Today during the “Private Cloud Day” live webcast event, Microsoft announced a pretty big change in how we think of and purchase the System Center suite. Bottom-line.. it’s no longer a separate set of products, but it is just one product: System Center 2012. (Well.. actually two.. but different only in terms of licensing.) In … Continue reading Breaking News: New System Center 2012 Licensing Model Announced
Here are another set of really good questions from our TechNet Event on Tuesday in Kansas City. These came all on the same slip of paper, from the same person. --- “How will Windows 8 / Server 8 change Microsoft Virtualization?” In Windows Server “8” there are a great many improvements in Hyper-V; many more … Continue reading What’s new in Windows Server “8” Virtualization? (So many questions. So little time. Part 2.)
CHEAP TRAINING! “What? Huh? Cheap? Training?” Yes, I thought that would get your attention. Due to the great response for past deliveries of this sort of all-day live virtual classroom training, Symon Perriman and Phil Helsel will be delivering two more full-day courses on Microsoft Virtualization. Here are the details (UPDATED - Additional event in … Continue reading NEW: Microsoft Server Virtualization “Jump Start” training
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
In today’s next-to-last installment of our cloud series, we have another guest author representing another great Microsoft partner: NetIQ. And in particular, they discuss a product of theirs called Platespin Migrate. Check out the Part 29 blog post HERE. And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 29 of 30: How Do I Get to Hyper-V?
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
You might recall that in April 2011 I introduced you (or perhaps re-introduced you) to Windows Azure in part 6 of my “Cloudy April” blog series. Windows Azure, in case you’ve forgotten (or have been living under a rock) is Microsoft’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering – allowing you to build applications and run … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 23 of 30: Windows Azure for the IT Professional
Back in Part 10 of our “Cloud on Your Terms” series, I discussed the goals of building my own test environment – which I refer to as my “Private Private Cloud”. It was the first in a series of screencasts and blog posts showing the process of building your own test environment using spare hardware, … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms Part 22 of 30: My Private Private Cloud
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