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Keith Mayer welcomes special guest Tommy Patterson to the series as they discuss end-to-end IaaS workload provisioning in the Cloud with Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC. Tune in as they break down automation into 3 main categories of tasks (managing and orchestrating the overall process,…

Bret Stateham kicks off his special DevOps for Enterprise Developers series today with a quick “Top 5 Reasons” you should consider DevOps in your organization. Next Steps:Sign up for FREE DevOps training on Microsoft Virtual AcademyCheck out David Chappell and Bret Stateham in the Virtual Cloud…

Jerry Nixon welcomes Sr. Program Manager Frank Gartland to the the show as they run down what’s in store for the Microsoft Virtual Academy during the month of February. [2:10] Universal Windows App Development with Cortana and the Speech SDK[2:54] Getting Started with PowerShell Desired State…

Yung Chou, Michael Greene and Tiander Turpijn are back for Part 3 in our “Automation and DevOps” series and in today’s episode that give us an overview of PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) and how it is relevant in a hybrid cloud scenario for on-premises and Microsoft Azure or in a…

Yung Chou kicks off a new multi-part series where he invites members of the Building Clouds blog to join him in discussing “Automation and DevOps.” In part 1, Senior Program Managers Michael Greene and Charles Joy jump into the conversation as they give us an overview of what automation tools are…

Windows Store comes with a variety of apps for users to choose from and install on Windows 8. By default, Windows Store apps are installed in the default system location. You can change the default installation location of Windows Store apps with PowerShell script. Script Download:…

​​In this module you will learn how to import drivers in MDT and SCCM using custom powershell scripts which import drivers, create driver packages and categories. This video is part of the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA). The MVA is a free program delivering structured learning paths for IT…

In this module you'll learn about the correct way ofr entering the BIOS, you'll find out why the Date time in the BIOS is important and you'll learn about importing the UUID/MAC address into SCCM. You'll see what the Surface Hub app is and you'll listen to information about the Surface Pro 3 dock…

​In this module you'll learn Why to use MDT and what are MDT's Requirements. You learn about automating MDT via PowerShell and how to customise it using settings within two files (Customsettings.ini and Bootstrap.ini). You'll learn about adding Windows 8.1 X64, adding Surface Pro 3 drivers and…

In Deployment Basics we cover why Virtualization is key when doing OSD, we look at different Deployment Methods and also how to Capture your reference image. We explain the differences between UEFI versus Legacy and then look at why Automation is important and how to automate using PowerShell. Then…