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TechNet Radio: (Part 13) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Managing Your Hybrid Cloud Network

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:39 GMT

We’re here for the final part in our Building a Private Cloud series and in today’s episode Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us to manage our hybrid cloud environment with System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller. Tune in as they demo for us how to get started with this service as well as wrap up this fantastic series.

[1:33] Recap: Building a Private Cloud series
[2:38] How to manage a Hybrid Cloud environment with System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller?
[11:15] DEMO: Hybrid Cloud Management with App Controller
[24:25] Summary: Building a Private Cloud series

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TechNet Radio: Delivering Results Using Windows Server 2012 – Dynamic Access Control

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Tommy Patterson — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:00:22 GMT

Tommy Patterson welcomes Principal Program Manager, Mark Lawrence to the show as they discuss how Microsoft IT used Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control to help secure and improve access management to key infrastructure and line-of business applications to users and business groups within the company. Tune in as they lay out an extensive case study describing the situation, the solution and benefits to adopting Windows Server 2012 in their own IT environment.

[2:00] What was the situation? Describe some of the challenges which required MSIT to implement Dynamic Access Control
[3:28] How was it resolved?
[10:44] Describe some of the benefits to implementing a Windows Server 2012 DAC enhanced management environment

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TechNet Radio: (Part 12) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Building a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure using Windows Azure

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:32 GMT

In Part 12 of their Building a Private Cloud series, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou explore the world of hybrid cloud scenarios using Windows Azure Virtual Networks. Tune in as they walk us through some common scenarios where IT Pros may find it more appealing to deploy a hybrid datacenter solution as they explain what components are required and how to build out and configure both your cloud and local networks.

[1:20] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[2:30] What is IaaS? Why would IT Pros be interested in “Infrastructure as a Service” as part of a Hybrid Cloud solution?
[5:50] What is Windows Azure Virtual Networks? What are some common scenarios for it?
[14:44] How should I plan for Azure Virtual Networks? What do I need to do to get started?
[20:10] DEMO: Building out our Cloud Network
[28:14] DEMO: Building out our definitions for our local network
[37:56] DEMO: Configuring our on-premise VPN gateway

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TechNet Radio: (Part 11) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Dynamic Optimization of the Private Cloud Fabric

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:00:58 GMT

Continuing their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 series, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou walk us through the steps needed to dynamically optimize our virtual machines. Tune in as they show us how to set the reserve capacity for our hosts, balance VM loads, set-up auto live migrations and optimize our power consumption.

[1:08] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[4:33] How important is Dynamic Optimization?
[11:25] DEMO: How to optimize the utilization of our Fabric
[12:05] DEMO: How to set reserve capacity for our hosts
[16:05] DEMO: How to balance the VM load
[18:06] DEMO: How to set up Auto Live Migration
[22:49] DEMO: How to optimize our power consumption

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TechNet Radio: Taste of Premier - Cyber Security and How to Protect Your Assets

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Lex Thomas — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:48 GMT

Lex Thomas welcomes Principal Cyber Security Architect, Michael Howard to the show as they discuss the importance of protecting your applications and datacenter. Tune in as they offer some practical advice and how you can adopt the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) as well as how you can get started securing your own environment.

[2:29] How important is Cyber Security and what is the Security Development Lifecycle Threat Modeling Tool?
[7:11] What advice do you have for people trying to address their Security concerns?
[12:55] How do I get started with the SDL?

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TechNet Radio: (Part 10) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Protecting Your Private Cloud with Data Protection Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:00:03 GMT

We’ve hit Part 10 in our Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 series, and in today’s episode Keith Mayer and Yung Chou discuss how you can protect your newly created private cloud with Data Protection Manager. Tune in as they discuss disaster recovery solutions and performance enhancements as well as demo for us how to setup and configure DPM for your environment and then lay out the process for backing up your servers and how DPM integrates with Virtual Machine Manager.

[1:49] What is Data Protection Manager?
[6:40] How much faster can we backup Hyper-V hosts with DPM?
[10:14] DEMO: How to Setup & Configure Data Protection Manager
[20:12] DEMO: Process of backing up a server
[32:21] DEMO: Integration between Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager

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TechNet Radio: (Part 9) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Updating the Private Cloud Fabric

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:00:06 GMT

In part 9 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , Keith Mayer and Yung Chou tackle the process of servicing and updating our private cloud applications and the underlying fabric. Tune in as they show us step-by-step how to update our service templates as well as how to apply and manage critical updates to our applications.

[2:22] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[4:30] Updating the Private Cloud Fabric
[6:31] DEMO: How to Service Private Cloud Apps
[21:53] DEMO: How to Update the Private Cloud Fabric with Virtual Machine Manager

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TechNet Radio: (Part 8) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Deploying & Managing Private Cloud Applications

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:00:37 GMT

In Part 8 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , Keith Mayer and Yung Chou explore the topic of how to deploy and manage your applications to the Private Cloud. Tune in as they discuss how to setup and create profiles for your virtual machine templates

[1:10] Recap: Building a Private Cloud Series
[2:42] How do we deploy applications to our Private Cloud?
[6:40] DEMO: How do we create new Virtual Machine templates and modify profiles?
[19:38] What is a Service Template and why are they important?
[23:40 DEMO: How do I create & manage my private cloud applications with Service Templates?
[31:10] DEMO: Where do I get web application packages?
[33:41] DEMO: What about SQL database packages?

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TechNet Radio: (Part 7) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Creating & Delegating Private Clouds in Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:55 GMT

We’re here for Part 7 of our Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , and in today’s episode Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to create and delegate private clouds in Virtual Machine Manager. Tune in for another demo heavy session and see how you can create private clouds and assign host groups, logical networks, storage and load balancers as well as how to then create user roles, profiles and resources.

[1:24] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[3:00] How to Create & Delegate Private Clouds in VMM
[9:45] DEMO: How to Create Private Clouds: Assign Host Groups | Logical Networks | Load Balance | Storage |
[21:52] DEMO: How to Assign Access to Your Private Cloud: Create New Roles | Profiles | Menus | Scope | VM Networks | Resources
[35:36] DEMO: How can developers login & create resources they need?

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TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Hybrid Windows Azure IaaS Scenarios – Migrating SharePoint to Windows Azure

matthester, ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Keith Mayer — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:00:30 GMT

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In Part 3 of our Windows Azure IaaS series Matt Hester and Keith Mayer discuss common scenarios in which IT Pros may use Windows Azure as a hybrid solution between their on-premise and cloud service needs. Tune in as they discuss disaster recovery and storage as well as how to migrate your SharePoint environment to a VM running on Azure.

[1:46] What is a Hybrid Cloud environment? Is this more appealing to IT Pros?
[3:36] What are some common Hybrid Cloud scenarios? Let’s talk about storage and Disaster Recovery first…
[9:09] What about SharePoint in an Azure VM?
[11:02] What are some reasons why IT Pros are interested in hosting SharePoint on VMs in Azure?
[13:21] How is this different than Office 365 SharePoint Online? What are the benefits in both scenarios?
[16:01] DEMO: How should I plan out my Azure VM environment in this situation?
[24:42] DEMO: How to Configure SharePoint in Azure Virtual Machines

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TechNet Radio: (Part 6) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Configuring Compute Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:00:22 GMT

Back for Part 6, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to configure compute fabric in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager. In this episode they show us the process of adding and configuring hosts and clusters like Windows Server, Citrix XenServer and VMware vCenter into VMM as well as how to manage host resources.

[1:30] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[4:15] Configuring the Compute Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager
[9:22] DEMO: Adding Hosts & Clusters in VMM – Windows Server
[18:40 DEMO: Bare Metal Deployment – Hyper-V Hosts Only
[27:40] DEMO: Adding Hosts & Clusters in VMM – Citrix XenServer and VMware vCenter
[31:46] DEMO: How to Manage Host Resources

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TechNet Radio: Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 – Simpler By Design

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Bob Hunt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:04 GMT

Just how easy is it to use SMB 3.0? That’s the topic for today’s show as Bob Hunt and Jose Barreto discuss the ins and outs of Windows Server 2012 File Storage for Virtualization. Tune in as they chat about SMB Transparent Failover, Scale-Out, Multichannel, SMB Direct and Encryption and much, much more!

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TechNet Radio: (Part 5) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Configuring Network Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:00:17 GMT

We’re here for Part 5 of the Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 series, and in today’s episode Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to configure network fabric in Virtual Machine Manager. Tune in for this demo heavy session as they show us how to architect our physical networks and bring them into VMM as they help us define our logical and VM networks and then create and assigning our switches and gateways.

[3:32] Recap: How to manage Networking
[13:05] How do you configure these network components into Virtual Machine Manager?
[14:16] DEMO: Defining Two Logical Networks | Define Network Sites/ Subnets | Creating IP Pools
[26:50 DEMO: How to Create VM Networks
[38:44] What are logical switches?
[43:03] DEMO: How to Create & Assign Logical Switches in Virtual Machine Manager

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TechNet Radio: (Part 2) Windows Azure Virtual Machine FAQs

matthester, ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:00:46 GMT

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[1:48] Help! My Virtual Machine disappeared!! What happened?
[5:44] What is the Temporary Drive(D:) and why should I be worried about it?
[7:30] Are VHDs deleted by default when you delete virtual machines?
[10:03] Can I use PowerShell in Azure?
[11:25] Why am I having RDP connectivity problems?
[15:20] What about securing my Azure Virtual Machine? What do I need to know?
[19:32] Virtual Networks 101: What is it and why is it important?
[23:12] DEMO: How to create a Virtual Network in Windows Azure

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TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Infrastructure as a Service – Windows Azure Virtual Machines & What’s in it for You

matthester, ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:30:47 GMT

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Matt Hester kicks off his 8 part Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) series and in today’s episode he welcomes Chief Technical Evangelist for the Cloud, Brian Prince to the show as they give us an overview of Microsoft’s IaaS platform, aka Windows Azure Virtual Machines. Tune in as they build a case for why both developers and IT Professionals should consider using this service as well as how to get started and create your own Azure Virtual Machine in minutes.

[1:44] What’s “DevOps”?
[4:52] How does IaaS affect me? What is Windows Azure Virtual Machines?
[6:02] Tesla vs. Edison? Umm…I thought we were talking about Azure? How does this story fit in exactly?
[13:01] Ok, I get it…now what’s the deal with PaaS (Platform as a Service)? How is this different than IaaS?
[21:13] DEMO: How to setup and create an Azure Virtual Machine

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TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Tony Asaro on the Virtualization Landscape in a Heterogeneous World

Dan Stolts "ITProGuru", ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:30:18 GMT

Dan Stolts welcomes Tony Asaro to the show as they take an in-depth look at the overall virtualization landscape and the many factors companies need to consider when thinking about their virtualization needs. Tune in as they discuss Hyper-V vs. VMware, Live Migration and Hyper-V Replica as well as how to manage your virtualization solutions with System Center 2012.

[3:11] As a consultant and systems architect what are you hearing in the field as it relates to the virtualization landscape?
[4:32] What do you think are the primary forces that play into the decision for how companies start looking at Hyper-V over VMware?
[7:06] What kind of workloads are companies porting to Hyper-V?
[8:59] What pace do you see companies moving at to roll out changes. Is it a rip and replace, or a migration or a bit of both?
[10:18] Do you see more small businesses caring about Virtualization?
[12:00] Do you see people taking advantage of virtualization management technologies like System Center 2012?

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TechNet Radio: Exchange Ideas – Exchange 2013 Upgrade & Coexistence

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:00:22 GMT

Ann Vu and Brian Day are your hosts for today’s Exchange Ideas episode and in this installment they discuss how to upgrade to Exchange Server 2013. Tune in as they walk you through some simple steps to help transition you from Exchange 2007 or 2010 as well as how to manage your environments after everything is set up.

[0:53] What are the pre-reqs to upgrade from Exchange 2007 | 2010 to Exchange 2013?
[4:03] What are the transition steps?
[7:40] Do I have to apply the updates to all of my servers?
[10:20] What can users expect the day after you transition the namespace?
[14:03] What happens with offline address books?
[15:57] Can I migrate public folders to Exchange 2013?
[18:34] How do I manage my environments? When do I use the old EMC tools versus EAC?
[20:21] I hear that the way mailbox size is calculated different in 2013. How does this affect mailbox moves and quotas?

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TechNet Radio: (Part 4) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Configuring Storage Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:00:05 GMT

In Part 4 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to configure the storage fabric in Virtual Machine Manager. Tune in as they walk us through the process of adding different types of storage into our fabric such as file server storage (SMB 3.0) and block storage (iSCI, Fiber Channel , or SAS).

[1:45] Recap: What is a Private Cloud?
[5:42] Recap: Setting up the Private Cloud Foundation
[7:03] Recap: System Center 2012 SP1 VMM Overview
[7:57] Let’s Talk about Storage. What are some of the challenges that IT Pros face today regarding file storage?
[13:29] How do I Configure the Storage Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager?
[16:41] DEMO: Adding File Server Storage (SMB 3.0)
[24:29] DEMO: Adding Block Storage (iSCI, FC, SAS)

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TechNet Radio: Virtualization and Cloud Experts Café: System Center 2012 SP1 Enhancements & Windows Azure Services for Windows Server

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Harold Wong — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:30:40 GMT

Harold Wong welcomes Sr. Marketing Manager John Allwright to the show as they discuss the latest enhancements made to System Center 2012 SP1 and the new capabilities found within Windows Azure Services for Windows Server. Tune in as they chat about Virtual Networking, Global Service Monitor and the Service Provider Foundation API as well as demo for us how this all fits into an integrated Cloud OS service model.

[9:27] DEMO: Windows Azure Services for Windows Server

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TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Hyper-V Live (Part 2)

Dan Stolts "ITProGuru", ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:00:08 GMT

Dan Stolts and Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky are back for part 2 of their Hyper-V Live series and in today’s episode they demo for us Live Storage Migration, Multiple Live Migrations and how to rapidly move multiple VMs at one time without interruption through Live Cluster Node Evacuations.

Guru Tip! Check out all of the Live Features in Hyper-V!

[0:50] DEMO: Live Storage Migration
[8:57] DEMO: Live Migration
[18:50] DEMO: Multiple Live Migrations
[21:16] DEMO: Cluster Node Live Evacuations / Pause

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TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Deploying & Upgrading to System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:33 GMT

Back for Part 3 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to deploy and upgrade to System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager. Tune in as they introduce some key VMM components and take us through an in-depth deployment and upgrading demo.

[1:15] Recap: Episode 1 & 2
[8:28] What is System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager? Why is it important?
[23:27] DEMO: Deploying System Center 2012 SP Virtual Machine Manager
[39:39] DEMO: How to upgrade from System Center 2012 RTM VMM to SP1

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TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Hyper-V Live (Part 1)

Dan Stolts "ITProGuru", ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:00:13 GMT

Are you up to speed on Hyper-V Live? TechNet Radio, ITProGuru vs and Become a Virtualization Expert with 20 + Days of Server Virtualization #VirtExpert (part 6a of 20+) have teamed up to bring you Hyper-V Live! Dan Stolts welcomes Microsoft MVP Rob McShinsky to the show as they discuss the new "Live" features found in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012. Tune in for part one of their two part series as they'll demo for us the Live Add Memory and Live Snapshot Merging capabilities. Guru Tip! Check out all of the Live Features in Hyper-V!

[5:49] DEMO: Live Add Memory
- What is it?: The ability to increase maximum memory to a VM while it is running. (Can also lower Minimum memory)
- Prerequisites : VM must be using Dynamic Memory
- Available in previous version of Hyper-V: No
- What to look out for: Watch available disk space where volume is placed. .BIN file will grow.
- How it could be better: Currently cannot reduce the amount of memory from a running VM.
- Powerhell: Get-Vm "VMNAME" | Set-VMMemory -MaximumBytes 2gb
[11:56 ] DEMO: Live Snapshot Merging
- What is it?: A recovery point that saves the state, data, and hardware configuration of a VM without downtime to the VM, but it is NOT a backup
- Prerequisites : Must be performed before any changes!!!
- Available in previous version of Hyper-V: No (Downtime was needed for merge)
- What to look out for: Watch available disk space where volume is placed. .AVHD(X) file will grow until merged.
- Merging of large files can take a considerable amount of time. You should delete snapshot as soon as you can.
- Powershell:
  - Remove-VMSnapshot "VMName"
  - Get-VMSnapshot "VMName" | Where-Object {$_.name -eq "SNAPNAME"} | Remove-VMSnapshot

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TechNet Radio: (Part 2) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1– Laying the Foundation with Windows Server 2012

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:00:46 GMT

In Part 2 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou lay out the foundation of your Private Cloud by expanding on the features of Windows Server 2012. Tune in as they discuss Scale-up and Scale-out scenarios, how to configure NIC teaming and failover clustering.

[2:34] What are some of the benefits of Scale-Up and Scale-Out with Windows Server 2012?
[6:39] Can you describe a Scale-Up Scenario for us?
[11:31] DEMO: Scale-Up Scenario
[20:52] DEMO: How to Configure Network Teaming
[29:09] DEMO: Failover Clustering & Cluster Aware Updating
[35:04] What is an example of a Scale-Out scenario?
[38:25] DEMO: Scale-Out Scenario

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TechNet Radio: IT Time–Get Certified! Why Microsoft Certification Matters

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Blain Barton — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:00:39 GMT

Blain Barton and the Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson are back for their monthly show and in today's episode, they discuss the importance of Microsoft Certifications. Tune in as they chat about how getting certified directly affected their careers, some tips and tricks for the MCSA on Windows Server 2012 as well as the free "Early Experts" challenge you can sign-up for in preparation for the exam.

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TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Introduction

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Keith Mayer and Yung Chou kick off their multi-part series on how to build a Private Cloud using System Center 2012 SP1. Tune in for part 1 as they discuss the difference between a Private Cloud and a Highly Virtualized Environment, how System Center 2012 components map to Private Cloud requirements as well as how the SP1 release allows for even greater improvements to managing your datacenters and applications.

[1:43] What are the differences between a Private Cloud and a Highly Virtualized Environment?
[10:04] How does System Center 2012 components map to Private Cloud requirements?
[13:05] What's New in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1?
[21:13] How about Networking enhancements?
[40:07] Tell us about the protection improvements made for Hyper-V when using CSVs, Remote SMB, Live Migration and Windows Azure Online Backup

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