This post is a follow up to my previous post for building Linux machines in the cloud, so if you need to catch up first follow the blog post here then proceed below.
SUSE is one of the most popular distributions in the Linux world! Now let’s continue Read more
This post is a follow up to my previous post for building Linux machines in the cloud, so if you need to catch up first follow the blog post here then proceed below.
CentOS is one of the distributions in Microsoft Azure which shares the same core as the popular Redhat distributions. Now let’s continue Read more
This post is a follow up to my previous post for building Linux machines in the cloud, so if you need to catch up first follow the blog post here then proceed below.
Ubuntu is one of the distributions I favored when working as a sys admin years ago, watching the latest news on this company and the new support they are throwing toward Microsoft has been refreshing to see. Now let’s continue Read more
This post is a follow up to my previous post for building Linux machines in the cloud, so if you need to catch up first follow the blog post here then proceed below.
CoreOS is one of the newer Linux distributions on Microsoft Azure. Now let’s continue Read more
I’ve done some fairly detailed posts on deploying virtual machines in Azure in the past but none of them touched on Linux as the guest OS. Given the recent Docker announcements, Azure Files, and the other general open source announcements lately I felt now is a great time to dive back in to an environment I used to spend a good bit of time in, Linux! In this article I will provide step-by-step instructions Read more
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Fun new article today for those getting started in Microsoft Azure, today we will be deploying a Remote Desktop Services solution on Microsoft Azure utilizing Windows Server 2012 R2. Before we get started, it is assumed that you already have a virtual network and domain controller already in place in your Azure subscription. For a detailed guide on this check out my previous blog entry here: http://aka.ms/boostcareer
1.) You should see a storage account, domain controller virtual machine, and a virtual network. Read more
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 is available for download here! Convert physical servers, virtual machines(VMware to Hyper-V or Azure), Windows and Linux!
Per the official download page:
“Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the IT pro or solution provider who wants to convert virtual machines and disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-V hosts and Windows Azure or alternatively convert a physical computer running Windows Server 2008 or above server operating systems or Windows Vista or above client operating systems to a virtual machine running on Hyper-V host.
MVMC can be deployed with minimal dependencies. Because MVMC provides native support for Windows PowerShell, it enables scripting and integration with data center automation workflows such as those authored and run within Microsoft System Center 2012 Orchestrator R2. It can also be invoked through the Windows PowerShell command-line interface. The solution is simple to download, install, and use. In addition to the Windows PowerShell capability, MVMC provides a wizard-driven GUI to facilitate Read more
Welcome to today’s article in the “Migrating your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” series. Not to sound like a broken record but I’m going to assume that some folks did not want or need to read yesterday’s article so I’m going to cover the basic “WHY” discussion one more time here. If you read yesterday’s article then you will want to skip down to the Migration Considerations section of the article.
Server 2003 was a great server operating system there is no doubt! Well, in today’s article we tackle migrating the file services from Read more