purchase a 2016 license for 16 cores and 2 processors, does that mean I can deploy 16 one-core VMs of 2016? No, the license is for physical cores. Data center allows for unlimited vm's, standard allows for 2 vm's
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May 18, 2017 21:49
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The Fool posted:No, the license is for physical cores. Interesting. That's irrespective of the hypervisor I'm using, right? So even if I'm deploying it on ESXi and not HyperV, I still get unlimited VMs?
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May 18, 2017 22:01
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That's correct.
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May 18, 2017 22:02
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I would be amazed if there is a deployment of Windows Server where Datacenter licensing doesn't make sense. I mean there might be an edge case of a VM cluster where you only want to run six guests but that's a loving huge up-front hardware investment to do very little with.
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May 18, 2017 22:51
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This is for a lab environment so that we can run software and other poo poo for customer-facing demos. It may still be cheaper for us to go with Data center, though.
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May 18, 2017 23:18
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Is it worth pursuing the MS Partner agreement to get free licensing for internal/demo usage? https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/membership/internal-use-software https://assets.microsoft.com/en-gb/mpn-maps-software-iur-competency-license-table.pdf
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May 18, 2017 23:42
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The Fool posted:No, the license is for physical cores. You can also use multiple standard licenses on a single machine, for instance 3 copies of standard to run 6 vms. I think with pricing the breakoff point was somewhere around six last time I checked.
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May 18, 2017 23:47
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Zero VGS posted:You can also use multiple standard licenses on a single machine, for instance 3 copies of standard to run 6 vms. I think with pricing the breakoff point was somewhere around six last time I checked. Yes, but for each set of 2 VM's you need to pay for all of your physical cores again.
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May 19, 2017 00:56
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Thanks Ants posted:Is it worth pursuing the MS Partner agreement to get free licensing for internal/demo usage? Maybe. I don't see us selling a lot of Microsoft stuff ever, but maybe transactional stuff.
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May 19, 2017 01:50
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Thanks Ants posted:Is it worth pursuing the MS Partner agreement to get free licensing for internal/demo usage? Depends. We're able to run all of our internal stuff on partner grants (we're a gold partner), but the partner grants are moving more towards cloud grants vs on-prem software if that is a big deal to you. You also miss out on a lot of benefits that normally come with volume license versions of the software.
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May 19, 2017 03:52
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I am looking for a Windows Server 2016 unattended installation answer file configuration reference and failing to find anything. Is this part of some hidden SDK? Is it completely undocumented? Latest that I find by googling is for Vista.
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May 19, 2017 08:25
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So if I have 3x UCS blades with 2 processors and 6 cores each running in my cluster, how would I license that? Would it be one license per blade, or just one license for 6 processors and 36 cores? Would I need to purchase multiple licenses for 6 processors and 36 cores? Or is it only on the actual number of cores that I plan on using? e: Or can I just purchase a single Datacenter license for the number of processors and cores that I have in my cluster and go hog wild with deploying VMs? psydude fucked around with this message at 15:13 on May 19, 2017 |
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May 19, 2017 15:00
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psydude posted:So if I have 3x UCS blades with 2 processors and 6 cores each running in my cluster, how would I license that? Would it be one license per blade, or just one license for 6 processors and 36 cores? Would I need to purchase multiple licenses for 6 processors and 36 cores? Or is it only on the actual number of cores that I plan on using? Each node needs to be licensed separately, and needs to be licensed for all vm's in the cluster "In case all but one node fails"
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May 19, 2017 16:31
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I can't conceive of a way to do this, but I'm asking anyway: I have use for providing a popup to certain users, "Hey rear end in a top hat, friendly reminder that you should hop on the VPN after connecting per your employment agreement." This client doesn't need to have wifi networks blocked; they just need to provide an (intentionally-annoying) popup every time they join a network. And yes, the best way to meet the true need of the client would be with an MDM system deployed to their laptops and something like DUO or fleshed-out AD CA infrastructure for client and AP certificates.
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May 19, 2017 17:10
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BgInfo with a custom message? Or deploy DirectAccess I guess.
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May 19, 2017 17:17
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Is triggering a Powershell script an option? Powershell can do text popups and text to speach.
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May 19, 2017 17:25
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Potato Salad posted:This client doesn't need to have wifi networks blocked; they just need to provide an (intentionally-annoying) popup every time they join a network. If there is an event ID that corresponds to connecting to a wireless network you can just run a scheduled task to display a message based on that event. Edit: Yeah, 8000
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May 19, 2017 17:26
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EssOEss posted:I am looking for a Windows Server 2016 unattended installation answer file configuration reference and failing to find anything. Is this part of some hidden SDK? Is it completely undocumented? Latest that I find by googling is for Vista. Found it! Apparently now it is under the hardware category and appears to be invisible to Google or something, so it never shows up in my search results. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/customize/desktop/unattend/index
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May 22, 2017 07:05
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What's everyone experience with Azure Site Recovery? And what I am getting myself into with a 100+ VM Migration from VMware to Hyper-V? Not leading it but helping...
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May 23, 2017 23:04
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Azure Site Recovery is good as long as you fit the use case nicely - make sure you have a decent idea of your environment and things like virtual disk counts https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/resources/videos/azure-site-recovery-deep-dive/
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May 23, 2017 23:06
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My HR dept decided to go take everyone's picture and are now wanting us to upload these pictures to Active Directory. I have a file share with ~300 user pictures and we use Office 365. Where do I start with this and can I prevent people from changing their profile picture in Office 365 once we upload it in AD?
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May 31, 2017 01:08
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kiwid posted:My HR dept decided to go take everyone's picture and are now wanting us to upload these pictures to Active Directory.
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May 31, 2017 01:19
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anthonypants posted:Set-UserPhoto is the cmdlet you want. So do I just set the picture on the user in our on-prem AD and let dirsync do its thing to sync up to o365?
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May 31, 2017 01:22
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kiwid posted:So do I just set the picture on the user in our on-prem AD and let dirsync do its thing to sync up to o365?
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May 31, 2017 02:42
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anthonypants posted:No, Set-UserPhoto is an Exchange cmdlet, you would connect to Exchange Online and pass Set-UserPhoto a user and a photo. Here, I googled the words for you and found a link which you can click on: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218694.aspx So is there any point in adding the picture to AD?
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May 31, 2017 02:54
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kiwid posted:So is there any point in adding the picture to AD? By using Set-UserPhoto you are adding the picture to AD.
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May 31, 2017 10:05
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We use O365 and I use a modification of this script: https://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/3179-microsoft-office365-employee-photo-upload-script-powershell to upload user photos directly to exchange online, storing in AD is pretty useless nowadays IMO. There are a couple people with AD profile pics still and I've only seen them show up in Azure AD.
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Jun 1, 2017 16:41
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Is there any ETA for the next major patch of Windows Server 2016? I had a ton of problems with the current version when I was trying to configure a Windows Server Essentials role so I've since had to use Windows Server 2012 R2. No idea why but everything works fine in 2012 R2 but if I attempt the same process on 2016, it's like pulling teeth.
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Jun 1, 2017 16:49
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PUBLIC TOILET posted:Is there any ETA for the next major patch of Windows Server 2016? I had a ton of problems with the current version when I was trying to configure a Windows Server Essentials role so I've since had to use Windows Server 2012 R2. No idea why but everything works fine in 2012 R2 but if I attempt the same process on 2016, it's like pulling teeth. 1) Patch Tuesday in June 2) What problems, in detail, are you having?
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Jun 1, 2017 16:59
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CLAM DOWN posted:1) Patch Tuesday in June
Those were just some of the things I experienced, mostly within Server 2016 Core. I ended up starting over with Server 2012 R2 and none of those issues were present in that version following the same installation/configuration processes. I should also note this was on a home lab server in a workgroup setting (not a domain.) With that said, I can only assume the majority of my issues were directly related with using the "Core" version without the full GUI. However, I'm now using Server 2012 R2 Core with a Hyper-V VM running Server 2012 R2 GUI and that hasn't had any issues. PUBLIC TOILET fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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Jun 1, 2017 21:04
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Better luck with Windows Server 2018, perhaps? I wouldn't expect any major changes before the big number gets incremented. I have also noticed the total lack of 2016 documentation, though from some recent digging it seems that it is in some regard a discoverability issue - Google might not find it but sometimes the search in Microsoft documentation actually does. Still, rather annoying to always have to double check and wonder "Is this still up to date? If so, why doesn't it say also valid for 2016?"
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Jun 1, 2017 21:19
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The 2016 documentation is loving hot garbage. You can really tell MS laid off a big chunk of the tech pub dept. I'm doing a PoC with MIM 2016, and half the documentation isn't updated for 2016, or is just plain loving wrong.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:21
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It's bizarre that they're putting more effort into Windows 10 than Server 2016. I thought the time they spent between the Windows 10 RTM and the Server 2016 RTM would have accomplished something, but if they did I don't know what it was.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:33
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And meanwhile documentation for some of the stuff on EMS is excellent. One Microsoft my rear end, everyone is still doing whatever the gently caress they want on their business unit
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Jun 2, 2017 13:50
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The whole "One" Company thing is just a fad. It's pretty much going through every F500.
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Jun 2, 2017 16:20
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Regarding the employee photo uploads again, I wrote this script to run through all the photos but it fails on users who have a last name with an apostrophe, for example: "O'Neal" or "O'Reilly". Anyone who is better than me at PowerShell know what's up? https://pastebin.com/qZBpHE5i
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Jun 5, 2017 16:09
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kiwid posted:Regarding the employee photo uploads again, I wrote this script to run through all the photos but it fails on users who have a last name with an apostrophe, for example: "O'Neal" or "O'Reilly". Where does it fail? Try catching the error and printing it - https://www.vexasoft.com/blogs/powershell/7255220-powershell-tutorial-try-catch-finally-and-error-handling-in-powershell
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Jun 5, 2017 16:15
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kiwid posted:Regarding the employee photo uploads again, I wrote this script to run through all the photos but it fails on users who have a last name with an apostrophe, for example: "O'Neal" or "O'Reilly". Check the section titled "special characters"
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Jun 5, 2017 16:56
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kiwid posted:Regarding the employee photo uploads again, I wrote this script to run through all the photos but it fails on users who have a last name with an apostrophe, for example: "O'Neal" or "O'Reilly".
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anthonypants posted:Post the script It's in the pastebin link. Anyway, I only had two users so I just did them manually. I don't have anyone else I can test with now so gently caress it.
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