20 Days of 20 Ways - Get Started with Migrating and Deploying Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure VMs

As IT Pros, we absolutely love building with new technology! This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have been working together on an article series for Migration and Deployment of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and System Center 2012 SP1 to help get you started. Here is the team listed by geographic region.

Eastern United States

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Dan Stolts@itproguru

Tommy Patterson@tommy_patterson

Bob Hunt@BobHms

Yung Chou@yungchou

Blain Barton@blainbar

Central United States

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Kevin Remde@KevinRemde

Keith Mayer@keithmayer

Brian Lewis@BrianLewis_

Matt Hester@matthewhester

Western United States

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Harold Wong@HaroldWong

Chris Avis@ChrisAvis

On behalf of my team and I, we hope you find the information in this series valuable.

Series Introduction

• Introduction to the Migration and Deployment Series by Kevin Remde

Deploying and Migrating to Windows 8

Harold Wong	Requirements for a Fresh Install of Windows 8
Kevin Remde	Free Tools for Windows 8 Deployment ( Light Touch )
Keith Mayer	5 Steps to Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 SP1 ( Zero Touch )
Dan Stolts	How to Migrate or Transfer Files ad Settings to Windows 8 from Windows 7, Vista or XP

Deploying and Migrating to Windows Server 2012

Bob Hunt	Requirements for a Fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation
Blain Barton	Upgrade Implications for Windows Server 2012 Active Directory
Matt Hester	Installing the Windows Server 2012 Migration Tools
Bob Hunt	Windows Server 2012 File Server Deployment Considerations with SMB 3.0
Tommy Patterson	Migrating Hyper-V Virtual Machines from Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2012

Deploying and Migrating to Windows Azure

Harold Wong	Windows Azure as Platform as a Service ( PaaS )
Tommy Patterson	How Windows Azure can be leveraged as part of your Migration
Yung Chou	Manage and Migrate On-Premise and Off-Premise VMs with System Center 2012 SP1
Yung Chou	Deploying On-premise and Off-Premise VMs with System Center 2012 SP1
Brian Lewis	Deploying Hands-on Lab environments for free in Windows Azure

Deploying and Managing Windows 8 Apps

Keith Mayer	Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 SP1
Tommy Patterson	Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with Group Policy ad PowerShell
Chris Avis	Upgrading and Updating Windows 8 Apps
Matt Hester	Managing Windows 8 Apps with AppLocker