Chris Avis brings us the next installment of our series with a look at Windows 8 Apps, the end-user experience, and thoughts for administrators for locking down the upgrades and updates. He writes "Windows 8 gives us the awesome Windows Store where we...

With Windows 8 comes the new modern UI which greatly enhances our abilities to provide a more immersive experience to the end user when it comes to Apps. In this article I will outline the steps for enabling administrators to push internal apps to client...

Keith Mayer takes on part 16 of our series with a Step-by-Step approach to using System Center for deploying Windows 8 apps in the enterprise. He writes, "Among a whole host of new management features, Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration...

Brian Lewis tackles an age old problem with a brilliantly fast and efficient solution. In his article he explains in a step-by-step fashion how to take a self-made golden image in one Azure account and quickly copy it to any Azure account for fast and...

Part 14 of the Migration and Deployment series is live. In this article, Yung Chou discusses and gives step by step answers on the self service model and role based security: "One essential characteristics of cloud computing is a self-service mechanism...

Early Experts Virtual Study Lab is LIVE today from 11am until 1pm EST. If you are wanting to get started or already knee deep in labs, here is your chance to ask questions and further your Early Experts experience! Join us at: http://aka.ms/StudyHall...

Part 13 of the Migration and Deployment Series is Live! "As IT architectures, methodologies, solutions, and cloud computing are rapidly converging, system management plays an increasingly critical role and has become a focal point of any cloud initiative...

Where: Microsoft Store Lenox Square 3393 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30326 When: March 2 nd 10am – 12pm Registration: http://1stsaturdays.eventbrite.com/ SESSION 1:  Windows to Go, Jeff Stokes Maybe you’ve heard of Windows to Go, a new feature of...

This entire Azure series was a lot of fun, filled with a lot of great content, and intended to help organizations gain a better understanding of the Microsoft Cloud technologies.   In today’s current IT datacenters the ability to start harnessing...

Today's post in the Migration and Deployment series went live today via Harold Wong. "When Windows Azure first released, it was only available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. The benefit of PaaS is that you (an organization, company, etc....

As part of our Migration and Deployment Series today we shift the focus to Hyper-V migrations. First let’s start with a chart on what is possible for upgrading in place: Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions of Windows Server running...

Server 2012 SMB3 Deployment Considerations by Bob Hunt just went live in our Migration and Deployment Blog Series. Learn more about the functionality and features of the best file sharing protocol on the market, plus the main considerations about how...

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Are you still on Windows Server 2003 and want to migrate to Server 2012? This article outlines how the Server 2012 migration tools can make this process as simple as possible, and better yet, the tools come with Server 2012. Read more here at Matt Hester...

Hey folks, I'm back from play time with Mickey and as it turns out my team started a new blog series while I was gone. :) February's series is about Migration and Deployment. From Windows 8 to System Center App Controller, we will be providing daily articles...