This week at work, I’ve spent a fair amount of time working in the infrastructure space as we conducted a review of SQL Server and the underlying network infrastructure. As always, it inspired me to take a look at my home configuration – and do some tinkering. NIC Teaming The […]
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Well, I’ve finally managed to assemble the dream – a proper work space for working on servers, workstations, laptops and the like. It’s been years since I’ve been in a position to put something together, but a few weeks ago I managed to finalize the installation. Aside from the home […]
It’s been over two years since my last foray into the murky waters of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 and it came past due for a return to claims-based authentication and federation. My previous journeys were somewhat chronicled here and here. This time around though, I’m going to be […]
Introduction Recently I was asked to look into solutions for moving some WordPress sites in-house for a client. At first this looked fairly straightforward, until I realised that they wanted the ability to spin up new self contained VM sites with little effort. Naturally, I pursued the logical step of […]
Early last December we were fortunate enough to move into a brand new home which we bought off the plan – with a couple of slight alterations. One of those alterations was to fully network all rooms with CAT-6 Ethernet, terminating in the garage with plenty of space for wall […]
Yesterday I attended an executive breakfast briefing hosted by Oracle at the Hyatt Hotel in Yarralumla. The event was hosted by Oracle’s Chief Technology Officer, Stuart Long and also featured a case study by NTT Communications. As usual, I took shorthand notes based partly off the presentation slides and mostly […]
As un-Architect as it sounds, I still very much like to stay “hands on” when it comes to hardware and software. Particularly, I like to hand build my personal machines so I can stay current with advancements in hardware. You may recall from the previous post, I’ve been planning on […]
Recently I asked what the Internet Society of Australia’s position was in relation to the distinction between the Coalition’s FTTN-based NBN verses the previous Government’s FTTP-based NBN plans. Here’s an abstract from the response off the member’s list: On the topic of FTTN vs. FTTP: ISOC-AU does not see any […]
In the past few months, the folks at DZone put a call out to their very talented and knowledgeable MVPs to volunteer to develop a comprehensive guide to current Cloud computing options. Today, I’m happy to write that the FREE guide is now available from DZone.com. Honestly, researching the right […]
File this one away for further analysis. Live or delayed (on demand) content delivered via Windows Azure Media Services. Takes advantage of local CDNs and provides a platform for targeted advertising as well as taking advantage of the Azure cloud capabilities (e.g. caching, high availability, etc.). There’s also a high […]
On Tuesday, Australia’s Liberal and National parties (“the Coalition” – in opposition to the governing party) released their alternative policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN) which was created by the current majority party, the Labor government. Their plan is to deliver a broadband solution to the Australian public sooner, […]
This is sort of a follow-up to my first article on Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (ADFS 2.0). This afternoon I spent far too many hours troubleshooting an issue I didn’t really have. Part of this complete and total waste of my time stems from what I now believe to […]
Introduction This is going to be a multi-part series of articles with the end goal of producing a solution which handles security/identity claims across domain boundaries using WCF services and Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (with a federation trust) and Active Directory. In order to demonstrate an approach to handling […]
Overview The recently released Windows 8 operating system contained support for an interesting approach to running your operating system – off an external bootable device. This article will show you how to boot your operating system using an external USB drive. If you’re not sure what Windows To Go is […]
Microsoft will be introducing a new file format (VHDX) for virtual hard disks as part of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012. The original format (VHD) has been around for many years, the new format provides a host of additional benefits. At a glance, the new format supports up to 64 […]