Quick Tip: Pinging Provider Address in Hyper-V Network Virtualization

If you are familiar with Hyper-V Network Virtualization you know that there is the concept of Provider Addresses and they are kind of different than the normal addresses assigned for physical or virtual network adapters. Continue reading “Quick Tip: Pinging Provider Address in Hyper-V Network Virtualization”

Updated: Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE (WSSC 2012 R2) Whitepaper

Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE (WSSC 2012 R2) Whitepaper is updated here to reflect R2 RTM. Hope you will like it. Authors are Kristian Nese and Flemming Riis. Technical reviewers are Daniel Neumann and me.

Microsoft Message Analyzer is available for download

Microsoft Message Analyzer is the successor of Microsoft Network Monitor. There are a lot of improvements in the new version but one of the one most important to me is that it will work with NVGRE traffic. Download it from here.

Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization with System Center 2012 R2 VMM

The first guide that includes 2012 R2 RTM versions of System Center and Windows Server is out. You can download it now and save it to be prepared to test certain scenarios when GA availability of R2 wave arrives.

Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE Whitepaper

I would like to introduce a new whitepaper titled “Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE” that is authored by my mates Kristian Nese (MVP) and Flemming Riis (MVP). Daniel Neumann and me are technical reviewers and helpers with some knowledge. Flemming also provided us with the hardware for the lab and this wouldn’t be possible without him.

Please note that this white paper is in its first release.
Once we reach RTM, additional content will be added.

  • Site-2-Site VPN
  • Self-service and tenants with Windows Azure Pack

You can download the whitepaper from here.

You can leave any comments or questions on Kristian’s blogpost.