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NIST Cybersecurity Framework Bootcamp — The in-depth look into not only what the standards are, but how to apply them, was extremely helpful. I very much appreciate the practical examples that were given.

MSPL-900T00: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals — Instructor did an awesome job tying the material we were learning to real world scenarios and giving examples of how he has used in the real world.

Microsoft Excel 2019: Part 1 — The shortcuts that I learned; they will save me so much time in the future. I plan to apply this content to future spreadsheets I will create and/or modify.

CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst — Everything I learned had real-life examples of what I experience in my work field on a day-to-day basis.

AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell — Instructor took personal interest in what we were there for and kept an upbeat tone for each lesson. He was able to expound upon any question we asked.

Microsoft Office 365 Online (with Teams for the Desktop) — I knew nothing about 365. That has changed. Thank you!

Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE) — The class was great at teaching all the different parts of Cisco ISE and the labs were very helpful with setting up a new server and configuring.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Foundation — Thanks to the Cybersecurity Foundation course, I feel confident in my ability to help assess the state of our current profile and to help implement changes to make our website safer.

Windows Server 2019!

2018-11-05 // By Troy Stoneking

Category: Microsoft

This is a short post, with some quick info about Microsoft’s newest upcoming server operating system.

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft is moving along nicely on Windows Server 2019. It’s filled with new features and improvements to features introduced in previous releases. Here are few I’m excited about:

Deduplication added to ReFS volumes (it already existed on NTFS) that has up to a 94% reduction in storage space used. 94%!!
Support for Linux operating systems in shielded virtual machines.
Windows Defender ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) and Exploit Guard on the server.
Windows Server Software Defined Solutions, validated and certified for your hyperconvergence plans. Seriously. If you haven’t been looking into hyperconverged infrastructure now is the time. The days of separate compute, storage and networking are disappearing.
Remote Direct Memory Access via up to 100GB Ethernet, with tests up to 400GB and plans to take it all the way to 1TB. I’M NOT EVEN KIDDING!
Crazy simple Azure Based Disaster Recovery for any VM, irrespective of the guest OS.
Updates to the Windows Admin Center tool to better manage your hybrid infrastructure.

Plus, way too many others to list. Check out this 18-minute video for more details. Oh, and Windows Server Insiders can download Windows Server 2019 Preview Builds.

Enjoy!

-Troy
Troy.Stoneking@lrs.com

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