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Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 5 – Domains and GCs
In the first part of this series on Active Directory considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and...
Author: Date: 04/09/2013
Meet MAT - the Migration Automation Toolkit
Introducing the MAT MAT, meet the blogosphere. Blogosphere, meet MAT. There, that was easy. In my...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 04/08/2013
Check it Out: Watch the Keynote Opener Video from MMS 2013
If you weren’t at the MMS 2013 opening keynote this morning, you missed a very high energy...
Author: BenHa Date: 04/08/2013
Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 4 – RODCs and Site Considerations
Are we at part 4 already? Wow! Not sure how many more parts there are going to be, but I’m hoping it...
Author: Date: 04/08/2013
Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 2)
Hey Readers, so you’ve taken a look at the initial post and are ready for some more...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2013
Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 3 – Virtual DCs and AD File Placement
In the first part of this series on Active Directory considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and...
Author: Date: 04/05/2013
The Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend our Sessions at MMS 2013!
Trying to decide which sessions to attend at the 2013 Microsoft Management Summit? There are a lot...
Author: BenHa Date: 04/05/2013
Optimizing Windows Server 2012 storage management via PowerShell for both performance and resiliency
Although the new Server Manager UI in Windows Server 2012 provides a very convenient and intuitive...
Author: Date: 04/05/2013
Windows Server 2012 – About Clustered Storage Spaces Issue
In this post I’ll examine a specific issue in Storage Spaces while using with Enclosure awareness....
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 04/05/2013
The Building Clouds Blog Automation Track is MMS 2013 Bound!
Hello Readers and Viewers! Headed to MMS 2013 in Las Vegas next week? We are! Who? Well, I actually...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2013
Don’t miss PDT at MMS 2013!
Those of you attending MMS 2013 in Las Vegas next week, be sure to add SD-B302 “Automating...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 04/04/2013
Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 2 – Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Basics
In the first part of this series on Active Directory in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks,...
Author: Date: 04/04/2013
Now Available: Great New Content from Cloud & Datacenter Experts!
Beginning today, the Private Cloud blog is linking up with the Building Clouds blog to create the...
Author: Date: 04/04/2013
Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 1)
Featured during Brad Anderson's Keynote at MMS 2013! Hey Readers, I have a real treat for you...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2013
Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 3)
In my last post we covered some ways of removing VMware Tools from your VMs so that your conversion...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 04/02/2013
Deployment–Installing VMM clusters with PDT
This is the second of three posts that will explain how PDT can be configured to deploy a highly...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 04/01/2013
Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 1 – Hybrid IT
If you haven’t heard about Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks, then you’re in for a treat....
Author: Date: 04/01/2013
Troubleshooting DirectAccess Manage Out Connections
This week we move a little outside of our traditional cloud content, but not too much. This article...
Author: Date: 04/01/2013
Introducing the Cloud and Datacenter Solutions Hub
It’s been months in the making and we’ve been waiting for it with great anticipation. Now it’s here!...
Author: Date: 03/29/2013
Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT Available for Download
You’ve heard a lot about private cloud on this blog. We’ve talked about why you should consider...
Author: Date: 03/29/2013
Building a Windows Server 2012 Cloud Infrastructure with PowerShell by Josh Adams
Today we have a real treat for you! In this blog post, Joshua Adams, who is a PM in the Microsoft...
Author: Date: 03/28/2013
Deployment–Installing SQL clusters with PDT
In the introductory post to PDT, I mentioned that PDT can deploy a highly available configuration....
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 03/26/2013
TechEd 2013 Architecture Track Presentations Announced
We’ve has been busy for the last couple of month’s putting together the Architecture Track for...
Author: Date: 03/26/2013
Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 2)
Last time we went through the basic mechanics of V2V. In this post we will roll up our virtual...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 03/26/2013
Service Manager 2012 and Service Level Management – Part 1
One of the new features in Service Manager 2012 is Service Level Management. In this series of...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2013
Deployment–PDT 2.4 is now available on the TechNet Gallery
PowerShell Deployment Toolkit version 2.4 has now been posted to the TechNet Gallery here. Version...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 03/25/2013
Service Manager: Runbook to Service Offering Part 2
In the last post, I talked about the planning phase of deploying a service offering and the need to...
Author: Kath McBride [MSFT] Date: 03/25/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager Orchestrating Orchestrator
Hello Readers/Viewers! Today I have a special treat for you…well some of you, specifically...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/23/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–User Inputs
Hello Readers/Viewers! Just a quick “tip/trick” post today… and one that you may not know about, but...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/15/2013
Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 1)
I’ve mentioned Microsoft’s two VM conversion tools before but I wanted to spend some time digging a...
Author: Migration Mark (MSFT) Date: 03/15/2013
Happy Holidays! Kind of.
For those of you who have set aside Pi Day to celebrate the magic of mathematical constants (or...
Author: BenHa Date: 03/14/2013
Application Management through Monitoring – Part 2 of 3 – Synthetic Monitoring
In part 1 of this 3 part series we discussed the reasons why we monitor and we talked about the...
Author: Shawn Gibbs [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2013
Designing The Fabric: Introduction
Enough introduction, on to the design! Our first step was to decide on the configuration of...
Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 03/12/2013
Free Training—Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration and Migration
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Date: 03/11/2013
Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 Tutorial Part 3 of 3
In the two previous blog posts (here and here), I discussed how Chargeback works, and how to...
Author: Anders Ravnholt [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2013
Automation–System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series–Naming Conventions
As promised, I have a few blog posts coming on the topic of Best Practices as it relates to System...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2013
Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–Action Log
Hello Readers/Viewers! In this post, I am presenting you with a simple “tip/trick” for Orchestrating...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2013
Service Manager: Runbook to Service Offering
One of the things I get asked about on a regular basis is how to add an Orchestrator Runbook to...
Author: Kath McBride [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2013
Deployment–Getting SQL “right” with PDT
So far I’ve introduced PDT, explained the downloader and VM creator utilities of PDT, and...
Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 03/05/2013
Leveraging Windows Server 2012 Capabilities to Address Private Cloud Security Concerns – Part 1
As companies start planning their transition to a private cloud model, one of the most common...
Author: Yuri Diogenes [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2013
Bare Metal Deploy through VMM PowerShell (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this blog series I explained the steps to deploy BMC (Bare Metal Deploy) and configure...
Author: Kandavel KR Date: 03/03/2013
Just For Fun–KINECTing Orchestrator Runbooks
Hello Readers/Viewers! As you can see, I am really trying hard to get both of my quotas met: blog...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 03/01/2013
An Introduction–Automation Blogger for Building Clouds
Hey Readers! Some of you may know me from my blog on TechNet where I’ve covered topics on...
Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2013
Automation–Exploring the PowerShell behind the Surface Pro Hijinks
Hello Readers/Viewers! So, by now you have seen this post and related video…You may have wondered,...
Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2013