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  • Blog Post: Step-By-Step: Backing Up SQL Databases to Azure

    While delivering an CANITPRO Camp not to long ago, an IT administrator shared his story as to why he had decided to move his organization's SQL backup to the cloud. It seemed that his predecessor was very diligent in switching the backup tapes every morning. He insured backups were created daily, weekly...
    on15 May 2013

  • Blog Post: Step-By-Step: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Forest Via Windows Azure

    Anyone who has attended one of our #CANITPRO Camps provided across Canada has been appreciative of the fact that actual hardware is provided to run all labs. Attendees are also appreciative of the amount of hours that Pierre, Mitch, and I put forth in setting up said hardware in every city. This practice...
    on1 May 2013

  • Blog Post: Price Reductions for Virtual Machines and Cloud Services

    One of our influencers in Montreal Alexandre Brisebois, wrote this article on Tuesday. With his permission we are re-publishing it here, without any changes. Merci Alexandre! -M Earlier this month Amazon cut prices on Virtual Machines and I compared both Windows Azure and Amazon yearly pricing for...
    on18 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: System Center 2012 SP1– Overview

    System Center 2012 SP1 has been on most of our radars since Windows Server 2012 was released.  as you know, when release in Q2 of 2012, System Center 2012 didn’t support the unreleased Windows Server 2012 operation system. The original System Center 2012 release was designed for Windows Server 2008...
    on21 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Winning by having your head in the Cloud.

    As a child, my mom always told me that I had my head in the clouds. Many, many years later, it’s finally a good thing. You could win BIG!  Just by becoming an IT innovator with Microsoft Private Cloud. It’s actually a double win. You can win prizes but you also win a career boost by being part of...
    on5 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: Windows Azure–Yes, It’s for IT Pros Too!!

    Yesterday, Microsoft announced previews of new Windows Azure services that help developers build applications that connect data to users across public and private clouds, take advantage of VHDs and deploy scalable websites quickly and cheaply.  With this release, I am confident that many IT Professionals...
    on7 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Get Hands-On with System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012

    After 20 IT Camp events across Canada , if there is one thing that we have heard loud and clear from many of you out there, it is that you like to get hands-on with our technology . This just means that we need to do more of them, and we are. Over the next 6 weeks we will be coming to a city near you...
    on3 May 2012

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Private Cloud Part 1: What is a Private Cloud?

    A new whitepaper was released in January comparing private cloud solutions from Microsoft and VMware, taking a look at the functionality, benefits and economics of each solution. This series of blog posts breaks down the components of the whitepaper into consumable chunks and I’ve added my own...
    on20 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Licensing software in the cloud

    A girlfriend of mine called me up this weekend looking for a DVD copy of an older piece of software. She was rebuilding a computer for a family member who had the product key but no installation media. I’m sure many of you have similar stories trying to fix or repair computers for your family and...
    on23 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Important Webcast Tomorrow: Learn About Exciting Developments in Microsoft’s Private Cloud Strategy

    Tomorrow (January 17th) at 8:30am PST / 11:30am EST there is a really important webcast featuring Satya Nadella , the President of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business.  If you are interested in hearing developments about Microsoft’s Private Cloud strategy including the System Center product line...
    on16 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Cloud Computing–You’re Probably Already Using It!

    I’m not sure if are aware of this, but twice a year through something we call "The Global Relationship Study" – we here at Microsoft Canada reach out and contact you to see how we're doing and what Microsoft could do better. Every year a number of items come up where you tell us we need to...
    on12 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: Have Many Kinds of Devices and Need to Manage Them All? We Have a Tool for That…

    Over the last few months while out visiting many communities through TechDays and other events, I often get questions from IT professionals responsible for ensuring that all devices connected to the corporate network are safe, secure, and accounted for.  With the influx of consumer-focused devices...
    on7 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: Canadian IT Folks–Colin Smith - The Private Cloud in the Closet

    Something I’d like to start off with this Guest Blog post is the ability to get to know some of the fantastic speakers and partners in the technology space here in Canada. I created / participate in the LinkedIn group called Canadian IT Folks – thought the name was a good fit for this series...
    on30 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: We’ll be right back after this break…

    Hello folks, Today started very very early, we were leaving the hotel for the conference center a 5:30am…  yes, 5:30am.  however we had a great view from the hotel window. we were onsite at the Montreal Palais des Congres, to put the finishing touches on our Keynote presentation.  This...
    on29 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: De retour après la pause….

      Salut, La journée a commencé de bonne heure ce matin… 5 :30am.  voici la vue de ma chambre…  oui oui c’est le matin… Nous étions sur place tôt pour donner la touche final à notre présentation principale. Cematin à TechDays 2011 Montréal, nous avons eu la chance de faire une expérience...
    on29 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: The Microsoft Cloud Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

    By now, you’ve heard a lot about the “Microsoft Cloud”. We’ve talked a lot about what is Windows Azure , the problems it solves, the business opportunities it presents, and even more so, implementation scenarios, security, privacy, etc. More recently, we’ve also talked about the same with respect to...
    on28 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 1 - Provisioning and Configuring SQL Azure

    If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts of this series before starting this one: Introduction The architecture of the application calls for a SQL Azure database to store the application’s data. The developers have created the database on their on-premise...
    on20 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Deploying a Simple Cloud App

    I’d like to take this opportunity and introduce myself, as this blog post series is my debut on the Canadian IT Professionals blog. My name is Jonathan Rozenblit ( @jrozenblit ). I work alongside Rick and Damir though I focus on the developer tools and platforms. Windows Azure is one of those technologies...
    on20 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Office 365 Public Beta is Available!!

    Over the last few weeks Ruth Morton and I have been out on the AlignIT Tour talking to IT managers about how organizations can embrace the cloud and increase IT staff and end user productivity.  During the tour we got a lot of questions regarding Office 365 and when it will be available for everyone...
    on18 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Mark Russinovich talkin' Windows Intune Technology Tune-Up

    Here's a word of advice. If you ever get a chance to see Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich talk - in person or online - go see him. I haven't missed one of his talks over the last 6 years whenever he was speaking at an internal technical audience or even when I spoke last year at TechEd (he...
    on31 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Windows Intune Now Available–PC Management in the cloud

    Yet another cool announcement from MMS 2011 – Windows Intune is now RTM and available for a free 30 day trial or purchase. It’s a very interesting service that provides a one stop shop for keeping your PCs running at their best, no matter where they are – WITHOUT a local server infrastructure. I said...
    on23 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Cloud interview–Canadian perspective. My IT Pro Spin.

    A good friend of mine, John Weigelt, National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada had an interview with Mary Allen from http://itincanada.ca about cloud computing and what are points to know about the good ol’ US Patriot Act, Canadian PIPEDA and security/privacy in cloud environments. The article...
    on27 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: Over $4300 Raised for User Groups through the Azure Community Promotion!!

    In conversations with UG leads across the country, we heard clearly for Canada the cloud represents so many opportunities for organizations, developers and IT Pros.   After listening to the feedback, through these conversations and others from TechDays, we decided we needed to do something...
    on3 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: Concerns about Security when considering Cloud technologies

    I’ve been attending CloudCamps that have been hosted in the various TechDays cities ( disclaimer: we sponsor the room and AV – events are completely run by CloudCamp organizers) and a very comment topic / thread comes up on issues of Security wen considering adopting Cloud technologies. Outside of the...
    on2 Dec 2010
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