Author: Dan Stolts ITProGuru
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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…
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Building Your Private Cloud Fabric with System Center 2012 SP1 #BuildYourCloud Week 2
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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Automatically Deploy System Center 2012 in Just a Couple Hours; Need Hardware, Use Azure #MMS2013 All FREE!
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 which you can also download (ISO, VHD) for free. If you do not have hardware to put it on, let me recommend that you also start a Free Windows…
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Getting Started with Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks #MMS2013
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 how to extend your existing applications and your skills to the cloud, delivering solutions quickly for the growing needs of your business. We will cover how to build private,…
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Migrating Servers, Including VMware Virtual Machines to Hyper-V Easily and Automatically Many Tools Available including MVMC Automation Toolkit (MAT)
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 easy. the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a simple GUI tool that gets a list of VM’s from vCenter and allows you to select a machine for conversion. …
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Windows Azure Active Directory is now ready for use in production environments and it is FREE!
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 to maintain a single identity that can be used to access applications that are run on Windows Azure or within their own data centers by federating with their…
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Build Your Private Cloud Foundation with Windows Server 2012 Series Week 1 #BuildYourCloud
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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Virtualization Landscape in a Heterogeneous World – TechNet Radio:ITProGuru vs. Tony Asaro #VirtExpert (Part 25 of 20+)
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. I hope you enjoyed the series and enjoy this final episode of Virtualization in an Heterogeneous World! TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Tony Asaro on the Virtualization Landscape in a…
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Build your own Virtual Network in the Cloud for FREE with the Windows Azure cloud platform, Enter for a chance to win!
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 the following fantastic prizes: One Grand Prize: Ticket to Tech Ed 2013 North America in New Orleans, LA ( $2,195 retail value ) PLUS a $500 VISA Gift Card.…
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Virtual Memory Management: Dynamic Memory-Much Different Than Memory Over Commit – Become a Virtualization Expert (Part 3 of 20)
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 the Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we are…
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Hyper-V LIVE! TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs. And Virtualization Series Experts #VirtExperts brings you Hyper-V LIVE (Part 2 of 2)
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 you Hyper-V Live! Dan Stolts and Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky are back for part 2 of their Hyper-V Live series and in today’s episode they demo for us Live…
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Hyper-V LIVE! TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs. And Virtualization Series Experts #VirtExperts brings you Hyper-V LIVE (Part 1 of 2)
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 6a of 20+) have teamed up to bring you Hyper-V Live! Dan Stolts welcomes Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky to the show as they discuss the new “Live” features found…
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TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Hyper-V Live with Rob McShinsky (Part 1 of 2)
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 in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012. Tune in for part one of their two part series as they’ll demo for us the Live Add Memory and Live Snapshot Merging…
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Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals FREE ebook from Microsoft Press
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 Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – ePub format ———- This week, we have released a new FREE preview e-Book for IT professionals: Introducing Windows 8 – An…
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Hyper-V Replica Step-By-Step #VirtExpert Virtualization Experts (Series Part 22)
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 the Server Virtualization Expert Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we…