Month: September 2014
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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 Configuration
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 to be able to RDP to an Azure Virtual Machine from a local school or customer office where the IT department has blocked port 3389. There is a new…
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How To Move or Migrate SQL Server Workload to Azure Cloud Services – All version of SQL Server – 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 move the entire system. You could move to Azure SQL Database or you could migrate to a VM running SQL Server. The methods that you chose to move will…
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How to Fix Login Failed for User (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456) Step-By-Step – Add SQL Administrator to SQL Management Studio
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 how to configure SQL Server to allow other users to login as Administrators to SQL Server. The generic message “Login Failed for User (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456)” means…
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Monitoring Hybrid Cloud – Step-By-Step
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 an example, monitoring can let us know that we are running out of disk space on one of our volumes so we can order drives and get them install…
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TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning a Hybrid Cloud Storage Architecture
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 storage solution using Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure. Tune in for this lively discussion on the many storage options available to you as well as discussions around…
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TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning Hybrid Cloud Virtualization
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 environment. Tune in as they discuss how virtualization is no longer constrained to the physical capacity of an on-premise environment and then showcase some tools and techniques that are…
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TechNet Radio: Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Planning Hybrid Cloud Networking
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 in as they go in depth on what options are available for hybrid cloud networking as they explore network connectivity and address concerns about speed, reliability and security. •…
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How To Allow Remote Desktop Services RDP and Ping ICMP Through Windows Firewall–Step-By-Step
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 Security” control panel applet. You can get here by typing “firewall” in the search box near the start button and selecting it from the list (likely on top) or…