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Many more details to follow. Registration is open Event Date Location Event link 18-May Best Buy Theater, New York City https://newyork.build15.com/ 20-May Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta https://atlanta.build15.com/ 29-May Moody Theater, Austin https://austin.build15.com/ 10-June Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago https://chicago.build15.com/ 15-June Universal Studios, Hollywood – LA https://losangeles.build15.com/ This event series brings the Build experience to…

Boston Event tonight – Scaling out without flipping out

Apr 23, 2015

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Evening event brought to you by DataStax & Microsoft Azure | RSVP Now I wanted to extend a personal invitation for you to attend. It should be a fun mix of learning and networking, with drinks and dinner included, too. Scaling out without flipping outApril 23, 2015 | 6-9pm EDT Location: District Hall75…

IT-Camps open to the Public in Birmingham and Irving

Apr 18, 2015

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Extend Your Datacenter with Microsoft Azure Birmingham (4/21) – http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_EAC=300286539 Irving (4/21) – http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_EAC=300286333 Learn how to get your organization hybrid-ready at a FREE IT Camp near you. In just one day of hands-on training, you’ll learn how to move your IT workloads from on-premises to the cloud and back again. After all,…

2015 Global Azure Bootcamp – Cambridge (NERD)

Apr 14, 2015

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Join your fellow cloud-ies at the Cambridge edition of the 2015 Global Azure Bootcamp. Now in its third year, the Bootcamp brings together technologists at over 150 locations across the world for a day’s worth of hands-on sessions focused on leveraging the capabilities of Microsoft Azure. The Boston area will play host to two events…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 5) – Process and Support Terabytes of Data on Azure

Mar 27, 2015

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In part 5 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Silvano Coriani to the show as they discuss cloud app design possibilities and how to support high volume applications in Azure. [3:40] How does processing large-scale OLTP workloads on Azure SQL Database with Elastic Scale work? What are the benefits? [6:32] How…

How To Get Started Automating Azure Infrastructure As A Service with PowerShell Step-By-Step

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Getting Started with PowerShell for Azure Install PowerShell Azure Module: The first thing we have to do is download the Azure PowerShell Module. You can get to it from http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ (uses Web Platform Installer) Click on install and follow the prompts. Run Azure Powershell: that you have installed the module, you should be able to…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 4) – SQL Server on a VM or Azure SQL Database?

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In part 4 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Scott Klein discuss what considerations you need to think about when comparing SQL Server on a VM (Virtual Machine) vs. Azure SQL database. Tune in as they go in depth on the pros and cons for each platform as well as its…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 3) – Incorporating Azure analytics services

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In part 3 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Benjamin Wright-Jones and Nishant Thacker to the show as they discuss when and why you would use HDInsight and Azure Machine Learning (ML) in your data analytics. [2:42] How is data collected and where is it hosted in Azure? [11:02] How are…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 2) – Understanding Architecture and Data Management in Azure

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In part 2 of our special Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Scott Klein to the show as they discuss architecture and data management in Azure. [2:25] Azure SQL Database – what is it and how is it relevant to dB admins? [6:06] One of the biggest buzz words we hear is scalability. …

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 1) – How are Customers using Azure?

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Dan Stolts kicks off a new multi-part series today on Data in the Cloud and in part 1 he welcomes Shawn Bice, Director of Program Management at Microsoft to discuss how customers are using Azure for their data needs. [2:35] It looks like you guys have a pretty complete data platform with many services, what are…

How To Remove Azure Accounts (Cached Credentials) From PowerShell Remove-AzureAccount for ALL Accounts Step-By-Step

Mar 25, 2015

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes PowerShell gets confused regarding accounts? I have many Azure Accounts and many subscriptions so it happens to me all the time. When you change from one Account to another and set the subscription for the prior account it does not perform as expected. As an example, when you run…

Azure Cloud Certification Jump Start 70-532, 70-533, 70-534 Exam Preparation

Mar 23, 2015

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This article includes: Tips, Tricks and Field Experiences Inside the Exams and Where to go to learn on 70-532 – Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 70-533 – Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 70-534 – Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions This article is part of a multi-part series The Hybrid Cloud for the IT Professional; Check it out!…

Migrating Web Application from On-premises to Azure Step-By-Step

Mar 23, 2015

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In this blog post, I want to show you how to convert an on-premises web application (with SQL backend connection) to run in a VM in Azure. This is part of a series which you can find at The Hybrid Cloud for the IT Professional. In a nutshell what you need to do is: Create an…

How To Move or Migrate SQL Server Workload to Azure SQL Database Cloud Services or Azure VM – All version of SQL Server – Step-By-Step

Mar 12, 2015

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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…

Microsoft Azure Loadfest March 20, in Cambridge MA

Mar 11, 2015

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If you were at out Windows 10 Loadfest you also got a ear full of Microsoft Azure. If you couldn’t make it, we’ve got something special for you. Microsoft Azure Loadfest March 20, in Cambridge MA Dan Stolts (ITProGuru) has a full day of hands on labs including: What is Azure…

Azure PowerShell Getting Started Authenticate with Certificate

Feb 23, 2015

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Before we can connect to Azure with PowerShell, we need to download the Azure PowerShell Module. Download and install the Windows Azure PowerShell Tools. Scroll down to Command-line Tools, under Windows PowerShell; click Install. Several components will be installed, you can take the defaults, accept the license agreement and let it go. Once done, click…

How To Use SysInternals Junction.exe to Delete Windows.Old After Upgrading Windows Step-By-Step

Feb 23, 2015

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I had on my to do list to write a detailed post on how to remove the Windows.Old folder after upgrading. While reading through some Rick Claus I noticed he already had a great post on it. Thanks Rick, you saved me a bit of work. You can find the Step-By-Step on his blog at…

Partner Cloud Lab Hands-On Training Tour with focus on IaaS and Microsoft Azure

Feb 19, 2015

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Note: These are NOT Microsoft events. However, since Microsoft IT-Camps are not open to the public this year, I thought these might be of interest. Cloud management-as-a-Service provider Infrastructure Guardian and Microsoft offer two days of hands-on training sessions for cloud computing with a focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service and the Microsoft Azure cloud platform for…

IT-Camp Azure Labs–Appendix Extra Labs–Step-By-Step

Feb 5, 2015

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