The Cloud on Your Terms: Private Cloud and Hybrid
In this post we discuss Private Cloud and how it works with Hybrid Cloud. If you remember back to part 2 of this 30 part series, we defined Hybrid Cloud as just about anything you want it to do, it's...
View ArticleThe Cloud on Your Terms: Lessons Learned
We learned to remember the simple things when building a Private Cloud. Don't forget partitioning, setting BIOS to enable Virtualization, and other lessons learned while being COLD! Our Monday got off...
View ArticleCloud on Your Terms: A Lot of Water in a Data Center
Back in September the team I am on got to visit our "Cloud" Data Center in San Antonio, Texas. Now they wouldn't let us take pictures of the insides, but I have to tell you about some of the things I...
View ArticleMicrosoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5
Microsoft Just released version 6.5 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5. The journey to the cloud is now smoother than ever with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)...
View ArticleThe Cloud on Your Terms: Windows Intune
PC management from the Cloud. Microsoft Intune is a cloud based service that allows you to remotely manage your desktops. Windows Intune simplifies and helps businesses manage and secure PCs using...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Virtual Labs
Microsoft released four new Virtual Labs on System Center 2012. Today Microsoft has made four new free virtual labs available. This provides a great opportunity to try out some of the basic operations...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 RC Downloads
How do you download the latest RC of System Center 2012? Are you ready to try the latest on System Center 2012 Betas and Release Candidates? Go to http://aka.ms/syscntr and get the latest...
View ArticleOffice 365: How Microsoft Does IT
How is Microsoft using Office 365 internally? How can a Hybrid Cloud combined with Office 365 work to your advantage. In part 2 of this 30 part series we introduced the topic of Hybrid Cloud. That is...
View ArticleVeeam Backup and Replication V6
Everyone loves to get an early Christmas present well this year, Veeam has a great gift you can unwrap today. Today they announced a holiday gift for VMware vExperts, VMware Certified Professionals,...
View ArticleHyper-V Security
The Hyper-V Security Guide provides IT professionals with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address key security concerns about server virtualization. Microsoft Hyper-V technology allows...
View ArticleHyper-V Architecture Poster
This is a poster of the Architecture of Hyper-V. These posters have been very popular over the years and the Hyper-V one has been updated to support Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX which are now available...
View ArticleiPad Gets Real PC Apps and Windows?
This new service allows users to get PC apps on iPad. Need to see redlines in Word? Edit Excel graphs? Present PowerPoint animations? Now you can. Based upon OnLive's instant-action cloud gaming...
View ArticleJob Fair Coming to Dallas
Microsoft is having an open house January 28th for people interested in working for the company. We will be hosting an Open House at our Las Colinas, TX campus Saturday, January 28, 2012. This will be...
View ArticlePrepare Your Career for the Cloud
The "cloud" is simply the next level of virtualization. For those that do not have virtualization experience, this webcast describes the fundamentals of Hyper-V while giving you a jump start to your...
View ArticleIntelligent Systems for Retail
This article is about How Kinect and Surface 2.0 will have impact on the retail experience. From Microsoft Press releases. Throughout the retail and hospitality industries one axiom reigns supreme: The...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Major Announcement
Today Microsoft made major announcements on the pricing of System Center 2012. It's now one product, just two SKUs. Today during the "Private Cloud Day" live webcast event, Microsoft announced major...
View ArticleOffice 365 and HIPAA
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft Office 365, the company's next-generation cloud productivity service, is the first and only major cloud-based platform to offer leading information...
View ArticleMicrosoft Private Cloud Free Training
Two days of free training on Microsoft Private Cloud. Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and career direction for IT professionals. Microsoft...
View ArticleLive Chat with Cloud Experts from Microsoft
Have you built your first cloud yet? If not, now is a great time to build out a lab. Go ahead, grab a server (or laptop) and setup you proof of concept. If you have not done it already, it is likely...
View ArticleBlog Roll IT Evangelist from Around the World
This is a great list of many blogs of IT Pro Evangelist from around the world! This weekend I have been at planning and training meetings with most of the IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft. I thought I...
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