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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 10/09/2026

@birmo.bsky.social You probably need one of those new iPhone Duos cos otherwise you'll be distracted from productivity by the longing for the shiny

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 03/05/2026

Windows Server Summit: aka.ms/WSSummitSave...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 30/04/2026

New Windows Server on Azure Lab. Self paced exercises that walk you through deploying Windows Server in an availability set, configuring applicaiton gateway, monitoring, backup and Entra domain services github.com/microsoft/wi...

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GitHub - microsoft/windows-server-azure-lab: Exercises for deploying and managing Windows Server on Azure

Exercises for deploying and managing Windows Server on Azure - microsoft/windows-server-azure-lab

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 29/04/2026

Want to in-place upgrade your servers to Windows Server 2025 to upgrade using the Windows Update service, and without the need for Windows Server 2025 physical media? Configure a special registry setting (or group policy) to enable this functionality: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

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Opt-In Windows Server 2025 Feature Update from the WS 2022 and WS 2019 Settings Dialog | Microsoft Community Hub

This capability allows customers who want to in-place upgrade their servers to Windows Server 2025 to upgrade using the Windows Update service, and without...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 14/04/2026

Troubleshoot and optimize IIS performance learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 13/04/2026

Overview of migrating Oracle workloads to Azure www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgt...

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Overview of Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 10/04/2026

In the Administer Internet Information Services learning path, you learn how to install, configure, and manage IIS to host web applications and services. Learn how to harden IIS security, backup config, sites, & applications, & enable detailed monitoring &logging. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 10/04/2026

Migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwCh...

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Migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 09/04/2026

Manage Internet Information Services learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 08/04/2026

Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 May 19-21. Online event with deep technical Azure infrastructure content for IT professionals, platform engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams who want to go deeper on how Azure really works in production techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopsta...

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Join us at Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 for deep technical Azure infrastructure content | Microsoft Community Hub

Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 is a free, engineering-led virtual event created for IT professionals, platform engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 30/03/2026

Introduction to Azure IaaS VM High Availability www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkEq...

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Intro to Azure IaaS VM high availability

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 24/03/2026

Azure Immutable Storage Demo: What Happens When Ransomware Tries to Delete a Protected Blob www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCx...

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Azure Immutable Storage Demo: What Happens When Ransomware Tries to Delete a Protected Blob

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 19/03/2026

Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBG...

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Introduction to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 16/03/2026

Overview of Azure workload Modernization www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJr... techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopsta...

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Overview of Azure Workload Modernization

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 13/03/2026

Windows NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) Initiator in Windows Server Insiders Builds. NVMe-oF extends the NVMe protocol across a network fabric, allowing hosts to communicate directly with remote NVMe controllers using the NVMe command set techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

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Introducing the Windows NVMe-oF Initiator Preview in Windows Server Insiders Builds | Microsoft Community Hub

What Is NVMe-over-Fabrics? NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) extends the NVMe protocol—originally designed for local PCIe-attached SSDs—across a network fabric....

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 11/03/2026

Windows Server Summit is May 11-13, 2026. Hear directly from Microsoft engineers and product leaders on best practices for modernization, security, and operational excellence. To add the event to your calendar, visit aka.ms/WSSummitSaveTheDate #WindowsServer #Windows

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Windows Server Summit 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub

Save the date for three days of architecture guidance, scenario-based deep dives, and actionable insights on the latest in Windows Server capabilities.

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 10/03/2026

Introduction to Agentic Migration & Modernization Tools www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5d...

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Introduction to Agentic Migration & Modernization Tools

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 09/03/2026

The 6 Rs of planning Azure workload migration and modernization youtu.be/jrthbSI7O0c

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The 6 Rs of Azure Workload Migration & Modernization

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 06/03/2026

A short introduction to Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Un...

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A short introduction to Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 25/02/2026

A presentation I did for Microsoft Reactor on Migration, Modernization & Agentic Tools www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVI...

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Azure Decoded: The New Migration & Modernization Foundation Virtual Training Day

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 17/02/2026

DNS & DHCP Server Monitoring, Health & Automation survey for Windows Server Admins (including requests for future features) forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon... (It's always DNS!)

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Microsoft Forms

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 30/01/2026

Advancing Windows security: Disabling NTLM by default techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows...

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Orin Thomas @orinthomas.com · 07/01/2026

The new edition of Windows Server Inside Out is available. It includes everything from Securing AD and Hardening Windows Server, to how to host and manage Hyper-V, integrate with Azure Services and how to host generative AI workloads like Ollama and Foundry Local. www.amazon.com/Windows-Serv...