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Microsoft Exchange Best Practices on Nutanix

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Robert Corradini

To continue on my last blog post on Exchange...

As I mentioned previously, I support SE’s from all over the world. And again today, I got asked what are the best practices for running Exchange on Nutanix. Funny enough, this question comes in quite often. Well, I am going to help resolve that. There’s a lot of great info out there, especially from my friend Josh Odgers, which has been leading the charge on this for a long time. Some of his posts can be controversial, but the truth is always there. He’s getting a point across.

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Microsoft Azure Cloud Series – Azure Resource Manager – Part 3

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Robert Corradini

Hello everybody, time to get in-depth with Azure Resource Manager. But, before I dive into the Azure Resource Manager, I would like to quickly review some of the basics in Azure. I will start with a rundown of the Azure Global Footprint. Then, I will go into how Azure charges are incurred. And finally, I will dive into the Azure Resource Manager V2 and comparing it to the older Azure Service Manager V1. Sit tight and let’s go for an Azure Ride 😉

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Microsoft Azure Cloud Series – Understanding the Stack, Who Manages What? – Part 2

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Robert Corradini

In today’s IT, there are a lot of discussions about different terms like PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS. So what do all of these cloud acronyms mean?

I’m going to give you the simplest explanation I can, to help you understand the difference between SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS.

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Microsoft Azure Cloud Series – What is Cloud? – Part 1

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Robert Corradini

Hi All, its Rob again and I decided to write a series on Azure Cloud. Since Azure Stack is months away from GA, its good to understand Azure Cloud for a few reasons. The API is the consistent across Azure Cloud and Azure Stack. And building a hybrid environment is the future for IT to use features like DR, Application Portability and Backup.

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Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator Explained – Part 1

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Robert Corradini

The Exchange Server Role Requirement Calculator is your one stop calculation tool for Exchange 20132016 design. The tool covers design calculations for both the Mailbox and Client Access server role. Exchange 2013 reduced the number of roles from previous versions of Exchange by making the design and implementation as simple as possible and Exchange 2016 furthers that into a single role. The Server Role Requirement Calculator helps us to size virtually and it provides in-depth sizing of every component of the hardware like CPU, Memory, Network, Storage, Backup, servers, datacenter etc.

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Understanding Windows Azure Pack – Reconfigure portal names, ports and deploy certificates – Part 6

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Robert Corradini

Happy New Year Everyone!!! I know Azure Stack is just around the corner, but I still get lots of questions around configuring WAP and portals. So to follow-up my Windows Azure Pack (WAP) series, I am going to talk about reconfiguring server names and ports as well as assigning trusted certificates to my WAP Portals.

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A Tale of Two DAGs – Deploying Exchange 2013 DAG Environment on Nutanix

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Robert Corradini

As always, I try to blog on questions I get from the field and recently, I helped some colleagues and customers build a DAG on Nutanix 2 times last week ;). The process is pretty straightforward, but there are some best practices that everyone should follow to ensure a healthy DAG environment.

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Deploying ADFS on Nutanix – Installing and Configuring – Part 2

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Robert Corradini

Deploying and configuring Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2012 R2 for Office 365 can be broken down into 4 blog posts:

Install and Configuring ADFS (this post)
Configuring Name Resolution and additional nodes
Install ADFS Proxy (Coming Soon)
Leverage ADFS with Office 365 (Coming Soon)
New automated methods of setting up ADFS with Office 365 (Coming Soon)

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