In this tasty installment of our 30 part “Cloud on Your Terms” blog series, Matt Hester summarizes the benefits of SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2.Read his post HERE.And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to all of the articles available so far at https://aka.ms/cloudseries.
In today’s installment, Matt Hester provides some excellent resources for making sure your server installations are ready to support delivering IT-as-a-Service (aka a Private Cloud).Check out his post HEREAnd if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to all of the articles available so far at https://aka.ms/cloudseries.
What Makes A Cloud? The most current NIST definition of Cloud Computing states that, in order for you to have a computational “cloud”, you have to have the following essentials: On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling Rapid elasticity Measured service So how does the new suite of tools coming in System Center 2012 map … Continue reading The Cloud on Your Terms Part 4 of 30: What does System Center 2012 offer “The Cloud”
Today in part 3 of our 30-day “Cloud on Your Terms” blog post series, John Weston discusses: Virtualization and getting highly virtualized desktop virtualization Windows InTune and some considerations on where you should host your “apps”. Enjoy it HERE! And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for … Continue reading Are you ready for “the Cloud”? John can help.
Today we are treated to John Weston’s post about hybrids.“You mean, like my neighbor’s Prius?”Not exactly, no. Check out his post.And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to all of the articles available so far at https://aka.ms/cloudseries.
Yes indeed! My friends Matt Hester, Brian Lewis, John Weston, and I, are committing to deliver a new cloud topic-based blog post daily. For the entire month of November you’ll be treated to 30 days of cloudy goodness.“Too much?”Absolutely not.Check out Matt’s introduction to the series.“When is your first contribution, Kevin?”I’m on deck for a … Continue reading New Blog Post Series: The Cloud on Your Terms
November 2011 - January 2012 IMPORTANT Software Evaluations – Get ‘em here: https://aka.ms/Evals "WAG" = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn) with Subgroups for user groups by geography – https://aka.ms/WAG Future Live, In-Person Event Information: TechNet Events (for IT Pros): http://www.TechNetEvents.com MSDN Events (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com Session Slides: https://aka.ms/FY12H1Remde Microsoft Virtualization: On Your Terms Windows … Continue reading Here Are Your Microsoft Virtualization Event Resources
Great news! More betas and release candidates of the System Center 2012 tools are available today for download! Like many of you, I have been waiting patiently for these gems, and I can’t wait to start playing with them. These round out the pre-releases of tools that allow you to support private and hybrid cloud … Continue reading Breaking News: More New System Center 2012 RCs and Betas Available Today
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmWe IT Pro-focused Technical Evangelists are often asked, “Hey.. Where can I find the download to try out such-and-such software?” And after I find out what they actually meant by “such-and-such”, I usually just tell them essentially to “google it on Bing”. But that’s not sufficient. So what I am doing instead, on this page, … Continue reading Where is that evaluation download?
Okay.. I feel like sharing this because it’s pretty stupid, but in a geeky-sort-of-way the solution was interesting enough to share. Think Chicken & Egg. (or “Catch-22”).As the title of this post suggests, the subject is Windows Failover Clustering. For those of you who are not familiar with it, Windows Failover Clustering is a built-in … Continue reading Doh! (What I learned about Windows Failover Clustering. The hard way.)
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