Building Clouds
...building hybrid clouds that can support any device from anywhere
Deployment–Troubleshooting PDT
The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit – PDT – performs distributed installations of System...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/27/2013
“Workloads” and the private cloud
We’ve written several articles on this blog differentiating between virtualized-only and...
Author: Jim Dial - MSFT Date: 02/27/2013
Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 Tutorial Part 2 of 3
In the previous blog post we talked about how Chargeback is working overall and some of the areas to...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 02/27/2013
Destination: Private cloud…are we there yet?
The post titled the Cloud is Not Virtualization from almost couple years ago on this blog stated...
Author: Jim Dial - MSFT Date: 02/26/2013
SCDemo…What????
If you’ve been reading this blog and wondering about this thing we keep mentioning called...
Author: Kath McBride [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2013
SCDemo…What????
If you’ve been reading this blog and wondering about this thing we keep mentioning called...
Author: Kath McBride [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2013
Creating SCDemo Cloud
“How do you turn a stack of hardware into a fully functioning...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/22/2013
Bare Metal Deploy through VMM PowerShell (Part 1)
Most ITpros follow an automated process when deploying OS to bare metal servers, and when it comes...
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 02/22/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Integration Toolkit–Cascading Dependencies Quick Feature Overview
Two posts, back to back? Yes-sir-(or madam)-ee! I couldn’t help myself – I just needed...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/21/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Windows Azure–Solving the Public Cloud Puzzle with System Center 2012 SP1
Hello Readers/Viewers! Once again, I am excited to announce the release of even more Example...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/21/2013
Surface Pro Hijinks: The Video
Or: How we spent $4,000 and all we got was a tabletop datacenterRemember last week when I told you...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/21/2013
Building Clouds: Joining in the fun!
Rather than letting the guys have all the fun, I will also be contributing to the site and talking...
Author: Kath McBride [MSFT] Date: 02/21/2013
Exclusive First Look: The Long-Awaited Application Lifecycle Management Demo Video
Building and deploying a private cloud is a big deal for any organization, and to help our partners...
Author: BenHa Date: 02/20/2013
Deployment–PDT 2.3 is now available on TechNet Gallery
Just a quick post to let everyone know that version 2.3 of the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit has now...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/20/2013
Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 tutorial
In System Center 2012 SP1 a new feature is introduced called Chargeback. In a series of blog posts...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2013
Deployment–The PDT VM Creator
I introduced the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit, or PDT, in a previous post. As I mentioned in that...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/18/2013
Building Clouds Using IT Service Management
In recent years, IT Service Management has become increasingly popular in many IT organizations...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 02/13/2013
4 Surface Pros + Hyper-V + WiFi Hotspot = Fun For Nerds
Question:What ridiculous things can 4 server geeks do with a sub-2lb tablet that has a Core i5...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 02/12/2013
Deploying complex solutions into virtualized environments - or "To virtualize or not to virtualize"
A very active topic in the world of private cloud regards which applications should be...
Author: Date: 02/12/2013
Automating Virtual Machine Migration from Hyper-V 2.0 To 3.0
Many customers (including many service providers) have deployed Windows Server 2012 with System...
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 02/11/2013
Buildings Clouds–Just For Fun
By now, most of the Technical Enablement and Delivery team – aka TED – have introduced...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/11/2013
The CMDB–The Heart of the Cloud
In this short article, Jamal Malik, one of our business solutions architects discusses why he...
Author: Date: 02/11/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Hyper-V Replica with System Center for Planned Failover
Hello Readers/Viewers! I am excited to announce the release of my Example Runbooks for Hyper-V...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2013
Deployment–The PDT Downloader
In my last post, I introduced the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit, or PDT. As I mentioned in that...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/09/2013
Deployment–Introducing PowerShell Deployment Toolkit
In this post, I want to provide an overview of the “PowerShell Deployment Toolkit”, or...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 02/08/2013
VM Conversion or VM Migration?
When I speak to people about moving VMs over to Hyper-V I generally use the term migrate. I actually...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 02/04/2013
The 'Building Clouds' Blog Heads to TechReady 16
Starting on Monday, the writers of the 'Building Clouds' blog will present six sessions at TechReady...
Author: BenHa Date: 02/01/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Extensibility Kit for SC Operations Manager
Hello Again Readers and Viewers! Home stretch! Only two more (including this one)...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution
Hello Readers/Viewers! Wow! An entire week has passed since my last post… not to worry, I...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2013
Building Clouds – Introduction to “Fabric” Track:
With the release of Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1 it is really amazing to see...
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 01/29/2013
Building Clouds–An Introduction to the Deployment Track
Charles, Shawn, and Mark have already introduced themselves and the Automation, Application...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 01/29/2013
Building an Honest-to-Goodness Private Cloud
How’s that for a loaded title, eh? Not promising too much there, are we? I hope not, because...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 01/29/2013
Identity Infrastructure Capabilities–Identity Management in the Age of Hybrid IT
Here on the private cloud architecture blog we make it a point to make sure that we always ground...
Author: Date: 01/29/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for Windows Tasks
Hello! We are working right on through these refresh topics…hopefully breathing new life into...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2013
Introducing Application Management
With the recent release of System Center 2012 SP1 we have embarked on an approach that allows more...
Author: Shawn Gibbs [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for MSSQL Tasks
Hello! Back again…this time with another “oldie but goodie tool”. I found that...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2013
Network Virtualization Guide with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 by Kristian Nese
One of the most interesting features included with Windows Server 2012 is the Hyper-V Network...
Author: Date: 01/23/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for Text Manipulation
Hello once again Readers and Viewers! So, here we are, first “real” post after my...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 01/22/2013
The Launch of the “Building Clouds” blog
Managing a fully functional, automated, and efficient cloud environment is a dream scenario for...
Author: BenHa Date: 01/21/2013
TechEd 2013–Architecture Track (ARC)–What Do You Want to See?
Can you believe it? There are only 19 weeks left until TechEd North America and 21 weeks left to...
Author: Date: 01/18/2013
Cloud Innovators–Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes on TechNet Radio
Have you been hearing a lot about the cloud but you’re not sure what it’s about? Does this cloud...
Author: Date: 01/18/2013
Building Clouds–An Introduction to the Automation Track
Hello Readers and Viewers! Some of you may recognize me from this blog - well, today I am here to...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2013
Gartner Datacenter 2012 Conference
I had the chance to attend one of my favorite conferences last week, albeit not my favorite location...
Author: Adam [MCS] Date: 12/13/2012