In part 3 of their "Hyper-V from a VMware admin's perspective" series Keith Mayer and Andy Syrewicze , explore the world of storage and its many options for users. [ 2:44 ] What are the storage options found in VMware and how does this compare to Hyper-V? [ 12:54 ] DEMO : How to set-up...

Good afternoon everyone! Yesterday I introduced you to a fantastic series my good friend and System Center expert Cameron Fuller wrote on an exciting new technology called the Azure Monitoring Gateway. You can get a quick peak here: Cameron wrote two more posts taking your through step-by-step for the...

One of the great things I love about my job is the amount of really smart and talented folks I get to work with. This is so true with my good friend Cameron Fuller . Some of you may know Cameron and read is blog, he truly is a System Center expert. Often times, when I folks like Cameron are on the cutting...

Kevin Remde welcomes back Jeff Woolsey to the show for Part 2 of their three part “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series and in today’s episode they cover four more quick facts about Microsoft’s Virtualization solutions. [ 2:50 ] Did you know…”Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 supports twice the physical...

Microsoft’s Hyper-V and VM protection is one of the hottest topics in the IT world. Join Chris Henley for an inside look on how together, Veeam and Microsoft can help to improve your Modern Data Protection™ strategy. Because when it comes to innovations in virtualization, Veeam® and Microsoft are simply...

Okay so I had to at least promote my 3rd book, especially since we have Windows Server 2012 R2 is just around corner arriving on October 18th . For this book I was yet again joined by my fantastic co-author Chris Henley for this book. The book is very similar to our first book on Windows Server 2008...

Let’s start this post off with this: I am a VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)! Yup, you read that correctly I am certified in a product set that is a competitor to my company. This may surprise you a bit, and the obvious question is why get VMware...

In the interview I did with Mark Russinovich last month ( An Interview with Mark Russinovich on Windows Azure & Security ), I asked Mark about customers doing penetration testing. Mark pretty much said it was ok as long as they were not attacking the platform, which is true. However, I have a quick...

I just found out about this and had to pass it on! John and I have been colleagues for years and I am certain that this will be an incredible training. This intensive one week event is designed to give attendees the skills required to architect, deploy and manage a Microsoft centric environment. By the...

Here is part 2 of the Windows Azure IaaS series and in this episode I take a look at the top Windows Azure Virtual Machines FAQs and common gotchas with Hari Dogiparthi. Tune in for this Q&A session and get the answers to some of the most common issues seen by customers. Also stick around for a quick...

When you start to think of building a private cloud into your datacenters, you might naturally think you need run out and buy a SAN. While you still may want to go buy a SAN, with Windows Server 2012 you do not necessarily need to. In Windows Server 2012 there has been a tremendous amount of improvement...

Here is part 6, Bob does a great job of showing you the installation requirements for Windows Server 2012.  You can also of course sign up for a free trial of Azure here: http://aka.ms/getazureiaas to take a test drive of Window Server 2012 today. Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation...

Good afternoon everyone!  As I announced last Friday we are delivering another series this month in February.  Well the first 3 posts are live and are listed below: Part 1 Upgrade and Migration: Requirements for a fresh install of Windows 8 :  In this part Harold , takes a great look at...

Today Kevin takes you on a tour of how to test Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces in Windows Azure .  He does a great job of taking you step by step through the process.  We also talked about Storage Spaces in our 31 days of Our Favorite Things series we did in October.  You can check...

Want to go to MMS on Microsoft’s dime?  Want a chance to win free stuff?, Want to have your knowledge tested?  Then take on the: Microsoft Trivia Challenge!   How does it work? Download. Play. Win.  Go here to sign up: Microsoft Trivia Challenge   between January 15, 2013 through...

Windows Azure has a lot of offerings as we took a look at in part 6 of the series( 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud - Windows Azure Features Overview (Part 6 of 31) ).   One offering that has been around is the PaaS offering, while you might think this is just for developers, it has some other...

As you are going through and working with Windows Azure you are going to want to eventually clean up some of the files you have in the cloud.  Answer is how do you do that?  It actually is quite easy to do.  In today’s post Brian shows you how to delete your VHD files in Windows Azure...

Wow, I think today’s post just combined 3 of my favorite things, PowerShell, Virtual Machines, and Windows Azure !  Keith does a great job today showing how you can use PowerShell to create templates for your virtual machines in Windows Azure.  He even takes it a step further and shows you...

Yes you saw that right, today Keith takes a look at Linux in Windows Azure.   This should hopefully come to as no surprise, that Windows Azure Virtual Machines has support for non-Microsoft OS’s.  This is one of the key aspects of Windows Azure, remember we have talked about cloud on your terms...

Bob continues his dive into Windows Azure and Virtual Network.  He takes you through step by step of the setup of Windows Azure virtual networking, from DNS records to VPN.  Take a look at his great post here: Windows Azure and Virtual Networking – Getting Started–Step–by-Step (31 Days of Windows...

Setting up your trial account in Windows Azure can be very easy to do. If you have not yet, you can visit http://aka.ms/GetAzureIaaS to get started. In part 2 and part 3 Tommy showed you how easy it is to get rolling in the cloud with your virtual systems from getting your Virtual Machines started to...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.  You might think when you are creating your Windows Azure Virtual Machines, the only choice you would have is Windows Server technologies.  You actually have quite a few to choose, from Windows Server, to Linux, to your own images.  You have plenty of choices...

The Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge provides a FREE online study group with certification exam preparation materials for quickly learning about the latest version of Windows Server! The Challenge involves a series of Knowledge Quests - starting with the Apprentice Quest below - and each...

You could win a FREE exam voucher pack for the MCSA on Windows Server 2012 certification! In December 2012, we are sponsoring an “Early Experts” Challenge Sweepstakes for IT Pros located in the US!  To be eligible, you’ll just need to complete one new Knowledge Quest on Windows Server 2012 between...

One of the new seucirty features in Windows Server 2012, is Dynamic Access Control.  This is a new way to secure your files and resources on your server.  It truly is a great new way to work through your server security.  Check out the article Brian wrote here: Dynamic Access Control  ...