Cloud Adoption Advisory Board (CAAB)
To join the CAAB, see our community at https://aka.ms/caab and send a quick email introducing yourself to caab@microsoft.com.
Calculating the gateway subnet address space for Azure virtual networks
A virtual network (VNet) in Azure infrastructure services that is connected to other networks must...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/01/2016
December 2016 CAAB webinar is on Microsoft Office 365 Secure Score
Microsoft Office 365 Secure Score is a new data service that Microsoft is building to help...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/22/2016
The Santa Cloud: A Microsoft cloud implementation poster for the holidays
How would Santa Claus and his elves use Microsoft’s cloud offerings to scale their IT department’s...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/14/2016
Dedicated CAAB webinar on designing and deploying LOB apps in Azure IaaS
Typical multi-tier line of business (LOB) applications are hard enough to deploy in an on-premises...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/07/2016
Understanding subscriptions, licenses, accounts, and tenants
Are you confused about how to mix and match subscriptions and licenses across Microsoft’s cloud...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/02/2016
Enterprise administrator content set for Microsoft Office 365
If you are an enterprise administrator for Microsoft Office 365, check out the new Enterprise...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/25/2016
New Microsoft Cloud Mobility and Security poster compares MDM and conditional access capabilities across products
At the Ignite Conference in Atlanta recently, we received a lot of questions about mobile device...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/17/2016
Join us for the CAAB October 2016 webinar
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, we will hold the next Cloud Adoption Advisory Board (CAAB) webinar....
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/13/2016
IPv6 for Azure VMs
At the Ignite Conference, the Microsoft Azure product team announced support for Internet Protocol...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/13/2016
"Contoso in the Microsoft Cloud” poster describes how a global organization is adopting the Microsoft cloud
The new Contoso in the Microsoft Cloud poster shows how the Contoso Corporation, a fictional but...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/10/2016
CAAB community forum has moved from a group to a space
To provide a much better experience, we have moved the CAAB community forum from a group in the new...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/04/2016
Get your cloud adoption kick-started at the Microsoft Ignite conference
If you are attending the Microsoft Ignite conference Sept 26-30, don’t miss these sessions presented...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/19/2016
New community venue for the Cloud Adoption Advisory Board
Our new presence in the Microsoft Tech Community is now available at...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/08/2016
Two new posters for SharePoint 2016 and Skype for Business architectural models
With the new versions of Microsoft Office server products, content publishers here at Microsoft have...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/29/2016
Demonstrate Advanced Threat Protection in your Office 365 dev/test environment
Now that you have built your Office 365 Dev/Test Environment, it’s time to put Office 365 through...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/25/2016
Demonstrate Advanced Security Management in your Office 365 dev/test environment
Now that you have built your Office 365 Dev/Test Environment, it’s time to put Office 365 through...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/17/2016
Add Directory Synchronization to your Office 365 dev/test environment
The Create an Office 365 Dev/Test Environment Test Lab Guide describes how to build out the Office...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/29/2016
New Office 365 dev/test environment
The new Test Lab Guide: Create an Office 365 Dev/Test Environment describes how to build out the...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/20/2016
New Exchange 2016 dev/test environment in Azure
If you are curious about the new features and functionality in Exchange 2016 or need to test your...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/13/2016
New ExpressRoute section for the Microsoft Cloud Networking for Enterprise Architects poster
In response to customer interest and demand for a cross-cloud discussion of ExpressRoute, the...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/31/2016
June 2016 CAAB Webinar announcement
On Thursday, June 2, 2016, we will hold the fourteenth Cloud Adoption Advisory Board (CAAB) webinar....
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/24/2016
New SharePoint 2016 dev/test farm in Azure
Creating dev/test configurations in Microsoft Azure infrastructure services is a great way to...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/23/2016
The Microsoft Cloud Storage for Enterprise Architects poster
If you are trying to determine the best combination of storage facilities and services in Office...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/12/2016
Closing the loop: The new Microsoft Hybrid Cloud for Enterprise Architects poster
At the March 2016 CAAB Webinar, I previewed a draft of a new hybrid cloud poster and got your...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/02/2016
Microsoft Cloud for Enterprise Architects series published in Posterpedia
I am happy to announce that the five posters and models of the Microsoft Cloud for Enterprise...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/28/2016
Find the best fit for your voice solution with the Skype for Business Voice Solutions poster
With Skype for Business, Microsoft gives you three compelling solutions for your voice needs:...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/14/2016
New Information Protection for Office 365 poster blazes the trail for increased security
Microsoft has done extensive work to ensure that your information stored in Office 365 can have the...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/10/2016
Closing the loop II: Improved Microsoft Cloud Networking poster is based on the January 2016 CAAB webinar
Hey CAAB, I wanted to let you know that we just published an updated and improved version of the...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/17/2016
Closing the loop: The new Microsoft Cloud Networking for Enterprise Architects poster
At the November 2015 CAAB Webinar, Brenda Carter presented the current set of Microsoft Cloud for...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/13/2016
Closing the loop: Improving Office 365 PowerShell content for administrators
Hello CAAB! At the December 2015 CAAB Webinar, I presented a proposed format for PowerShell...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/21/2015
Moving our Yammer discussion to the Office 365 Yammer Network and kicking it off with a YamJam on Dec 1
The Solutions Advisory Board (SAB) Yammer discussion is moving to a new location in the Office 365...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/23/2015
November 2015 CAAB Webinar announcement
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, we will hold the eleventh Cloud Adoption Advisory Board (CAAB)...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/11/2015
New "Security in a Cloud-Enabled World" Microsoft Virtual Academy course
Good afternoon SAB, Mark Simos, an Architect in Microsoft Cybersecurity, and Tim Rains, a Microsoft...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/19/2015
SAB September 2015 webinar announcement
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, we will hold the tenth Solutions Advisory Board (SAB) webinar. SAB...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/18/2015
How SAB members gather materials for presentations
Hello SAB, Lots of SAB members give presentations. Venues include their organizations, their...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/17/2015
Azure AD Connect – It's the new DirSync
The DirSync tool, which you can use to synchronize your on-premises Active Directory Domain Services...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/11/2015
Resources for ramping up on Azure Resource Manager
In the July 2015 SAB webinar, I presented Azure Resource Manager as the new deployment model for...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/30/2015
SAB July 2015 webinar announcement
On Thursday, July 16, 2015, we will hold the ninth Solutions Advisory Board (SAB) webinar. SAB...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/07/2015
Solution design and planning: Azure Infrastructure Services Implementation Guidelines
I recently published Azure Infrastructure Services Implementation Guidelines. This new article takes...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/30/2015
The Automate file collection for eDiscovery Solution is LIVE
If you need a simple, out-of-the-box mechanism to collect files from your user's computers for...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/17/2015
SAB Survey Results: SharePoint dev/test environments
In the 2014 SAB Annual Survey, SAB members cited SharePoint dev/test environments as an area of...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/28/2015
How SAB members ramp up on something new
I recently asked Solutions Advisory Board (SAB) members in the SAB Yammer network what they use to...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/24/2015
SAB March 2015 webinar announcement
On March 18, 2015, we will hold the seventh Solutions Advisory Board (SAB) webinar. SAB webinars are...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/09/2015
Closing the loop: New simulated hybrid cloud test environment is based on your feedback
Greetings SAB Members, At the August 2014 SAB Webinar, I presented a new set of Azure-based, hybrid...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/24/2015
SQL Server AlwaysOn template in the Azure Preview Portal updated
Greetings SAB Members, In this blog post, I gave a brief overview of the SQL Server AlwaysOn...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/09/2015
Closing the loop: New topic for creating Windows-based Azure virtual machines with PowerShell is based on your feedback
Greetings SAB Members, At the October 2014 SAB Webinar, I talked about using PowerShell command...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/22/2015
Closing the loop: New hybrid cloud test environment is published based on your feedback
Greetings SAB Members, At the August 2014 SAB Webinar, I presented an idea about creating a new set...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/15/2015