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Free Microsoft Certification Resources All New Early Experts
In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT organizations are using Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure to achieve superior performance and workload flexibility at the best possible price. With nearly two-thirds of businesses on more than one virtualization platform, adding Microsoft virtualization and cloud skills to your technical repertoire can improve your career options…
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To Scale Out or Not to Scale Out…That is the Question!
Dan Stolts welcomes back Jose Barreto to the show and this time brings along Sr. Program Manager Ned Pyle from the Windows File Server team as they take a “Shakespearian” look at whether or not you should Scale Out your File Servers. Tune in as they give us a quick overview of how these technologies…
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Networking Configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 R2
Dan Stolts and Jose Barreto are back and in this episode as they discuss networking configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Tune in as they chat about how networks should be configured as well as provide several scenarios and best practices. [2:21] Let’s do a quick recap…
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What’s New in SMB for Windows Server 2012 R2
Dan Stolts welcomes back Jose Barreto to the show as they discuss what’s new in SMB for Windows Server 2012 R2. Tune in as they chat about all of the new features and functionality for Server Message Block (SMB) and how these improvements will affect your datacenter. [2:10] SMB 3 offers some new improved SMB…
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More IT-Camps Coming Your Way!!!!
You CAN have the best of both worlds! With Windows Azure and System Center 2012 R2, IT Pros can easily extend an on-premises network to embrace the power and scale of the cloud – securely and seamlessly. These Hybrid Cloud scenarios present real solutions that you can implement today to solve pressing IT issues such…
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Donate Your Old Computers!
Do you have old computers sitting around that you don’t know what to do with? Donte them to your local community!
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Windows Azure Week – Free #AzureWeek #WindowsAzure #MVAJumpStart #MSMVA
Windows Azure Week http://aka.ms/azureweek Have you heard about Microsoft Virtual Academy’s Windows Azure Week? It’s a one-week, real-time Windows Azure intensive virtual conference. Are you considering moving your IT infrastructure to the cloud? Are you wondering how to leverage cloud platform features in your apps? Do you want to hear from the experts about what’s possible in Azure…
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Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-Step
In this detailed post and hands on lab (HOL) guide we will introduce Windows Azure backup and dive in deep with step-by-step instructions you can use to schedule a backup, perform a manual backup of your server and perform a test restore. The post assumes only that you have a server that you want to…
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TechNet Radio Series on Windows Server 2012 with Jose Barreto
ITProGuru announces the continuation of the TechNet Radio Series with Jose Barreto (Principal Program Manager on the Windows Server team responsible for SMB 3.0 feature set) covering Windows Server 2012 deployment scenarios leveraging SMB 3.0 is nothing new, but I wanted to provide a single consolidated post with all of the sessions to have a…
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Windows Server 2012 & Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager #WhyWin2012R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index at http://aka.ms/2012r2-01 Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager helps simplify the task of delivering service availability. For organizations with two or more datacenters looking to protect vital workloads running in their private cloud, Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager enables them to combine Windows Azure, System Center and Hyper-V…
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Activate Free MSDN Windows Azure Account From BizSpark benefits
By Now, you should have a LiveID / Microsoft Account. You are enrolled in the BizSpark program so now we need to activate your Free MSDN Windows Azure Account. Login to your BizSpark account (http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/default.aspx). Click My BizSpark from the top navigation Click on Get your free software! Then click Download Microsoft Software (via MSDN)…
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What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Lessons Learned Week 3
More great stories from Microsoft Technology Evangelists… Backup Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Azure #WhyWin2012R2 – If you have a small number of servers to protect and you currently have no backup solution, you are using the in box Windows Server backup tool on these servers, or use a third party backup solution,…
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Build a Hyper-V Lab for a Chance to WIN a Surface Pro and MORE! ( US ONLY )
Build your very own Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 for FREE and Enter for a chance to win* one of the following fantastic prizes: Three Grand Prizes: One of three Microsoft Surface Pro 64GB devices with Type Cover keyboard cover ($828.99 USD Retail Value) Twenty-Five First Prizes: One of twenty-five Microsoft Certification Exam Vouchers ($150.00 USD…
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What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Lessons Learned Week 1
It has been an incredible start to the Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Series. Here is brief summary of the 9 posts we covered so far… Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index #WhyWin2012R2 the series, opening and index page we learned that from Oct 18th and every day until Thanksgiving we should visit http://aka.ms/2012r2-01 to learn all about…
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Microsoft WordCamp Boston 2013–Call To Action Challenge #WCBos @WordCampBoston @ITProGuru
Free Cloud Resources http://aka.ms/WC-Cloud Create your Free Cloud Virtual Machines, websites and use other cloud resources 10 Websites Free $200 worth of free servers/services Windows Stack Lamp Stack Mix Ultra Fast Performance Great upload and download speeds Infinitely scalable Free MSDN Resources Startup’s / Small Businesses http://aka.ms/WC-BizSpark NOTE: Requires Credit Card but you will NOT…
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Virtualization Discussion with Microsoft Customer Research
Are you influential in the Virtualization space? Do you want to become influential? Are you smart about virtualization, cloud, and/or systems management? Do you work with any of these technologies? Here is your opportunity to be heard by Microsoft Research! Microsoft Windows Server and Systems Center Customer Research team would like to talk to IT…
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With Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch coming this week, where are all the free resources? Here is what I already know about…
With Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch coming this week, where are all the free resources? Here is what I already know about… Get Started Now with Windows Server 2012 R2… with these FREE options!Build Your Lab! Download Windows Server 2012 R2 http://aka.ms/GetWin2012R2, and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 http://aka.ms/hyper-v2012r2 Step-By-Step download & Installation guides http://aka.ms/eelab Don’t…
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Free Poster – Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture
Live Migration Upgrading Your Private Cloud Hyper-V and Failover Clustering Hyper-V Storage Session Modes Generation 2 Virtual Machines Get Started Now with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V … with these FREE options! Build Your Lab! Download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and get the best…
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Free Poster-What The Heck is a Generation 2 Virtual Machine–Here is the Answer!
Generation 2 Virtual Machines Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new class of virtual machines that are optimized for virtualization—generation 2 virtual machines. They provide advanced features that deliver significant management, storage and security benefits. In Windows Server 2012 R2, generation 2 virtual machine hardware removes most of the emulated (”legacy”) devices, or replaces them…