Microsoft Virtual Academyhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/Microsoft Virtual Academy is a website for Developers and IT Pros offering free Microsoft training delivered by experts. Follow us on Twitter @MSVirtAcademy en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)Basic Customizations for System Center Service Manager 2012http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/17/basic-customizations-for-system-center-service-manager-2012.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:05:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3579430Karen Eng0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3579430http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/17/basic-customizations-for-system-center-service-manager-2012.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-size: small;">The System Center 2012 Service Manager provides an integrated platform for automating and adapting your organization’s IT service management best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Service Manager provides built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management. The System Center Service Manager 2012 Authoring Console can be customized to meet customer requirements. <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog7vlabs">In these new labs</a>, find out how to get started with the Service Manager 2012 Authoring Tool, learn to work with a generic form</span>, and modify the existing Service Manager 2012 form.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Ready to learn other ways to streamline your data center? Learn how to simplify repeated management <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">with <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog_6">Orchestrator in these recent virtual labs.</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Virtual Labs are free, hands-on learning environments—no complicated installation</strong> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog7vlabs">These new virtual labs</a> cover practical Service Manager tasks, for example: how to extend Service Manager, create and seal management packs, extend the CMBD for new and existing class types (and relationships between them). Learn to use the Service Manager Authoring Tool. Find out how to customize forms and add them to new management packs and add new components.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note</span>: the lab spins up two windows: one is the lab environment, and the second is the step-by-step guide documentation.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>System Center 2012 SP1</strong> empowers you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services. <a href="http://aka.ms/sc2012sp1evalblog">Download System Center 2012 SP1</a> for trial at the TechNet Evaluation Center.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Useful Resources</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog7_ch9video">Video: "2010-2012 Upgrade Scenarios"</a>: Best practices, tools, documents,</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">troubleshooting and resources that help you upgrade a Service Manager 2010</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">production installation to Service Manager 2012</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305220.aspx">Technical Documentation</a> for Service Manager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Server and Cloud Platform <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1070/threads">Forums</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Microsoft System Center <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/">Team Blog</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">MVA System Center 2012 <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/system-center-2012-orchestrator-service-manager">Service Manager course</a></span></li>
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<p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3579430" width="1" height="1">System CenterPrivate CloudEvaluationscloudAcademyMVAVirtual LabsEvaluation CenterSystem Center 2012Datacenter OperationsOrchestratorService Manager Authoring ToolCustomizationService Manager 2012Service ManagerThe New MVA: What Do You Think? http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/15/the-new-mva-what-do-you-think.aspxSat, 15 Jun 2013 15:50:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3579082Michael Aldridge MVA Site Manager0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3579082http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/15/the-new-mva-what-do-you-think.aspx#comments<p>Wow did you see we hit 1.2M users yesterday? Super exciting. We have been revamping the MVA site quietly over the last few months - although after hitting our 13th release in 7 months it doesn't feel so quiet for team MVA. </p>
<p>This past week you may have noticed some "louder" substantial changes on the MVA <a title="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/" href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/">home page</a>. I wanted explain why we made these changes, and also request your feedback on them.</p>
<p>A key theme of this new release was to change the discoverability on the site: we wanted to help MVA customers get to the courses and topics they care about in a much easier way. Let us know, were we successful?</p>
<p>Key goals in this new release were:</p>
<p><strong>Get to the content you want in a single click on the home page</strong>:</p>
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<li>I think we almost got there with our new “hover click” UI although I still see room for improvement</li>
<li>This new UI lets you see immediately top courses by subject or help you get to new topic pages</li>
<li>Improve our top-level navigation menus to help you access courses by topic anywhere on the site</li>
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<p><strong>Offer new Topic Pages that group courses by subjects like <a title="HTML5 Topic Page" href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/topics/html5_topic_page_en">HTML5</a> or products like <a title="Windows Server Topic Pages" href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/topics/product-windows-server-en">Windows Server</a> and help you</strong>:</p>
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<li>Find courses in topic areas you care about, and build your own personal learning plans around them</li>
<li>Discover additional resources like books or software evaluations to supplement your education</li>
<li>Help suggest ways to explore how to take the next steps in your career with Microsoft Certifications</li>
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<p><strong>Make it easier to find our popular <a title="Live Events" href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/LiveEvents.aspx">Live Events</a> like MVA Jump Starts and Live Q&As</strong> </p>
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<li>New countdown tiles on the home page to help find our ever growing choice of live events and remind you when they are happening (several times every week)</li>
<li>An improved Live Events link in our updated top level menu to find it anywhere on the site and see Live Events grouped by themes on our event page</li>
<li>And we made the Live Event registration experience easier and more integrated for MVA members: you no longer need to juggle two separate registration IDs and Passwords, just use your MVA member ID and password. For existing customers, we help you join these on your first log-in to register for a live event.</li>
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<p><strong>Give MVA customers a place on the home page to be heard with MVA Voices</strong>: a place we share all the great feedback MVA members send us through our Tell the Dean alias, and via our Live Event forums.</p>
<p><strong>Do a better job of making it easier to understand what MVA is and our philosophy to new visitors</strong> with a new <strong>What is MVA? </strong>section<strong>. </strong></p>
<p>So as you can see, it was a jam packed sprint for us this month. Heck we even updated our favicon: we affectionately call it "Frank" :)</p>
<p>Please let us know what you think of these changes, what you like, and more important what you don’t like or still think is missing.</p>
<p>Share with us here on the MVA blog, on <a title="MVA Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/MSVirtAcademy">Facebook</a>, <a title="MVA Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/MSVirtAcademy">Twitter</a>, or send mail to our Tell the Dean alias which you can access on the lower right hand corner of every page on MVA.</p>
<p>Successful technologists never stop learning and great technology never stops evolving. Our commitment is to keep evolving MVA to be the most exciting place for expert-led technology training.</p>
<p>Thanks for learning with us and keep the feedback coming!</p>
<p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3579082" width="1" height="1">NewsHTML 5MVA Jump StartsAcademyMSJumpStartMVAJumpStartProgrammingdeveloperMVA LiveMeet MVA Community Member Adrian Hall from Splunkhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/12/meet-mva-community-member-adrian-hall-from-splunk.aspxWed, 12 Jun 2013 22:22:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3578510MatthewCalder0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3578510http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/12/meet-mva-community-member-adrian-hall-from-splunk.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Last week at Tech Ed, I think the machine data guys at </span><a href="http://www.splunk.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Splunk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> were only people with </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelwilde/6793613095/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">better T-shirts</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> than </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=256920674451209&set=a.233675190109091.1073741825.145960748880536&type=1&theater"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Microsoft Virtual Academy</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> or </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151518998768997&set=a.10151515553613997.1073741828.152574783996&type=3&theater"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Microsoft Learning</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. If you aren’t familiar with Splunk, they are doing some very innovative and cutting edge stuff, so I was pretty jazzed when they came by our booth and I got to meet Adrian Hall who told me he’s a fan of MVA! Adrian produces workload monitoring tools that sit on top of the Splunk platform and he uses MVA to see real world examples of how to work with Microsoft technologies like Hyper-V. Check out the video below to hear from Adrian in his own words.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/12/meet-mva-community-member-adrian-hall-from-splunk.aspx">(Please visit the site to view this video)</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">If you have a story about how MVA has helped you in your career, send us an e-mail for a chance to win our </span><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/colleges/fast-track"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Fast Track Challenge</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">!</span></span></p>
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<p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3578510" width="1" height="1">2 Day Jump Start: Building Private Cloud and Moving to Hybrid Cloudhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/11/2-day-jump-start-building-private-cloud-and-moving-to-hybrid-cloud.aspxTue, 11 Jun 2013 05:42:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3578019Carlos I. James Gutierrez0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3578019http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/11/2-day-jump-start-building-private-cloud-and-moving-to-hybrid-cloud.aspx#comments<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Join Microsoft MVP Pete Zerger for a free two-day Jump Start series covering the end-to-end process of implementing a Microsoft cloud solution.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Registration is free for both events. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233034">Sign-up now</a></span>.</span></strong></p>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233034"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">Day 1:</span> Building Private Cloud with Windows Server 2012 & System Center 2012 SP1</a></span></strong> </span></h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">This June 18 Jump Start will be a scenario-based, bottoms-up approach to designing and building our private cloud on Windows Server 2012 and incorporating the full spectrum of System Center 2012 SP1 components.</h2>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">MVP <a href="http://twitter.com/pzerger">Pete Zerger</a> and Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist <a href="http://twitter.com/SymonPerriman">Symon Perriman</a> will focus on bringing a greater understanding to key topics related to the fabric - such as virtual networking, leveraging the storage and networking capabilities of Windows Server 2012, and creating service templates in VMM and on the Service Manager CMDB as we move up the management stack. Additionally, you will learn how the service-catalog comes together to deliver an intuitive self-service experience in a step-by-step approach that will address many common questions.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; text-align: left; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233067"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">Day 2:</span> Moving from Private to Hybrid Cloud with System Center 2012 and Windows Azure IaaS</a></span></strong> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">This June 20 Jump Start is a continuation of <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233034">Day 1</a> and will focus on successfully monitoring and managing ongoing operation of a private cloud environment.</h2>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">MVP <a href="http://twitter.com/pzerger">Pete Zerger</a> and Technical Product Manager <a href="http://twitter.com/mattmcspirit">Matt McSpirit</a> will provide examples of how to integrate Windows Azure IaaS into our private cloud to deliver hybrid cloud capabilities in System Center 2012 SP1, explain how to develop hybrid cloud self-service scenarios in System Center 2012 App Controller and in the System Center Service Manager Self-Service Portal, and demonstrate full integration of private and public cloud with ITIL.</p>
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<h3 style="margin: 0in; color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233034"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Register <span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">for Day 1</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">.</span></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in; color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200233067"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Register <span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">for Day 2</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">.</span></span></span></h3>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3578019" width="1" height="1">Windows AzureWindows ServerPrivate CloudWindows Server 2012PerrimanMcSpiriteventsJump StartcloudMVAMVA LiveIT ProSystem Center 2012AzureHybrid CloudDatacenter OperationsLearn IT Process Automation with Practical Runbook Guidance using System Center 2012 Orchestrator Virtual Labs http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/06/system-center-2012-orchestrator-virtual-labs-teach-it-process-automation-with-practical-runbook-guidance.aspxThu, 06 Jun 2013 23:36:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3577284Karen Eng0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3577284http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/06/system-center-2012-orchestrator-virtual-labs-teach-it-process-automation-with-practical-runbook-guidance.aspx#comments<p><strong>Overview</strong></p>
<p>Automation brings simplicity to complicated and repeated essential management tasks. System Center Orchestrator 2012 is an automation platform for orchestrating and integrating IT tools to drive down the cost of datacenter operations, while improving the reliability of IT processes. <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog6VLAB">These new virtual labs</a> help you understand the interfaces available with Orchestrator 2012, how to create and use Runbooks to work with File Management Objects, validate Runbooks, and automate recovery of a Windows Service based on alert detection. </p>
<p>Not ready for Orchestrator? Learn to use App Controller in System Center 2012 for Hybrid Cloud Management in these <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog5">recent virtual labs.</a></p>
<p><strong>Virtual Labs are free, hands-on learning environments—no complicated installation required</strong></p>
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<p>This lab works through several process automation examples, providing hands-on experience with concepts paired with the accompanying guide. It starts with the basics and guides you towards advanced concepts and techniques in Orchastrator 2012.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note</span>: the lab spins up two windows: one is the lab environment, and the second is the step-by-step guide documentation.</p>
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<p><strong>How to try out this solution free, full-featured?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://aka.ms/sc2012sp1evalblog">Download System Center 2012 SP1</a> from the TechNet Evaluation Center.</p>
<p> <strong>Useful Resources</strong></p>
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<li>MVA System Center 2012 <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/system-center-2012-orchestrator-service-manager">Orchestrator course</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29258">Technical Documentation</a> for System Center 2012 Orchestrator</li>
<li><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NewZealand/TechEd-New-Zealand-2012/MGT303">Tips and Best Practices Video</a>: Authoring good Runbooks to automate your IT Projects</li>
<li>The new <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog6orchblog">Orchestrator Blog</a></li>
<li>SystemCenter Orchestrator <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog6orchforum">Engineering Forum</a></li>
</ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3577284" width="1" height="1">System CenterEvaluationsAcademyMVAVirtual LabsHybrid Cloudpublic cloudDatacenter OperationsOrchestratorRunbooksFile Management ObjectsLearn about the new wave of Microsoft's Cloud OS productshttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/06/learn-about-the-new-wave-of-microsoft-s-cloud-os-products.aspxThu, 06 Jun 2013 05:42:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3577051Carlos I. James Gutierrez0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3577051http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/06/learn-about-the-new-wave-of-microsoft-s-cloud-os-products.aspx#comments<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Microsoft launched a wave of product updates at TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans this week and made several announcements that showcase our Cloud OS vision for helping customers and partners transform their datacenter, enable modern business applications, unlock insights on any data, and empower people-centric IT.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">As part of these announcements, the public previews for Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 will be available in the coming weeks. Learn more about these products through upcoming MVA Jump Start events:</p>
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<li style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">July 10 & 11: Join Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Cory Hynes from HOL Systems for a free, multi-day live online event to learn about the new capabilities and features coming in Windows Server 2012 R2. </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229588"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Sign-up today</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></li>
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<li style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">July 15: Join Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman for a free, live online event to learn how the next version of System Center delivers an end-to-end cloud stack through advanced integration with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Azure. You will discover the new capabilities in infrastructure provisioning and monitoring, automation and self-service, IT service management, and application monitoring. </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229583"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Sign-up today</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Register to learn more about Windows Server 2012 R2: </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229588">Sign-up for free</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Register to learn more about System Center 2012 R2: </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229583">Sign-up for free</a><span style="color: black;">.</span></p>
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<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">President of the Server & Tools Business at Microsoft, Satya Nadella's </span><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/06/03/leading-the-enterprise-cloud-era.aspx"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Official Microsoft Blog</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> post </span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/cloud-os"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Server and Cloud Platform website</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> for IT professionals</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Microsoft Engineering Executive blog posts by </span><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Brad Anderson</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">, </span><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Quentin Clark</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">, and </span><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Scott Guthrie</span></a></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">The new </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/mscloudos"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Microsoft Cloud OS YouTube channel</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3577051" width="1" height="1">System CenterWindows ServerPrivate CloudWindows Server 2012PerrimanSymonJump StartcloudMVAMVA LiveTechNetIT ProSystem Center 2012Hybrid CloudVisit our booth at Microsoft TechEd North America 2013!http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/03/visit-our-booth-at-microsoft-teched-north-america-2013.aspxMon, 03 Jun 2013 20:19:07 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3576403MatthewCalder1http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3576403http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/03/visit-our-booth-at-microsoft-teched-north-america-2013.aspx#comments<p>Visit members of the Microsoft Virtual Academy team at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans on June 3-6.</p>
<p>We will be hosting the Study Hall as part of the Learning & Certification area of the Tech Expo. Stop by to learn more about our 200 free, expert-led technical training courses on Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Azure, System Center 2012, and more.</p>
<p>While you’re visiting, pick up our voucher code for 50 MVA Points just for attending TechEd 2013.</p>
<p>During the conference, keep your eyes peeled for MVA Community Manager Matt Calder, who will be walking around the conference room floor taking videos of members of the MVA community.<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>Please stop by to say hello!</p>
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<p>Enhance your TechEd conference experience with free expert-led training from Microsoft Virtual Academy:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/colleges/windowsserver2012"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Exploring Windows 8</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/colleges/windowsserver2012"><span style="color: #0000ff;">System Center 2012 SP1 Updates</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/private-cloud-application-services-management"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/private-cloud-application-services-management"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Windows Server 2012 Identity & Access</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/private-cloud-computing-and-infrastructure-management"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Private Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Management</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/private-cloud-application-services-management"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Private Cloud: Application Services Management</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/building-web-apps-with-asp-net"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/administering-office-365-for-smb"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Administering Office 365 for Small Business</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/administering-office-365-for-smb"><span style="color: #0000ff;">SQL Server Essentials for Oracle DBAs</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/tuning-sql-server-2012-for-sharepoint-2013-jump-start"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Tuning SQL Server 2012 for SharePoint 2013</span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-intune-for-it-professionals-jump-start"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Windows Intune for IT Professionals</span></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3576403" width="1" height="1">Using App Controller in System Center 2012 for Hybrid Cloud Management – New Virtual Labshttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/03/learn-to-use-app-controller-in-system-center-2012-for-hybrid-cloud-management-new-virtual-labs.aspxMon, 03 Jun 2013 16:52:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3576348Karen Eng0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3576348http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/06/03/learn-to-use-app-controller-in-system-center-2012-for-hybrid-cloud-management-new-virtual-labs.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Overview</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller<strong> </strong>provides a common self-service experience across private and public clouds. This enables you to empower application owners to easily build, configure, deploy, and manage new services. <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog5_scsp1vlab">In these virtual labs</a>, learn to manage access control to Windows Azure clouds, manage App Controller library resources, and deploy a VMM VM template to Windows Azure cloud.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not ready for App Controller, but want to learn about networking in System Center 2012 SP1 with Virtual Machine Manager?—<a href="http://aka.ms/keblog4allup">try recent virtual labs.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Virtual Labs are free, hands-on learning environments—no complicated installation required.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This lab is designed to help IT pros to get started with Windows Azure public cloud management and utilize it as a bursting destination using System Center 2012 App Controller. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note</span>: the lab spins up two windows: one is the lab environment, and the second is the step-by-step guide documentation.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>System Center 2012 SP1</strong> empowers you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services. <a href="http://aka.ms/sc2012sp1evalblog">Download System Center 2012 SP1</a> for trial at the TechNet Evaluation Center. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Useful Resources</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog5_ch9video">Video</a>: Need help getting started? Featured demo: Create your own Azure Virtual Machine in minutes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog5ch9">Video</a>: M<span style="color: #333333;">anage </span></span> a hybrid cloud environment with System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller Featured demo: Hybrid Cloud Management with App Controller</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj605414.aspx">Documentation</a> using System Center 2012 App Controller</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Server and Cloud Platform <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1070/threads">Forums</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Microsoft System Center <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/">Team Blog</a></span></li>
</ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3576348" width="1" height="1">System CenterVirtualizationPrivate CloudEvaluationscloudMVAVirtual LabsEvaluation CenterSystem Center 2012virtual labNetworkingAzureApp ControllerHybrid Cloudpublic cloudburstingNetworking with New System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Labhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/05/29/networking-with-new-system-center-2012.aspxWed, 29 May 2013 20:23:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3575548Karen Eng0http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3575548http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/05/29/networking-with-new-system-center-2012.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Overview</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Virtual Machine Manager is the management layer for the infrastructure enabling you to configure and manage your virtualization host, networking, and storage resources so you can deliver cloud services to your business and customers. System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager<strong> </strong>provides virtual machine management and services deployment with support for multi-hypervisor environments that can help you deliver a flexible and cost effective private cloud environment. In this <a href="http://aka.ms/keblog4_SC_VMM">new virtual lab</a>, find out how to network with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not ready for networking in VMM 2012 with System Center 2012 SP1? <a href="http://aka.ms/SC2012SP1EvlCtrVLABs1">Start with configuration, installation, and go on to design a multi-tier service template.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Virtual Labs are free, hands-on learning environments-- with no complicated installation.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This lab is designed to help you gain an understanding of networking in VMM 2012 SP1. At the end of this lab you will be able to create all the virtual settings necessary to build a logical switch and assign it to a NIC on your Hyper-V host.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note</span></em>: the lab spins up two windows: one is the lab environment, and the second is the step-by-step guide documentation.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>System Center SP1 2012 </strong>is an integrated platform offering comprehensive management of applications, services, physical resources, hypervisors, software defined networks, configuration, and automation. <a href="http://aka.ms/sc2012sp1evalblog">Download System Center 2012 SP1</a> at the TechNet Evaluation Center. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Useful Resources</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://aka.ms/keblog4scvmmgr">Video</a>: What are the differences between virtualization and cloud computing, how do they complement each other? Featured demo: deploying services the “old way” vs. “deploying via Virtual Machine Manager.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The System Center 2012<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13188.system-center-2012-integration-guide.aspx"> Integration Guide</a> provides information about automating each of the System Center </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">components and integrating them with each other, as well as with other systems and applications.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13928.system-center-2012-sp1-virtual-machine-manager-the-review.aspx">Review</a> of Virtual Machine Manager and System Center 2012</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">MVA Virtual Machine Manager top-rated <a href="file:///C:\Users\kareneng\Desktop\Carlos%20Gutierrez1:07%20PMhttp:\www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\training-courses\system-center-2012-virtual-machine-manager-vmm-">course</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Server and Cloud Platform <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1070/threads">Forums</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Microsoft System Center <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/">Team Blog</a></span></li>
</ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3575548" width="1" height="1">System CenterPrivate CloudEvaluationsPerrimanMVAVirtual LabsEvaluation CenterSystem Center 2012VMMVirtual Machine ManagerNICHyper-Vvirtual labNetworkinghypervisorsLearn about Windows 8 Security from Microsoft Premier Field Engineershttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/05/24/learn-about-windows-8-security-from-microsoft-premier-field-engineers.aspxFri, 24 May 2013 07:11:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3574604Carlos I. James Gutierrez1http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3574604http://blogs.technet.com/b/mva/archive/2013/05/24/learn-about-windows-8-security-from-microsoft-premier-field-engineers.aspx#comments<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Windows 8 introduces a number of security improvements over Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Microsoft Virtual Academy launched a new course this week that addresses key insights, capabilities, and best practices for managing & securing Windows 8 clients: <strong><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229091">Windows 8 Security</a></strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/services/Redirect2.ashx?CR_CC=200229091">Learn from Microsoft Premier Field Engineers</a> as they share insights into Mandatory Integrity Control, Windows Defender, Windows Resource Protection, User Account Control, System Service Hardening, SmartScreen Filtering, Session 0 Isolation, File and Registry Virtualization, Boot Security, and ASLR. Get hands-on with the software by downloading the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation for free from the <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx">TechNet Evaluation Center</a>.</span></p>
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