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Is Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and the Microsoft Virtualization Stack REALLY Ready For Your Datacenter? - See more on Dan Stolts blog. Read on…
Dan Stolts and Bob Hunt will look at the Microsoft solution and cut through all the marketing...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/26/2013
TechNet Radio: IT Time - (Part 1) Building Virtual Machines in the New Microsoft Cloud: From Deployment to Cost Analysis
In part 1 of their three part series, Blain Barton and Tommy Patterson walk us through...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/26/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview now available….
The Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview download are at https://aka.ms/msproducts Windows Server 2012 R2...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/25/2013
TechNet Radio: An Interview with Mark Russinovich on Windows Azure & Security, interviewed by Matt Hester.. Read on….
Matt interviews Mark Russinovich on Windows Azure and Security, tune in to this episode of TechNet...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/25/2013
Adnan Cartwright gets “The Ultimate Road Warrior” for covering 16 Florida stops for Windows Server 2012 as well as Windows Azure. Read on……
Adnan Cartwright earned “The Ultimate Road Warrior” for hitting the roads in Florida and I mean he...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/24/2013
Excellent event in Jacksonville FL – Community IT Pro Camp #11 goes big time!
Picture was at the end of the day and look who stayed around, why? SWAG? YES – SWAG!...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/17/2013
TechNet Radio: IT Time: PowerShell 3.0 – Working with Active Directory DS Module
Blain Barton and the Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson are back and in today’s episode they discuss...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/17/2013
Upgrading Windows Server 2008 Active Directory to 2012? Read more ……..
Migration and Deployment - Upgrade Implications for Active Directory - (Windows Server 2008 to...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/11/2013
TechEd 2013 – Good Seeing Mark Minasi at the Channel 9 booth!
Good seeing Mark at TechEd 2013 and look forward to having him once again on IT Time – TechNet...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/07/2013
Here at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans–Check out the Dr. Scripto’s FUN BOOK
if you get a chance at TechEd - go to see the Scripting Wife and she’ll give you a FUN BOOK brought...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/04/2013
Blain’s Palm Tree Farm – Project 2 – Post 5 of 5 – Power and Final Irrigation
The final stage was having the well drilled and water flowing to the property. The first thing...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/02/2013
Blain’s Palm Tree Farm – Project 2 – Post 4 of 5 – Tree Planting
Tree planting began in what we call Zone 1. There are 4 Zones making up 2 phases for the large...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 06/01/2013
Blain’s Palm Tree Farm – Project 2 – Post 3 of 5 – Land Clearing
4.85 acres had to be cleared after the Gopher Tortoises were relocated to there final living area in...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/31/2013
Windows Blog - Continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1… read on…
Windows 8.1 will advance the bold vision set forward with Windows 8 to deliver the next generation...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/31/2013
Blain’s Palm Tree Farm – Project 2 – Post 2 of 5 – Tree Staging
This is the staging phase where the Phoenix Sylvester Palms (Silver Date Palms) are delivered by...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/29/2013
IT Time – TechNet Radio (Part 2) Upgrading from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Considerations
In Part 2, of their upgrading to Windows 2012 series Blain Barton and Tommy Patterson take us...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/23/2013
IT Time - TechNet Radio - (Part 1) Upgrading from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 – Overview
Its IT Time and in today’s episode Blain Barton walks us through the necessary steps...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/21/2013
Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service – Understanding the ROI Webcasts – May and June Calendar Posted
REGISTER NOW Select a scenario below to register online or call...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/21/2013
Adnan Cartwright – Windows Server MVP produces video tutorial on how to configure Azure Backup on Windows Server 2012… check it out…
Microsoft Windows Server MVP Adnan Cartwright puts together some demos around Windows Azure Recovery...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/20/2013
US Imagine Cup 2013 Finals are today from Silicon Valley! Check it out now LIVE!
Don’t miss the U.S. Imagine Cup 2013 Finals starting today at 8:45 am PST! We’ll be streaming live...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/13/2013
Blain’s Palm Tree Farm – Project 2 – Post 1 of 5 – Gopher Tortoise Relocation
I thought I would share some of my experiences during the build out my new Palm Tree Farm in...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/10/2013
Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Resource Page
Here are some important resource links to utilize when digging in to Windows Server 2012 Active...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/10/2013
Rhonda Layfield hosts WADK and MDT Workshop – Register Today
Rhonda is hosting a great workshop around the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 and Windows 8...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/08/2013
Join us online for Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) for IT Professionals – Sign up here!
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) for IT Professionals Join us for a series of...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/06/2013
“1st Annual – Academy of Information Technology” in Orlando Florida – Local High Schools Join Forces -
Today I had the privilege of speaking at 3 different Windows 8 Game Developer sessions around...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/02/2013
TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans! Hope to see you there!
TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans and I’m planning on meeting up...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/01/2013
East Region - Windows Azure “Infrastructure Services” Training Days “Open for Registration”….
Windows Azure Infrastructure Training Days are coming the East Region, join us for these...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/29/2013
Service Templates in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series) Part 5 of 5 …..
Today’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the last of a 5-part...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/25/2013
Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 SP1 available here…
Here’s some interesting news from J.C. Hornbeck on “The System Center Team Blog” that Update Rollup...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/24/2013
Microsoft Virtual Academy “Presents” System Center 2012 SP1 content……
Microsoft Virtual Academy has some great System Center 2012 SP1 training available and below are...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/23/2013
April is “Build Your Private Cloud” Series – Week 4 running list….
22-Apr Deploying Private Cloud Workloads - Hardware Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/22/2013
April is “Build Your Private Cloud” Series – Week 3 Posted Now!
For the month of April we are running the “Build Your Private Cloud” series and below is Week...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/19/2013
Windows Azure “Infrastructure Services (IaaS)” including Virtual Machines and Virtual Network, has reached general availability. Here’s what you should know about Windows Azure IaaS…. Read On….
Today, Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS), including Virtual Machines and Virtual Network,...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/17/2013
Windows Azure “Infrastructure Services” goes General Availability –Today - Read on….
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, Virtual Machines and Virtual Network, now are...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/16/2013
April is “Build Your Private Cloud” Month – Week 2 Posted Now!
7-Apr Deploy & Upgrade System Center 2012 SP1 VMM ( Overview ) ...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/11/2013
April is “Build Your Private Cloud” Month – Week 1 Posted Now!
For the month of April we are running the “Build Your Private Cloud” series and below is Week...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/10/2013
My first Windows 8 game is in the Windows Store called GEEK TIME, check it out and test your IT knowledge, good luck!
This week I got my new Windows 8 game in the Windows Store. It’s called GEEK TIME and it is a...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/04/2013
Part 23 of 20 – (Bonus Part) - Virtualization Series - Creating and Managing Snapshots for Your Virtual Machines by Blain Barton
Snapshots happened to be my favorite functionality out of the numerous stellar features that come...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 22 of 20 - (Bonus Part) Hyper-V Replica Step-By-Step #VirtExpert Virtualization Experts by Dan Stolts
Hyper-V Replica is new in Windows Server 2012. It is an asynchronous, virtual machine replication...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 21 of 20 (Bonus Part)- DUDE! Where’s my VHDs? More PowerShell Tricks with Hyper-V by Keith Mayer
Check out this article that Keith did on Powershell Tricks, read on….this is a Bonus PART!...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 20 of 20 - (with Bonus Parts to come) Virtualization Series - Management - Enterprise: Monitoring by Matt Hester
Matt discusses the monitoring of your enterprise environment, keep your eyes on the game! Read...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 19 of 20 - Management - Enterprise: App Controller - Placeholder
Get the whole series at Dan Stolts’s post (0 of 20) at:...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Got an hour? Build and publish your Windows 8 app and Keep the Cash! No coding required! - Online Event Saturday April 6th!
https://gr8st8.eventbrite.com/# If I can build a Windows 8 App you can too! My...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 18 of 20 - Virtualization Series – Virtualization From A Single Pane of Glass – System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 by Tommy Patterson
Check out the great post that Tommy put together for System Center Virtual Machine Manager, nice...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/03/2013
Part 17 of 20 – Virtualization Series - Performance Management – Memory by Harold Wong
Harold covers Performance Management dealing with Memory, read on…....
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/27/2013
Part 16 of 20 – Virtualization Series - Performance Management: Monitoring CPU Resources by Chris Avis in Redmond…
Chris Avis explains Monitoring CPU Resources in the virtualization series, read on -...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/26/2013
Part 15 of 20 - Virtualization Series - Hyper-V Replica Broker Explained by Yung Chou
Yung takes a good look at Hyper-V Replica Broker scenarios, read on - https://aka.ms/ReplicaBroker...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/26/2013
Part 14 of 20 – Virtualization Series - Super-fast Failovers with VM Machine Guest Clustering in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V by Keith Mayer
Keith builds upon Matt Hester’s, recent article on Hyper-V Host Clustering as part of our...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/26/2013
Part 13 of 20 – Virtualization Series - Your Hyper-V Hosts and Clustering an Availability Story by Matt Hester
Matt Hester does it again with an excellent post taking a look at how Hyper-V takes advantages of...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/26/2013
What can the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) do from Windows 8 managing Windows Servers?
This is the tool of choice if you are managing Windows Servers from Windows 8, especially Windows...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/26/2013