http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmToday (just a few minutes ago, in fact) I had the honor of presenting a webcast entitled “Microsoft Virtualization – Important Things You Didn’t Know” on BrightTALK. The recording is now available, and viewable here: (click to go to the recording) Let me know if you have any questions…
AboutFor each member of the SouthwestMissouri Chapter of the AITP (SWMOAITP) who downloads Window Server 2012 R2 orHyper-V 2012 R2 from the below links between 11/4/13 and 11/30/13, MicrosoftCorporation (“Microsoft”) will donate USD $2 to the Council of Churches of theOzarks (a 501c3 organization; see http://www.ccozarks.org). DescriptionWhen SWMOAITP members download WindowsServer, we’ll point you to instructive … Continue reading SWMOAITP Charitable Downloads Terms and Conditions
A couple of months ago I had the privilege to interview Brad Anderson. Brad is a Sr. VP at Microsoft, responsible for the System Center and Windows Server product lines. So… http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm“So this guy knows what he’s talking about?” Exactly. As a companion to his blog - In the Cloud – we recorded these three … Continue reading What’s New in R2 – The Executive Interviews
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn this episode I welcomes Bruno Saille to the show. We discuss the SQL Server Self-Service Kit and how it works with System Center 2012 to help automate SQL Server deployments. Tune in as we discuss how the self-service kits works, which System Center components are required as well as what plans are in store … Continue reading TechNet Radio: Building Clouds – SQL Server Self-Service Kit – Deploying SQL Server as a Service with System Center 2012
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmYes, it’s been a few weeks since our last series wrapped up (“VMware or Microsoft?”), so it’s about time we started a brand new series of blog articles. “Who’s ‘we’?” A fair question. The ‘we’ I’m talking about is the 11 Microsoft US DPE IT Pro Evangelists in these here 48 contiguous United States. The … Continue reading A New Blog Series: Why Windows Server 2012 R2
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn the context of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and our IT Camp in Saint Louis a few weeks ago, Lettie asked this question: “If we had one large storage pool and added individual user folders, do we have the ability to setup file security access to each individual user folder? Is there the ability to … Continue reading Windows Azure IaaS and File Security (So many questions. So little time. Part 53.)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmRecently we’ve been showing off a capability (currently in preview) called “Windows Azure Backup”, which is a simple file system backup and restore to/from Windows Azure storage. At our IT Camp in Saint Louis a few weeks back, David asked: “Can Windows Azure Backup do a bare metal restore in the event of total failure … Continue reading Can Windows Azure Backup support a bare-metal restore? (So many questions. So little time. Part 52.)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn this episode I welcome “Migration Mark” from the Building Clouds blog series on TechNet to discuss best practices for migrating your virtual machines to Microsoft Hyper-V as well as some free virtual machine migration tools that are available. Check out this great discussion on MAP 8.5, MVMC and the Migration Automation Toolkit (MAT) . … Continue reading TechNet Radio: Building Clouds – An Inside Look at Virtual Machine Migration Tools
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmThis excellent question was asked by Ralph at our IT Camp in Saint Louis a few weeks ago: “One of the questions asked by our VP relates to Azure backups protecting from user error rather than hardware failure or disaster recovery. What is the Microsoft guidance on backing up VMs in the cloud?” How do … Continue reading How should I backup my Windows Azure VMs? (So many questions. So little time. Part 51.)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn Saint Louis a couple of weeks ago at our Windows Azure IT Camp, Joe asked me this question: “When dealing with virtual machines and cloud for R&D. If during the process of researching you happen to download a contaminated file, can that file do harm to the actual machine that you are running? Wouldn't … Continue reading How safe is my Windows Azure virtual machine? (So many questions. So little time. Part 50.)
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