by: Don Noonan ( http://blog.skylera.com ) Important Note: The current scenarios written in this article concerning using RDS for Production workloads are not supported in the licensing agreement for Windows Azure. The purpose of this article is to...

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Dan Stolts welcomes Chris Harney from the Virtualization Technology Users Group (VTUG) as they discuss how his user group community recently expanded their virtualization platform knowledge beyond VMware to now include Microsoft Hyper-V. Tune in as they...

Don Noonan is back this week with a fresh write up based on his work deploying customer applications into Windows Azure. By utilizing PowerShell he is able to provide these repeatable steps for deploying Active Directory into the virtual machines of Window...

There’s so many cool features to explore in the latest Windows infrastructure offerings that it’s hard to find time to explore all of them. Beginning February 8th, you can block time on a weekly basis between 10AM and 3PM Eastern Time to join...

For those wanting to understand the differences between PaaS(Platform as a Service) and IaaS(Infrastructure as a Service) in Windows Azure, this is a great article written by Bill Wilder. You can check it out here: http://blog.codingoutloud.com/2013/01...

System Center Service Pack 1 (SP1) is here to help transform the datacenter and deliver on Microsoft's cloud OS vision. Download the free evaluation for 180 days, with no feature limits. System Center 2012 with SP1 works seamlessly with Windows Server...

Microsoft recently launched a new trivia game where you can play for prizes: DOWNLOAD, PLAY, WIN Download free software evaluations of the Cloud OS, the more you try the more you can win Play trivia, the more you play the better chances you...

If you haven’t been keeping track, the 31 Days of Server in the Cloud Series has been charging full steam ahead. Many people have asked about integrating System Center with Azure or how to setup more advanced networking. New posts provide lots of...

In case you missed some of the 31 Days Cloud series...for the current running list of articles you can keep up or catch up here: http://virtuallycloud9.com/index.php/31-days-of-servers-in-the-cloud-series/

From Keith “Now that SharePoint Server 2013 has been released, I frequently get asked about ways in which a SharePoint 2013 lab environment can be easily built for studying, testing and/or performing a proof-of-concept. You could certainly build...

Today we cover which operating systems are supported in Windows Azure, Microsoft’s Public Cloud built for running virtual machines. At present Microsoft Azure currently supports multiple operating systems, and not only Microsoft solutions are in...