Tag Archives: Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Azure Cloud Series – Azure Resource Manager – Part 3

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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

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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

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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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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview finally sees the light….:)

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Change is in the air! I know that phrase is associated with spring, but I love the change of seasons, especially, winter, when days get shorter and I get to spend time in the snow with my kids. Every winter, I think I can rely on the patterns from the seasons before, but I quickly find I have to adapt to a new reality. For example, I live near Boston and just when I thought we would have a mild winter, mother nature strikes. One week its 50’s and the next we are in the middle of a blizzard. Changes and transformations are just another fact of life.

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Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator Explained – Part 1

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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

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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

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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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Microsoft SQL Server High Availability Options on Nutanix

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To give credit, this content was taken from my buddy Mike McGhem’s blog and I added some more color to it, but his content is right on.

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