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How to restore a system image in Windows Server 2012
John Joyner explains how to use the Windows Server 2012 built-in backup application to restore a system image.
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Microsoft's MDM solution solves SMB and enterprise needs
Windows Intune provides a solution for both the SMB and enterprise MDM needs. John Joyner explains how it works with System Center 2012.
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How to use IP Address Management in Windows Server 2012
IP address management is difficult for large organizations with hundreds of networks. Windows Server 2012 has an IPAM feature that allows for management and configuration from a da...
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Enterprise application orchestration with ASCI's ActiveBatch
John Joyner reports on a demo of an enterprise application orchestration tool for industrial strength enterprise job scheduling and workflow automation.
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TechEd 2013: A tale of two Surfaces and a fire sale
Microsoft's fire sale on Surface tablets at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans prompted John Joyner to purchase both the Pro and RT versions.
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Microsoft TechEd NA 2013: New products and staking claim to the enterprise cloud
The keynote from TechEd 2013 in New Orleans was full of new products, features, and pricing -- as well as a claim to be the enterprise's "best cloud partner" on the strength of Win...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Easy small business Internet and cloud
Windows Server 2012 Essentials gives small businesses many options, including built-in hooks to cloud-hosted Office 365-based email and more economical backup and disaster prepared...
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Exchange 2013: First-time installation and basic administration
The Cumulative Update 1 for Exchange 2013 adds on-premise co-existence with legacy Exchange Server versions. Check out the new features
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Hyper-V Recovery Manager on Windows Azure: Game changer in DR architecture
HVRM is a hybrid service that leverages the Azure public cloud and allows you to manage the replication of your primary data center to your disaster recovery (DR) site.
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Dell shows client management focus at Microsoft Management Summit 2013
One of the things that caught John Joyner's eye at the recent MMS was Dell's commitment to client management for the Microsoft platform. He notes some of the new features.
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Self-service cloud: Windows Azure Services for Windows Server (WASWS)
John Joyner completes his series on building and managing a private cloud using the components of System Center 2012 SP1 and Windows Server 2012.
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Consume private cloud resources using App Controller
John Joyner shows how a tenant of a private cloud uses System Center App Controller to add a service provider and consume cloud resources.
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Build private cloud capacity and assign to cloud tenants in VMM
John Joyner outlines the steps involved in defining cloud capacity and assigning quotas to the tenants in a private cloud solution.
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Building the private cloud: Prepare the fabric in System Center VMM
John Joyner begins a series that outlines the steps involved in building a private cloud based on a host-and-tenant model where central IT is the "cloud hoster" for its internal bu...
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Use the Configuration Analyzer to troubleshoot System Center components
John Joyner shows what kind of troubleshooting information you can get by using the new Configuration Analyzer for System Center 2012 SP1.
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The CloudOS arrives: Map your cloud journey with real tools
John Joyner lays out the benefits of Microsoft's CloudOS, which consolidates all the tools needed to manage a modern hybrid cloud platform.
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Get easy cloud backup option with System Center 2012 SP1
John Joyner tells you how to sign up for a preview of the new option in SC 2012 SP1 that allows you to select a "backup to cloud" feature. Here's how the feature works.
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Manage performance of Windows Server 2012 with System Center Monitoring Pack
John Joyner introduces the System Center Monitoring Pack that allows administrators to get a network-wide view of the health and performance of Windows Server 2012.
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DIY SAN: Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces and iSCSI target
John Joyner shows you how to use Windows Server 2012 to create an iSCSI target and virtual disk that can be used for storage.
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System Center 2012 SP1: Managing the managers
John Joyner gives an overview of the new integration features that are part of the System Center 2012 suite of management packs.
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Deploy an on-premise VM to Windows Azure with App Controller
John Joyner shows the steps to deploying an on-premise VM to Windows Azure as a cloud service using App Controller. This feature is new with System Center 2012 SP1.
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How much is an IaaS VM worth?
John Joyner offers some tips for deciding if a public cloud IaaS solution is right for your organization.
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Working with and resizing Windows Server 2012 VHDs
John Joyner unveils the new VHDX format and shows how to easily reduce both the size and capacity of this file format in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn: High Availability database for cloud data centers
John Joyner explains how to deploy SQL Server AlwaysOn in a failover cluster without shared storage to achieve high availability SQL.
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Easy anti-malware with System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
John Joyner explains why System Center 2012 admins might want to enable the built-in anti-malware before investing in third-party anti-malware products.
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Microsoft shares considerations for extending AD into Windows Azure
John Joyner introduces the concept of running conventional Windows Server VMs with the Active Directory Services role installed in Windows Azure.
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Achieving Highly Available DirectAccess (HA DA) with Windows Server 2012
John Joyner demonstrates how to deploy two Windows Server 2012 VMs in a high available DA server configuration.
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How to install Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant Servers
John Joyner shows you the steps you need to take to successfully install Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant servers. Here are tips on HP drivers and utilities, firmware and softwar...
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Set up your first Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Host
John Joyner walks you through the steps of setting up a single virtualization host using Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and points out some of the new features.
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Deploy a private CA with Windows Server 2012
John Joyner describes new features in Windows Server 2012 that make deploying private PKI easier and more affordable in a number of useful scenarios, especially those calling for h...