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Candygrams for the IT Pro on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server, System Center 2012, Azure, Windows 8, PowerShell, Cloud and Office 365
Download. Play. Win. Microsoft Trivia Challenge!
Want to go to MMS on Microsoft’s dime? Want a chance to win free stuff?, Want to have your...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/22/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Windows Azure IaaS is Great, Can PaaS Help Too? (Part 21 of 31)
Windows Azure has a lot of offerings as we took a look at in part 6 of the series(31 Days of Servers...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/21/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Extending Active Directory to Windows Azure(Part 20 of 31)
Being able to leverage your current infrastructure components like Active Directory with the cloud,...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/20/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Windows Azure Network and PowerShell (Part 19 of 31)
In today’s part we take another look at Windows Azure networking. Kevin, however decided to...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/19/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Cleaning up Windows Azure (Part 18 of 31)
As you are going through and working with Windows Azure you are going to want to eventually clean up...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/18/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: PowerShell, Virtual Machine Templates and Windows Azure…Oh My! (Part 17 of 31)
Wow, I think today’s post just combined 3 of my favorite things, PowerShell, Virtual Machines, and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/17/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Consider This, Reasons for Using Windows Azure IaaS (Part 16 of 31)
Writing an article on for recommendations and considerations can be tough. It is even tougher when...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/16/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Calculating the Costs of Windows Azure (Part 15 of 31)
In todays part Dan takes a look at the costs behind Windows Azure. He does a fantastic job of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/15/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Creating Windows Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell (Part 14 of 31)
In today’s part Brian takes another go at PowerShell and Windows Azure, specifically he takes a look...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/14/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Creating Azure Virtual Machines with App Controller (Part 13 of 31)
In part 12 Kevin took a look at how to use System Center and App Controller with Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/13/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Getting Connecting with System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows Azure (Part 12 of 31)
In today’s part Kevin takes a quick step by step look at connecting System Center with Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/12/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Linux in Windows Azure (Part 11 of 31)
Yes you saw that right, today Keith takes a look at Linux in Windows Azure. This should...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/11/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Step by Step Windows Azure and Virtual Networking (Part 10 of 31)
Bob continues his dive into Windows Azure and Virtual Network. He takes you through step by...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/10/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: More on Windows Azure Networking (Part 9 of 31)
In part 4 (31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Servers Talking in the Cloud) of the series I...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/09/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – PowerShell and Windows Azure a Love Story (8 of 31)
In today’s part Brian does a great job to show how you get started with managing the Windows Azure...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/08/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Lab Experiment SharePoint in Windows Azure IaaS (7of 31)
Yup you read that right you can put SharePoint in Windows Azure IaaS. Today Keith does a great...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/07/2013
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 18: Race Week!
Whoooohooooo here we go Race Week! How am I feeling: I am so very excited to run this...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/07/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Windows Azure, IaaS and So Much More!(6 of 31)
While our series covers a lot of the IaaS pieces of Windows Azure, Windows Azure has so many more...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/06/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Loading Up Windows Azure Part (5 of 31)
In today’s post Kevin takes a look at how to upload your own vhd files to Windows Azure...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/05/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Servers Talking in the Cloud (Part 4 of 31)
Setting up your trial account in Windows Azure can be very easy to do. If you have not yet, you can...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/04/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – What OS to Choose?(Part 3 of 31)
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. You might think when you are creating your Windows Azure...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/03/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Getting your Servers Started in the Cloud (Part 2 of 31)
Welcome to part 2 of the series where Tommy takes a look at how to get started with Windows Azure...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/02/2013
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 17: Part 1
Okay so I messed up a small bit, I do not know how to count out 18 weeks from the marathon date and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/24/2012
Register Now: System Center Universe 2013
For the second year, Catapult Systems is thrilled to announce the return of System Center Universe...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/21/2012
Free US IT Pro Blog reader for Windows Phone
One of my good friends Brian Lewis and teammates has written his first Windows Phone App. The...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/20/2012
Windows 8 a Small Demonstration
Enjoy!
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/19/2012
Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge
The Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge provides a FREE online study group with...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/19/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 16: Start your Taper
Wow a great 20 miles last weekend, and felt strong. Only had one small hiccup, I thought the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/18/2012
Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge!
I’m excited to announce the re-launch of the Rock, Paper, Azure challenge! I thought this...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/18/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 15: All about Finishing Strong
So here is the last official “long” week of the training and then the distances start to...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/10/2012
Get-PowerShell_Script_Explorer -NOW
I just learned about a new tool currently in development now call the Microsoft® Script Explorer...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/10/2012
Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Versus vSphere 5.1- Detail
I know in October I had this post in my series that talked about why you should choose Hyper-V over...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/06/2012
Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge - December Sweepstakes
You could win a FREE exam voucher pack for the MCSA on Windows Server 2012 certification! In...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/06/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 14: Why I post my schedule?
I was asked the other day why I post my running schedule to my blog and who do I post for. I...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/06/2012
TechNet Slides for Windows Server 2012 IT Camp
Here are the slides from the IT Camp. To download a copy of a slide deck: Click on the bottom...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/03/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 13: All About Confidence
Okay so really it is closer to 6 because I do not know simple math and the calendar. So here...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/26/2012
Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge - Exam 70-410–Configure Hyper-V---Create and Configure Virtual Machine Settings
This study guide is provided as part of the Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge and steps...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/19/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 11: Are we there yet
It is just one of those weeks, everything seems to moving slow, and travel it a lot, and you keep...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/16/2012
Register Now Free Azure IaaS Bootcamp 12-17 in Dallas
Whether you build apps or support the infrastructure that runs the apps, the cloud can be a really...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/15/2012
MAP Your Plan for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Office 2013!
The Solution Accelerators team just announced the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/09/2012
20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 10: The Science of Running
After the foot surgery and one the reasons of foot surgery was to improve my form. I wanted to...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/06/2012
TechNet Radio Community Corner: Deduplication with Veeam and Windows Server 2012
Community Corner is back and a couple of familiar names jumpstart the series with a great discussion...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/01/2012
TechNet Radio: IT Time Halloween Special! Top 10 Reasons NOT to Fear PowerShell 3.0
Does your datacenter go bump in the night? Are you haunted by the thought of managing thousands of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 10/31/2012
31 Days of Our Favorite Things: No Better Time than Now to Choose Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 over VMware (Part 31 of 31)
Working with Hyper-V for the past several years and even with Virtual PC and Virtual Server,...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 10/31/2012
31 Days of Our Favorite Things: RDS improvements in Windows Server 2012 (Part 30 of 31)
As our need to provide services and applications to our client desktops becomes more and more...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 10/30/2012
31 Days of Our Favorite Things: Gone in 8 Seconds chkdsk in Windows Server 2012 (Part 29 of 31)
Yes I mean that chkdsk and I mean not only your small volumes but I also mean your very large...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 10/29/2012
31 Days of Our Favorite Things: DHCP and Failover, why yes with Windows Server 2012 (Part 28 of 31)
In today’s post Keith takes a look at a fantastic alternative to provide failover for your DHCP...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 10/28/2012