2014 Archive
- Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-StepIn 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 – Free #AzureWeek #WindowsAzure #MVAJumpStart #MSMVAWindows 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 ...
- Inside Windows Azure Online Backup Using PowerShell Step-By-StepPrerequisites – before we get started! For a complete list of Windows Azure Backup PowerShell cmdlets see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh770400.aspx To Install Windows Azure Backup see Backup Windows ...
- Donate Your Old Computers!Do you have old computers sitting around that you don’t know what to do with? Donte them to your local community!
- More IT-Camps Coming Your Way!!!!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 ...
- Networking Configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 R2Dan 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 ...
- To Scale Out or Not to Scale Out…That is the Question!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 ...
- What’s New in SMB for Windows Server 2012 R2Dan 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 ...
- Free Microsoft Certification Resources All New Early ExpertsIn 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 ...
- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Keyboard And Mouse – Shortcuts GaloreHow 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 ...
- Hybrid-Cloud Infrastructure – The Future is here TODAY! Brad Anderson Keynote at TechEd 2014Brad 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 To Sysprep – Sysprep is a Great And powerful tool And Easy Too If You Know How (Step-By-Step)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. ...
- Microsoft Azure RemoteApp – Access apps and data from any device and any locationThis 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 ...
- How To Convert Physical to Virtual Machine (P2V) Migration – Step By Step – MUCH Easier Than You Might think!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 ...
- TechEd North America: Enabling Enterprise Mobility with Windows and Microsoft Office 365How do we deal with mobility as IT Pros? This video with Brad McCabe and Alan Meeus will show how you can manage mobile devices using ...
- How To Enable Snipping Tool, Windows Media Player and more Desktop Experience Tools on Windows Server 2008-2012 R2Are 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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – What is “DevOps” and Why is it Important for IT Pros? (Part 1)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 ...
- An Interview with Jeff Mitchell from Bit-Wizards PLUS Updates on Microsoft Azure, BuildYourBiz.org, Office 365 and more!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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Automating for Predictability (Part 6)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Enabling Self-Service On-Demand Developer Environments in the Cloud (Part 3)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – How Does Microsoft Azure and the Cloud align with DevOps? (Part 2)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Source Control in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure & Visual Studio Online (Part 4)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Testing in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio Online (Part 5)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Configuration Management (Part 7)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Rollback Plan? What rollback plan? (Part 8)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 ...
- Accelerate DevOps with the Cloud – Scaling Cloud Applications (Part 9)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 ...
- A Message of Congratulations to New Technology GraduatesI 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 ...
- Adding or Manage Administrator users To Windows Azure Step-By-StepIn 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 ...
- Session Content From TechEd North America 2014 Available Free OnlineSee 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 ...
- Change Azure Subscriptions–Go directly to a specific Subscription in Windows Azure–Step-By-StepIn 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 ...
- How to Access the New Windows Azure Portal–Switch Azure portals–Step-By-StepYou 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 Site Recovery to Microsoft Azure–Now Available in PreviewHyper-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 ...
- Microsoft Acquires InMage–Migrate, Replicate, Recover With AzureI 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 ...
- Deploy SQL Server 2014 VM on Azure Cloud and Configure with Adventure Works DB–Step-By-StepPart 1: Creating SQL Server Virtual Machine on Windows Azure (using the new portal) Step-By-Step 1. Login to Windows Azure Portal 2. Click New in the ...
- Assessing Current IT infrastructure with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) AND BONUS-Evaluate for Migration to Azure CloudThe 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 ...
- Awesome Tool – Estimating costs for migrating workloads to Azure with Azure IaaS Cost Estimator Tool Step-By-StepHave 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 ...
- TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning a Hybrid Cloud Storage ArchitectureKevin 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 ...
- The Super Simple Way To Backup Your Infrastructure – Leverage Azure Storage – How To Backup To Azure Step-By-StepIn 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 ...
- How To Allow Remote Desktop Services RDP and Ping ICMP Through Windows Firewall–Step-By-StepCreate 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 ...
- TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning Hybrid Cloud NetworkingKevin 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 ...
- TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning Hybrid Cloud VirtualizationIn 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 ...
- TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning a Hybrid Cloud Storage ArchitectureKevin 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 ...
- Monitoring Hybrid Cloud – Step-By-StepIt 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 ...
- How To Create Windows Server for Remote Desktop (RDP) To Be Used While Port 3389 is Blocked-Azure VM Step-By-Step PLUS Anywhere Access ConfigurationYou 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 ...
- How to Fix Login Failed for User (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456) Step-By-Step – Add SQL Administrator to SQL Management StudioIn 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 ...
- How To Move or Migrate SQL Server Workload to Azure Cloud Services – All version of SQL Server – Step-By-StepThere 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 ...
- How to Hide, Replace, Empty, Format (blank) values with an empty field in an Excel Pivot Table without using filters –Step-By-StepI 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. ...
- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Windows 8.1 Keyboard And Mouse – Shortcuts GaloreHow 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 ...
- Panel Discussion Webinar: Deconstructing the Hyper-Converged Paradigm with GridstoreThank 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 – ...