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Yuri Diogenes and I have been working behind the scenes for the last six months to find the best presentations possible for the TechEd 2013 Architecture (ARC) track. We’ve been lucky to suffer from an embarrassment of riches, as there were so many good presentations to choose from that we didn’t have...

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...

Have you heard about Windows Azure Infrastructure Services? If not, then you’re in for a treat! Windows Azure Infrastructure Services enable you to put your virtual machines in the cloud. There are a lot of reasons why you might want to do this. Maybe your datacenter is at capacity and you need...

In a joint effort between Microsoft product development and Microsoft Services, the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Product Line Architecture (PLA) has been created to help organizations develop and implement private cloud infrastructures quickly while reducing complexity and risk. The IaaS PLA utilizes...

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...

It’s been fun introducing the sessions in the Architecture Track at TechEd North America and Europe. Now I’d like to tell you about one of the session that I’m presenting in. In the session Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure: A Practical Design Scenario I will be presenting with Josh Adams and Yuri...

Yuri Diogenes and I have recently been working on a project that includes connecting an on premise s network to a Windows Azure Virtual Network. In order to do this, you need to establish a site to site VPN connection between your corporate network and the Azure Virtual Network. To do this in a supported...

Can you believe it? There are only 19 weeks left until TechEd North America and 21 weeks left to TechEd Europe! TechEd is always a great experience. A real “shot I the arm” in the middle of the year when you really need it. I’ve been able to attend and present at TechEd for 8 of the last 10 years by...

Have you been hearing a lot about the cloud but you’re not sure what it’s about? Does this cloud stuff sound like marketing and hype to you? Are there any real, substantive differences between cloud computing and what you’re doing now in your datacenters? What about security – how does cloud computing...

This is a big year for Microsoft! We’re going to see the release a Windows Server 2012 and a slew of other fantastic products – and you’re going to want to learn about them all. The big thing about Windows Server 2012 is that it’s all about the cloud. Private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud and more...

Yuri Diogenes and I had a chance to present on private cloud architecture at the Share Cloud Dallas conference in Irving Texas on March 27, 2012. We had a great time presenting and want to thank everyone who attended our sessions. Our first session was A Solution for Private Cloud Security . In that...