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Register now for West Region IT Camps! Get Hands on Lab experience in Datacenter Virtualization!
We are keeping the pedal to the metal with our IT Camps!! Industry experts estimate that over 70% of...
Date: 10/30/2013
Why Windows Server 2012 R2: Reducing the Storage Cost for your VDI Deployments with VHD De-duplication for VDI
My co-worker – Matt Hester brings us the next post in our Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog...
Date: 10/25/2013
What’s New R2?: iSCSI Target Server updates – Part 1: Remote Storage on the Cheap!
In today’s virtualized computing world where we are eeking out every bit of performance and...
Date: 10/24/2013
Enterprise PKI with Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Certificate Services (Part 1 of 2)
My co-worker – Yung Chou – brings us Part 1 of a 2 Part blog post on using PKI in an enterprise...
Date: 10/21/2013
Have a great idea for a game? Bring it to life at Game On!
Select a date below to register online. Location Date Tempe, AZ 10/23 Lehi, UT 11/6 Irvine, CA 11/12...
Date: 10/15/2013
Windows Azure cloud services achieve critical federal security milestone!
Recently announced by Susie Adams, chief technology officer for Microsoft Federal on the Official...
Date: 10/03/2013
Update - Performing an in place upgrade of Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2
A little less than 24 hours ago, I performed an in-place upgrade of my all purpose server from...
Date: 10/02/2013
Performing an in place upgrade of Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2
I have been running Windows Server 2008 R2 as my primary production server platform since it’s...
Date: 10/01/2013
Register NOW for upcoming Virtualization IT Camps
We are keeping the pedal to the metal with our IT Camps!! Industry experts estimate that over 70% of...
Date: 10/01/2013
VMware or Microsoft? What does Availability mean in YOUR Cloud?
Keith Mayer brings us the next post in out VMware of Microsoft virtualization series. here is an...
Date: 09/30/2013
What’s New, R2? – BitLocker: New updates and Why would I use it on a Server?
You can play around with and test the features I will be discussing in this series by download the...
Date: 09/29/2013
What’s New, R2? – Networking: 802.1X Authentication
You can play around with and test the features I will be discussing in this series by download the...
Date: 09/28/2013
What’s New, R2? – Introduction
With the general availability release of Windows Server 2012 R2 only 3 weeks away now, I am starting...
Date: 09/27/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Evaluating Hyper-V Network Virtualization as an alternative to VMware NSX
Network Virtualization, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) at-large, have been getting a lot of...
Date: 09/26/2013
Registration is open for Developer Camp in cities across the US!
Join a Microsoft Developer Camp and learn the critical skills that modern developers need to know....
Date: 09/25/2013
Get the latest Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Bits
Now is the time to gets some hands on experience working with Windows Server 2012 R2! There...
Date: 09/25/2013
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle’s Mission-critical Software and Microsoft’s Enterprise-grade Cloud
For years Microsoft and Oracle have helped customers address enterprise technology needs, and during...
Date: 09/24/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Comparing vSphere 5.5 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V At-a-Glance
Keith Mayer delivers today's post in our VMware or Microsoft series. Keith titled his post as...
Date: 09/24/2013
VMware or Microsoft?–Agentless Backup for Virtual Environments
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of an old friend and coworker, who is still a friend but who now...
Date: 09/18/2013
Get an Inside Look at Microsoft Datacenters and Hardware
Have you ever wondered what a datacenter looks like? Maybe you saw a datacenter 5 years ago. I...
Date: 09/17/2013
VMware or Microsoft – VDI–A Look at Supportability and More!
Tommy Patterson delivers the next post in our VMware OR Microsoft Series – Here is an excerpt…....
Date: 09/16/2013
Last Chance to Register for the Bellevue and Portland Windows Azure IT Camps – Free Hands on Azure training!
Here is a little snapshot of what we will be doing at the IT Camps in Bellevue and Portland (as well...
Date: 09/15/2013
FREE IT Camps around the US – Get hands on experience with Windows Azure (again….FREE!)
Okay folks, I am going to toss a little reality your way. These are tough times. Wages are flat, the...
Date: 09/14/2013
VMware or Microsoft: Offloading your Storage
Storage is one the main key factors we look at when trying to improve our virtualization...
Date: 09/13/2013
VMware or Microsoft–Replaceable? or Extensible? What kind of virtual switch do you want?
There has been a fair amount of press in the last few years regarding the virtual networking...
Date: 09/12/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Dynamic Storage Management in Private Clouds
In our ongoing blog series – VMware or Microsoft – my co-worker, Keith Mayer delivers today’s post...
Date: 09/11/2013
VMware or Microsoft–Shopping for Private Clouds
Keith Mayer delivers the most recent post in our VMware or Microsoft series. In Keith’s posting he...
Date: 09/10/2013
Windows Azure IT Camp Available in select cities (West Region)
Who said you can’t have the best of both worlds? Learn how to use Windows Azure to extend an...
Date: 09/10/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Automated Server Workload Balancing for Heterogeneous Private Clouds
VMware vSphere 5.x includes automated server workload balancing in the vSphere Enterprise and...
Date: 09/05/2013
Get started as an "Early Expert" on Windows Server 2012 R2 with this FREE eBook!
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one...
Date: 09/04/2013
VMware or Microsoft?: Can I get an App with that?
Matt Hester, one of our IT Evangelists out of the great state of Texas, has made the most recent...
Date: 09/03/2013
I love infographics!
I really do! I am a visual person and well done infographics help me wrap my head around...
Date: 09/03/2013
VMware of Microsoft - Advanced Memory Management in a Virtual World – Not All Memory Management is Equal
Welcome to another of our series of “VMware or Microsoft?” articles. Today, my co-worker –...
Date: 09/03/2013
Back from a vacation….
I am backlogged on a few posts from the VMware series, my Learning PowerShell series, and need to do...
Date: 09/03/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Protect Private Clouds with Site-to-Site Failover using Hyper-V Replica and Windows Azure HRM
The US Developer & Platform Evangelism team continues their VMware or Microsoft series with...
Date: 08/23/2013
VMware or Microsoft: Protecting VM’s – Agents or Agentless?
“When it comes to protecting VM’s, treat your virtual machines exactly like you do your physical...
Date: 08/22/2013
VMware or Microsoft? FREE Orchestrated Patch Management for Continuous Availability with Hyper-V Server 2012
In our on-going series on VMware or Microsoft, my co-worker, Keith Mayer dives deeper into the...
Date: 08/21/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Let’s Talk Certifications!
My co-worker, Matter Hester, is VCP Certified. Most of my peers that are a part of out VMware...
Date: 08/19/2013
VMware or Microsoft: When it comes to hypervisors does size really matter?
The Hyper-V vs. vSphere Hypervisor Footprint War Continues When it comes to...
Date: 08/16/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Reducing VMware Storage Costs WITH Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces
In today’s article on our “VMWare or Microsoft?” Blog Series, my peer, Keith Mayer, discusses a key...
Date: 08/15/2013