I’m very pleased to announce that our team just updated our main site and now you will be able to easily find the documents that we produce. Please visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud/private-cloud and let us know if you like it. One new document set that my team put together to help customers to implement a cloud infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 is composed by the following documents:

• Scenario definition: Describes an example organization that is implementing a cloud infrastructure. It details the organization’s current environment and why they’ve chosen to implement a cloud infrastructure. Many organizations will likely find that they have similar environments and requirements.
• Design options guide: Details all of the planning considerations for hardware and software that comprise a cloud infrastructure. This includes the network, storage, and compute components of the infrastructure. Further, it addresses planning considerations for different types of availability, scalability, performance, and security needs.
• Design decisions guide: Details what design decisions, as defined in the Scenario Definition, were made from the considerations covered in the Design Options Guide, as well as the rationale for why they made the decisions.
• Implementation guide: Details the implementation steps for the design detailed in the Design Guide. This guide provides a step-by-step approach that can be used to build the cloud infrastructure.

Go ahead and download all documents from the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36795

I hope you like!

This week my friend Tom Shinder published a post at the Private Cloud Blog talking about our agenda at TechEd North America and Europe. Tom and I are the PM for the Architecture Track. On the External TechEd North America web site you will see as Architecture & Trustworthy Computing with the following description:

We will be double acting as PM and speakers for both events. I will be co-presenting with Tom and Josh Adams at TechEd North America and at TechEd Europe I will be presenting with Karin Bazuza (my former coworker from CSS Security, now she is CSS Networking). The list of sessions for our track are:

TechEd North America

TechEd Europe

Syngress will also be sending some copies of our upcoming book Windows Server 2012 From End to Edge and Beyond, we probably will be signing books there also.

I hope to see you there!

Yesterday Tom Shinder and I had the opportunity to present at the DFW IT PRO Meeting about Private Cloud Security Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012, the audience was great, very participative and we had an amazing time interacting with them.

http://www.dfwitprofessionals.com/index.php/event-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2013/03/07/382/-/march-7th-ug-meeting-security-enhancements-in-windows-server-2012-a-secure-private-cloud-scenario-approach

While we can’t share the slide deck for now, here are some of the links that we mentioned during the presentation:

• Private Cloud Security Architecture: A Solution for Private Cloud Security
• A Solution for Private Cloud Security
• Leveraging Windows Server 2012 Capabilities to Address Private Cloud Security Concerns – Part 1

Thanks for having us and see you next time!