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Red Hat Enterprise Linux images generally available through Azure Marketplace Pricing | Use Red Hat solutions on Azure webpageRed Hat Enterprise Linux, now available in all regions, is offered on a pay-as-you-go model, with per-hour billing. Red Hat and Microsoft also allow Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers on Azure to connect directly to the Red…

TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Exam Jump Start 70-534 Prerequisites: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

Feb 12, 2016

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Are you interested in becoming certified in architecting Microsoft Azure solutions? If so, then join us for this new 3 part series hosted by Dan Stolts and Brian Lewis and learn about the prerequisites to becoming Azure certified. In this final part to our series we’ll walk you through another demo heavy session and show…

TechNet Radio: (Part 2) Exam Jump Start 70-534 Prerequisites: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

Feb 11, 2016

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Are you interested in becoming certified in architecting Microsoft Azure solutions? If so, then join us for this new 3 part series hosted by Dan Stolts and Brian Lewis and learn about the prerequisites to becoming Azure certified. In Part 2 we’ll go in depth in an all demo session and cover everything you need…

TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Certification Exam Jump Start 70-534 Prerequisites: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

Feb 10, 2016

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Cloud Architects are among the top demanded positions today. They are also very high paying and garner an enormous amount of respect and prestige. Would you make a good Architect? Are you interested in becoming certified in architecting Microsoft Azure solutions? If so, then join us for this new 3 part series hosted by Dan…

Behind the Scenes of the 2016 Iowa Caucus App – Secure, Scalable, High Performance, Awesome App, Awesome Execution

Feb 9, 2016

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Capturing more than 90% of the caucus results within three hours in a secure, accurate and trusted manner is an amazing accomplishment. In today’s special TechNet Radio episode, join Tommy Patterson as he welcomes the team that brought to life the 2016 Iowa Caucus app. Built on Microsoft technology, the new platform featured a secure…

2016-01 ITProGuru Events Newsletter – 2016 Brings Many New Events

Jan 27, 2016

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Home of the most recent Events Newsletter… http://itproguru-app.azurewebsites.net/newsletter ITProGuru Events Microsoft Official Newsletter 1/26/2016 Edition: 2016 Vol 1 Jump to: ♦ TechNet Events ♦ Online ♦ Community Events ♦ Third Party Events ♦ Subsribe Now ♦ Regions coming soon 🙂 A New Look ♦ ♦ ♦ 2016 brings in a new look and a new…

Project Nami an Open Source WordPress for Azure SQL and SQL Server

Jan 27, 2016

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If you’re like me and think Not Another MySQL Install, when you go to setup WordPress… then look no further. A couple months back (I know I’m late, I’m sorry!!) I got to drive out to Alabama and talk with the minds behind Project Nami. We covered everything from deploying your blog, migrating your current…

TechNet Radio – To the Cloud! Building and Running Servers without the Hardware (Part 6)

Oct 21, 2015

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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…

Microsoft 2015 Virtual CIO Summit, streaming LIVE from the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA!

Sep 24, 2015

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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…

SQL Database Enable Geo Replication in Azure Portal

Sep 3, 2015

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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…

TechNet Radio: Server Essentials – Client Backups with Windows Azure Backup

Aug 26, 2015

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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…

Create A Virtual Machine Running Windows In The Azure Preview Portal

Aug 24, 2015

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In this short video we will walk through the instructions outlined on the Azure Documentation site.

TechNet Radio: (Part 1) To the Cloud! What the Cloud can do for your Business

Aug 19, 2015

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Want a basic overview of the cloud and cloud services? Curious how to move from old-school, traditional IT to today’s cloud? Learn how to run your business 100 percent in the cloud, with just a phone, a laptop, a phablet, and a printer! From basic definitions of cloud services to specific technologies that can help…

Mobility Transformed – The Path to Windows 10 IT Pro Evening Event

May 12, 2015

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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…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 9) – Built-in DBA-Like Features in Azure SQL Database

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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…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 8) – Running your SQL Server Workloads on Azure Virtual Machines

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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]…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 7) – What’s the Big Deal with Big Data on Azure?

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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…

TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 6) The Role of the DBA Within Cloud Services

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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…

Best of Microsoft Build Coming to a City Near You!

May 3, 2015

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