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In our first blog of this series, Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure , we defined the essential characteristics of cloud computing, briefly discussed some cloud security challenges, and started exploring network protection by using platform capabilities in Windows Server 2012...

Hello Readers, welcome to the 4th and final post in this series on deploying the example VMM Service Template forSharePoint 2013 to your Microsoft private cloud. To recap where we’ve been: Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 1) Introduction...

In this first part of our three part series on using PowerShell to help secure your cloud infrastructure, Yuri Diogenes and I ( Tom Shinder ) will talk about how you can secure data in flight within your cloud infrastructure using SMB 3.0 encryption. The ability to secure the data moving over the cloud...

When I introduced the MAT last post, I didn’t spend much time discussing how to convert using multiple servers. So I better get to it. This post details how to configure the MAT to use multiple machines to convert at the same time (let’s call these “Helpers”). Using the MAT on...

Hello Readers and Viewers (new and alumni)! I just wanted to send a big THANK YOU and WELCOME to all the MMS 2013 Attendees and New Blog Readers! It was a fantastic event with so much great information… What is in your top 5 list of favorites from MMS2013? And, whether you attended MMS 2013 or not, you...

Introducing the MAT MAT, meet the blogosphere. Blogosphere, meet MAT. There, that was easy. In my earlier posts I’ve talked a lot about migration and automation. In my V2V series I covered lots of ways you might go about automating your conversions using VMM’s V2V. Helpful, right? Well...

Trying to decide which sessions to attend at the 2013 Microsoft Management Summit ?  There are a lot of great options this year, and here are ten reasons we think you should check out the sessions hosted by the authors of the Building Clouds blog… You’ll get to learn all about the Fundamentals of...

NIC Teaming is a new feature included in the Windows Server 2012 operating system that allows you to team any two NICs. It doesn’t matter if the NICs are different speeds or from different vendors. Windows Server 2012 will team any two NICs and support for NIC Teaming is completely Microsoft’s responsibility...

In my last post we covered some ways of removing VMware Tools from your VMs so that your conversion would go more smoothly. Next we need to tee up the conversion by getting the VMs to the VMM Library so that we can start our V2V. Getting the VM to the VMM Library Before VMM can convert the VM, it needs...

Today we have a real treat for you! In this blog post, Joshua Adams, who is a PM in the Microsoft EEC, shows you how to create a Windows Server 2012 based private cloud infrastructure using PowerShell scripts. We had the singular opportunity to work with Josh when we put together the collection of cloud...

Last time we went through the basic mechanics of V2V. In this post we will roll up our virtual sleeves (lest we get ketchup on them… again) and start digging into what needs to happen to get this thing automated. NOTE: You really want to back up your VM somehow before you start any conversion. You can...

I’ve mentioned Microsoft’s two VM conversion tools before but I wanted to spend some time digging a little deeper into both. I’m starting with VMM’s V2V which has been in market (in one version or another) for a few years now. What is V2V? V2V is shorthand for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012...

Hello Readers/Viewers! So, by now you have seen this post and related video …You may have wondered, “Is this real life?” Or, “What did it take to do that?” Well, this post is all about my part in the “hijinks”: Automating the Surface Pro Hosted VM Live Migration (both shared-nothing and shared storage...

Hello Readers/Viewers! Once again, I am excited to announce the release of even more Example Runbooks – This time for… Windows Azure ! Now… Let’s be clear, there is no way I can compete with this AWESOME post – that basically went viral yesterday – but, I will try to provide something that is at least...

Or: How we spent $4,000 and all we got was a tabletop datacenter Remember last week when I told you about our little geek experiment with our brand new Surface Pro devices? I promised a video, and we are not the type to disappoint our readers. We wandered off to a quiet corner of our building, set...

I was hoping to get this post out sooner but I’ve been busy this week taking a perfectly good Surface Pro and turning it into a tablet running Windows Server 2012. Fun stuff! Not only did we install Server 2012 on a Surface Pro we decided to create a cluster of Pros and actually carry out some “Shared...

Question: What ridiculous things can 4 server geeks do with a sub-2lb tablet that has a Core i5 processor and a couple of free hours? Answer: Install Server 2012, enable Hyper-V, create some VMs, and then use Shared-Nothing Live Migration to move them around over a WiFi Hotspot Details: Yes, we actually...

Many customers (including many service providers) have deployed Windows Server 2012 with System Center 2012 SP1 to deliver cloud-based services for IaaS, DaaS and SaaS. These customers are reducing costs by leveraging their existing investments in a datacenter that has virtual machines (VMs) deployed...

Hello Readers/Viewers! I am excited to announce the release of my Example Runbooks for Hyper-V Replica (and beyond!) What is included? 56 Example Runbooks! The Runbooks target Windows Server, Windows Server Hyper-V, System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager...

With the release of Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1 it is really amazing to see customers (including service providers) deploying large scale clouds to deliver services such as IaaS, DaaS and SaaS. While both these technologies possess a huge set of features that help to build a robust...

One of the most interesting features included with Windows Server 2012 is the Hyper-V Network Virtualization capability. This feature allows you to move your virtual machines from data center to data center, or from data center to cloud service provider hosting environment and keep the IP addressing...