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IT Camp: Virtualization for the VMware Professional (Tempe – November 19, 2013)
Even though I have moved into sales of Windows Server, System Center and Windows Azure, I still did...
Date: 11/21/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and System Center 2012 R2 Preview Now Available
Just in case you weren’t paying attention this morning, the Preview (Beta) of Windows Server 2012 R2...
Date: 06/25/2013
My new laptop setup - Lenovo Carbon X1
Back in February, I placed an order for my new work laptop – Lenovo Carbon X1 and I also got...
Date: 04/26/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Series: Understanding Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 SP1) Fabric and Service Template by Yung Chou
Using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to do basic Virtual Machine management of...
Date: 04/09/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation - VM Compute Foundation with the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 by Keith Mayer
Most Microsoft administrators know how to install and configure Windows Server with a GUI. This...
Date: 04/09/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation - Networking with Windows Server 2012 by Keith Mayer
In Part 10 of the Server Virtualization Series last month, I covered off on NIC Teaming. Since...
Date: 04/08/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation Windows Server 2012 Storage by Matt Hester
In this article, Matt Hester focuses on building the Private Cloud foundation from a storage...
Date: 04/05/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Series: Why Private Cloud by Yung Chou
Although this is not necessarily a super technical article, it is an important one. With...
Date: 04/04/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café – System Center 2012 SP1 Enhancements & Windows Azure Services for Windows Server
In this latest episode of TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café, I chat with John...
Date: 04/01/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management: Monitoring CPU Resources (Part 16 of 20) by Chris Avis
When trying to understand how your server is performing, it is usually a good idea to monitor the...
Date: 03/27/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Replica Broker Explained (Part 15 of 20) by Yung Chou
I have talked about Hyper-V Replica many times in the past and have mentioned how great of an option...
Date: 03/27/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management – Memory (Part 17 of 20) by Harold Wong
I thought long and hard about what I was going to write for this article. My first thought was to go...
Date: 03/26/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Machine Guest Clustering with Windows Server 2012 (Part 14 of 20) by Keith Mayer
High Availability is important and hence why Microsoft offers Failover Clustering. As more and...
Date: 03/22/2013
IT Camp Resources for Events taking place from March – April 2013 in Southwest area
I have finished holding two IT Camps in my territory (Lehi, UT and Tempe, AZ) with three more to go...
Date: 03/21/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Your Hyper-V Hosts and Clustering an Availability Story (Part 13 of 20) by Matt Hester
When deploying multiple Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts into an environment, High Availability...
Date: 03/21/2013
Server Virtualization Series: High Availability – Live Migration (Part 12 of 20) by Brian Lewis
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Brian Lewis posted Part 12 of the Server Virtualization Series on Live...
Date: 03/21/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Networking in Hyper-V (Part 9 of 20) by Tommy Patterson
As you start working with Hyper-V, virtual networking configuration becomes very important. ...
Date: 03/20/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V (Part 7 of 20 ) by Keith Mayer
I realize this one is definitely out of order, but I just realized today that I did not create a...
Date: 03/19/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Step by Step – Storage Live Migration (Part 8 of 20) by Brian Lewis
As most people who work with Server Virtualization realize, storage is one of the biggest components...
Date: 03/18/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Networking – NIC Teaming (Part 10 of 20) by Harold Wong
As you start virtualizing more and more of your server infrastructure, network bandwidth (and...
Date: 03/15/2013
Quick Review of some Lync headsets and devices
I’ve been a Unified Communications guy for quite some time and have been using Lync (and its...
Date: 03/14/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Virtualization Storage – Definitions (Part 5 of 20) by Bob Hunt
As you size the hardware for Hyper-V, I’m sure one of the things you do take a hard look at is...
Date: 03/12/2013
Hyper-V 2012 Dynamic Memory: What does the VM think it has versus what it really has
On Wednesday, my teammate Chris Avis posted a very nice article on his blog about Monitoring Dynamic...
Date: 03/08/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V “Datastores” – Wait we dont need no stinkin’ datastores! (Part 4 of 20) by Tommy Patterson
The concept of Datastores in virtualization is really a VMware “thing” and not so much a Hyper-V...
Date: 03/08/2013
Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Memory Management: Dynamic Memory-Much Different Than Memory Over Commit – Become a Virtualization Expert (Part 3 of 20) by Dan Stolts
A common question I get from folks who are looking to purchase new server hardware to run Server...
Date: 03/07/2013
Server Virtualization: You Want to Hot-Add What?! (Part 2 of 20) by Kevin Remde
For those of you who use Hyper-V or are looking to (evaluating it), I’m sure you are curious as to...
Date: 03/05/2013
Office Hours on Mondays in March 2013 from 10 AM – 2 PM in the Microsoft Tempe Office
I am holding Office Hours in the Microsoft Tempe Office (60 E. Rio Salado Pkwy., #1200, Tempe, AZ...
Date: 03/04/2013
New Blog Series for March: Server Virtualization
In January, the US IT Pro Evangelist Team delivered a 31 Day Blog Series on Windows Azure. In...
Date: 03/01/2013
Migration and Deployment: A look at Windows 8 AppLocker (Part 19 of 19) by Matt Hester
One of the challenges faced by most IT Departments is the concept of control over a user’s desktop /...
Date: 02/28/2013
Migration and Deployment: Upgrading and Updating Windows 8 Applications (Part 18 of 19) by Chris Avis
In today’s Part 18 of 19 Article, Chris Avis covers the upgrading and updating of Windows 8...
Date: 02/27/2013
My Manager, Scott Kerfoot, picked up an interesting sticker from the ground. Would you do the same?
My manager, Scott Kerfoot came into town on Monday, February 25th, for meetings with me and my...
Date: 02/26/2013
Migration and Deployment: Windows 8 App Policy and Sideloading Apps – Step by Step (Part 17 of 19) by Tommy Patterson
In Part 16 of the Migration and Deployment Blog Series, Keith Mayer went over details on how to...
Date: 02/26/2013
Migration and Deployment: Step-by-Step - Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 SP1 (Part 16 of 19) by Keith Mayer
For any organization that has deployed applications to Windows 7 (or Windows XP and Windows Vista),...
Date: 02/25/2013
Deployment and Migration: Building Student Hands-On-Labs in Azure for Free (Part 15 of 19) by Brian Lewis
In previous IT Camp Events, I’ve covered Windows Azure and how you can use it to build out a lab for...
Date: 02/23/2013
IT Camp Relevance Survey
During the past year and half, I’ve been holding in-person events called IT Camps. I have...
Date: 02/22/2013
Deployment and Migration: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained – App Controller for VM and Cloud Service Deployment (Part 14 of 19) by Yung Chou
In Part 14 of the Deployment and Migration Blog Series, Yung Chou goes into detail on the...
Date: 02/21/2013
Migration and Deployment: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained – App Controller as a Single Pane of Glass for Delegating Cloud Management, A Primer (Part 13 of 19) by Yung Chou
I know there are quite a few IT Pros who do like the command line / PowerShell interface for...
Date: 02/20/2013
Migration and Deployment: Windows Azure as a PaaS (Part 11 of 19) by Harold Wong
When Windows Azure first released, it was only available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering....
Date: 02/18/2013
Migration and Deployment: Migrating Hyper-V Virtual Machines from Server 2008R2 to Server 2012 (Part 10 of 19) by Tommy Patterson
As you start looking into migrating from Server 2008 / 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012, one of the...
Date: 02/15/2013
The Windows 8 App Madness Challenge for Students
On Wednesday, the Windows 8 App Madness Challenge for Students was announced and has some pretty...
Date: 02/15/2013
Deployment and Migration: Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations (Part 9 of 19) by Bob Hunt
From September – November of 2012, I delivered IT Camp content that covered SMB 3.0 components...
Date: 02/14/2013
Modern Data Protection for Virtual Environments using Veeam and Windows Azure
In the last episode of TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café, Chris Henley...
Date: 02/14/2013
Migration and Deployment: Installing the Migration Tools (Part 8 of 19) by Matt Hester
I’m sure most organizations still have parts of their infrastructure running on Windows Server 2003,...
Date: 02/13/2013
Migration and Deployment : Upgrade Implications for Active Directory – Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 (Part 7 of 19) by Blain Barton
Now that Windows Server 2012 has been out for 6 months, I’m sure more and more IT Pros are...
Date: 02/13/2013
Migration and Deployment: Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation (Part 6 of 19) by Bob Hunt
In the second week of our Migration and Deployment blog series for February, we are focusing on...
Date: 02/11/2013