Author: Dan Stolts ITProGuru
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Microsoft Tech Evangelist Job Opening–ITPro Audience
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 and Platform Evangelism (DX) team. The overall mission of the organization is to drive adoption while supporting a vibrant, healthy, and sustainable ecosystem locally for Microsoft’s key platforms.…
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Step-By-Step How To Migrate users and user Data from XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8 TO Windows 10 Using Microsoft Tool USMT User State Migration Toolkit
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 USMT ScanState is customizable through modifying the XML configuration files. For more information on the defaults, see What Does USMT Migrate?. The USMT tools can be used to migrate…
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TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Deploying Windows 10: Deployment and Servicing Options
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 can deploy, upgrade and manage Windows 10 in your Enterprise environment. See here for more ways to view or download! [2:15] What should we consider first before deploying Windows…
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Windows Server 2016 Preview: Storage Spaces Direct Overview
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 learn about the ins and outs of this great new technology as well as how your organization can benefit from it. See here for more ways to view or…
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Inspiring & Insightful Story: How I got started in technical evangelism-by Dave Voyles
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 reads all of the multi-part series and gets as much from it as I did. What a great story by Dave Voyles. You can find part 1 of this…
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Mold Future Products Microsoft Cloud and Virtualization IT Pro Research Panel
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 our Microsoft Cloud and Virtualization IT Pro Research Panel. As a member of the panel, you will get a chance to provide your feedback on existing products and services…
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Windows 10 And Office Launch in NYC Dec 1st
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 + Deeper content on: Apps, Browser (Edge and IE) Security Deployment / Configuration Update/Upgrade/Continuous Innovation More 9:30am 10:00am Registration 10:00am 10:10am Opening Remarks and Welcome 10:15am 11:00am Keynote 11:10am 12:30pm…
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Windows 10 and Office LAUNCH event Nov 10!
You’re Invited to Attend! CONNECT. LEARN. INNOVATE. Learn why Windows 10 is the best platform for business. Join Microsoft Experts for deep-dive discussions, demos and hands-on experiences BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE Security: Understand Device Guard, Secure Boot, Enterprise Data Protection with Office and next gen biometrics. Manageability: Stay current with new deployment and management solutions such…
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TechNet Radio – To the Cloud! Building and Running Servers without the Hardware (Part 6)
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 the physical hardware using Microsoft Azure. Learn how large and small to mid-sized companies can rent compute, storage, and networking resources by using datacenter hardware to deploy virtual machines…
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Microsoft 2015 Virtual CIO Summit, streaming LIVE from the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA!
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 from industry thought leaders, key Microsoft experts and your peers at this year’s CIO Summit. The Summit will cover key topics ranging from how the digital age is changing…
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Working with Files and Paths Using PowerShell
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 more ways to view or download!
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SQL Database Enable Geo Replication in Azure Portal
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 level of redundancy and replication topology do I use? When to use Geo-Restore SQL Database provides a built-in basic protection of every database by default. It is done by…
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TechNet Tour (IT-Camps) Coming
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 experts. Do you want to learn about new disaster recovery options from Microsoft experts? Have you been putting off trying new technology due to time pressures or not knowing…
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LogIt Function with PowerShell to Log to Screen and Log file – Super Simple and Elegant
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 file. Includes ability so set colors and other features. Full Script published on LogIt on TechNet Gallery. See here for more ways to view or download!
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Azure Certification Jump Start 70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
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 4th Floor – Walden Pond Price: $50.00/per person Refund policy REGISTER HERE Abstract: Do you want to get certified on Azure? Do you want to improve your marketability in…
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TechNet Radio: Server Essentials – Client Backups with Windows Azure Backup
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 cloud backups from the familiar backup tools in Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, or even System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager. In this episode you will learn…
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Azure Subscriptions with PowerShell
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 as multiple accounts. Presented by ITProGuru Dan Stolts. More scripts are available at http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts See here for more ways to view or download!
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Provision Storage Configuration with PowerShell-Part 2 of Using Storage Spaces Deployment Guide
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 -Automated PS>> .ProvisionStorageConfiguration.ps1 –PhysicalDisks <physical disk objects> The first option is recommended and will add all of the SAS disks to the storage pool. If you want to use…
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Automating and Testing Storage Spaces Performance with PowerShell Part 1 of Deployment Guide
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 series, we walk through the Storage Spaces Deployment Guide for Automation Scripts. This guide will instruct you on how to create and test a new Storage Spaces deployment using…
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Create A Virtual Machine Running Windows In The Azure Preview Portal
In this short video we will walk through the instructions outlined on the Azure Documentation site.