Year: 2013
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Need Software For Your NEW Business? BizSpark Offers Help NOW
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 software/Development Tools Windows Azure Credits $200 first month/$150 thereafter Support Professional technical and product support Unique offers from Network Partners Visibility Profile, Offers and Events Connection to the…
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Download Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V) Free
Launch the FREE Trial Preview Page for Windows Server 2012 To request a FREE Windows Server 2012 Trial with the appropriate evaluation resources, launch the FREE Trial Preview Page using the link below: DO IT: Launch the Windows FREE Trial Page for Windows Server 2012 If you happen to be doing this from Windows Server…
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How To Sign up for a Free Microsoft Account (aka LiveID)
Step 1 – Sign-up for a new Microsoft Account ( aka., Windows Live ID ) Your Microsoft Account is used for many things including most Microsoft properties (MSDN, TechNet, Microsoft Virtual Academy, Xbox, Azure, download software, etc.) DO IT: Sign-up for a new Microsoft Account ( note, that depending on your Internet web browser configuration,…
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Getting Started With Windows Azure–Step-By-Step Free Cloud Server Hours!
Using the 4 easy steps provided in this article, you’ll be able to activate a FREE Windows Azure Trial Subscription, suitable for building your Lab in the Cloud for Windows Server 2012 R2 or Linux without the need for local on-premises lab hardware. This trial subscription provides a tremendous opportunity to gain hands-on experience with…
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Adding Tags Dropdown List To Windows Live Writer–Step-By-Step
If you are a blogger, you probably know how important it is to add tags to your blog posts. So why in the world does the best blog editor (Windows Live Writer) not have a place to enter tags? Well, it does, you just have to enable it. Different blog engines will use different fields…
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Windows Azure Delete Storage, Containers, Disks and Images Step-By-Step
To delete storage click Storage then click the container then click Delete Error:“Storage account gurulabstor1309 has 1 container(s) which have an active image and/or disk artifacts. Ensure those artifacts are removed from the image repository before deleting this storage account.” Go to Storage –> Double-Click on Storage to go to the detail/dashboard –> Click Containers…
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Advanced Memory Management in a Virtual World – Not All Memory Management is Equal #VMWOrMS #VirtExpert Step-By-Step
Welcome to another of our series of “VMware or Microsoft?” articles. 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 ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of…
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Local Scouting Charity Needs Your Help for Upcoming Golf Auction
Do you have a product or service you can donate for the Auction? Cash pledges are welcome too. We Need Your Help As Leaders and Parents of the Scouting program you realize the value of the Annawon Council. We need a successful Golf Tournament on September 9th as we work toward balancing…
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BrightPlanIT Azure event on August 2nd in Buffalo, NY
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 hands-on demos and interactive discussions with Microsoft technical experts. You’ll work closely with the newly released Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and also get the opportunity to…
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Hyper-V for VMware Experts Part 2–Webcast
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 providing functionality and capabilities that make it a viable server virtualization alternative for all environments from test and development to mission-critical applications. This webcast is focused on providing information…
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DON’T MISS IT! Summer Slam July 18, 2013
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 to Brunswick Maine! Our northeast events are legendary, so you can be sure this conference will be worth your while. This is a FREE full-day conference in which you…
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Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals IT Camp in Maine
This hands-on training that takes place on July 17, 2013, will provide an introduction to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V for VMware professionals that are new to Microsoft Virtualization. Join Symon Perriman, Microsoft’s Senior Technical Evangelist, to learn the Microsoft virtualization terminology, how to create and manage VMs and clusters, configure disaster recovery, and manage a…
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Is Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and the Microsoft Virtualization Stack REALLY Ready For Your Datacenter?
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 providing functionality and capabilities that make it a viable server virtualization alternative for all environments from test and development to mission-critical applications. This webcast is focused on providing information…
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Free Technology Events Coming–Starts Tomorrow, Register NOW
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 technologies. Featured Event: Windows Server 2012 Loadfest Get Hands-On with Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V 3.0. The primary focus will be on Windows Server 2012. Leave work for the…
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TechEd–Get Your Tickets While You Can
Last year TechEd sold out so don’t wait until the last minute to sign up. Just do it now! TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans. TechEd is Microsoft’s premiere conference for IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers, offering the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft’s products, solutions, tools, and services. …
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Building Virtual Machines in the New Microsoft Cloud: From Deployment to Cost Analysis
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) for IT Professionals Join us for Four Series of interactive weekly Webcasts designed to help you understand the true ROI for ‘on-demand’ infrastructure scenarios and walk away with real-world proof of concepts that you can implement in your production environment. Series 1: Building Virtual Machines in the New Microsoft Cloud:…
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Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Training Days in US East Region (The Good Stuff)
– Please come with an active Windows Azure subscription (http://aka.ms/IaaS) Venue City Date Start Time End Time Venue Name & Registration New York City 5/21/2013 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Microsoft NYC Office Reston 5/22/2013 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Microsoft Reston Office Tampa 5/30/2013 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Microsoft Tampa Office Malvern 5/30/2013 9:00 AM 3:00…
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Site-to-Azure VPN using Windows Server 2012 RRAS Step-By-Step
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 from my on-premise datacenter to my Windows Azure environment. If you do not already have an Azure account, you can get a free trial at http://aka.ms/IaaS. Before I could…
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Configuring and Optimizing Your Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 #BuildYourCloud Week 3
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, But … Server virtualization has been a great set of technologies to reduce our capital expenses and some operating expenses by consolidating a larger number of virtualized server workloads…
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Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Services are READY FOR PRODUCTION USE!
We’ve been talking about Windows Azure virtual machines, and using Azure as “Infrastructure-as-a-Service” (IaaS) for many months now. We’ve been promoting the heck out of the 90-day free trial of Windows Azure to IT Pros all over the world; but with the caveat that the capability to create (or upload) virtual machines with persistent storage…