“Please join us at a Microsoft IT Camp for a deep dive into Windows Server 2012 during THE Geek Fest at CPCC on November 15th. Here’s your chance to learn all about Windows Server 2012 – heralded by industry analysts as the most impressive...

My wife has been using her new Surface pretty much non-stop since we bought it on opening day. She has only had one complaint. “Why is there no Facebook App? Sure there is the People app but I like Facebook.” So I told her no problem, lets...

On November 14, 2012, Microsoft will be hosting Windows AzureConf, a free event for the Windows Azure community. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie , along with numerous sessions executed by Windows Azure community members...

Blain Barton welcomes fellow Technical Evangelist Brian Hitney to the show as they discuss how you can use PowerShell to automate and manage tasks and processes in your Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Cloud Services . Tune in as Brian demos for us...

If you are like me, I have put off installing Windows Server in Core mode because frankly seeing the OS in a graphical interface helps me think. However, we are now living in an age where the remote configuration tools are so rich and simplified that...

In the last article we installed Windows Server 2012 in Core Mode but we still need to configure the server. Now we are going to walk through various options and configuration methods. You will want to take note of two commands right away, since the only...

We finished up part II of the lab by focusing on how to connect to the new Core server with the graphical interface provided in the Remote Server Administration Tool . Now we will dig into adding some functionality to the newly created server. There are...

Hey folks, just a simple post on a common topic that I receive at my Pro Camps. In this blog post we will be connecting to a non-domain joined Windows 2012 Server with the Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT). In order to do this requires a Powershell...

Microsoft® Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell® (Release Candidate) helps scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how-to guidance in online repositories such as the TechNet Script Center Repository, PoshCode, local...

Join the Big Nerd Ranch and Microsoft for this free, two-day training designed to jumpstart your Windows Store app development. You will learn the ins-and-outs of the Windows platform from iOS developers who are now building Windows apps. Sessions will...

Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge 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...

Want to play with Server 2012 but you don’t have the hardware readily available, well here’s your chance to do so for free. Windows Azure IaaS allows for the creation of virtual machines in the fastest public cloud service on the market today...

During my Pro Camp events I often get asked about Hyper-V “Datastores,” in that VMware administrators want to know how to access them, search through the contents, and move files around.   Since Hyper-V doesn’t really use the term “Datastores...

Updated 01/18/2013 – I recently noticed that my Gmail contacts were not synced to my Microsoft Surface. It appears that the contacts are not something that are pulled over when you set up your Gmail account on the Surface. You have two options,...

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...

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...

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/

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The game is simple, register, login, download, answer questions, earn points and prizes.  The trivia questions are fun and some even have links to take you to the answers so there really is no excuse for not giving it a whirl.  Enter now