This is an interesting development. I had a good friend and respected local technologist mention this to me the other day, and he wasn’t happy. “Why would they take away features? Just to be ‘consistent’?” Apparently his take on this is that Microsoft is reducing something that was powerful down to a subset of its … Continue reading DSC: Cut to the Core
This post contains Lab 6 of the 5 labs created for our current set of US DX IT Camps. Yeah.. this is one I just added for good measure. The complete set of labs are listed here: Lab 1 – Building the Foundation (Virtual Network, Storage, and Cloud Service) Lab 2 – Building Workloads (Creating … Continue reading Lab 6 (Optional): An Ubuntu Linux VM in Azure (Jan-June 2015 Azure Hybrid Cloud IT Camps)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn this episode I welcome Technical Specialist Susan Smith from the Windows Intune team as we discuss Intune’s cloud-based solution to manage PCs and mobile devices. Tune in as we describe Intune’s capabilities and how it can help support your mobile workforce while still ensuring a better managed and secured IT environment. BONUS: Try Windows … Continue reading (Episode 11) Windows 8: Windows Intune – Cloud based Management for Windows PCs & Tablets
“Seriously? Linux?” Absolutely. Windows Azure will run pretty much anything you can run as x86/x64 virtual machines. And Microsoft even supports several “flavors” of Linux running in our cloud. In today’s part eleven of our “31 Days of Servers in the Cloud”, my friend Keith Mayer gives you the run-down, and even delivers a step-by-step … Continue reading 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud – Linux. Yeah, you heard me. (Part 11 of 31)
I don’t usually like to do this…“..but you’re going to do it anyway.”Shut up. And get out of my head. I usually don’t like to do a lot of copying and pasting of other people’s content (OPC™), but the text from this e-mail I received concerning the beta release of the next version of the … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 Beta
Really? Just Microsoft? Not likely. Most companies have some need for interoperability between vendors and technologies.. and those technologies don’t always play well together. Microsoft, Linux, MySQL, Apple… these can be a big challenge to support and get working well together.To help address this - to give you some good options around such interoperability challenges … Continue reading “We’re just a Microsoft Shop..”
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