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TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Hyper-V from a VMware Admin’s Perspective - Managing Virtual Machine Hardware Resources
Keith Mayer welcomes Andy Syrewicze, a Virtual Systems Administrator from Trivalent Group to the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/18/2013
Keith Mayer and Matt Hester are back for part 2 of their Building a Hybrid Cloud series and in...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/16/2013
UPDATES: Based on strong feedback from the community, I've made the following updates to this...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/15/2013
Keith Mayer and Matt Hester kick off their new multi-part series today on how you can build your...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/07/2013
Aloha! I'll be out-of-office exploring the beauty of Maui for the next 10 days, but feel free to...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/05/2013
When evaluating public and hybrid cloud services, carefully inspecting a cloud-provider’s...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 10/01/2013
Step-by-Step: Remote Desktop Services on Windows Azure - A cost-effective alternative to Desktop as a Service ( Part 2 )
UPDATE: As of January 1, 2014, the following RDS licensing changes offer an alternative to RDS...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/19/2013
Thank you for attending one of our recent Windows Azure IT Camp events! Below, I’ve included...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/18/2013
Update for Windows 8.1: Note that System Image Backup in Windows 8.1 has been moved to the lower...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/17/2013
No matter which virtualization platform you may be using today to power your Private Cloud, storage...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/11/2013
At a recent community event, I met “Scott”, a savvy IT Pro who was in the process of...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/09/2013
VMware vSphere 5.x includes automated server workload balancing in the vSphere Enterprise and...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 09/05/2013
Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/30/2013
Step-by-Step: Remote Desktop Services on Windows Azure – A cost-effective alternative to Desktop as a Service ( Part 1 )
UPDATE: As of January 1, 2014, the following RDS licensing changes offer an alternative to RDS...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/27/2013
UPDATE: Cloud Spectator recently released an independent study using standard Unixbench testing -...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/23/2013
VMware or Microsoft? FREE Orchestrated Patch Management for Continuous Availability with Hyper-V Server 2012
If you’ve supported enterprise IT solutions for as long as I have, at some point in time you...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/21/2013
UPDATED: Updated to reflect new IP Address Ranges introduced in July 2013 Do you need to setup your...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/14/2013
Today, Blogging Windows announced that the final release of Windows 8.1 will be available on October...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/14/2013
After being out-of-office for most of July due to vacations, conferences, internal meetings,...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 08/06/2013
Step-by-Step: Build a FREE SharePoint 2013 Dev/Test Lab in the Cloud with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
RECENT UPDATES: This Step-by-Step Guide has been leveraged to define a new Windows Azure Deployment...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/15/2013
This week at our Worldwide Partner Conference 2013, Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/10/2013
At our Build 2013 conference in June, we formally announced the availability of Windows 8.1 Preview...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/09/2013
Today, Yung Chou and I are back in our Build Your Private Cloud in a Month series to discuss virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/02/2013
In May, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have authored a new articles series on 20+ Key...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 07/01/2013
Straight from TechEd 2013 New Orleans, Keith Mayer welcomes Ross Sorensen from HP as they have a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/28/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: 13 FREE Hands-on Labs for Enabling YOUR Modern Datacenter with Windows Server 2012!
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/28/2013
We formally announced the release of Windows 8.1 Preview yesterday during the BUILD conference...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/27/2013
If it’s time for you to say “goodbye” to Amazon Web Services and “hello” to Azure, then this is the...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/25/2013
Keith Mayer and Yung Chou are back and in today’s episode they show us how to migrate your virtual...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/24/2013
UPDATE: Now includes System Center 2012 SP1 CU2 along with the following new articles ... Build a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/24/2013
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/19/2013
Best of TechEd 2013: Enabling On-demand Infrastructure Services in YOUR Datacenter with the Windows Azure Pack
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/17/2013
Guided Hands-on Lab: Apple iOS BYOD Mobile Device Management with System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Intune
Bring Your Own Device! Ugh … BYOD has certainly been a growing challenge in many of our...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/14/2013
Thanks for attending the IT Pro track at AITP ITCON on June 8th, 2013. Below, I’ve posted a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/11/2013
Thanks for attending Extend Your Network to the Cloud with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services....
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/11/2013
There’s LOTS going on in June for IT Pros in the US Heartland! Below is a list of upcoming...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
Yung Chou and Keith Mayer welcome Server Administrator Brandon Dewar to the show, as he shares with...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry! This month, we’ll be releasing a...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/10/2013
This week at our annual Microsoft TechEd IT Pro conference, there's a huge concentration on helping...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/04/2013
Ah, times ... they are a-changing ... with a rapid move towards embracing hybrid cloud IT scenarios...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 06/01/2013
Guided Hands-on Lab: Migrate VMs to Windows Azure from Amazon AWS [ 20 Key Cloud Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/31/2013
To The Cloud! Migrate VMware VMs to Windows Azure [ 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ]
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are authoring a new articles series on 20...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/30/2013
FREE HANDS-ON TRAINING: You, Your Datacenter and Windows Azure Infrastructure Services [ May 21st in Detroit, MI ]
UPDATE: I've provided links below to the decks I used to present at this training event ... DECK:...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/21/2013
Upgrade Your MCITP or MCSA to Windows Server 2012 with this FREE Certification Exam Study Guide for Exam 70-417
I’ve assembled all of the relevant content from the Windows Server 2012 “Early...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/20/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou (Part 2) - Deploying & Managing a Service in the Cloud – Service Templates
Yung Chou , Keith Mayer and Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology are back for part 2 of their...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/16/2013
TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou (Part 1) - Deploying and Managing a Service in the Cloud - Overview
Yung Chou and Keith Mayer and welcome Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology to the show as they...
Author: KeithMayer Date: 05/14/2013