Jennelle on TechNet

Nano Server Management

Where has the time gone? I looked up from my computer and the summer is nearly over! One of the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 08/30/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Super Secrets

“Psst… Hey buddy, want to keep your plain text password in your source control?”...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 07/21/2016

Getting Started with Azure Automation

As a regular use of an MSDN account with Azure credits, I often find myself running out of credit...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 07/19/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Counting On

So here I am, in JSON-land, working on my deployment for VMs. But so far, I’ve only deployed...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 06/17/2016

ARM Templates: What Error?!?

There is more than one way to deploy an ARM template once you’ve created or edited on to your...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 06/09/2016

How Microsoft IT does the Cloud

One of the things that is fascinating about working at Microsoft is watching how we function...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 06/07/2016

New on MVA: Power Tools for Windows 10

I’m pretty sure you’ll all be busy relaxing for the long weekend, but if you do need...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 05/27/2016

A May Shower of Resources for IT Pros

It’s May (already!!) and with it brings a bunch of good resources for IT Pros looking to...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 05/06/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Adding a Network Security Group

If you’ve come from the Service Manager days of Azure, you’ll be familiar with the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 05/05/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Anatomy of a VM

While the Azure VM on has two official dependencies, the storage account and the network interface,...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/22/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Bring on the NICs

One of the final dependencies for deploying a server on a network is a network card.  For Azure,...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/19/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Storage Wars

The last place I left off with my deconstruction of JSON, I had deployed a basic network as the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/15/2016

Deconstructing JSON: Networking 101

This leads me to really needing to deconstruct a JSON template so I can really understand...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/13/2016

Deconstructing JSON: When is VM Not Just a VM?

One of the cool things about deploying infrastructure in Azure is all the interesting ways you can...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/13/2016

Office 365 – For Reals Now

As a Microsoft employee, we use Office 365. As a consumer of Microsoft services, like email, phone...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/05/2016

Arm in ARM with VM Backups

With all the interesting announcements with BUILD this week, you might have missed this which, to...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/01/2016

Certification and Cloud: Consider These!

The changes to technology around cloud infrastructure seem to be changing and moving as quickly as...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 03/09/2016

Learn Containers AND party with Docker!

Have you ever met a 3 year old who didn’t like a birthday party? I didn’t think so. Like...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 03/07/2016

Today I Learned: Azure Site Recovery Mobility Service

Today I learned that if you are switching from the legacy version of ASR to the new version of ASR,...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/24/2016

The TechNet Virtual Conference – Coming Soon!

Pop Quiz: What happens when you put Mary Jo Foley and Rick Claus in the same room?Answer: They kick...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/09/2016

Every Week in the Microsoft Reactor

If you haven’t discovered the Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco, you are in for a treat. This...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/05/2016

Windows 10 on TechNet Radio

Yung Chou has been talking a lot about Windows 10 on TechNet Radio.If you are still working on your...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/04/2016

Notable Notes: Certification, Azure VMs and Linux!

It’s February, so if you are looking for a way to continue some momentum you might have...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/03/2016

Data Privacy: Today and Every Day

Today is Data Privacy Day. A day dedicated to awareness of how data, often very personal data, needs...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/28/2016

Microsoft Cloud Networking – The Poster!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned while doing IT, it’s that nothing is really...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/19/2016

Wednesday Distractions with Videos

It’s Wednesday. Because it’s mid-week, it’s really easy to get distracted. So...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/13/2016

Learning “Cloud” – Maybe in City Near You

Just a quick post to let you know about some “cloud” and Azure events coming up!TechNet...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/12/2016

Favorite Tweets from 2015 (Science and Tech Edition)

I “favorite” a lot of tweets throughout the year. Sometimes because they were just...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/23/2015

The Imperfect Lab: Azure Networking – Two Ways

Around this time last year, I kicked off my “Imperfect Lab” and used it as a story to...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/22/2015

Windows 10 MCSA Available Today!

Check this out certification junkies… The new Windows 10 MCSA certification is available! I...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/15/2015

You Might Be the Next Person to Impact the Future of MS Products

Do you want to impact the future of IT products and services? Are you passionate about Cloud,...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/14/2015

Like Gaming? Check out this episode of OEM TV

Yung Chou welcomes Eric Ackerson from Acer to share with us their latest in gaming tech, the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/11/2015

Today on TechNet Radio – MSIT Talks about Running a Private Cloud

In this episode, I talk with Jenny Dooley from the Microsoft IT team as she shares their experience...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/10/2015

Loving Office 365? Now Hack It!

If Office 365 is your thing, you might want to check out this ongoing virtual hackathon for Office...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/07/2015

In with December!

When I return to the office after Thanksgiving, I’m always both shocked and pleased to see the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 11/30/2015

Goodbye November.

November seemed like a pretty busy month for me, so I’m looking forward to starting off a more...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 11/23/2015

Upcoming Events… Cool Stuff, In Person!

Are you in the Portland area? Are you a SharePoint fan? A favorite MVP of mine, Zubair Alexander...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 11/10/2015

Blain Barton’s “To the Cloud” Series Continues!

In Part 6 in the “To the Cloud” series, Blain Barton, Tommy Patterson and Dan Stolts,...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 10/16/2015

My Imperfect Lab

The best way to learn is by doing, or at least following along with my adventures with Azure (and...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/09/2014

The Blog Series: Modernizing Your Infrastructure

For the next 6 weeks, IT Pro Tech Evangelists will be posting something daily around modernizing...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 08/18/2014

Become an Early Expert!

In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT organizations are using Microsoft...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 04/14/2014

Windows 8.1 for the Enterprise: The Blog Series

Because we know you love them, here is another themed series of posts by the IT Pro Evangelists......

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 03/03/2014

Disaster Recovery: The Blog Series

IT Evangelists just love bringing you blog posts with a theme! There is one whole week left of the...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 02/21/2014

Get Up to Speed with MVA's "Azure Week"

If you've been wanting to learn more about Azure, don't miss out Azure Week at the Microsoft Virtual...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/20/2014

Conference Water Bottles? You know you have one.

I was doing a little New Year house cleaning and realized I have way more reusable water bottles...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 01/06/2014

Happy Holidays!

It will be a light week here in blog land! Lots of holiday cheer and keeping busy with family and...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/26/2013

Start Off Your 2014 Reading List

I’m sure you need a resolution for 2014 to read more books about technology! If that happens...

Author: Jennelle Crothers Date: 12/18/2013

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