“Oh here you go again, Kevin… Talking about development topics in an IT Pro blog…” Hey.. I thought we had established the fact that many IT pros are also software engineers and developers. Or perhaps their friends are. So whether you’re a developer, and aspiring developer, or an IT Pro with friends (?), I wanted … Continue reading A Great Opportunity to Learn Windows Azure Development
Yes indeed! Today Microsoft has made 4 new free virtual labs available. This gives you a great opportunity to try out some of the basic operations of some of the new suite of System Center tools. TechNet Virtual Lab: System Center Operations Manager 2012: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9792430 TechNet Virtual Lab: System Center … Continue reading Four NEW System Center 2012 Virtual Labs are LIVE
RTW = Released to the Webitubes Today Microsoft releases the next version of the MAP Toolkit. MAP, in case you weren't aware, stands for Microsoft Assessment and Planning. And a brand new version (v6.5) is now available to download. “What does it do?” I’m glad you asked. The MAP Toolkit is the Swiss Army Knife … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 is RTW
It’s the end of the month, and the last of our 30 days of cloudy goodness is here! In today’s blog post, one of the most genuinely certifiable gentlemen I know, Brian Lewis, points you to some resources to help you get on track for cloud readiness. And by you, I mean YOU. You need … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 30 of 30: Certification Tips To Get Your Career Ready For The Cloud
“Hey Kevin – Is the cloud just for big companies?”Absolutely not. Certainly some implementations (private clouds, for instance) make more sense in organizations that A) are able to take advantage of delivering IT as a Service for their business units, and B) can justify the kind of datacenter resources to support it. But small business … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 27 of 30: Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials and the Cloud
Back in part 2 of this 30 part series, John Weston introduced the topic of Hybrid Cloud. That is the combining of Public, Private, and or traditional IT into a system that works for you. Today in Part 24, he continues the discussion with a look at some examples of using public cloud services that … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 24 of 30: Hybrid for Public Cloud
Today in part 15 of our November Cloud blog series, my buddy John Weston lays out some of the technologies that will support your efforts in implementing an architecture that can span clouds. “Span clouds? Huh?” You’ve heard “private cloud”, “public cloud”, etc.. but a solution or an application or service that has portions … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 15 of 30: Hybrid for Private Cloud
Consider the following chart that diagrams the delivery of “IT as a Service”. This is what the private cloud is all about. And the way tasks may get done in an automated fashion is going to play a very important role. In the Microsoft solution, the tool that will allow you to create, test, and … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 14 of 30: System Center Orchestrator 2012
Today in lucky part 13 of our 30 day “Cloud on Your Terms” series, my friend (and the guy who hired me at Microsoft) John Weston introduces you to System Center Operations Manager 2012. Read it HERE. And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms part 13 of 30: System Center Operations Manager
For those of you who missed any of these and want to catch up, here is a list that I will keep updated with links to the team’s (Me, Brian Lewis, John Weston, and Matt Hester) posts. And don’t forget to go to https://aka.ms/evals if you want to evaluate any of the foundational software to … Continue reading The Cloud on Your Terms: 30 Part Series
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