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Desired State Configuration Blog Series – Part 1, Information about DSC
Over the next couple of months I plan to author a regular contribution to Building Clouds Blog...
Author: Michael Greene Date: 04/25/2014
Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–The Evolution of Cloud Automation
Hello Readers! By now you have likely seen the announcements for Microsoft Azure Automation...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2014
Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack – Moving from Hello World to your own Resource Provider
Today we have again Torsten Kuhn as a guest blogger! Torsten is a Principal Consultant from...
Author: Victor Arzate [MSFT] Date: 04/23/2014
MAT4Shift 1.6.2 Update
We have published an update for MAT4Shift. While this is a minor script change, we view the update...
Author: Michael Greene Date: 04/22/2014
Working with the Windows Azure Pack SQL Server Resource Provider : Dedicating a part of the SQL Server fabric to a specific tenant
Windows Azure Pack (WAP) includes a SQL Server resource provider that allows tenants to deploy and...
Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 04/18/2014
Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 5
Hi again, it’s Jeff Buller. This is the final post in my series on Mobile Application...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 04/18/2014
Cisco UCS Power Scripting Contest
Readers of the Building Clouds blog probably know me as the “PowerShell Deployment...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 04/18/2014
Configuring Windows Azure Pack with Load Balancers and ADFS using PowerShell
Hi readers! Today we’ve a guest blogger. Peter Heese is a Solution Architect at the Datacenter CoE...
Author: Victor Arzate [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2014
Import and Configure VM Role Gallery Items in Windows Azure Pack with GRIT 1.1
About a month ago, the Gallery Resource Import Tool (GRIT) was published: Fully written in...
Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 04/10/2014
Migration Automation Toolkit for MVMC 2.0
Migrators, assemble! The MVMC team has published version 2.0, packed with new features, and in...
Author: Michael Greene Date: 04/08/2014
Deployment–Minor PDT update 2.64.2608 now available
I just posted an updated PDT 2.64.2608 to the TechNet Gallery here. This update resolves a few bugs,...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 04/08/2014
Updated Windows Azure Pack VMRole Gallery Items for SQL Server 2012 SP1 and SQL Server 2014
Hello Readers! This past January, we published two Windows Azure Pack (WAP) VM Role gallery items...
Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2014
Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog Cross-Post: Authoring SMA Runbooks in the PowerShell ISE!
Hello Readers! Once again, I have an awesome blog post that I wanted to bring to the top of your...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2014
The Architecture Track at TechEd 2014
Hello folks! We are back this year with more architecture related content, but now you will see that...
Author: Date: 04/02/2014
Migration - MAT4SHIFT 1.6.1 Release to Web
Today we published the latest version of the Migration Automation Toolkit, MAT4SHIFT v1.6.1. This is...
Author: Michael Greene Date: 03/27/2014
Contoso Labs-Rack Design - Part 1
Contoso Labs Series - Table of Contents Now that we have all of our equipment, we need to figure out...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/26/2014
Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 4
Hi again, it’s Jeff Buller. This post will discuss how to deliver Windows Phone 8 applications to...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2014
Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 5): Working with the SQL Server resource provider, and the ITIL dilemma
Hello Readers! Yes, it’s only been a couple minutes since Charles published parts 1 to 4 for...
Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2014
Contoso Labs-Network Purchasing (Vendor)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsNow that our storage is straightened out, it's time to set...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/21/2014
Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 4): Automated Deployment of Tenant Workloads (Lync, SharePoint, and Exchange)
Yay! Part 4 has finally arrived… And by Part 4, I am obviously talking about the next big...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2014
Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (SAS config)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsNow that we've got our JBODs and our file servers, we need to...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/19/2014
Introducing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit (VDI SK) v1.0 Preview – Part 2
Hi again, its Jeff Buller and Victor Arzate. This is Part 2 on introducing the Virtual Desktop...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2014
Introducing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit (VDI SK) v1.0 Preview – Part 1
Hi, it’s Jeff Buller and Victor Arzate. We are Program Managers on the Windows Server and System...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2014
Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (File Servers)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsNow that we have our JBOD's identified, we needed to decide...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/17/2014
Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack - Debugging the Hello World sample
Today we have Torsten again as a guest blogger! In his previous post he explained us how to extend...
Author: Victor Arzate [MSFT] Date: 03/13/2014
Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (JBODs)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsToday we're looping back to our first decision point:...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/12/2014
Managing Windows Azure with SMA
Hello readers, Jim Britt and Victor Arzate here. This time we will show you how you can manage...
Author: Victor Arzate [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2014
Windows Azure Pack–Gallery Item VM Role–References for Creation, Configuration, and Automation
Hello Readers and Viewers! By now, you have seen a number of posts on this blog assisting you...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2014
Contoso Labs-Fabric Non-Choices (Compute)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsAs we mentioned when we laid out our hardware resources, this...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/10/2014
Automation–SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) for Runbook Import / Export–Updated!
Hey readers, well I have just updated the SMART for Runbook Import and Export and this post is all...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2014
Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 2): Automated Deployment of Tenant Network and Identity Workload
Hello once again! So, here we are, Part 2 of The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2014
Changing Realm of the Tenant Portal in Windows Azure Pack
Scenario: There are times when you are required to have a single Security Token Service (STS) (eg....
Author: Shriram Natarajan (Azure Stack) Date: 03/07/2014
Contoso Labs-Fabric Choices (Network)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsIn the prior post, we discussed how our major decision...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/07/2014
Introducing the “Gallery Resource Import Tool”
If you’ve started to use or evaluate the Windows Azure Pack (WAP), you may have noticed the...
Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2014
Contoso Labs-Fabric Choices (Storage)
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsThe first step on the way to defining our architecture is...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/05/2014
Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack - Extending the Hello World Sample calling a SMA Runbook
Today we have a guest blogger! Torsten Kuhn, Principal Consultant from Microsoft Consulting Services...
Author: Victor Arzate [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2014
Contoso Labs-Hardware Resources
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsWe've got our goals, users, and services roughly defined...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/03/2014
Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 3B
Hi again, it’s Jeff Buller. I am a Program Manager on the Windows Server and System Center CAT...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2014
Introduction to Code Signing and Sideloading for Windows 8 Applications with System Center Configuration Manager
This is a guest post from Martin Booth, a Senior Technical Product Manager in the System Center...
Author: Jeff Buller [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2014
Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 1): Introduction and Table of Contents
Hello Readers and Viewers! Wow, it has been a while since I posted, in fact it was back in December...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2014
Contoso Labs-Who are the Users? What is the Service?
Contoso Labs Series - Table of ContentsNow that we've laid out our high-level business goals for the...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/28/2014
Windows Azure Pack 2013 Update Rollup 1: Known Issues and Workarounds
Hello readers Continuing the WAP Troubleshooting series with a small blog post on a few things that...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2014
Contoso Labs-Introduction
Welcome to a new series here on the Building Clouds Blog: Contoso Labs. A new post in this series...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/26/2014
Contoso Labs-Table of Contents
This is a table of contents for the entire Contoso Labs series. Posts will be categorized by main...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/26/2014
Scaling out RDS in Windows Azure
Freek Berson a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) MVP developed this concept model on driving a solution...
Author: Christian Booth - ChBooth (MVP) Date: 02/21/2014
System Center Service Manager what’s next cross-post: Service Manager – A phoenix in its own right
Hello Readers As some good insight was just released on the Service Manager Blog, we wanted the...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2014
Automation-Exporting SMA Runbooks to TFS on a Schedule in Windows Azure Pack with SMART
Hello readers / viewers. I have a topic that I think will be valuable for folks looking to ensure...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2014
Deployment–VMCreator updates with PDT 2.6
PowerShell Deployment Toolkit 2.6 (PDT), which is available on the TechNet Gallery here, added new...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/14/2014