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

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“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

(Episode 16) Windows 8 Tips: New Options and Features

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn part 4 of our Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas and I (Kevin Remde) show off some of the newer and useful features found in Windows 8. https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Reimagining-Windows-An-In-Depth-Look-at-Windows-8-for-the-Enterprise/Episode-16-Windows-8-Tips-New-Options-and-Features/player?w=960&h=540 There’s never been a better time to build for Windows!  Join the App Builder Program and learn about the Windows … Continue reading (Episode 16) Windows 8 Tips: New Options and Features

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

BREAKING NEWS: Windows Azure Infrastructure Services are in GA today!

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“Georgia?” http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmNo!  GA means General Availability!  It’s like RTM, but better.  We’ve been talking about Windows Azure virtual machines, and using Azure as “Infrastructure-as-a-Service” (IaaS) for many months now.  We’ve been promoting the heck out of the 90-day free trial of Windows Azure to IT Pros all over the world; but with the caveat that … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Windows Azure Infrastructure Services are in GA today!

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

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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)

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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)