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Video: Start Stop Restart and Delete VMs in Microsoft Azure with PowerShell
I recently recorded this video as a companion to the Azure Documentation page – “Deploy and manage virtual machines using Azure Resource Manager templates and PowerShell”, and specifically showing off...
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Dev-Test Starts with IT: (Part 2) Testing Enterprise Applications on Azure
Drew McDaniel and I are back for part 2 in our "Dev-Test Starts with IT" series and in this episode they dive into some of the details on how enterprise applications can be tested and managed on Azure....
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Beta.MN Startup Showcase: Homi
This is first of a series of articles highlighting the Startup companies that participated in the recent Beta.MN 2.5 event, held Sept 8, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN I have a couple of questions for you.....
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Beta.MN Startup Showcase: Dose Health
This is next in a series of articles highlighting the Startup companies that participated in the recent Beta.MN 2.5 event, held Sept 8, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN. As we age, how do we keep track of...
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Hyper-V Nested Virtualization? In Windows 10?!
The title of this article was my reaction when I saw the news. And I was even more excited when I read that I already have the Windows 10 Insider fast ring preview installed (build 10565) that will...
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Coming in November, our “Ignite your Business” Tour!
Connect. Learn. Innovate. Whether you’re a Technical Decision Maker, IT Professional or Developer – Ignite Your Business is the event to attend. Learn why Windows 10 is the best platform for business....
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Windows Update for Business-More Info
Greetings! While my team and I have been busily traveling around delivering “Ignite Your Business” events, speaking to literally thousands of IT Professionals about the benefits of Windows 10 in their...
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Windows 10 and App Compat (Part 1): What about my Windows Apps?
In this episode I welcome the “App Compat Guy” himself, Chris Jackson to the show, as we kick off a 3 part series on Windows 10 and App Compatibility. In part 1 we address concerns surrounding...
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Windows 10 and App Compat (Part 2): How do I get to IE11?
“The App Compat Guy” Chris Jackson and yours truly are back for part 2 in our Windows 10 and App Compatibility series. In today’s episode we discuss Internet Explorer and what to do about...
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Windows 10 and App Compat (Part 3): How do I get to the Edge?
In part 3 of our Windows 10 and App Compatibility series, “The App Compat Guy” Chris Jackson and I discuss the enigma that is the Edge web browser found in Windows 10. Why is it here? Why do we need a...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Introduction (Part 0 of 7)
In part 0, I introduce the purpose for this series, which is a walk-through of how I learned to automate the creation of an Azure-hosted lab environment (Storage, 4 VMs, network, NICs, etc.) using...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Working with JSON (Part 1)
In the second part of this series we discuss the components that make up the schema for JSON-based Azure Resource Manager templates. We also look at some of the initial building blocks that our...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Create a Domain Controller...
It’s not enough just to create a new virtual machine. Our lab environment requires a pre-configured domain, and so in part 2 we find and utilize and extension that automatically configures one of our...
View ArticleA Future Look at Modern PCs
Join Marlowe Daily and I as we discuss what makes a modern PC, and peek into future hardware trends that are coming to market in the Windows device category. [1:26] How do you define an “old” PC?...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Domain-Join the member...
In the fourth part of our series we look at how to automatically join the three other virtual machines to the contoso.com domain, again using an custom extension in our Azure Resource Manager template....
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Copy down files (Part 4)
Our lab environment requires that several sample scripts and other utilities be available on several of the member servers. But how do we get those files onto the C: drive? In this video I’ll show...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – Additional Automations (Part 5)
In the 6th part of our series we look at some of the remaining requirements for our lab environment, and how we automatically launched a PowerShell script on each of our virtual machines to perform the...
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Breaking News: IT Pro Cloud Essentials–Free cloud, education, and support!
This is big news! Today Microsoft is announcing a new subscription (but it’s free!) for IT Professionals. The goal is to give IT Pros the tools they need to train, test, and eventually implement...
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Breaking News: The IT Pro Career Center is LIVE!
“Evolve Your Career in Cloud Technologies” That’s the headline, and indeed the purpose of this new resource for IT Professionals! “The Microsoft IT Pro Career Center is a free online resource to help...
View ArticleHow I automated a hands-on-lab infrastructure – The PowerShell Script and...
In this final part of our series we walk through the PowerShell script that connects to Azure, creates the resource group, and then launches the creation of the lab environment. We also walk through...
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