Dan has been consulting, focusing on Microsoft infrastructure technologies, for over 15 years. He has worked with many of Atlanta’s fortune 500 companies and other enterprise customers throughout the US. Recent project highlights include: Server virtualization design and deployment to support over 300 servers across 10 server Hyper-V cluster Design, develop and deployment of migration from SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 for SMS hierarchy comprised of over 350 SMS server support over 70,000 clients; Design of a global SCCM 202 hierarchy to support over 100,000 systems and internet-based clients
I started a GPO cleanup project implementing security recommendations. One recommendation was listed as “Implement Client-Side Pass-The-Hash Mitigations”.
Much has been reported about the Surface Pro 4 and power management issues …and the Surface Pro 3 and sleep has had similar issues early on.
Securing your network can be a crazy and scary proposition….and it’s one of the IT tasks that is never completed. With the advent of cloud computing, the security landscape has expanded and with it new opportunities. One of these opportunities is to leverage the cloud for “Identity and Access”.
With Microsoft’s announcement and release of Windows Server 2016 (official name) Technical Preview 2, they have also released Nano Server. Ever since the early announcement of Nano Server I’ve been very anxious to try it out. One thing is for sure….it’s not easy to get going. And I hope that changes once 2016 is RTM’ed.
My family, friends and coworkers know that I have been a big proponent (often call fan boy) of many of Microsoft’s products. I’ve been a Windows mobile user sense my days with a Motorola Q and have been with the MS phone platform ever sense then.
As we all know details matter… in SCCM this can be painfully true. And today I find yet another little item that bears this out.
Microsoft pushed out an update that converts/upgrades Lync to “Skype for Business”.