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TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Systems Management & Private Cloud (Part 1) ITProGuru Dan Stolts welcomes Sr. Product Marketing Manager Kenon Owens and Sr. Program Manager Stephen Baron as they discuss why systems management is such a concern for IT organizations and how private cloud environments...

  Abstract: In Part 2 of our Systems Management & Private Cloud series, Dan Stolts , Kenon Owens and Stephen Baron dig deeper into how applications are packaged, deployed and managed across multiple cloud environments within System Center 2012   and how service templates, and the self-service...

  I have a prior post where I offered suggestions and very high level steps to setup your private cloud.  I just updated that post with pretty detailed step by step instructions.  You can get to the new post at http://aka.ms/lab It includes links to all downloads (including sysprep images...

      Mark your calendar for Wednesday May 2, 2012!   Join us for the first annual IT-Pro Tech Update 2012 .   This event will focus on the next phase of information technology with topics including:   virtualization, Windows 8, interoperability, security, and private cloud...

Private Cloud is the future of IT, and the future is now. Spend the day at our IT Camp and learn about Microsoft's virtualization solution, Hyper-V, the first step on your path to mastering Private Cloud. You'll embark on an interactive journey as you learn the foundation of cloud services, Hyper-V,...

VDX Drive Down Data Center Costs With Hyper-V And System Center Management High quality, high availability, simple to use and full virtual and physical management at a fraction of the cost of the alternatives. That is what you get with Hyper-V and System Center. In this session, we will look inside Microsoft...

This is cool. Microsoft is willing to PAY you to try some software and learn some stuff. And you could also win a very slick laptop in the process. “Huh? Seriously?” Well.. in a sense. We’re announcing today an opportunity for a limited (roughly 5,000) number of people to get...

Virtualization Deep Dive Day 2012 Coming To Boston March 10th 2012 – Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn about Cloud and Virtualization. . Registration is open for the fourth annual Virtualization Deep Dive Day. Act now while you can still take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. This event...

Free TechNet Webcast Series – Private Cloud kicks of today! Click the individual sessions below to register.  Notice times are listed in PST time zone! You will NOT want to miss this… 1/18 : Register: TechNet Webcast: Career Progression: Getting Ready for the Cloud (Level 200) on 1/18/2012 1:00...

Virtualization Deep Dive Day 2012 for IT Professionals It is that time of year again! We wanted to reach out to you and invite Phd Virtual back to this year’s Virtualization Deep Dive Day event. The 4th annual Deep Dive Day conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 10 th at “The Lantana”, in Randolph...

Several Ways to Enable the Hyper-V Role… Command Line: DISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V Startup ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V PowerShell: Add-WindowsFeature Hyper-V GUI: Server Manager – Add Role – Hyper-V May use remote management to install via GUI on Server Core SCVMM – Add...

Free TechNet Webcast - Career Progression: Getting Ready for the Cloud on 1/18/2012 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM PST. You will NOT want to miss this… Please Register https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032501883&Culture=en-US About this TechNet webcast: To be successful with...

If you are anywhere near Alpharetta, GA (outside Atlanta) or can be there on Jan 18th you need to check out the IT Camp... John Baker is hosting the event.  Check out the details at his blog IT Camp: Free Hands-on Training - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012–Alpharetta, Georgia

70-659 Certification Series - 1.1 Installing and Configuring Host and Parent Settings: Hyper-V Role In this part of the 70-659 Certification Series we will go through the initial Installation/Setup and Configuration of Hyper-V… 1.1.1-Identifying Hardware Requirements   Silverlight is not installed...

70-659 Certification Series Blog Series Home: http://aka.ms/70-659   Download 70-659 Certification Series Overview Audio File Download 70-659 Certification Series Overview Video File Embedded Video 5 min 53 seconds   Silverlight is not installed or a later version is required. Brought...

TechNet Video: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat (Episode 2) Download WMV Download | WMA | MP3 Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? If you attended one of the Live Private Cloud TechNet events below, hopefully we’ve inspired you to build out your own test environment with our downloadable...

  Happy New Year!  Do you have certification on your New Years Resolution list?  If so, you are going to LOVE This!  The Microsoft East Region ITE’s (IT Pro Evangelists) will, over the next couple months, be putting out a blog post series to give you all the information you need to...

Even Better… We are planning on providing this service to you ongoing.  Watch my blog for details and schedule of upcoming chats If you attended one of our Live Private Cloud TechNet events, hopefully we inspired you to build out your own test environment with our downloadable evaluation products...

Some of my friends and peers in the Central Region of the US have collaborated to put together a great blog series Cloud on Your Terms: 30 Days about the Cloud .  This has some really incredible information so I wanted to make you have the opportunity to learn from the wealth of knowledge they have...

Register for one or more of the Private Cloud Chats: Episode 1 - Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat, 11/9/2011 10:00:00 AM Pacific Time Episode 2 - Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat, 12/21/2011 10:00:00 AM Pacific Time Episode 3 - Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat, 1/11/2012 10:00:00 AM Pacific Time Have...

TechNet Virtual Labs enable you to quickly evaluate and test Microsoft's newest products and technologies through a series of guided, hands-on labs that you can complete in 90 minutes or less. There is no complex setup or installation required, and you can use TechNet Virtual Labs online immediately...

I told a bunch of people about this program in the last couple days.  I went in this morning to make sure all was well and realized that the site no longer has the registration for today’s events.  It already rolled over to next months registration .  So, here is the link to the October...

Chris Avis is a friend and colleague.  He created a pretty detailed blog post on how to create a private cloud .  I was planning on writing a similar post but found this one and decided to link to his. I hope you find his post helpful.  He goes through … Architecture: Hardware Requirements...

  Are you up to speed on the cloud?  Have you already built a cloud lab?  Do you know what tools make up the Private Cloud?  If you answered no to any of these questions, we have an event for YOU!  We do not have the registration links ready yet but we are real close.  I...

In a prior post, Pay Yourself First-Learn How With Passive Learning-Free Training From Microsoft On Just About Any Topic–Virtualization, Cloud, Phone, Server, Client, SharePoint, SQL, Many, Many More , I shared a massive amount of information on where you can get great and FREE training on Microsoft...