20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – The Complete Series

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmAs many of you may already know, this month my Microsoft US DPE Central Region teammates (Matt Hester, Brian Lewis, and Keith Mayer) and I are blogging about “20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services”.  Throughout this month I’ll be adding links, making any updates or changes.  So keep checking back for more, or … Continue reading 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – The Complete Series

20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS): SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn in the Cloud

“Hey Kevin.. How do I get high availability out of my SQL Server?” http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmCluster.  Shared Storage.  Windows Failover Clustering supports that. “But… I want my SQL Servers running in Windows Azure.  And I don’t have shared storage in “the cloud”.  But I still need the benefits of clustered high availability.” Wow.. you sure want a … Continue reading 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS): SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn in the Cloud

Service Templates in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmToday’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the last of our 5-part mini-series we’re calling “Deploying Private Cloud Workloads”.  This week we (Tommy Patterson, Blain Barton and I) gave you the details and demonstrated some of the key areas in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager that support … Continue reading Service Templates in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

VM Templates in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmToday’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the fourth of a 5-part mini-series we’re calling “Deploying Private Cloud Workloads”.  This week we (Tommy Patterson, Blain Barton and I) are going to detail and demonstrate some of the key areas in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager that support … Continue reading VM Templates in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

Application Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmToday’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the third of a 5-part mini-series we’re calling “Deploying Private Cloud Workloads”.  This week we (Tommy Patterson, Blain Barton and I) are going to detail and demonstrate some of the key areas in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager that support … Continue reading Application Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

Guest OS Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmToday’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the second of a 5-part mini-series we’re calling “Deploying Private Cloud Workloads”.  This week we (Tommy Patterson, Blain Barton and I) are going to detail and demonstrate some of the key areas in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager that support … Continue reading Guest OS Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

Hardware Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

Today’s installment of our “Build Your Private Cloud in a Month” series is the first of a 5-part mini-series we’re calling “Deploying Private Cloud Workloads”.  http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmThis week we (Tommy Patterson, Blain Barton and I) are going to detail and demonstrate some of the key areas in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager that support … Continue reading Hardware Profiles in System Center 2012 SP1 VMM: Build Your Private Cloud (Series)

The Replica Broker: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 15)

Back in October of last year, in Part 5 of our “31 Days of our Favorite Things” series, I wrote about Hyper-V Replica.  “With Hyper-V Replica you can easily create and maintain an off-line copy – a replica – of a virtual machine on a separate virtualization host.  This means, for example, that if your … Continue reading The Replica Broker: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 15)

A whole ‘nuther level of high availability – Guest Clustering: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 14)

Did you know that virtual machines can also be clustered?  http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm“Really?” Yep.  We call it “guest clustering”, where a cluster of application-hosting computers, sharing storage, are actually virtual machines.  In this way we provide a “whole ‘nuther level of high availability” in the fact that if an application can benefit from and take advantage of … Continue reading A whole ‘nuther level of high availability – Guest Clustering: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 14)

Host Clusters and Hyper-V: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 13)

You may ask, “How easy is it to set up a cluster of virtualization hosts for Hyper-V virtual machine high availability?”http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm“How easy is it to set up a cluster of virtualization hosts for Hyper-V virtual machine high availability?”I’m glad you asked. Short answer: VeryLonger answer: Let’s let my friend Matt Hester show you in our … Continue reading Host Clusters and Hyper-V: 20+ Days of Server Virtualization (Part 13)