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TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Hyper-V from a VMware Admin’s Perspective - Managing Virtual Machine Hardware Resources
Keith Mayer welcomes Andy Syrewicze, a Virtual Systems Administrator from Trivalent Group to the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/18/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 2) Building Your Hybrid Cloud - Hyper-V Enhancements in Windows Server 2012 R2
Keith Mayer and Matt Hester are back for part 2 of their Building a Hybrid Cloud series and in...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/16/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Comparing vSphere 5.5 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V At-A-Glance
UPDATES: Based on strong feedback from the community, I've made the following updates to this...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/15/2013
TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Building Your Hybrid Cloud - Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Foundation
Keith Mayer and Matt Hester kick off their new multi-part series today on how you can build your...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/07/2013
Aloha from Maui!
Aloha! I'll be out-of-office exploring the beauty of Maui for the next 10 days, but feel free to...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/05/2013
VMware or Microsoft? What does Availability mean in YOUR Cloud?
When evaluating public and hybrid cloud services, carefully inspecting a cloud-provider’s...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/01/2013
Step-by-Step: Remote Desktop Services on Windows Azure - A cost-effective alternative to Desktop as a Service ( Part 2 )
UPDATE: As of January 1, 2014, the following RDS licensing changes offer an alternative to RDS...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/19/2013
Windows Azure IT Camp - Get Your Resources Here!
Thank you for attending one of our recent Windows Azure IT Camp events! Below, I’ve included...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/18/2013
Backup and Recovery of Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 - Tip-of-the-Day
Update for Windows 8.1: Note that System Image Backup in Windows 8.1 has been moved to the lower...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/17/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Dynamic Storage Management in Private Clouds
No matter which virtualization platform you may be using today to power your Private Cloud, storage...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/11/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Shopping for Private Clouds
At a recent community event, I met “Scott”, a savvy IT Pro who was in the process of...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/09/2013
VMware or Microsoft? Automated Server Workload Balancing for Heterogeneous Private Clouds
VMware vSphere 5.x includes automated server workload balancing in the vSphere Enterprise and...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/05/2013
Get started as an "Early Expert" on Windows Server 2012 R2 with this FREE eBook!
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/30/2013
Step-by-Step: Remote Desktop Services on Windows Azure – A cost-effective alternative to Desktop as a Service ( Part 1 )
UPDATE: As of January 1, 2014, the following RDS licensing changes offer an alternative to RDS...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/27/2013
Build Your Cloud - Migrating Cloud VMs from Amazon AWS to Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
UPDATE: Cloud Spectator recently released an independent study using standard Unixbench testing -...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/23/2013
VMware or Microsoft? FREE Orchestrated Patch Management for Continuous Availability with Hyper-V Server 2012
If you’ve supported enterprise IT solutions for as long as I have, at some point in time you...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/21/2013
Windows Azure Datacenter IP Ranges
UPDATED: Updated to reflect new IP Address Ranges introduced in July 2013 Do you need to setup your...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/14/2013
Get Ready for Windows 8.1 in One Page!
Today, Blogging Windows announced that the final release of Windows 8.1 will be available on October...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/14/2013
Step-by-Step: Using PowerShell to Add Servers to Server Manager in Windows Server 2012
After being out-of-office for most of July due to vacations, conferences, internal meetings,...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/06/2013
Step-by-Step: Build a FREE SharePoint 2013 Dev/Test Lab in the Cloud with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
RECENT UPDATES: This Step-by-Step Guide has been leveraged to define a new Windows Azure Deployment...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/15/2013
Best of WPC 2013: 28 Awesome User Experience Demos with Windows 8.1
This week at our Worldwide Partner Conference 2013, Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/10/2013
Best of BUILD 2013: What’s New in Windows 8.1 for IT Pros
At our Build 2013 conference in June, we formally announced the availability of Windows 8.1 Preview...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/09/2013
Migrating VMs from VMware to Windows Azure and Hyper-V – Build Your Private Cloud
Today, Yung Chou and I are back in our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series to discuss virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/02/2013
20+ Key Cloud Scenarios for IT Pros on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services - Complete Series!
In May, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have authored a new articles series on 20+ Key...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/01/2013
TechNet Radio: Best of TechEd 2013 - Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and HP
Straight from TechEd 2013 New Orleans, Keith Mayer welcomes Ross Sorensen from HP as they have a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/28/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: 13 FREE Hands-on Labs for Enabling YOUR Modern Datacenter with Windows Server 2012!
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/28/2013
Windows 8.1 Preview - DisplayLink Video Drivers?
We formally announced the release of Windows 8.1 Preview yesterday during the BUILD conference...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/27/2013
TechNet Radio: How to Migrate Your Virtual Machines from Amazon Web Services to Windows Azure
If it’s time for you to say “goodbye” to Amazon Web Services and “hello” to Azure, then this is the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/25/2013
TechNet Radio: How to Migrate from VMware to Windows Azure or Hyper-V
Keith Mayer and Yung Chou are back and in today’s episode they show us how to migrate your virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/24/2013
Step-by-Step: Build a FREE System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Lab in the Cloud
UPDATE: Now includes System Center 2012 SP1 CU2 along with the following new articles ... Build a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/24/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: Windows Azure - New Choices and Flexibility for Stopped VMs
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/19/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: Enabling On-demand Infrastructure Services in YOUR Datacenter with the Windows Azure Pack
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/17/2013
Guided Hands-on Lab: Apple iOS BYOD Mobile Device Management with System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Intune
Bring Your Own Device! Ugh … BYOD has certainly been a growing challenge in many of our...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/14/2013
AITP ITCON - Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and Private Cloud
Thanks for attending the IT Pro track at AITP ITCON on June 8th, 2013. Below, I’ve posted a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/11/2013
MAXTrain Webinar: Extend Your Network to the Cloud with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
Thanks for attending Extend Your Network to the Cloud with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services....
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/11/2013
IT Pro Technical Events – June 2013 – US Heartland and Online
There’s LOTS going on in June for IT Pros in the US Heartland! Below is a list of upcoming...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou–Moving from VMware to Hyper-V
Yung Chou and Keith Mayer welcome Server Administrator Brandon Dewar to the show, as he shares with...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
Best of TechEd 2013 – What’s New in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: Getting Certified as MCSE Private Cloud or MCSE Server Infrastructure
This week at our annual Microsoft TechEd IT Pro conference, there's a huge concentration on helping...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/04/2013
Best of TechEd 2013 - MCTDayZero - Leveraging Windows Azure Infrastructure Services as an MCT
Ah, times ... they are a-changing ... with a rapid move towards embracing hybrid cloud IT scenarios...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/01/2013
Guided Hands-on Lab: Migrate VMs to Windows Azure from Amazon AWS [ 20 Key Cloud Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/31/2013
To The Cloud! Migrate VMware VMs to Windows Azure [ 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/30/2013
FREE HANDS-ON TRAINING: You, Your Datacenter and Windows Azure Infrastructure Services [ May 21st in Detroit, MI ]
UPDATE: I've provided links below to the decks I used to present at this training event ... DECK:...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/21/2013
Upgrade Your MCITP or MCSA to Windows Server 2012 with this FREE Certification Exam Study Guide for Exam 70-417
I’ve assembled all of the relevant content from the Windows Server 2012 “Early...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/20/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou (Part 2) - Deploying & Managing a Service in the Cloud – Service Templates
Yung Chou , Keith Mayer and Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology are back for part 2 of their...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/16/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou (Part 1) - Deploying and Managing a Service in the Cloud - Overview
Yung Chou and Keith Mayer and welcome Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology to the show as they...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/14/2013