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2016 24

  1. Post notifications to Microsoft Teams using PowerShell
  2. Monitoring your home IP security cameras with OMS Log Analytics
  3. Taking backup of encrypted Azure VMs with ADE (Azure Disk Encryption) using Azure Backup in OMS
  4. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Troubleshooting IaaS in Azure Stack
  5. Azure Stack API’s – Working directly with the Resource Manager API Layer (Technical Preview 1)
  6. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – In-guest configuration with ARM, and technologies such as Virtual Machines Extensions, including PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
  7. Backup & Site Recovery (OMS)
  8. Part 3: How to configure WDS, Unattend.xml file, Windows PE Image, and Nano Server image to deploy a Nano Server at-a-scale
  9. Part 2: How to build a Windows PE and Nano Server image to deploy Nano Server at scale
  10. Part 1: Nano Server Domain Join (Deployment-at-a-scale an introduction)
  11. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Multi-tier applications
  12. Microsoft Azure Stack Advanced Scenarios for TP1: Beyond the Basics
  13. Microsoft Azure Stack Advanced Scenarios: Fundamentals
  14. Azure Automation & Hybrid Cloud Management: Automating deployment of a VM in Amazon Web Services
  15. Channel 9 Series on Operations Management Suite
  16. Using the OMS Search API with native PowerShell cmdlets
  17. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator - Packaging and publishing templates in Azure Stack
  18. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Resource Deployment
  19. Tool: ARM Template Checker for Microsoft Azure Stack
  20. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator — Offers, Plans, and Subscriptions
  21. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator — Cloud Service Delivery
  22. ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator–Introduction Post
  23. Automation of Remote Console deployment for CPS Standard
  24. Whitepaper – Architecting Hybrid Cloud Environments

2015 44

  1. Introducing the updated JEA Helper Tool
  2. Microsoft and HPE partner to bring Azure in your datacenter with hyper-converged CPS Standard solution
  3. Automated deployment of workloads: new solutions for centralized desktops
  4. Windows Azure Pack Database as a Service and Websites available for deployment on Cloud Platform System Premium
  5. Creating and Connecting an ExpressRoute Circuit with Azure Resource Manager
  6. Microsoft and Dell Extend Hybrid Cloud System Family with CPS Standard
  7. Windows Server Containers, what are they and where do they fit?
  8. CPS Update 2 Released
  9. Microsoft CPS Pre-Validated For FedRAMP Compliance
  10. Windows Azure Pack - Using the new AD Security Groups based Plan filtering feature in UR7
  11. Security Threat Analysis – Using Operations Management Suite
  12. Whitepaper - Designing Your Network Infrastructure For Disaster Recovery
  13. Private Cloud Health Feedback Request
  14. Extending Windows Azure Pack Using Service Management API
  15. Microsoft and Nutanix
  16. Identity In Hybrid Cloud
  17. Self-service deployment of Microsoft workloads on Cloud Platform System (and other systems with Windows Azure Pack) – Part 4
  18. Coming soon to a datacenter near you : Azure Stack
  19. Disaster Recovery for the Microsoft Cloud Platform System
  20. Tell us your thoughts on private cloud solutions and operations!
  21. Updated White Paper - Enabling Database as a Service Enabling Database as a Service with the Microsoft Private Cloud Stack
  22. Ignite sessions now posted
  23. SecureGUARD Unified Cloud Block platform overview
  24. Cisco and EMC VSPEX with Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 4.0
  25. Dell PowerEdge R630 Configuration for Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track v4
  26. Cloud Solutions news at Ignite
  27. Thoughts on Nano Server improving Infrastructure Architect Designs
  28. Welcome to Cloud Solutions
  29. Self-service deployment of Microsoft workloads on Cloud Platform System (and other systems with Windows Azure Pack) – Part 3
  30. How Do I Extend My Datacenter in Microsoft Azure?
  31. Self-service deployment of Microsoft workloads on Cloud Platform System (and other systems with Windows Azure Pack) – Part 2
  32. Microsoft Cloud Platform System: Storage Performance Overview Now Available
  33. White paper: Modern Application Modeling and Configuration for Infrastructure Clouds
  34. CPS Management Cluster and Its Performance
  35. Self-service deployment of Microsoft workloads on Cloud Platform System (and other systems with Windows Azure Pack) – Part 1
  36. xPDT – Profiles
  37. xPDT – Credentials, CredSSP, and Execution
  38. xPDT – Remoting Tasks and Validation
  39. xPDT – the Next Generation of Deployment Automation
  40. Microsoft uses Cloud Platform System (CPS) in production for engineering workloads
  41. IT Pros: Trade Your Tech Support Stories for a Surface Pro 3
  42. Azure Pack Tenant portal extensibilities – Part 2
  43. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) with Azure Pack Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting
  44. Azure Pack Tenant portal extensibilities – Part 1

2014 132

  1. Deployment–PDT 2.65.2620 is now available on the TechNet Gallery
  2. Modern Datacenter Architecture Patterns–Hybrid Networking
  3. Modern Datacenter Architectural Patterns-Azure Search Tier
  4. Modern Datacenter Architecture Patterns-Multi-Site Data Tier
  5. Modern Datacenter Architecture Patterns-Global Load Balanced Web Tier
  6. Cloud Platform Integration Framework–Overview
  7. Microsoft Cloud Platform Integration Framework – Architecture
  8. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Foundations
  9. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Foundations-Multi-Tenant Designs
  10. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Foundations-Software Defined Architecture Pattern
  11. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Foundations—Converged Architecture Pattern
  12. Private Cloud Security Considerations Guide-Security Challenges
  13. Private Cloud Security Considerations Guide–Introduction and Overview
  14. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Virtualization Platform Foundations
  15. Thank You TechEd Europe 2014!
  16. Claim Fundamentals WhitePaper for Windows Azure Pack
  17. Deployment–DSC Resources for System Center Deployment
  18. Introducing the JEA Toolkit Helper
  19. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Compute Foundations
  20. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Network Foundations
  21. Unveiling The Microsoft Cloud Platform System, powered by Dell
  22. Teched Barcelona opportunities for direct engagement with Windows Server & System Center Engineering teams
  23. Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service Storage Foundations
  24. Automate and Manage Windows Operating System Deployments Now Online
  25. Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 4): Using Operations Manager to check for configuration enforcement
  26. Automation–Windows Azure Pack & Service Management Automation–Automated Tenant Deprovisioning
  27. Automation–Service Management Automation & Azure Automation–Complex Asset Creation and Usage
  28. Updated SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) download, with new Visualization and Dependency Mapping Tool
  29. Windows Azure Pack VM Deployment Tip: VMM VM Template + Default Network Configuration = Potential Issues; Workaround Enclosed
  30. Automation–System Center Automation Team Blogs–September 2014 Cross-Post Update!
  31. The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 3 Resource Definition
  32. The Virtualization Fabric Design Considerations Guide is now available online and for download!
  33. Deployment–are you using PDT?
  34. Writing a custom DSC resource for Remote Desktop (RDP) settings
  35. Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 2): Deploying a pull service endpoint and automating the configuration of the DSC nodes
  36. Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 3): Working with the conformance endpoint
  37. Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 1): Series agenda, Understanding the DSC conformance endpoint
  38. GRIT 1.2 – Updated Tool to Import and Configure VM Role Gallery Items in WAP
  39. The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 2 Concept
  40. Chef + PowerShell DSC!
  41. The case of the “Silly” DSC custom resource
  42. The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 1 Introduction
  43. Configuring Docker with PowerShell DSC
  44. Windows Azure Pack Infrastructure as a Service Jumpstart
  45. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–Integration Story: How to take the Imports (SharePoint and SMA) & Import them into your Environment
  46. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog–July 2014 Cross-Post Update!
  47. Building Clouds on TechNet Radio! DevOps, and Automation, and Configuration Management, Oh My!
  48. Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–Create New Azure VM Endpoint
  49. Sample Portal Code based on Windows Azure Pack, Service Provider Foundation and Virtual Machine Manager – version 2
  50. We're Listening! Contribute your feature suggestions for Windows Azure Pack!
  51. Public IP Address Requirements within a Windows Azure Pack environment
  52. PowerShell DSC Blog Series, Part 5- Point in Time List of DSC Resources
  53. Migration Automation Toolkit next steps
  54. Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–Provision Azure Environment Resources from Gallery
  55. PowerShell DSC for Linux, Step by Step
  56. PowerShell Blog Series, Part 4 - How-To use PowerShell DSC from your workstation to test PowerShell JEA, in Azure.
  57. DSC your workstation to test Windows PowerShell JEA in Azure.
  58. Just Enough Administration, Step by Step
  59. Automation–Channel 9 Interview–Windows Azure Pack Automation!
  60. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–SMA: DFS Share Creation Request Walkthrough In Depth
  61. Automation-Service Management Automation-Reusing Event Data when Developing SMA Runbooks
  62. Deployment–At last, a GUI for PDT!!!
  63. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–SharePoint: DFS Share Creation Request Walkthrough (Part 2)
  64. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–SharePoint: DFS Share Creation Request Walkthrough (Part 1)
  65. PowerShell DSC Blog Series – Part 3, Testing DSC Resources
  66. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–TFS and Service Management Automation – Better together!
  67. Updated tool : SMART Documentation and Conversion Helper for your Orchestrator Runbooks
  68. Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–Ryan Andorfer: End-to-End Automation for the Microsoft Stack
  69. Enabling Database as a Service with the Microsoft Private Cloud Stack
  70. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog–May 2014 Cross-Post Update!
  71. PowerShell DSC Blog Series–Part 2, Authoring DSC Resources when Cmdlets already exist
  72. Announcing the Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow
  73. VDI Starter Kit v1.0 is now available for download
  74. IaaS Product Line Architecture Available for Download
  75. Desired State Configuration Blog Series – Part 1, Information about DSC
  76. Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–The Evolution of Cloud Automation
  77. Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack – Moving from Hello World to your own Resource Provider
  78. MAT4Shift 1.6.2 Update
  79. Working with the Windows Azure Pack SQL Server Resource Provider : Dedicating a part of the SQL Server fabric to a specific tenant
  80. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 5
  81. Cisco UCS Power Scripting Contest
  82. Configuring Windows Azure Pack with Load Balancers and ADFS using PowerShell
  83. Import and Configure VM Role Gallery Items in Windows Azure Pack with GRIT 1.1
  84. Migration Automation Toolkit for MVMC 2.0
  85. Deployment–Minor PDT update 2.64.2608 now available
  86. Updated Windows Azure Pack VMRole Gallery Items for SQL Server 2012 SP1 and SQL Server 2014
  87. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog Cross-Post: Authoring SMA Runbooks in the PowerShell ISE!
  88. The Architecture Track at TechEd 2014
  89. Migration - MAT4SHIFT 1.6.1 Release to Web
  90. Contoso Labs-Rack Design - Part 1
  91. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 4
  92. Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 5): Working with the SQL Server resource provider, and the ITIL dilemma
  93. Contoso Labs-Network Purchasing (Vendor)
  94. Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 4): Automated Deployment of Tenant Workloads (Lync, SharePoint, and Exchange)
  95. Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (SAS config)
  96. Introducing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit (VDI SK) v1.0 Preview – Part 2
  97. Introducing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit (VDI SK) v1.0 Preview – Part 1
  98. Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (File Servers)
  99. Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack - Debugging the Hello World sample
  100. Contoso Labs-Storage Purchasing (JBODs)
  101. Managing Windows Azure with SMA
  102. Windows Azure Pack–Gallery Item VM Role–References for Creation, Configuration, and Automation
  103. Contoso Labs-Fabric Non-Choices (Compute)
  104. Automation–SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) for Runbook Import / Export–Updated!
  105. Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 2): Automated Deployment of Tenant Network and Identity Workload
  106. Changing Realm of the Tenant Portal in Windows Azure Pack
  107. Contoso Labs-Fabric Choices (Network)
  108. Introducing the “Gallery Resource Import Tool”
  109. Contoso Labs-Fabric Choices (Storage)
  110. Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack - Extending the Hello World Sample calling a SMA Runbook
  111. Contoso Labs-Hardware Resources
  112. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 3B
  113. Introduction to Code Signing and Sideloading for Windows 8 Applications with System Center Configuration Manager
  114. Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack (Part 1): Introduction and Table of Contents
  115. Contoso Labs-Who are the Users? What is the Service?
  116. Windows Azure Pack 2013 Update Rollup 1: Known Issues and Workarounds
  117. Contoso Labs-Introduction
  118. Contoso Labs-Table of Contents
  119. Scaling out RDS in Windows Azure
  120. System Center Service Manager what’s next cross-post: Service Manager – A phoenix in its own right
  121. Automation-Exporting SMA Runbooks to TFS on a Schedule in Windows Azure Pack with SMART
  122. Deployment–VMCreator updates with PDT 2.6
  123. Deployment–PDT 2.6 is now available on the TechNet Gallery
  124. Custom Resource Providers in Windows Azure Pack – Deploying the Hello World Sample
  125. MAT4MOVE - MAT for Vision Double-Take MOVE Announced!
  126. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Service Configuration Dependencies for SQL and the Runbook Server Service
  127. Deployment–Why does PDT think my Variable.xml is invalid?
  128. Creating users in Windows Azure Pack
  129. Automation–Monitoring and Notifying in Windows Azure Pack with SMA
  130. Setting up Windows Azure Active Directory ACS to provide identities to Windows Azure Pack
  131. Windows Azure Pack VMRole Gallery Items for Database Workloads : SQL Server 2012 and Oracle Database 12c
  132. Deployment–PDT 2.5.2509, resolves Configuration Manager media validation

2013 266

  1. Deployment–Version 6.3 of Convert-WindowsImage.ps1 released
  2. The Year in Migration 2013
  3. Windows Azure Pack Blog Post Overview on Building Clouds & TechNet
  4. Federated Identities to Windows Azure Pack through AD FS – Part 3 of 3
  5. Federated Identities to Windows Azure Pack through AD FS – Part 2 of 3
  6. Federated Identities to Windows Azure Pack through AD FS – Part 1 of 3
  7. Deployment–Using existing SQL instances with PDT
  8. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 3A
  9. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog Cross-Post Update!
  10. Automation – Fun with Orchestrator and SMA integration points
  11. Calling an Orchestrator Runbook from SMA – Part 2
  12. VMRole Guide for the Service Template Admin
  13. Windows Azure Pack VMRole Gallery Items for Collaboration Workloads
  14. VMRole Gallery Item – Exchange Server 2013
  15. VMRole Gallery Item – SharePoint Server 2013
  16. VMRole Gallery Item – Lync Server 2013
  17. Virtual Machine Role Example Kit
  18. Sample Billing Adapter Code for Windows Azure Pack
  19. Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (5 of 5)
  20. Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (4 of 5)
  21. Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (3 of 5)
  22. Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (2 of 5)
  23. Windows Azure Pack - Reconfigure portal names, ports and use trusted certificates
  24. Orchestrated offline VM Patching using Service Management Automation
  25. Windows Azure Pack - Installing & Configuring Series.
  26. Automating Active Directory Certificate Services with Windows PowerShell – Part 1
  27. Adding an already running VM in Virtual Machine Manager to a Windows Azure Pack Subscription
  28. Automation–Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell (Part 4): Public Cloud Environment Deprovisioning PowerShell Examples
  29. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack - Plans and Subscriptions
  30. Software Defined Networking – Hybrid Clouds using Hyper-V Network Virtualization (Part 3)
  31. Sample Portal Code based on Windows Azure Pack, Service Provider Foundation and Virtual Machine Manager
  32. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack and Gallery Items (Part 2)
  33. Offlining Web Application Gallery Feed for Windows Azure Pack
  34. Automation–Service Management Automation–SMA Runbook Toolkit Spotlight–SMART Runbook Conversion Helper
  35. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack & Gallery Items (VM Roles) (Part 1)
  36. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and Windows Intune - Part 2 of 5
  37. Automation–Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell (Part 3): Public Cloud Environment Provisioning PowerShell Workflow Examples
  38. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack & Usage (Part 2)
  39. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack & Usage (Part 1)
  40. Software Defined Networking – Hybrid Clouds using Hyper-V Network Virtualization (Part 1)
  41. Automation–Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell (Part 2): Public Cloud Environment Provisioning PowerShell Examples
  42. Automation–Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell (Part 1): Introduction and Table of Contents
  43. Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack, SPF & VMM
  44. Automation–Track News–Building Clouds Blog TechNet Forum Live!
  45. Introducing Lync Service Templates
  46. Troubleshooting Installation of Windows Azure Pack
  47. Troubleshooting Installation & Configuration of Windows Azure Pack – An Introduction
  48. Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Team Cross-Post–Using the Service Management Automation feature of Orchestrator in System Center 2012 R2
  49. Calling an Orchestrator Runbook from SMA – Part 1
  50. Automation–PowerShell Workflow Script Spotlight–Creation and Parameterization of Virtual Machine Manager Run As Accounts for “OnBehalfOf” Service Template Deployment
  51. Application Management - Virtual Hard Disk Requirements of Windows Azure Pack Gallery Items
  52. Application Management - Service Models Web Platform Installer Gallery
  53. Automation–PowerShell Workflow Script Spotlight–Deploying Virtual Machine Manager Service Templates-More Examples!
  54. Deployment-Minor PDT update 2.5.2508 now available
  55. Automation–Service Management Automation–SMA Runbook Toolkit Spotlight–SMART for Runbook Import and Export
  56. SQL Server Self-Service Kit – Installation Instructions for the SMA Edition
  57. SQL Server Self-Service Kit – Updated for System Center 2012 R2 and SMA!
  58. Application Management – Clustering SQL Guest Instances in R2 – Part 2
  59. Deployment–PDT update for System Center 2012 R2 now available
  60. Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT Overview Video
  61. Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Service Templates - Setup and Best Practices
  62. Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Service Templates - Prerequisites
  63. Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Service Templates for Virtual Machine Manager
  64. Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Service Templates for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (Printer Friendly)
  65. Installing & configuring Service Reporting for IaaS usage and metering
  66. Document your Orchestrator Runbooks with the updated “Visio and Word Generator”!
  67. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution–Version 1.2!
  68. Configuring SPF and Windows Azure Pack for IaaS usage and metering
  69. free eBook: Microsoft System Center – Designing Orchestrator Runbooks
  70. Configuring VMM and OM for IaaS usage and metering
  71. Application Management - Service Template – Active Directory (STAD)
  72. Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Book by Danny Garber, Jamal Malik and Adam Fazio
  73. Oracle Self Service Kit : See it in action in this video
  74. Mobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager and Windows Intune - Part 1 of 5
  75. Oracle Self-Service Kit : Provisioning Oracle Database components using the System Center stack
  76. Oracle-Self Service Kit : Gimme the details (part 2)
  77. Oracle Self-Service Kit : Gimme the details (part 1)
  78. Deployment–Minor PDT update 2.5.2502 available
  79. Automation–MVP Example Solution Spotlight–Orchestrator Integration with Office365 and SharePoint 2013
  80. Application Management - Clustering SQL Guest Instances in R2
  81. SQL Server Self-Service Kit : Gimme the details (part 2)
  82. SQL Server Self-Service Kit : Gimme the details (part 1)
  83. SQL Server Self-Service Kit : Provisioning SQL Server as a Service with the System Center stack
  84. Evaluating Windows Server and System Center on a Laptop (or two, or three) – Failover Clustering (part 2)
  85. Deployment–Timezones other than Pacific Standard Time with PDT VMCreator
  86. Deployment–Non-default network identifier and PDT VMCreator
  87. Deployment-Using SQL named instance static ports with PDT
  88. Deployment–Using PDT for end-to-end deployment including Active Directory
  89. August 2013 was Automation Month at the Building Clouds Blog!
  90. IT Service Management: Service Manager Service Catalog Migration
  91. Introducing PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
  92. Application Management - System Center and the Web Platform Installer (WebPI)
  93. Automation–Service Management Automation–Utility Runbook Spotlight–Get-SC-Product-Versions
  94. MAT 1.5 is available (now with NIC recreation!)
  95. Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT Released to Web
  96. Evaluating Windows Server and System Center on a Laptop (or two, or three) – Failover Clustering (part 1)
  97. Automation–Service Management Automation Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority (Part 2)
  98. Automation–Service Management Automation Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority (Part 1.5)
  99. Automation–Service Management Automation–Utility Runbook Spotlight–VMM Custom Property Management
  100. Automation–Service Management Automation Tip/Trick–Leveraging InlineScript and $Using:Variable with PowerShell Workflow
  101. IaaS Usage and Service Reporting using System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack
  102. Automation–Service Management Automation Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority (Part 1)
  103. Automation–Service Management Automation Runbook Spotlight–Exchange Distribution List Creation
  104. Application Management – SQL Server using STEK
  105. Automation–Service Management Automation–Getting Started with SMA Runbooks
  106. Automation–Orchestrator Run .Net Script Activity–Unexpected Data Flattening Behavior Workaround
  107. Automation – Orchestrator Back to Basics – Use Cases Spotlight (1 of 5)
  108. Cloud OS Video Series 5–Monitoring the Private Cloud
  109. MAT (Powered by Project Shift) Part 2 – Networking
  110. Automation–An Introduction to Service Management Automation
  111. Deployment–PDT 2.5 is now available on the TechNet Gallery
  112. Enabling web applications synthetic transactions as a service
  113. Welcome to the UDM Track
  114. Welcome to the Self-Service Track
  115. Cloud OS Video Series 4–Enabling Chargeback in System Center
  116. Cloud OS Video Series 3-Creating Service Templates using VMware VMDKs
  117. Welcome to the Security Track
  118. Cloud OS Video Series 2–VMware Integration
  119. Evaluating Windows Server and System Center on a Laptop (or two, or three) – Fabric
  120. Cloud OS Video Series 1–Service Template Building Blocks
  121. Linux operating system deployment and customization with System Center in a VMware environment
  122. Evaluating Windows Server and System Center on a Laptop (or two, or three) - Introduction
  123. Deploying a VM to Windows Azure with Orchestrator leveraging the Service Manager CMDB – Part 1
  124. Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel Design Guide
  125. Application Management - System Center Operations Manager Application Performance Management (APM) .NET Events – What do they mean?
  126. How to create a Service Manager Dashboard with SharePoint PerformancePoint - Part 3
  127. Hybrid IT Infrastructure Design Considerations Guide
  128. Automation–Orchestrator Tip/Trick–Run .Net Script Activity + PowerShell + Published Data Arrays
  129. Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Information Updated for Windows Server 2012 and System Center Service Pack 1
  130. Application Management – Challenges in Service Templates, Dynamic Connection String and NLB DNS entry
  131. How to handle deployment of large memory Virtual Machine’s using Dynamic Memory feature in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
  132. The Infrastructure as a Service Technical Guidance for Hosting Service Providers white paper is now available!
  133. Automation–Orchestrator Runbook Spotlight–Virtual Machine Startup by Priority
  134. Application Management - Creating the DotNetNuke® Community version Service Template
  135. How to create a Service Manager Dashboard with SharePoint PerformancePoint - Part 2
  136. And the winner is…
  137. Automation-System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series-Runbook Export and Scrubbing Process
  138. MAT 1.3.1 Update
  139. Automation–Orchestrator and the Exchange PowerShell Activity
  140. Building Private and Hybrid Clouds Jump Start Events
  141. Deployment–Installing Windows Azure Services with PDT
  142. How to create a Service Manager Dashboard with SharePoint PerformancePoint - Part 1
  143. Let the Games Begin with the Building Clouds Team at TechEd 2013!
  144. I have a Surface RT and going away for a few days, now what??? I have a MSDN subscription :-) (Part 2)
  145. Automation–Greatest Hits and Blog Reference Guide
  146. Deployment–PDT Workflow.xml 1004 now available
  147. Application Management – Using Linux in Service Templates
  148. Hyper-V Host Network Settings through VMM PowerShell (Part 3)
  149. Application Management – Underused Template Settings
  150. I have a Surface RT and going away for a few days, now what??? I have a MSDN subscription :-) (Part 1)
  151. Automation–Orchestrator Architecture and Runbook Deployment Process
  152. Automation-Executing a PowerShell v3 (Parallel Execution) Script in System Center Orchestrator 2012
  153. Secure the Private Cloud with Hyper-V PowerShell - Part 2
  154. Windows Azure Virtual Networks and IKE Versions
  155. Deployment-Installing scale out roles with PDT
  156. MAT-Architecture Overview
  157. Service Management: I need to stop the clock on Incidents?
  158. Infrastructure-as-a-Service Product Line Architecture Guidance
  159. Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–Unexpected Activity Filter Behavior Workaround
  160. TechEd 2013-Ulrich Homann on How to Drive Down TCO for Datacenter Applications using Private Cloud
  161. Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 4)
  162. TechEd 2013-Gayana Bagdasaryan Discusses Identity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Essential Capabilities
  163. Security Series: Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure - Part 1
  164. Hybrid Cloud Networking Help with NTttcp Version 5.28
  165. TechEd 2013–John Morello on Patterns and Practices for the Hybrid World
  166. Service Manager 2012 and Service Level Management – Part 3
  167. TechEd 2013-Jamal Malik Presents on Envisioning The Modern Datacenter
  168. Automation–System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series–Reduce Buried Logic
  169. TechEd 2013-Richard Seroter Presents on Patterns of Cloud Integration
  170. Automation–Orchestrating the Cloud
  171. Application Management – Service Templates, real reusable examples
  172. TechEd 2013-Andy Malone Presents on Hybrid IT
  173. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks – Part 6 – Name Resolution and Geo-distribution
  174. MAT – More is better. Multi-server conversions
  175. Everything I Needed to Know about Chargeback I learned in Kindergarten - by Jamal Malik
  176. Thank You MMS 2013! (from the Automation Track)
  177. Enabling Chargeback in a Service Provider Cloud by Kristian Nese
  178. I Don’t Need a Private Cloud. I Already Have One!
  179. Dinosaurs, Darwin and Datacenters
  180. Architecting Orchestration
  181. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 5 – Domains and GCs
  182. Meet MAT - the Migration Automation Toolkit
  183. Check it Out: Watch the Keynote Opener Video from MMS 2013
  184. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 4 – RODCs and Site Considerations
  185. Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 2)
  186. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 3 – Virtual DCs and AD File Placement
  187. The Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend our Sessions at MMS 2013!
  188. Optimizing Windows Server 2012 storage management via PowerShell for both performance and resiliency
  189. Windows Server 2012 – About Clustered Storage Spaces Issue
  190. The Building Clouds Blog Automation Track is MMS 2013 Bound!
  191. Don’t miss PDT at MMS 2013!
  192. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 2 – Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Basics
  193. Now Available: Great New Content from Cloud & Datacenter Experts!
  194. Application Management-Example-Deploying a Service to Your Private Cloud (Part 1)
  195. Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 3)
  196. Deployment–Installing VMM clusters with PDT
  197. Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 1 – Hybrid IT
  198. Troubleshooting DirectAccess Manage Out Connections
  199. Introducing the Cloud and Datacenter Solutions Hub
  200. Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT Available for Download
  201. Building a Windows Server 2012 Cloud Infrastructure with PowerShell by Josh Adams
  202. Deployment–Installing SQL clusters with PDT
  203. TechEd 2013 Architecture Track Presentations Announced
  204. Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 2)
  205. Service Manager 2012 and Service Level Management – Part 1
  206. Deployment–PDT 2.4 is now available on the TechNet Gallery
  207. Service Manager: Runbook to Service Offering Part 2
  208. Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager Orchestrating Orchestrator
  209. Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–User Inputs
  210. Automating VM Migration - VMM and V2V (Part 1)
  211. Happy Holidays! Kind of.
  212. Application Management through Monitoring – Part 2 of 3 – Synthetic Monitoring
  213. Designing The Fabric: Introduction
  214. Free Training—Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration and Migration
  215. Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 Tutorial Part 3 of 3
  216. Automation–System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Best Practice Series–Naming Conventions
  217. Automation–Orchestrating Service Manager–Action Log
  218. Service Manager: Runbook to Service Offering
  219. Deployment–Getting SQL “right” with PDT
  220. Leveraging Windows Server 2012 Capabilities to Address Private Cloud Security Concerns – Part 1
  221. Bare Metal Deploy through VMM PowerShell (Part 2)
  222. Just For Fun–KINECTing Orchestrator Runbooks
  223. An Introduction–Automation Blogger for Building Clouds
  224. Automation–Exploring the PowerShell behind the Surface Pro Hijinks
  225. Deployment–Troubleshooting PDT
  226. “Workloads” and the private cloud
  227. Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 Tutorial Part 2 of 3
  228. Destination: Private cloud…are we there yet?
  229. SCDemo…What????
  230. SCDemo…What????
  231. Creating SCDemo Cloud
  232. Bare Metal Deploy through VMM PowerShell (Part 1)
  233. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Toolkit–Cascading Dependencies Quick Feature Overview
  234. Automation–Orchestrating Windows Azure–Solving the Public Cloud Puzzle with System Center 2012 SP1
  235. Surface Pro Hijinks: The Video
  236. Building Clouds: Joining in the fun!
  237. Exclusive First Look: The Long-Awaited Application Lifecycle Management Demo Video
  238. Deployment–PDT 2.3 is now available on TechNet Gallery
  239. Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 tutorial
  240. Deployment–The PDT VM Creator
  241. Building Clouds Using IT Service Management
  242. 4 Surface Pros + Hyper-V + WiFi Hotspot = Fun For Nerds
  243. Deploying complex solutions into virtualized environments - or "To virtualize or not to virtualize"
  244. Automating Virtual Machine Migration from Hyper-V 2.0 To 3.0
  245. Buildings Clouds–Just For Fun
  246. The CMDB–The Heart of the Cloud
  247. Automation–Orchestrating Hyper-V Replica with System Center for Planned Failover
  248. Deployment–The PDT Downloader
  249. Deployment–Introducing PowerShell Deployment Toolkit
  250. VM Conversion or VM Migration?
  251. The 'Building Clouds' Blog Heads to TechReady 16
  252. Automation–Orchestrator Extensibility Kit for SC Operations Manager
  253. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution
  254. Building Clouds – Introduction to “Fabric” Track:
  255. Building Clouds–An Introduction to the Deployment Track
  256. Building an Honest-to-Goodness Private Cloud
  257. Identity Infrastructure Capabilities–Identity Management in the Age of Hybrid IT
  258. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for Windows Tasks
  259. Introducing Application Management
  260. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for MSSQL Tasks
  261. Network Virtualization Guide with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 by Kristian Nese
  262. Automation–Orchestrator Integration Pack for Text Manipulation
  263. The Launch of the “Building Clouds” blog
  264. TechEd 2013–Architecture Track (ARC)–What Do You Want to See?
  265. Cloud Innovators–Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes on TechNet Radio
  266. Building Clouds–An Introduction to the Automation Track

2012 28

  1. Gartner Datacenter 2012 Conference
  2. What is Automation? by Michael Lubanski
  3. Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Information New and Improved and UPDATED
  4. NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 Brings Simple, Affordable Traffic Reliability and Load Balancing to your Cloud Workloads
  5. Let’s Build a Cloud… With PowerShell! – Part 2: Managing Virtual Machines
  6. Private Cloud Architecture Sessions at TechEd North America 2012
  7. Increased Network Performance using SR-IOV in Windows Server 2012
  8. Dr. Tom Shinder Talks Private Cloud at TechEd 2012 in Orlando
  9. Let’s Build a Cloud… With PowerShell! - Part 1: Deployment and Configuration
  10. Understanding the Microsoft Private Cloud Whitepaper by Kristian Nese
  11. Microsoft Private Cloud Summit - seats still available
  12. Switch to Hyper-V with the Hyper-V Switch Program – Part 2 by Michael Lubanski
  13. Microsoft Private Cloud Guided Labs - now available
  14. Tried the Microsoft Private Cloud Economics Tool?
  15. Skill Up With Microsoft’s Private Cloud
  16. The Perception of Infinite Capacity
  17. Cloud Datacenter Storage Approaches in the Windows Server 2012 era
  18. The Private Cloud Solution Hub Gets a Refresh
  19. Private Cloud Architecture Coverage at Share Cloud Dallas 2012
  20. DHCP in a Cloud Enabled World by Erik Lofstrand
  21. Cloud Datacenter Network Architecture in the Windows Server “8” era
  22. The Building Blocks of Service Templates within Virtual Machine Manager by David Stoker
  23. Let’s Build Clouds with Windows Server “8”
  24. Windows Server “8” and Cloud Computing
  25. Kristian Nese Explains Private Cloud Technical Concepts
  26. Infrastructure as a Service on the Private Cloud Solution Hub
  27. Introducing A Solution for Private Cloud Security
  28. Private Cloud Solution Hub Rebooted

2011 18

  1. The Journey to the Private Cloud Part 3 – The Infrastructure Layer
  2. Automated Fabric Patching for the Private Cloud
  3. The Journey to the Private Cloud Part 2 – The Management Layer
  4. Welcome to the Private Cloud Solutions Hub
  5. Security Considerations for Infrastructure as a Service–IaaS-Private Cloud
  6. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 as Private Cloud Enabler (3/5): The Power of Service Templates
  7. The Journey to the Private Cloud Part 1 – The Operations Layer
  8. IPv6 and Your Private Cloud
  9. Introduction to Infrastructure as a Service by Bill Loffler
  10. Monitoring The Enchanted Cloud
  11. A Malware and Firewall Protection Solution for the Private Cloud
  12. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 as Private Cloud Enabler (2/5): Fabric, Oh, Fabric
  13. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 as Private Cloud Enabler (1/5): Concepts
  14. Cloud is Not Virtualization
  15. Microsoft Private Cloud Goes Social
  16. Cloud Computing: Architecting a Microsoft Private Cloud
  17. MMS 2011 On-Demand Training Private Cloud
  18. Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Architecture Brief

2010 5

  1. Gartner Data Center Conference Coverage
  2. Security in the Private Cloud
  3. Blog Roadmap
  4. Context for Private Cloud
  5. Welcome