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Guided Hands-on Lab: Extend Your Private Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Networks and Windows Server 2012 [ 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/10/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 13) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Managing Your Hybrid Cloud Network
We’re here for the final part in our Building a Private Cloud series and in today’s episode Keith...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/09/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 12) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Building a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure using Windows Azure
In Part 12 of their Building a Private Cloud series, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou explore the world of...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/07/2013
Step-by-Step: Accelerating the Cloud with “BranchCache” in Windows Server 2012 [ 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/06/2013
Step-by-Step: Tired of Tapes? Backup your SQL Databases to the Cloud! [ 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/03/2013
Become a Hands-on “Early Expert” on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services officially launched in April for supporting production Virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/02/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 11) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Dynamic Optimization of the Private Cloud Fabric
Continuing their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 series, Keith Mayer and Yung...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/02/2013
FREE Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager Exam Study Guide for Exam 70-243
UPDATE: New Resources Included for System Center 2012 SP1 Getting ready to start prepping for the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/01/2013
FREE MCSE Private Cloud Exam Study Guide for Exam 70-247
UPDATE: New Resources Included for System Center 2012 SP1 As I was preparing for the new Microsoft...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/01/2013
FREE MCSE Private Cloud Exam Study Guide for Exam 70-246
UPDATE: New Resources Included for System Center 2012 SP1 This month, I spent a fair amount of time...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/01/2013
Walkthrough: Managing Your Hybrid Cloud Network Fabric with System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller
In this final portion of our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, Yung Chou and I show how to...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/30/2013
Walkthrough: Dynamic Optimization of Your Private Cloud Fabric
Continuing on in our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, today Yung Chou and I walk through...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/30/2013
Walkthrough: Building a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
Today, as part of our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, Yung Chou and I are extending our...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/30/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 10) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Protecting Your Private Cloud with Data Protection Manager
We’ve hit Part 10 in our Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 series, and in today’s...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/30/2013
Walkthrough: Protecting Private Clouds with System Center 2012 SP1 Data Protection Manager
In this episode of our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, Yung Chou and I show how to...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/29/2013
PowerShell Security and Delegation - PKI and PSRemoting
Yesterday, I had a great time with the CincyPowerShell user group discussing security and delegation...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/26/2013
Walk-through: Private Cloud Lifecycle - Updating, Servicing and Scaling with System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager
As we’ve seen so far throughout our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, Private Clouds...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/25/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 9) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Updating the Private Cloud Fabric
In part 9 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , Keith Mayer and Yung Chou...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/25/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 8) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Deploying & Managing Private Cloud Applications
In Part 8 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , Keith Mayer and Yung Chou...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/23/2013
Walkthrough: Creating Private Clouds with System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager - Build Your Private Cloud in a Month
So far in our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series, we’ve prepared a scalable, resilient...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/18/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 7) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Creating & Delegating Private Clouds in Virtual Machine Manager
We’re here for Part 7 of our Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , and in today’s...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/18/2013
Guided Hands-on Lab: Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization for an Elastic Private Cloud Fabric - Build Your Private Cloud in a Month
Earlier in this Build Your Private Cloud in a Month article series, we defined Elasticity as an...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/17/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Hybrid Windows Azure IaaS Scenarios – Migrating SharePoint to Windows Azure
Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS,...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/17/2013
Ten Key Scenarios: Extend Your Network Today with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
Today, April 16th 2013, the Windows Azure team has announced that Windows Azure Infrasructure...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/16/2013
Practical Approaches to Deploying SharePoint on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure
I’ve recently presented talks at a number of SharePoint-related conferences and events on...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/16/2013
Master System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager with this short-list of FREE Learning Resources …
I meet lots of IT Pros at my events that are interested learning more about the new and improved...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/15/2013
Configure Private Cloud VM Compute Fabric with System Center 2012 SP1 VMM - Build Your Private Cloud
To be effective, Private Clouds need to embrace the virtualization technologies that you have...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/15/2013
Configure Datacenter Network Fabric and Network Virtualization using System Center 2012 SP1 VMM - Build Your Private Cloud
Yung Chou and I are back for another episode in our multi-part series on how to Build Your Private...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/11/2013
Building a Private Cloud VM Compute Foundation with the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012
When designing your virtualization host framework for your Private Cloud, it's important to select...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/05/2013
Build Your Private Cloud Foundation - Networking with Windows Server 2012
When planning network infrastructure for a Private Cloud, there’s a number of technologies to...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/04/2013
Welcome to IT Camp - Get your Content and Resources HERE!
This year, we're delivering in-person IT Camp events as part of our broader Cloud OS Signature...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/04/2013
Configuring Storage Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager - Build Your Private Cloud
Yung Chou and I are back for another episode in our multi-part series on how to Build Your Private...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/02/2013
Deploying & Upgrading System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager - Build Your Private Cloud
Yung Chou and I are back for another episode in our multi-part series on how to Build Your Private...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/02/2013
Tip-of-the-Day: USB on Hyper-V Revisited with Windows-To-Go USB Drives
A while back, I had written an article on some options for IT Pros wishing to extend Host-attached...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 04/02/2013
A Match Made in the Clouds - Windows Server 2012 Server Core & Windows Azure VMs
Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks provides the ability to securely extend the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/29/2013
Super-fast Failovers with VM Guest Clustering in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V - Become a Virtualization Expert in 20 Days! ( Part 14 of 20 )
My good friend and colleague, Matt Hester, recently wrote a great article on Hyper-V Host Clustering...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/21/2013
Managing FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 with a Local GUI Console Tool
Manage Hyper-V Server 2012 with a local GUI console tool? Yep. I thought Hyper-V Server 2012 was a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/20/2013
Laying Your Private Cloud Foundation with Windows Server 2012 - Build Your Private Cloud
Yung Chou and I are back for another episode in our multi-part series on how to Build Your Private...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/19/2013
What is a Private Cloud? - Build Your Private Cloud
Today, Yung Chou and I are kicking off our multi-part series on how to build a Private Cloud using...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/14/2013
Step-by-Step: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V - Become a Virtualization Expert in 20 Days! ( Part 7 of 20 )
Windows Server 2012 and our completely FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 certainly have some really cost...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/12/2013
DUDE! Where’s my VHDs? More PowerShell Tricks with Hyper-V
Overheard at a recent IT Camp event … I’ve been virtualizing more and more VMs on my...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 03/11/2013
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...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/28/2013
Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Migration and Deployment Series ( Part 16 of 19 )
Among a whole host of new management features, Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/25/2013
UPDATE: FREE Hands-on "Virtual Study Halls" with Live Expert Q&A
NEW HOURS! Based on popular demand, we've updated the hours for "Early Experts" Virtual Study Hall...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/13/2013
Join me in the Cloud: FREE Hands-on Events for Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks
Over the next several weeks, there’s lots of opportunities for getting hands-on experience...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/12/2013
Step-by-Step: Connect to Your Cloud Lab with Windows Azure Connect
In addition to building Virtual Networks on the Windows Azure cloud fabric for running Virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/07/2013
5 Steps to Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Migration and Deployment - Part 3 of 19
Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ( “ConfigMgr 2012 SP1” )...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 02/06/2013