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Automation-System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series-Runbook Export and Scrubbing Process
Hello Readers! For this next post in the Best Practice Series for Orchestrator, I thought it...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2013
MAT 1.3.1 Update
Just a quick post to let everyone know that MAT 1.3.1 has been posted. Every now and then we...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 06/14/2013
Automation–Orchestrator and the Exchange PowerShell Activity
A question came up on an internal distribution list recently about how to create an Exchange...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 06/12/2013
Building Private and Hybrid Clouds Jump Start Events
Join Microsoft MVP Pete Zerger for a free two-day Jump Start series covering the end-to-end process...
Author: Date: 06/12/2013
Deployment–Installing Windows Azure Services with PDT
Release 1005 of the Workflow.xml file for the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit is now available on the...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 06/05/2013
How to create a Service Manager Dashboard with SharePoint PerformancePoint - Part 1
In System Center Service Manager 2012 a new data warehouse is introduced, which brings new...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2013
Let the Games Begin with the Building Clouds Team at TechEd 2013!
There's been a car on stage, a series of big announcements, and some great demos – it’s Day 1 of...
Author: BenHa Date: 06/03/2013
I have a Surface RT and going away for a few days, now what??? I have a MSDN subscription :-) (Part 2)
In the previous blog post (here) I talked about how you can start using Windows Azure with an MSDN...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2013
Automation–Greatest Hits and Blog Reference Guide
Hello again Readers/Viewers! Like my previous post over at “Blog D'Joy”, this post will...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2013
Deployment–PDT Workflow.xml 1004 now available
Release 1004 of the Workflow.xml file for the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit is now available on the...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 05/22/2013
Application Management – Using Linux in Service Templates
For various reasons, Linux is commonplace in large environments. Deploying VMs running Linux with...
Author: Kurt Scherer [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2013
Hyper-V Host Network Settings through VMM PowerShell (Part 3)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series I detailed the steps required to deploy BMC (Bare Metal Deploy)...
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 05/20/2013
Application Management – Underused Template Settings
This blog post marks the start of a new series on advanced features of Templates in Virtual Machine...
Author: Kurt Scherer [MSFT] Date: 05/17/2013
I have a Surface RT and going away for a few days, now what??? I have a MSDN subscription :-) (Part 1)
I know many of you have seen the super cool blog post where my fellow team members build a private...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2013
Automation–Orchestrator Architecture and Runbook Deployment Process
Hello Readers and Viewers! Today’s post will not have a video, but it will have some very...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2013
Automation-Executing a PowerShell v3 (Parallel Execution) Script in System Center Orchestrator 2012
Hello readers! I have a post that I think will be very interesting to those of you who have wanted...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2013
Secure the Private Cloud with Hyper-V PowerShell - Part 2
In our first blog of this series, Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure, we...
Author: Date: 05/14/2013
Windows Azure Virtual Networks and IKE Versions
Have you heard about Windows Azure Infrastructure Services? If not, then you’re in for a...
Author: Date: 05/13/2013
Deployment-Installing scale out roles with PDT
This is the last of three posts that explain how PDT can be configured to deploy a highly available...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 05/13/2013
MAT-Architecture Overview
I’ve been getting questions about the overall architecture of MAT and then specifically how...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 05/09/2013
Service Management: I need to stop the clock on Incidents?
One question I get asked all the time is can we stop the time for a SLA if it’s outside our control?...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 05/08/2013
Infrastructure-as-a-Service Product Line Architecture Guidance
In a joint effort between Microsoft product development and Microsoft Services, the...
Author: Yuri Diogenes [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–Unexpected Activity Filter Behavior Workaround
Hello Readers/Viewers! I realize it has been a little while since I posted, but I thought I would...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2013
TechEd 2013-Ulrich Homann on How to Drive Down TCO for Datacenter Applications using Private Cloud
Only five weeks left before TechEd! (if you’re reading this today). We’re more than half way through...
Author: Date: 05/01/2013
Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 4)
Hello Readers, welcome to the 4th and final post in this series on deploying the example VMM Service...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2013
TechEd 2013-Gayana Bagdasaryan Discusses Identity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Essential Capabilities
We continue our march to TechEd North America and TechEd Europe with another star in the ARC track...
Author: Date: 04/29/2013
Security Series: Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure - Part 1
In this first part of our three part series on using PowerShell to help secure your cloud...
Author: Date: 04/26/2013
Hybrid Cloud Networking Help with NTttcp Version 5.28
With the recent release of Azure Infrastructure Services we anticipate that a lot of you interested...
Author: Date: 04/25/2013
TechEd 2013–John Morello on Patterns and Practices for the Hybrid World
The hits keep coming with the TechEd 2013 Architecture (ARC) track! This time I want to introduce...
Author: Date: 04/25/2013
Service Manager 2012 and Service Level Management – Part 3
We have already talked about the reasons behind Service Level Management, as well as how to make...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2013
TechEd 2013-Jamal Malik Presents on Envisioning The Modern Datacenter
Do you remember the first TechEd you went to? I do. It was in New Orleans and I was invited to...
Author: Date: 04/19/2013
Automation–System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series–Reduce Buried Logic
Hey Readers, welcome back to another post in the series on Orchestrator Best Practices. In my...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2013
TechEd 2013-Richard Seroter Presents on Patterns of Cloud Integration
TechEd 2013 is right around the corner – with TechEd North America starting June 3rd 2013 and TechEd...
Author: Date: 04/17/2013
Automation–Orchestrating the Cloud
Hello Readers and Viewers! I hope you are ready for this, the next installment of my Building Clouds...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2013
Application Management – Service Templates, real reusable examples
Service Template Example Kit - General Web Lab Download the STEK here. In this blog post of this...
Author: Shawn Gibbs [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2013
TechEd 2013-Andy Malone Presents on Hybrid IT
Are you planning on attending TechEd in New Orleans or Madrid this year? If so, make sure to check...
Author: Date: 04/16/2013
Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks – Part 6 – Name Resolution and Geo-distribution
This is the end, the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end. Did you think...
Author: Date: 04/15/2013
MAT – More is better. Multi-server conversions
When I introduced the MAT last post, I didn’t spend much time discussing how to convert using...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 04/15/2013
Everything I Needed to Know about Chargeback I learned in Kindergarten - by Jamal Malik
If Jimmy has five apples and he eats two of them, how many apples does Jimmy have left? I’m sure...
Author: Date: 04/15/2013
Thank You MMS 2013! (from the Automation Track)
Hello Readers and Viewers (new and alumni)! I just wanted to send a big THANK YOU and WELCOME to all...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 04/12/2013
Enabling Chargeback in a Service Provider Cloud by Kristian Nese
If you read Michael Lubanski’s article on whether you have a private cloud or not, you’ll understand...
Author: Date: 04/12/2013
I Don’t Need a Private Cloud. I Already Have One!
How many times have you heard that? When speaking to IT managers or business decision makers about a...
Author: Date: 04/10/2013
Dinosaurs, Darwin and Datacenters
Whether or not you believe in Evolution in regards to Human Development or World History, one thing...
Author: Date: 04/10/2013
Architecting Orchestration
The concept and association of Orchestration and Automation has been fairly synonymous since this...
Author: Date: 04/10/2013