Tag: Step-By-Step
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How To Sign up for a Free Microsoft Account (aka LiveID)
Step 1 – Sign-up for a new Microsoft Account ( aka., Windows Live ID ) Your Microsoft Account is used for many things including most Microsoft properties (MSDN, TechNet, Microsoft Virtual Academy, Xbox, Azure, download software, etc.) DO IT: Sign-up for a new Microsoft Account ( note, that depending on your Internet web browser configuration,…
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Getting Started With Windows Azure–Step-By-Step Free Cloud Server Hours!
Using the 4 easy steps provided in this article, you’ll be able to activate a FREE Windows Azure Trial Subscription, suitable for building your Lab in the Cloud for Windows Server 2012 R2 or Linux without the need for local on-premises lab hardware. This trial subscription provides a tremendous opportunity to gain hands-on experience with…
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Adding Tags Dropdown List To Windows Live Writer–Step-By-Step
If you are a blogger, you probably know how important it is to add tags to your blog posts. So why in the world does the best blog editor (Windows Live Writer) not have a place to enter tags? Well, it does, you just have to enable it. Different blog engines will use different fields…
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Windows Azure Delete Storage, Containers, Disks and Images Step-By-Step
To delete storage click Storage then click the container then click Delete Error:“Storage account gurulabstor1309 has 1 container(s) which have an active image and/or disk artifacts. Ensure those artifacts are removed from the image repository before deleting this storage account.” Go to Storage –> Double-Click on Storage to go to the detail/dashboard –> Click Containers…
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Advanced Memory Management in a Virtual World – Not All Memory Management is Equal #VMWOrMS #VirtExpert Step-By-Step
Welcome to another of our series of “VMware or Microsoft?” articles. Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of…
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Site-to-Azure VPN using Windows Server 2012 RRAS Step-By-Step
I have had on my blog todo list for a number of months to put a Step-By-Step blog post together on How To setup a VPN from my on-premise datacenter to my Windows Azure environment. If you do not already have an Azure account, you can get a free trial at http://aka.ms/IaaS. Before I could…
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Virtual Memory Management: Dynamic Memory-Much Different Than Memory Over Commit – Become a Virtualization Expert (Part 3 of 20)
Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of the Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we are…
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Hyper-V Replica Step-By-Step #VirtExpert Virtualization Experts (Series Part 22)
Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of the Server Virtualization Expert Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we…
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Migration and Deployment How To Migrate or Transfer Files And Settings To Windows 8 From Windows 7, Vista or XP (Part 4 of 19)
Overview: You can use Windows Easy Transfer wizard to migrate files from your old computer to your new computer. Using the Easy Transfer Wizard is super simple. You can use this tool to transfer you files and settings even if you are moving from an 32 bit (x86) environment to an 64 bit (x64). Basically…
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How to Create FileName Variable with Date And Time From Command CMD Batch File For Use in Creating Unique Filename
I created this script for use in my AutoBootVHD8.cmd file which is part of a hands on lab http://ITProGuru.com/HOL Here is the resulting code.. @echo Backing up Boot Configuration Data Rem Create FileName with datatime :: this is Regional settings dependent so tweak this according your current settingsEcho %DATE% %Time%for /f “tokens=1-8 delims=::./ ” %%A…
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Inside Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Replica With How To Setup and Configure Step-By-Step
Understanding Hyper-V Replica Hyper-V Replica is new in Windows Server 2012. It is an asynchronous, virtual machine replication technology that is designed for business continuity and disaster recovery. Using Hyper-V Replica, you can replicate a virtual machine from one location to another using just Hyper-V and a network connection, as illustrated in the following diagram.…
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Use Windows Azure to learn Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces (Part 27 of 31) by Kevin Remde
The 27th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Use Windows Azure to learn Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud (Part 27 of 31). In this edition, Kevin Remde explains how you can leverage Windows Azure to learn “Storage Spaces” and…
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Inside Dynamic Memory in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V–Everything You NEED to Know
What is Dynamic Memory? Dynamic memory was introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1. It gave the Hyper-V hypervisor the capability to dynamically adjust the amount of memory assigned to a machine based on memory demand. The reason we would want to do this is simple. If we can put only the amount of…
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Using Your Own SQL Server in Windows Azure Step-By-Step (Part 22 of 31) by Blain Barton
The 22nd edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Part 22 of 31 – Using your own SQL Server in Windows Azure – 31 Days of IaaS In this edition, Blain Barton explains Step-By-Step how you can create a new VM and learn how to install SQL Server.…
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What Does Windows Azure Cloud Computing REALLY Cost + How to SAVE (Part 15 of 31 Days IaaS) Dan Stolts ITProGuru
So far in this 31 part series that is 31 Days of Servers (VMs) in the Cloud we have learned much about what is Windows Azure is and what it can do. But, how much does it cost? In this edition of the series we will answer that question and more. Free is great but…
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How to Create an Azure VM with PowerShell (Part 14 of 31) – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud Series – Brian Lewis
The 14th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at How to Create an Azure VM with PowerShell (Part 14 of 31) – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud Series. In this edition, Brian Lewis explains step-by-step how to use PowerShell to create a virtual machine. He looks at:…
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Step-By-Step Creating Azure Virtual Machines with System Center App Controller (Part 13 of 31) – Kevin Remde
The 13th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Creating Azure Virtual Machines with App Controller (Part 13 of 31) In this edition, Kevin Remde explains how to (Step-By-Step) use App Controller to create/deploy virtual machines on Windows Azure. App Controller is part of System Center. If you…
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How To Backup or Export your Blog powered by Telligent – TechNet, MSDN, or Other Blog Site Step-By-Step
If you haven’t exported your MSDN/TechNet theme (with all of the customization you’ve done) then you could spend a bunch of time recreating it if there is a problem. You might be thinking that Themes are just standard stuff, but they actually hold your widgets, settings you’ve selected, and content in some cases like “Generic”…
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Step-by-Step: Connecting System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows Azure (Part 12 of 31)–Kevin Remde
The Jan 12th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Connecting System Center 2012 App Controller to Windows Azure (Part 12 of 31). In this edition, Kevin explains how to use App Controller to help manage Windows Azure. He starts us off by showing you how to…
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Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure (Part 11 of 31 Days IaaS ) – Keith Mayer
The Jan 11th edition of 31 Days of Server (VMs) in the Cloud is now live at Step-by-Step: Running FREE Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Part 11 of 31. The Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering supports running Windows virtual…