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IT Camp: Virtualization for the VMware Professional (Tempe – November 19, 2013)

Even though I have moved into sales of Windows Server, System Center and Windows Azure, I still did...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 11/21/2013

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and System Center 2012 R2 Preview Now Available

Just in case you weren’t paying attention this morning, the Preview (Beta) of Windows Server 2012 R2...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 06/25/2013

My new laptop setup - Lenovo Carbon X1

Back in February, I placed an order for my new work laptop – Lenovo Carbon X1 and I also got...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/26/2013

Build Your Private Cloud Series: Understanding Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012 SP1) Fabric and Service Template by Yung Chou

Using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to do basic Virtual Machine management of...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/09/2013

Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation - VM Compute Foundation with the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 by Keith Mayer

Most Microsoft administrators know how to install and configure Windows Server with a GUI. This...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/09/2013

Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation - Networking with Windows Server 2012 by Keith Mayer

In Part 10 of the Server Virtualization Series last month, I covered off on NIC Teaming. Since...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/08/2013

Build Your Private Cloud Series: Foundation Windows Server 2012 Storage by Matt Hester

In this article, Matt Hester focuses on building the Private Cloud foundation from a storage...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/05/2013

Build Your Private Cloud Series: Why Private Cloud by Yung Chou

Although this is not necessarily a super technical article, it is an important one.  With...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/04/2013

TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café – System Center 2012 SP1 Enhancements & Windows Azure Services for Windows Server

In this latest episode of TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café, I chat with John...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 04/01/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management: Monitoring CPU Resources (Part 16 of 20) by Chris Avis

When trying to understand how your server is performing, it is usually a good idea to monitor the...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/27/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Replica Broker Explained (Part 15 of 20) by Yung Chou

I have talked about Hyper-V Replica many times in the past and have mentioned how great of an option...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/27/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Performance Management – Memory (Part 17 of 20) by Harold Wong

I thought long and hard about what I was going to write for this article. My first thought was to go...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/26/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Machine Guest Clustering with Windows Server 2012 (Part 14 of 20) by Keith Mayer

High Availability is important and hence why Microsoft offers Failover Clustering.  As more and...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/22/2013

IT Camp Resources for Events taking place from March – April 2013 in Southwest area

I have finished holding two IT Camps in my territory (Lehi, UT and Tempe, AZ) with three more to go...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/21/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Your Hyper-V Hosts and Clustering an Availability Story (Part 13 of 20) by Matt Hester

When deploying multiple Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts into an environment, High Availability...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/21/2013

Server Virtualization Series: High Availability – Live Migration (Part 12 of 20) by Brian Lewis

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Brian Lewis posted Part 12 of the Server Virtualization Series on Live...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/21/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Networking in Hyper-V (Part 9 of 20) by Tommy Patterson

As you start working with Hyper-V, virtual networking configuration becomes very important. ...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/20/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V (Part 7 of 20 ) by Keith Mayer

I realize this one is definitely out of order, but I just realized today that I did not create a...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/19/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Step by Step – Storage Live Migration (Part 8 of 20) by Brian Lewis

As most people who work with Server Virtualization realize, storage is one of the biggest components...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/18/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Networking – NIC Teaming (Part 10 of 20) by Harold Wong

As you start virtualizing more and more of your server infrastructure, network bandwidth (and...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/15/2013

Quick Review of some Lync headsets and devices

I’ve been a Unified Communications guy for quite some time and have been using Lync (and its...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/14/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Virtualization Storage – Definitions (Part 5 of 20) by Bob Hunt

As you size the hardware for Hyper-V, I’m sure one of the things you do take a hard look at is...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/12/2013

Hyper-V 2012 Dynamic Memory: What does the VM think it has versus what it really has

On Wednesday, my teammate Chris Avis posted a very nice article on his blog about Monitoring Dynamic...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/08/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V “Datastores” – Wait we dont need no stinkin’ datastores! (Part 4 of 20) by Tommy Patterson

The concept of Datastores in virtualization is really a VMware “thing” and not so much a Hyper-V...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/08/2013

Server Virtualization Series: Virtual Memory Management: Dynamic Memory-Much Different Than Memory Over Commit – Become a Virtualization Expert (Part 3 of 20) by Dan Stolts

A common question I get from folks who are looking to purchase new server hardware to run Server...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/07/2013

Server Virtualization: You Want to Hot-Add What?! (Part 2 of 20) by Kevin Remde

For those of you who use Hyper-V or are looking to (evaluating it), I’m sure you are curious as to...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/05/2013

Office Hours on Mondays in March 2013 from 10 AM – 2 PM in the Microsoft Tempe Office

I am holding Office Hours in the Microsoft Tempe Office (60 E. Rio Salado Pkwy., #1200, Tempe, AZ...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/04/2013

New Blog Series for March: Server Virtualization

In January, the US IT Pro Evangelist Team delivered a 31 Day Blog Series on Windows Azure.  In...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 03/01/2013

Migration and Deployment: A look at Windows 8 AppLocker (Part 19 of 19) by Matt Hester

One of the challenges faced by most IT Departments is the concept of control over a user’s desktop /...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/28/2013

Migration and Deployment: Upgrading and Updating Windows 8 Applications (Part 18 of 19) by Chris Avis

In today’s Part 18 of 19 Article, Chris Avis covers the upgrading and updating of Windows 8...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/27/2013

My Manager, Scott Kerfoot, picked up an interesting sticker from the ground. Would you do the same?

My manager, Scott Kerfoot came into town on Monday, February 25th, for meetings with me and my...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/26/2013

Migration and Deployment: Windows 8 App Policy and Sideloading Apps – Step by Step (Part 17 of 19) by Tommy Patterson

In Part 16 of the Migration and Deployment Blog Series, Keith Mayer went over details on how to...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/26/2013

Migration and Deployment: Step-by-Step - Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 SP1 (Part 16 of 19) by Keith Mayer

For any organization that has deployed applications to Windows 7 (or Windows XP and Windows Vista),...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/25/2013

Deployment and Migration: Building Student Hands-On-Labs in Azure for Free (Part 15 of 19) by Brian Lewis

In previous IT Camp Events, I’ve covered Windows Azure and how you can use it to build out a lab for...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/23/2013

IT Camp Relevance Survey

During the past year and half, I’ve been holding in-person events called IT Camps.  I have...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/22/2013

Deployment and Migration: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained – App Controller for VM and Cloud Service Deployment (Part 14 of 19) by Yung Chou

In Part 14 of the Deployment and Migration Blog Series, Yung Chou goes into detail on the...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/21/2013

Migration and Deployment: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained – App Controller as a Single Pane of Glass for Delegating Cloud Management, A Primer (Part 13 of 19) by Yung Chou

I know there are quite a few IT Pros who do like the command line / PowerShell interface for...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/20/2013

Migration and Deployment: Windows Azure as a PaaS (Part 11 of 19) by Harold Wong

When Windows Azure first released, it was only available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering....

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/18/2013

Migration and Deployment: Migrating Hyper-V Virtual Machines from Server 2008R2 to Server 2012 (Part 10 of 19) by Tommy Patterson

As you start looking into migrating from Server 2008 / 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012, one of the...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/15/2013

The Windows 8 App Madness Challenge for Students

On Wednesday, the Windows 8 App Madness Challenge for Students was announced and has some pretty...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/15/2013

Deployment and Migration: Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations (Part 9 of 19) by Bob Hunt

From September – November of 2012, I delivered IT Camp content that covered SMB 3.0 components...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/14/2013

Modern Data Protection for Virtual Environments using Veeam and Windows Azure

In the last episode of TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café, Chris Henley...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/14/2013

Migration and Deployment: Installing the Migration Tools (Part 8 of 19) by Matt Hester

I’m sure most organizations still have parts of their infrastructure running on Windows Server 2003,...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/13/2013

Migration and Deployment : Upgrade Implications for Active Directory – Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 (Part 7 of 19) by Blain Barton

Now that Windows Server 2012 has been out for 6 months, I’m sure more and more IT Pros are...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/13/2013

Migration and Deployment: Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation (Part 6 of 19) by Bob Hunt

In the second week of our Migration and Deployment blog series for February, we are focusing on...

Author: Harold Wong Date: 02/11/2013

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