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What is Microsoft Virtual Academy?
IT professionals are, for the most part, driven to best use technology to enable people from within...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 08/27/2014
Step-By-Step: Automating Azure with Runbooks
Last week while I was traveling a reader (that’s you Jamie) reminded me that I had forgotten...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 08/26/2014
Utilizing Windows Deployment Services in Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Deployment Services (WDS), a service found in Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 R2...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 08/21/2014
Step-By-Step: Managing an Azure VM via Windows Server Manager
Interest in cloud adoption has been notably increasing rapidly. Organizations of all sizes are...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 08/18/2014
Step-By-Step: Enable Multi-Factor Authentication in Azure
Hello Folks, lately I’ve been covering Azure and active directory pretty often. It’s...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 08/14/2014
Top 3 Windows Intune Security Facts
Windows Intune, now part of Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Solutions offering (EMS), enables...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 08/11/2014
Step-By-Step: Assigning VMs with Static IP addresses in a Virtual Network
Hello Folks, in order to follow along you should be familiar with IaaS. The easiest way to do that...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 08/05/2014
What is Microsoft Azure StorSimple?
In the enablement of people centric IT or BYOD, people are empowered at their organization to use...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 07/30/2014
Step-By-Step: Restoring A Deleted Object via Active Directory Recycle Bin
Accidents happen from time to time and files and/or objects can be mistakenly deleted. As penned in...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 07/28/2014
The Microsoft Azure Portal is now build around ME!
Hello folks, Lately I’ve been focusing a lot of my time on Azure. There is a good reason for that. I...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 07/21/2014
Step-by-Step: RemoteApp Hybrid Deployment–Part 2
Hello Folks, I started this deployment on July 9th in Step-by-Step: RemoteApp Hybrid...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 07/17/2014
Step-By-Step: Migrating From VMware to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft's investment in Azure is tremendous and by today's announcements show no signs of...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 07/14/2014
What Is Azure Machine Learning?
As an IT professional, we rely on experience, knowledge and reference to solve day-to-day...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 07/09/2014
Step-by-Step: RemoteApp Hybrid Deployment–Part 1
Hello Folks, Lately we looked at several steps needed to setup your infrastructure in order to have...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 07/08/2014
Step-by-Step: Multi-Site Azure VPN
Hello folks, This subject as been one of the more requested scenario from this audience. In the past...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 07/01/2014
Step-By-Step: Enabling Azure Active Directory Authentication on iOS
As mentioned in a previous post, Azure Active Directory provides the ability to further enable...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 06/25/2014
What is Azure Rights Management?
Azure Rights Management Services (RMS), newly added to Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility Suite,...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 06/18/2014
Step-By-Step: Move a VM to a different Vnet on Azure
Hello Folks, On June 3rd, I wrote about moving Virtual machines from one subnet to another in one...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/16/2014
What is Azure Active Directory Premium?
Microsoft’s push to the cloud has created a great opportunity for IT professionals. Providing...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 06/11/2014
Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2
Hello Folks, Are you still supporting infrastructure from 2003? Are you one of those IT Pros that...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/09/2014
Step-By-Step: Upgrading System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (SCCM) provides an effective IT enabler allowing for...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 06/04/2014
Step-by-Step: Configure VNet to VNet Connectivity in Azure
Hello Folks, The last two azure camps we delivered lead to a lot of good discussions. One in...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 06/03/2014
Step-By-Step: Active Directory Migration from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2
With the end of support for Windows Server 2003 creeping towards us, many IT professionals has taken...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/27/2014
Step-by-Step: Get Ready to use Microsoft Azure Automation
Hello Folks, For a long time now IT Operations has needed to be aligned application lifecycle and...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/27/2014
Step-By-Step: Enabling PowerShell Desired State Configuration in the Cloud
If there was one thing that resonated loudly at TechEd 2014, it was the fact that IT professionals...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/21/2014
Business Enhancements For Surface Pro 3 & Windows 8.1
On a day where most were expecting a small announcement, Microsoft had something big to tell the...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/20/2014
Step-By-Step: Move a Microsoft Azure VM to a Different Subnet Within a vNet
Hello Folks, On May 2nd we help a Microsoft Azure Camp in the MPR (Multi-Purpose Rooms) of our head...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/19/2014
Step-By-Step: Customizing An Office 2013 Installation
With the introduction of Office 365, the requirement to run Microsoft’s office productivity...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/14/2014
Step-By-Step: Syncing An On Premise AD with Azure Active Directory
Enterprise Mobility has become top of mind for organizations big and small as of late. Extending...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/13/2014
TechEd North America 2014: Won’t you join us online?
Howdy Folks, (insert southern accent here) I am in Houston Texas getting ready for TechEd North...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/10/2014
Step-By-Step: Upload your Own VHD to Add to the Gallery in Azure
Hello Folks, Yesterday I wrote about customizing a Gallery image and re-inserting it in the Gallery...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/07/2014
Step-By-Step: Insert your own image in the Microsoft Azure Gallery
Hello folks, I am just getting back to writing after spending last week preparing and delivering...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 05/06/2014
Step-By-Step: Recovering a Lost Azure VM Admin Password
Last week Microsoft Canada, with help from Pierre Roman and the team at CANITPRO.NET, delivered...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 05/05/2014
Step-By-Step: Enabling Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2012 R2
If you attended a recent #CANITPRO IT Professional camp, you would have learn about an interesting...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/30/2014
Step-By-Step: Intégrer la messagerie unifiée Exchange 2013 avec un environnement Cisco Call Manager
L’intégration de la dernière version de la messagerie unifiée...
Author: MVP Christophe Boucetta Date: 04/29/2014
Step-By-Step: Integration between Exchange 2013 UM and Cisco Unified Communication Manager
Integrating the latest version of the UM board now directly in Exchange 2013 with Cisco telephony...
Author: MVP Christophe Boucetta Date: 04/29/2014
Using a DSC Push Configuration for a DMZ Web Server
So In a previous posts we showed you a pretty basic DSC configuration file and how to find the...
Author: MVP Sean Kearney Date: 04/28/2014
Step-By-Step: Completing Storage Live Migration in Hyper-V 2012 R2
With both Managing the Datacenter and Virtualizing the Datacenter #CANITPRO Camps coming to a close....
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/23/2014
Step-By-Step: Virtual Machine billing in Azure
Hello folks, Last week, Anthony and I attended the Toronto Azure Group inaugural meeting. It was a...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/22/2014
TechNet Virtual Labs: Assisting in Advancing Your IT Expertise and Career
Many of you may have recently attended a CANITPRO camp presided by Pierre Roman or I recently at a...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/21/2014
Windows 8.1 Deployment: From the ground up – Deploy The Image
Hello Folks, This is the last post in this series. In previous posts we covered Generate an...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/16/2014
Windows 8.1 Tips: How to Enable Enterprise Mode in Internet Explorer 11
During a recent Halton based Windows 8.1: Ask Us Anything session, a question in regards to what is...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/15/2014
Windows 8.1 Deployment: From the ground up – Packages, Applications and Finalizing the Image
Hello Folks, Windows XP reached the end of it’s supported life last week. So, let’s resume our...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/15/2014
Step-By-Step: Migration of Exchange 2003 Server to Office 365
While most of the focus happening this week was centered around end of support for Windows XP, many...
Author: MVP Kelsey Epps Date: 04/09/2014
XP EOS – Guidance for Small/Medium Businesses and Individual Consumers
I just checked the time, and as I write this post we still have 10 hours of support. By the time you...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/08/2014
Step-By-Step: Completing a Clean Windows 8.1 Install With a Windows 8 Key
One question the CANITPRO team receives quite frequently, besides how to download the Windows 8.1...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 04/07/2014
Windows 8.1 Deployment: From the ground up – Prepare for Lite Touch Installation
Hello Folks, In this Windows 8.1 deployment series we have started looking at how we can streamline...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 04/02/2014