Tag: Windows Azure
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Behind the Scenes of the 2016 Iowa Caucus App – Secure, Scalable, High Performance, Awesome App, Awesome Execution
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…
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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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Inside Windows Azure Online Backup Using PowerShell Step-By-Step
Prerequisites – before we get started! For a complete list of Windows Azure Backup PowerShell cmdlets see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh770400.aspx To Install Windows Azure Backup see Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-Step To enable PowerShell for use with Windows Azure and Windows Azure Backup see: Install Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets Step-By-Step Connect to Windows Azure…
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Install Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets Step-By-Step Connect to Windows Azure Includes Importing MSOnlineBackup Module
There are two ways you can authenticate to Windows Azure. You can store a username and password or you can use a certificate. If you want to authenticate with a password see How to: Connect to your subscription My preference is to use a certificate. Certificate Authentication The Windows Azure PowerShell module includes cmdlets that…
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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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Windows Server 2012 R2 Backup Full Integration with Windows Azure Backup #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, Windows Azure Back may be a viable option for you. If you have a larger infrastructure and already…
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Build Your Business Activate BizSpark MSDN Free Windows Azure Account Step-By-Step
If you have not already activated your BizSpark benefits, see http://aka.ms/gurubizspark To successfully activate Windows Azure platform benefits BizSpark subscribers will need to go this very simple process: Activate Windows Azure subscription for BizSpark / MSDN subscribers Sign-in to your MSDN benefits page Use the Activate Windows Azure link from MyAccount from your MSDN…
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2012 R2 Launch Series: Why Windows Server 2012 R2 Rocks! #WhyWin2012R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index at http://aka.ms/2012r2-01 Part 2: Why Windows Server 2012 R2 Rocks! #WhyWin2012R2 You are probably like most people and realize that Windows Server 2012 was a very substantial upgrade over Windows Server 2008 R2. What would you say to Microsoft doing it again, and even better? WOW! That is…
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Windows Server Backup to the Cloud on the Cheap
Windows Azure Backup helps protect server data against loss and corruption by enabling backup to offsite cloud storage in Windows Azure. It provides a consistent experience configuring, monitoring, and recovering backups across local disk and cloud storage, integrating with the in-box backup program in Microsoft Windows Server or System Center Data Protection Manager. Windows Azure…
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Free Windows Azure eBook + Free Windows Azure Account + Step-By-Step Getting Started
We are happy to announce a new free ebook – Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals by Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Azure Team! As you go through the book you will want to play with Windows Azure. You can get a free account from http://aka.ms/IaaS. Also, if you want step-by-step instructions on how to…
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Build Your First FREE Cloud Server and Infrastructure Step-By-Step
It is time to build your first cloud server. It is easy to create a virtual machine that is running the Windows Server operating system when you use the Image Gallery in the Windows Azure Management Portal. This tutorial will teach you how to create a virtual machine running Windows Server in the cloud that…
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Get started as an “Early Expert” on Windows Server 2012 R2 with this FREE eBook!
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical differentiation and value in the IT marketplace by supporting multiple hypervisors. Using this free eBook and the “Early Experts” study program, IT Professionals can easily extend…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index #WhyWin2012R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 is HERE and now is the perfect time to get smart on the new capabilities it brings. To that end, Microsoft has their top technologists and educators collaborating on a blog post series to bring Windows Server 2012 R2 knowledge to you. They will cover Why Windows Server 2012 R2…
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Backup Windows Server Using Windows Azure Backup Step-By-Step (Hand On Lab)–Try It While Its FREE
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…
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How To Create A Self-Signed Computer Certificate using PowerShell Step-By-Step; Much Easier Than MakeCert.exe
I need to create a self-signed computer certificate to use for authentication between my Windows Server 2012 Server and Windows Azure. The same process will work for other versions of windows and for communication with other applications. In my case, I am using it for Windows Azure Backup but the steps would be the same…
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How Secure is Windows Azure … Microsoft First Public Cloud Provider To Be Granted FedRAMP Security Authorization
Microsoft received notice that Windows Azure was granted the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO). Windows Azure is the first public cloud platform, with infrastructure services and platform services, to receive a JAB P-ATO The Federal government is moving to the cloud, and early on it recognized that, although each agency…
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VMware or Microsoft? – The Complete Series–There really is a difference between virtualization platforms!
You asked for it, so here it is! Here is the list of articles in our “VMware or Microsoft? series, as submitted by our team of IT Pro Technology Evangelists. The series is complete. Below is the entire list of articles! We hope you find these useful! Date Article Author Aug 12, 2013 Series Introduction…