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I wanted a way to save credentials to a file but I did not want it to be a plain text password. To solve this challenge, ...

On June 13-14, 2017 Microsoft put on an invite-only event for many of our customers. This was scaled back to invite only as a trial and ...

DevOps, Containers and Next Generation Microservices Microsoft Reactor at Grand Central Tech 335 Madison Ave, New York, NY (map) Register on Meetup https://www.meetup.com/nysoftware/events/240246817/ AGENDA · 6:30 ...

PowerShell in Action – June 2, 2017 – Microsoft Burlington – 5 Wayside Road, Burlington MA Join us for a day of PowerShell. Just as it ...

ITProGuru Session: Azure & Windows Nano Server with Docker; Hybrid is possible (Track: Azure)Containers, the next wave of virtualization, are changing everything! Add it to an ...

Markdown Preview VS Code supports Markdown files out of the box. You just start writing Markdown text, save the file with the .md (.html works too) ...

This is an AWESOME Event. I have been attending all VTUG events for years. They provide a wealth of knowledge on many topics. This is a ...

Hands on Lab Guide for Free Online Labs at: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Working with Containers on Windows 10 Access machines from: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Objective In this lab, you will ...

Hands on Lab Guide for Free Online Labs at: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Working with Containers on Windows 10 Access machines from: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Objective In this lab, you will ...

Incredibly simple; if you know how…. First how to launch vim From the command prompt: change to path where file is located with “cd” vi filename ...

Managing Docker on Windows with Hyper-V Virtual lab Microsoft recently launched a free, virtual hands on lab Managing Docker on Windows in partnership with Learn on ...

Hands On Lab Event coming to Burlington MA Friday, November 18, 2016 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Microsoft Corporation 5 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA (edit map) ...

Docker Cheat Sheet For those just getting started with Docker and for me to have an easy place to go back and get this basic information…I ...

Dan Stolts from Microsoft and ITProGuru.com comes to Boston PowerShell User group with a full session on Desired State Configuration! DSC is a new management platform ...

Dan Stolts from Microsoft and ITProGuru.com comes to Boston PowerShell User group with a full session on Desired State Configuration! DSC is a new management platform ...

PowerShell User Group July Meeting – OneGet, PS Gallery, and Community Projects Monday, July 18, 2016 6:00 PM Where: Microsoft 255 Main Street, Cambridge, MA (map) ...

In this article, we will look at servers, containers and why containerization has become so popular. On this journey we will also see where this technology ...

Read about a new opening in NYC to become a part of my team at Microsoft… https://careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&rw=1&jid=229222&jlang=EN&pp=SS

These procedures were written and tested using Windows Server 2016 but will work on any version of Windows Server or Windows Desktop version 8 or above. ...

View Online: http://itproguru-app.azurewebsites.net/newsletter; Prior versions: Jan’16, Feb’16, Mar’16, May’16 IT Pro Events & Thought Leadership Microsoft Official Newsletter 5/15/2016 Edition: 2016 Vol 4 Jump to: TechNet ...

The conference formerly known as “New York City Techstravaganza” will now be called “IT Pro Con NY”. It is a one-day grassroots technical conference for IT ...

TechNet on Tour | What’s new in Microsoft Enterprise Mobility DATE: Moved to Mar 22, 2016 TIME: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM REGISTER NOW! Empowering IT ...

Have you ever wondered how to access the files behind a Platform as a Service such as Azure Web Apps? Sure you generally have access via ...

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux images generally available through Azure Marketplace Pricing | Use Red Hat solutions on Azure webpageRed Hat Enterprise Linux, now available in all ...

Nano Server is a new and super small footprint of Windows Server 2016. You do not deploy by using the setup like you do with other ...

One of the many blogs I follow put out this very ionteresting article so I wanted to share. The article is an in depth and fun ...

Are you interested in becoming certified in architecting Microsoft Azure solutions? If so, then join us for this new 3 part series hosted by Dan Stolts ...

Are you interested in becoming certified in architecting Microsoft Azure solutions? If so, then join us for this new 3 part series hosted by Dan Stolts ...

Cloud Architects are among the top demanded positions today. They are also very high paying and garner an enormous amount of respect and prestige. Would you ...

Capturing more than 90% of the caucus results within three hours in a secure, accurate and trusted manner is an amazing accomplishment. In today’s special TechNet ...

Yung Chou, Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue their multi-part Windows 10 series and in part 2 they showcase free tools like the User State Migration ...

Home of the most recent Events Newsletter… http://itproguru-app.azurewebsites.net/newsletter ITProGuru Events Microsoft Official Newsletter 1/26/2016 Edition: 2016 Vol 1 Jump to: ♦ TechNet Events ♦ Online ♦ ...

How To Download & Create a USB, DVD or ISO of Windows 10! Plus, tips for Migrating user data from their old machine to the new ...

Demonstrate how create and work with GUI Forms using PowerShell. Shows how to create Forms, add labels, text boxes, panels, combo boxes, Pick Lists, and more. ...

If you’re like me and think Not Another MySQL Install, when you go to setup WordPress… then look no further. A couple months back (I know ...

Rejjee.com is a startup that is focusing on REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY YOU PROTECT, MANAGE, AND REPLACE YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY. They have integrated with police stations and ...

You can see the details of the post and apply online at: https://careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&rw=2&jid=214054&jlang=en&pp=ss The IT Pro Evangelist is a highly technical role within the US Developer ...

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10 provides new and improved deployment tools for automating large-scale deployments of Windows 10. What you collect with ...

Yung Chou, Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts kick off a new multi-part Windows 10 series today and in Part 1 they discuss the many ways you ...

Dan Stolts welcomes back Claus Joergensen to the show as they discuss Storage Spaces Direct – a new feature found in Windows Server 2016. Tune in ...

One of my friends and peers in Microsoft evangelism did a great post on his journey to evangelism. It was insightful and inspiring. I hope everyone ...

Do you want to impact the future of IT products and services? Are you passionate about Cloud, Virtualization, Automation and Securing your hybrid cloud environment? Join ...

You’re Invited to Attend! Dec 1st, NYC, Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers 23rd Street and West Side Highway Multi-Track: ITPro, Dev, Hands On Lab Tracks Overview + ...

In Part 6 in our “To the Cloud” series, Blain Barton, Tommy Patterson and Dan Stolts, provide an overview of the benefits of running servers without ...

Watch the Microsoft 2015 Virtual CIO Summit, streaming LIVE from the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA! Date: Tuesday, October 6th Time: 8:00am – 2:45pm PDT Hear ...

Designing your application for business continuity requires you to answer the following questions: Which business continuity feature is appropriate for protecting my application from outages? What ...

Demonstrate Multiple Ways to Obtain and work with File path Information using PowerShell. Includes get-location, get-item, system.io.directory, system.io.file and more. Script Location: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Working-with-Files See here for ...

Using Microsoft datacenters as an integral part of your Disaster Recovery Plan: Free, hands-on event Please join us for a free, interactive event led by Microsoft ...

Azure Certification Jump Start 70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions When: Friday, October 9, 2015 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Where: 1CC 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ...

Demonstrate how create and work with Log files using PowerShell. Shows how to create log files and create function to log information to screen and text ...

Dan Stolts walks us through the world of automatically backing up your data to the cloud with the help of Windows Azure. Learn how to manage ...

Demonstrate how Azure Subscriptions work and how to change default and current subscription. Shows changing accounts and subscriptions with multiple subscriptions in an account as well ...

This is the first of a two part series on “Automating and Testing Storage Spaces Performance with PowerShell-Part 1of Using Storage Spaces Deployment Guide” In the ...

In this short video we will walk through the instructions outlined on the Azure Documentation site.

ProvisionStorageConfiguration.ps1 https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Storage-Spaces-Automated-3caf249a After hardware validation, you can begin creating Storage Pools and Virtual disks from the disks. Run the ProvisionStorageConfiguration.ps1 script with: PS>> .ProvisionStorageConfiguration.ps1 PS>> .ProvisionStorageConfiguration.ps1 ...

Dan Stolts and Ned Pyle are back for this week’s episode of TechNet Radio and in this show they discuss a new feature in Windows Server ...

Want a basic overview of the cloud and cloud services? Curious how to move from old-school, traditional IT to today’s cloud? Learn how to run your ...

DFSR, PowerShell and live on-screen how-to demos! Can it get any better than that people?!?! We didn’t think so (a) Join Dan Stolts and Ned Pyle ...

See here for more ways to view or download! Demonstrate how Azure Account Authentication works Logging into Azure from PowerShell using multiple methods Download Script

Free IT-Camp Training on Azure and Windows 10 Now Open To The Public Get the skills you need to start your journey to the cloud at ...

Join members of the Microsoft product team for interactive discussions & demos! Be one of the first to learn tips and tricks for Windows 10, Office ...

In part 6 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the roles of DBAs and how they can support cloud ...

Continuing our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Sergeyt Pustovit and Mostafa Elhemali to the show as they discuss Big Data on Azure. Tune ...

In part 8 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the investments made to Azure VMs which improve SQL Server ...

In part 9 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the new features and functionality built into Azure which can ...

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Evening event brought to you by DataStax & Microsoft Azure | RSVP Now I wanted to extend a personal invitation for you to attend. It should ...

Extend Your Datacenter with Microsoft Azure Birmingham (4/21) – http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_EAC=300286539 Irving (4/21) – http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_EAC=300286333 Learn how to get your organization hybrid-ready at a FREE IT Camp ...

Join your fellow cloud-ies at the Cambridge edition of the 2015 Global Azure Bootcamp. Now in its third year, the Bootcamp brings together technologists at over ...

Getting Started with PowerShell for Azure Install PowerShell Azure Module: The first thing we have to do is download the Azure PowerShell Module. You can get ...

Have you ever noticed that sometimes PowerShell gets confused regarding accounts? I have many Azure Accounts and many subscriptions so it happens to me all the ...

In this blog post, I want to show you how to convert an on-premises web application (with SQL backend connection) to run in a VM in ...

There are many options for migrating SQL databases to Azure. With the latest technology you can move just the database and log files, or you can ...

​ If you were at out Windows 10 Loadfest you also got a ear full of Microsoft Azure. If you couldn’t make it, we’ve got something ...

I had on my to do list to write a detailed post on how to remove the Windows.Old folder after upgrading. While reading through some Rick ...

Note: These are NOT Microsoft events. However, since Microsoft IT-Camps are not open to the public this year, I thought these might be of interest. Cloud ...

IT-Camp Azure Labs Lab Home Page… Includes DOCx and PPTx http://ITProGuru.com/AZLab2 Description and Live links to Series Lab 1: Building Foundation Virtual Network Storage Cloud Service ...

Watch the interview here! Dan Stolts, Microsoft, visits #theCUBE! Dan Stolts Shared His Background at Microsoft Microsoft View of Virtualization andCloud Enterprise IT and the Consumer ...

Thank you to those who attended our Panel Discussion Webinar: Deconstructing the Hyper-Converged Paradigm and congratulations to the winners of our drawing! Johnny from TriQuint – ...

How do you navigate in a touch world without a touch device? I am glad you asked. This post will address that question in great detail ...

I have been struggling with this for a while. Excel puts the word (blank) on a pivot table field if it does not have any data. ...

You could of course manually configure RDP to listen on different ports to allow connection from other standard or non-standard ports. In my case, I need ...

In this post (and video), I will teach you how to determine what user has administrative rights on the server as well as walk you Step-By-Step ...

There are many options for migrating SQL databases to Azure. With the latest technology you can move just the database and log files, or you can ...

It is always important to understand how our server workloads are doing. Getting visibility into our systems allows us to proactively deal with future issues. As ...

Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” with an overview on how to plan for a hybrid cloud ...

In part 4 of our “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” series, Blain Barton and Keith Mayer tackle the topic of virtualization in a Hybrid Cloud ...

Kevin Remde and Keith Mayer continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” and in today’s episode they discuss various options for networking. Tune ...

Create Firewall Rules in Windows 7 thru Windows Server 2012 R2 to allow RDP and ICMP traffic for you have to open “Windows Firewall with Advanced ...

In this detailed post and hands on lab (HOL) guide we will introduce Windows Azure backup and dive in deep with step-by-step instructions you can use ...

Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” with an overview on how to plan for a hybrid cloud ...

Have you seen this incredible tool. Microsoft hit a home run with this little gem. The Azure Cost Estimator Tool will allow you to scan a ...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides ...

In Windows Azure you can go to the Management Portal at http://Manage.WindowsAzure.com In doing so, it will log you in to the default account or the ...

You can go directly to the new portal at http://portal.azure.com The production Azure (main) portal is http://portal.windowsazure.com Once you are on the new portal, you can ...

Hyper-V Recovery Manager in Windows Azure was able orchestrate the recovery of a server from your primary datacenter to a secondary datacenter in the case of ...

I know you were happy with the great advancements in DR over the last few months including the recent announcement that you can now use Azure ...

In the management portal scroll down in the Nav bar to Settings 1) Click Settings 2) click the Administrators Tab 3) Click Add 4) Enter the ...

See the full Session Catalog at: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2014#fbid= This is just a partial list of the Azure Content. Many more Azure and many more topics available. Transform ...

I am proud of you!!! I know your family and friends are proud of you to. You should also be proud of yourself and the accomplishment ...

In part 9 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou are back and this episode they discuss ...

In part 7 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou welcome Sr. Program Manager Michael Greene to ...

In part 8 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Keith Mayer and Jennelle Crothers explore the world of roll-backs and how ...

Continuing our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Yung Chou welcomes Sr. Program Manager Charles Joy to the show as they discuss the ...

In Part 3 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Blain Barton and Keith Mayer turn the conversation towards enabling self-service on ...

Matt Hester and Keith Mayer continue our special “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio and in part 2 of our series they discuss ...

In Part 4 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Keith Mayer welcomes Developer Technology Solutions Specialist Jeff Fattic to the show ...

In Part 5 of our “Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud” series on TechNet Radio, Tommy Patterson welcomes Developer Technology Solutions Specialist Randy Pagels to the show ...

Jessica DeVita welcomes Gene Kim, co-author of “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps And Helping Your Business Win” and founder and former CTO of ...

Tommy Patterson, Dan Stolts, and Blain Barton welcome Jeff Mitchell from Bit-Wizards as they discuss a bevy of topics from Microsoft Azure, Office 365, BuildYourBiz.org, IT ...

Are you annoyed that you cannot play videos or use some of the cool windows tools like snipping tool with windows server? Well, you can, they ...

Sysprep is a tool that is designed for system administrators, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and others who must automatically deploy an operating system on multiple computers. ...

This session gives a brief overview of utilizing RemoteApp for Mobility and BYOD scenarios where IT can enable users to access corporate data and applications while ...

I found a great article I wanted to share. If you use the Disk2VHD, be careful of SCSI and Raid controllers. Test booting and running the ...

Brad Anderson made some very significant announcements at TechEd. Checkout the Day one keynote at about. {19 mins} Download Free Windows Server 2012 R2 – Free ...

How do you navigate in a touch world without a touch device? I am glad you asked. This post will address that question in great detail ...

In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT organizations are using Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure to achieve superior performance and workload flexibility at the ...

Dan Stolts and Jose Barreto are back and in this episode as they discuss networking configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 and Windows ...

Dan Stolts welcomes back Jose Barreto to the show and this time brings along Sr. Program Manager Ned Pyle from the Windows File Server team as ...

Dan Stolts welcomes back Jose Barreto to the show as they discuss what’s new in SMB for Windows Server 2012 R2. Tune in as they chat ...

You CAN have the best of both worlds! With Windows Azure and System Center 2012 R2, IT Pros can easily extend an on-premises network to embrace ...

Do you have old computers sitting around that you don’t know what to do with? Donte them to your local community!

In this detailed post and hands on lab (HOL) guide we will introduce Windows Azure backup and dive in deep with step-by-step instructions you can use ...

Windows Azure Week http://aka.ms/azureweek Have you heard about Microsoft Virtual Academy’s Windows Azure Week? It’s a one-week, real-time Windows Azure intensive virtual conference. Are you considering ...

ITProGuru announces the continuation of the TechNet Radio Series with Jose Barreto (Principal Program Manager on the Windows Server team responsible for SMB 3.0 feature set) ...

Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index at http://aka.ms/2012r2-01 Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager helps simplify the task of delivering service availability. For organizations with ...

By Now, you should have a LiveID / Microsoft Account. You are enrolled in the BizSpark program so now we need to activate your Free MSDN ...

More great stories from Microsoft Technology Evangelists… Backup Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Azure #WhyWin2012R2 – If you have a small number of servers to ...

Build your very own Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 for FREE and Enter for a chance to win* one of the following fantastic prizes: Three Grand Prizes: ...

It has been an incredible start to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Series. Here is brief summary of the 9 posts we covered so far… ...

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Are you influential in the Virtualization space? Do you want to become influential? Are you smart about virtualization, cloud, and/or systems management? Do you work with ...

Generation 2 Virtual Machines Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new class of virtual machines that are optimized for virtualization—generation 2 virtual machines. They provide advanced ...

Live Migration Upgrading Your Private Cloud Hyper-V and Failover Clustering Hyper-V Storage Session Modes Generation 2 Virtual Machines Get Started Now with Windows Server 2012 R2 ...

With Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch coming this week, where are all the free resources? Here is what I already know about… Get Started Now with ...

Gain twice the virtualization skillset. Cover more ground. Industry experts estimate that over 70% of businesses now have more than one virtualization platform in their IT ...

You asked for it, so here it is! Here is the list of articles in our “VMware or Microsoft? series, as submitted by our team of ...

Microsoft’s BizSpark program is an excellent way to get free software for your new business. Here is some of what it offers: Software 3 years free ...

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Here’s your chance to learn how to run Windows Server 2012 in the cloud on Windows Azure! Join us at a free Microsoft IT Lab for ...

You don’t want to miss the upcoming Summer Slam! Virtualization Technology User Group (VTUG), the only platform-independent virtualization user group with over 4000 members, is coming ...

We are seeing a great deal of momentum for Hyper-V in a wide range of companies from small to large. Microsoft has made great progress in ...

More than twenty to chose from. Attend one or more of these free events to learn about Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and other great new ...

I have had on my blog todo list for a number of months to put a Step-By-Step blog post together on How To setup a VPN ...

Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course! Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No! Server Virtualization is Great, ...

Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course! Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No! Server Virtualization is Great, ...

First off, if you do not have System Center 2012, you can download a free evaluation from System Center 2012. You will need Windows Server 2012 ...

Don’t Have a Windows Azure Account yet? Free 90 Day Azure Trial is available. David Aiken teaches us about Azure Virtual machines and Virtual Networks. Learn ...

Do you have VMware servers that you would like to migrate to Hyper-V. Well, that is easy. There is a “Solution Accelerator” that makes it very ...

Windows Azure Active Directory has reached general availability and is now ready for use in production environments. Windows Azure Active Directory (Windows Azure AD), enables customers ...

Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course! Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No! Server Virtualization is Great, ...

The Final post (Part 25 of 20+) of the “Become a Virtualization Expert with 20+ days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert Series” is now in the books. ...

Build your very own Virtual Network in the Cloud for FREE with the Windows Azure cloud platform, and Enter for a chance to win one of ...

Are you up to speed on Hyper-V Live? TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs and Become a Virtualization Expert with 20 + Days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert (part ...

TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs and Become a Virtualization Expert with 20 + Days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert (part 6b of 20+) have teamed up to bring ...

Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ...

PDF Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals – PDF ebook Mobi Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – Mobi format for Kindle ePub ...

Are you up to speed on Hyper-V Live? Dan Stolts welcomes Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky to the show as they discuss the new “Live” features found ...

NEW HOURS! Based on popular demand, we’ve updated the hours for “Early Experts” Virtual Study Hall assistance – Fridays each week from 11AM to 1PM Eastern ...

The Fifth Annual Virtualization Deep Dive Day is on. Deep Dive Day is a multi-track event with experts from around the country providing great technical talks ...

Abstract: Scenario based – How to do “this”… In this blog post series, we will show you “HOW” to perform tasks using scenario-based simulations. If you ...

As IT Pros, we absolutely love building with new technology! This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have been working together on an ...

Register Now for the Next Virtualization Jump Start The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to open registration for the third course from our three-Jump ...

Happy New Year!!!! For the New Year all of my IT Pro teammates across the country wanted to get together and talk about 31 things we ...

The 27th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Use Windows Azure to learn Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces ...

ITProGuru, Dan Stolts is back and in this episode he welcomes Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Matt McSpirit as they take a deep dive into how Windows ...

Dan Stolts welcomes Chris Harney from the Virtualization Technology Users Group (VTUG) as they discuss how his user group community recently expanded their virtualization platform knowledge ...

The 24th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Connecting Windows Azure ...

Download. Play. Win. Put on your dedicated thinking cap and test your knowledge of the latest Microsoft datacenter products. Test drive the free trials of our ...

The 23rd edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Utilizing PowerShell for Integrating Active Directory into Windows Azure Virtual ...

Silverlight Video Jeff Woosley shows us how Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) works as he moves 10gb of data in 10 seconds with no network traffic. This ...

The 22nd edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Part 22 of 31 – Using your own SQL Server ...

The 21st edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Beyond IaaS for the IT Pro (Part 21 of 31) ...

The 20th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Extending On-Premise Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows ...

The 19th day of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Create a Windows Azure Network using PowerShell – 31 Days ...

The 18th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at How to Delete .VHD files in Azure Part 18 of ...

The Jan 12th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Connecting System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows ...

I note of special thanks to those community leaders that helped me in the most recent technology events brought to the North East. It is due ...

By now you have certainly read about 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud! The Jan 2nd edition by Tommy Patterson is now live at ...

VTUG is looking for the best online technical content in the world. Why? Because our members spend hours upon hours doing research duplicating the research process ...

By now you have certainly read about 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud! The Jan 1st edition by Matt Hester is now live at ...

Biggest Ever VTUG/VMware User Group Meeting in New England 1500+ attendees Mostly VMware Professionals 50+ sponsor/tracks Microsoft Keynote by Jeff Woosley Microsoft’s John Kelbley Participated in ...

One of the things my peers and I do in our roles as “IT Pro Evangelists” for Microsoft is write blog articles on technologies we find ...

Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge The Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge provides a FREE online study group with certification exam preparation materials for quickly ...

Winter Warmer is VTUG’s flagship event that brings together over a thousand IT professionals, dozens of vendors and VARs, and technology experts on virtualization, VDI, storage, ...

Jeff Woosley shows us how a Hyper-V guest performs. Do you have a workload that can pull this many IOPS? I sure wish I had this ...

Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V was recently released by Microsoft. The Microsoft flagship is being called a “game changer.” With VMware market share plummeting, what will ...

Last year wrote a blog post How To Expand and Extend To Increase Capacity On A Virtual Hard Disk The Easy and Fast Way–Solve the problem ...

Microsoft IT Camp for a deep dive into Windows Server 2012 Event ID: 1032533334 The Executive Court Banquet Facility Crown Court1199 South Mammoth Rd.Manchester New Hampshire ...

Event ID: 1032533329 Hilton Garden Inn, Troy & Rensselaer Banquet & Conference Facility Ferris Ballroom B235 Hoosick StTroyNew York12180United States Meal:Yes Language(s): English. Product(s): Hyper-V and ...

IT-Pro User Group Meeting – Windows 2012 Server – December 2012 When: Back to Calendar December 19, 2012 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Where: New ...

We are pleased to announce that the Boston Area Windows Server User Group will be providing an Installfest and Full day of training on Windows Server ...

To set the default location of an outlook data file you have to make a registry change. Once you make the change, anytime you create a ...

The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with tools to accelerate their migration to the cloud. The beta is available ...

The Windows 8 operating system is the newest member of the Microsoft Windows family. It differs from earlier Windows releases as much for what it does ...

In a recent test, NSS subjected Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 15-19, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 7-13 to over 3 million test runs ...

In a recent test, NSS subjected Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 15-19, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 7-13 to over 3 million test runs ...

Greetings, My son Brad asked me to post a message letting you know that he is in cub scouts and working hard to learn, earn achievements, ...

On Tuesday, September 4, Microsoft made the official announcement of Windows Server 2012. Is it ready for prime time? Absolutely, But no need to take my ...

From the Microsoft Press Blog… Free ebook: Introducing Windows I’m excited to announce the most recent free ebook offered by Microsoft Press. Introducing Windows Server 2012, ...

Today, Windows 8 Release Preview is available for download in 14 languages. See the Windows Team Blog for details… I am downloading it from TechNet Now ...

It is not my style to copy and paste for my posts but I stumbled on a great post from one of my developer count-parts G. ...

Virtual Desktops.. Way More than Just VDI — Get the FULL story So you think you know Remote Desktop Services and VDI, right? Well, VDI is ...

Venetian Ballroom G – Monday, April 16 – 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM SV-B317 Top 10 Things Every Systems Admin Needs to Know about Windows Server ...

Move Your Career to the Cloud with the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certification Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) is a reinvented certification for today’s technology solutions ...

Change Default Selection and Timeout Using MSConfig 1) Start | type msconfig | Press <ENTER> 2) Click on the Boot tab 3) Click to select the ...

The buzz with the cloud is it is that the Cloud is going to be huge. Much, much bigger than virtualization is/was. One has to say ...

This is cool. Microsoft is willing to PAY you to try some software and learn some stuff. And you could also win a very slick laptop ...

Recently a great series of 15 introductory videos have been completed and made available up on Microsoft Showcase, all focusing on SQL Azure. Here are the ...

Microsoft Virtualization and Cloud Certification Study Group(s) in this post… Study Group Proposal Why Get Certified What Are Microsoft Virtualization Certification Options? Browse Certification Catalog for ...

How to add a SCSI controller to a virtual guest on hyper-V We add the controller, add a drive to it, start the VM and initialize ...

How to add a SCSI controller to a virtual guest on hyper-V We add the controller, add a drive to it, start the VM and initialize ...

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Description Notes System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Product Documentation Collection of links to all online documentation of System Center ...

You can download the PDF from go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125048. The poster will help you understand the process and best practices for setting up rules and targeting. System Center ...

In my post Out of Disk Space on Drive C–How To Increase Space on Drive C of a Virtual Machine Running Windows Server 2003 I showed ...

I am starting with a sysprep’d Windows Server 2008 R2 Server. I have allocated 2 processors and 512mb memory to the guest using dynamic memory. Once ...

Before I get deep into SQL Installation let me tell you where we are starting… I am walking through the installation of SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 ...

Hot Add Storage was added to Hyper-V at version 2008 R2. From the Hyper-V Manager Right-click the machine you want to add storage to, select Settings. ...

Slides and other resources available for download from: Management and Deployment 2011 Firestarter – TechNet Events – Resources If you missed the national Microsoft Management Summit ...

When you are using Boot to VHD you must have enough capacity on the underlying disk to fully expand the VHD. If you do not have ...

The buzz with the cloud is it is that the Cloud is going to be huge. Much, much bigger than virtualization is/was. One has to say ...

My colleague and friend, Jim O’Neil did a post on an issue he and others were facing with IE 9 performance. I want to share so ...

Have you ever wanted to change some settings for all users in a Terminal Server or Remote Desktop Services Session environment? Do you know there is ...

PowerShell is an incredible tool that will allow you to run scripts or commands on your server. PowerShell is included with Windows Server 2008 R2 but ...

Tips and Tools for Managing and Securing Your Clients and Critical Server Infrastructure Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it ...

Revised 4/2/2011 to add merge change instructions link and link to simple way to do this using diskpart. I documented the process at: How To Expand ...

Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it deployed throughout your organization. Let’s take a look at the many tips and ...

Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it deployed throughout your organization. Let’s take a look at the many tips and ...

Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it deployed throughout your organization. Let’s take a look at the many tips and ...

Video Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/Gg269420 If your on Twitter please let me know what you think about this post @ITProGuru. Otherwise, Please place a comment on my blog. ...

Configuration Manager 2007 R3 provides a set of tools that enable the site administrator to manage and monitor the power consumption of computers in the enterprise. ...

System Center Essentials 2010 (Essentials 2010) is a new management solution in the System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for midsized businesses. ...

At the Women in Technology event at NERD last week, I sat in on the improving your brand sessions and took some notes. For those that ...

I have been using IE 9 for a while and have found it to be a pretty incredible browser. However, over time I have also found ...

Check out this poster for a visual representation and definition of how Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) works! This poster provides a visual reference for understanding ...

The rest of the stuff you asked for (feature comparison charts) will be posted soon. If anyone knows of some already posted, please let me know. ...

In case you missed it, You might want to check out this post first… Virtualization Gets Lots of Attention by Microsoft US East Region Evangelists – ...

Similar to the Hyper-V Architecture Poster, the Windows Server 2008 R2 Components Poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key ...

Overview: There is no silver bullet when it comes to successfully delivering content at live events and getting great scores. It actually takes a whole bunch ...

Publishing PowerPoint Slides to Your Blog or Website Using Office Web App and SkyDrive is a very simple process. The end results looks like the embedded ...

From SharePoint Saturday Boston Question and Answer on my session Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 with Operations Manager 2007 R2. “How to configure Email or IM ...

In a scenario where you have physically removed hardware from a machine you can no longer see it in device manager. This does not mean that ...

I have had many people over the last month ask what I have been doing to have success in increasing traffic to my blog and other ...

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Specifically, we will look at integration and ...

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Specifically, we will look at integration and ...

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Specifically, we will look at integration and ...

In this 27 min video we will discuss Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 deployment PLANNING. You can expect to learn what needs to be considered and ...

I messed up. It happens to everyone from time to time. In my case, I was playing around with my system boot manager because I wanted ...

Forefront is a family (suite) of products that are all focused on security. Together they offer a very comprehensive security solution protecting applications, systems, networks and ...

Similar to the Windows Server 2008 R2 component poster, the Hyper-V poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features ...

A New Way Of Doing Business 🙂 I am an IT Pro Evangelist in the US East Region (Developer and Platform Evangelism [DPE]). Starting FY11 (July ...

I have been using a Lenovo T61P for a couple years now and I absolutely LOVE IT! It has been a rock solid and fast machine. ...

When running Hyper-V you do not need to be at the console to manage your virtualization platform. In fact, it is strongly recommended that you delegate ...

Very Cool: A one-stop search tool for technical resources and connections On your desktop! Microsoft Desktop player allows IT Pros and Developers to access technical content ...

This post in in response to questions on how to turn maintain remote connectivity to a server running Hyper-V with the firewall enabled. The first thing ...

Today Microsoft made made some virtualization-related announcements — including changes to XP Mode that will allow XP Mode in Windows 7 to run without virtualization enabled ...

This is a nice compilation of pertinent information of deploying Windows 7. For those who are focusing on Windows 7 deployment in an enterprise environment, the ...

Click Video to Play Double-Click to go Full Screen You can find the downloadable files at the following URLs on Edge Windows Media Video (WMV) Windows ...

Click Video to Play Double-Click to go Full Screen You can find the downloadable files at the following URLs on Edge Windows Media Video (WMV) Windows ...

A quick update on Virtualization Group Boston’s, “All About Storage” event. Thanks to our Community Sponsors: PerfectDisk, and StarWind Software. We had a great turnout with ...

At recent TechNet events, I had questions about migrating applications using the User State Migration Tool (USMT). As I suspected, there is support for migrating some ...

Most of the content I use for webcasts and live events have virtual machines that have been created either by someone on my team or by ...

Announcing DPM eLearning is now online This week, I am very happy to announce the availability of eLearning for DPM 2007. This is a collection of ...

TechNet Events Presents TechNet Unleashed Game On Tour! <<- Registration Links Resource Handout and Slides from FY 10 Q1 Flex Events (TechNet Unleashed) can now be ...

I have had many questions about BitLocker so I thought I would answer them in this blog post. What is BitLocker and Why Should I Care? ...

The Exchange Team has put together a 10 part Webcast Series on Exchange Server 2010. The titles, dates and registration links are below: June 1, 2009: ...

Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists are ready to help. With the many staffing changes over the last 8 months or so Microsoft has increased the number of ...

Chris Bowen created a create blog post about publishers offering support for user groups. It is a great post that you should all be aware of. ...

I had a customer ask me today if it was possible to download SQL Server 2000 x64. I am posting here so others can benefit from ...

I had a client ask me about preparing his machine for the SQL Loadfest coming up at the end of this week. He wanted to know ...

If you do not have Group Policy Preferences installed see Install Group Policy Preferences. This link tells you how to do it in a 2003 domain. ...

Do you have a New Years Resolution? If not, or you would just like one you can keep, I would love to help you help your ...

It is possible to run Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 Domain. This post will step you through the process so you can get ...

Our team of IT Pro Evangelists including: Kevin Remde, Matt Hester, Chris Avis, Chris Henley, and Yung Chou is getting ready to start delivering a 20-part ...

At the Windows Server User Group in Waltham MA this week we talked about system tools that IT Pro’s use to make their life easier. Many ...

There are several things you must consider before migrating a machine from Virtual Server 2005 to a Hyper-V Host. I thought I would make a post ...

A very special award was given to a couple of very special community leaders in the New England (Boston) market. Ron Thibeau and John Ross were ...

WMS07 – Hyper-V Security and Best Practices You can get the rest of the decks from this event here Attachment: WMS07 – Hyper-V Security and Best ...

Thanks to all those that attended the Las Vegas Windows Connections this week. Here are my decks. WMS02 – Deploying Hyper-V Best Practices WMS03 – Managing ...

You can download the PPTX files from TechNet Download Site. In case you do not have office 2007, you can open the 2007 docs if you ...

Dictionary.com defines an evangelist as “a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evangelist) Merriam Webster defines evangelist as, “an enthusiastic advocate ...