Author: Dan Stolts ITProGuru
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Free IT-Camp Training on Azure and Windows 10 Now Open To The Public
Free IT-Camp Training on Azure and Windows 10 Now Open To The Public Get the skills you need to start your journey to the cloud at a free IT Camp near you! Join us for this interactive, full-day training session and learn how to move your workloads from on-premises to the cloud and back again.…
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Mobility Transformed – The Path to Windows 10 IT Pro Evening Event
Join members of the Microsoft product team for interactive discussions & demos! Be one of the first to learn tips and tricks for Windows 10, Office 365, and more to ensure you are on the leading edge of devices and services! We’ll discuss: Windows 10 Next Generation Windows Devices Internet Explorer and Project Spartan…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 9) – Built-in DBA-Like Features in Azure SQL Database
In part 9 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the new features and functionality built into Azure which can help SQL DBs reduce IT and Developer management time. [1:44] Explain the new tier model for both performance/capacity and new capabilities? [9:40] Let’s chat about the real time monitoring…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 8) – Running your SQL Server Workloads on Azure Virtual Machines
In part 8 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the investments made to Azure VMs which improve SQL Server performance, scalability and reduce maintenance and management efforts. [2:52] What are the critical aspects of running SQL server in Azure VMs? [5:40] What are the main configuration options? [16:44]…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 7) – What’s the Big Deal with Big Data on Azure?
Continuing our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Sergeyt Pustovit and Mostafa Elhemali to the show as they discuss Big Data on Azure. Tune in as they go in depth on Storage, Management and Analytics as they touch upon how each component is supported and affected on Azure. [2:10] What are the key…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 6) The Role of the DBA Within Cloud Services
In part 6 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the roles of DBAs and how they can support cloud investments from data design strategies and workloads to the key critical factors that should be considered when moving to the cloud. [2:16] Is the DBA role changing when moving…
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Best of Microsoft Build Coming to a City Near You!
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…
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Boston Event tonight – Scaling out without flipping out
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…
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IT-Camps open to the Public in Birmingham and Irving
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,…
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2015 Global Azure Bootcamp – Cambridge (NERD)
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…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 5) – Process and Support Terabytes of Data on Azure
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…
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How To Get Started Automating Azure Infrastructure As A Service with PowerShell Step-By-Step
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…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 4) – SQL Server on a VM or Azure SQL Database?
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…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 3) – Incorporating Azure analytics services
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…
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 2) – Understanding Architecture and Data Management in Azure
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. …
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TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 1) – How are Customers using Azure?
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…
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How To Remove Azure Accounts (Cached Credentials) From PowerShell Remove-AzureAccount for ALL Accounts Step-By-Step
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…
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Azure Cloud Certification Jump Start 70-532, 70-533, 70-534 Exam Preparation
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!…
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Migrating Web Application from On-premises to Azure Step-By-Step
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…
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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
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…