Kevin's Resources: The Transformation of IT– From Virtualization to the Cloud

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Cloud Computing Essentials for IT Pros

Here is my 30-day "Cloudy April" Blog Series - covering all things "the cloud"

Microsoft Cloud Home Page – https://www.microsoft.com/cloud

Microsoft Online Services - https://www.microsoft.com/online/

The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (Word Doc) - https://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v15.doc

Windows Live SkyDrive – https://skydrive.live.com

Case Study: Kelly Blue Book - https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000005874

Forrester Research “Why Not Run in the Cloud?” - https://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/q%26a_by_2011%2C_cios_must_answer_question%2C/q/id/55193/t/2

Gartner “Key Predictions for IT Organizations” - https://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1278413

Steve Ballmer on the Cloud – “We’re All In” - https://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/9c8601a5-a82a-4452-965d-e4a04f38efb6

Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (The Datacenter People) - https://www.globalfoundationservices.com/

The Economics of the Cloud (PDF Doc) - https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/cloud/docs/The-Economics-of-the-Cloud.pdf Microsoft Virtual Academy

Your Public Cloud: What, Why, and How imageOffice 365 – https://office365.microsoft.com

Public Cloud Site – https://www.microsoft.com/publiccloud

Windows Azure Product Home - https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure

SQL Azure Product Home – https://www.microsoft.com/sqlazure

SQL Azure Migration Wizard - https://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com

Case Studies – https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies

Online Services Case Study: Coca Cola - https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000004584

Windows Azure Portal - https://windows.azure.com

Windows Azure Platform Offer Comparison Table - https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/offers/popup/popup.aspx?lang=en&locale=en-US&offer=COMPARE_PUBLIC Deploying and Managing Windows Azure Applications

Cost Analysis - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff803375.aspx

TCO and ROI Calculator - https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/economics

Windows Azure Team Blog - https://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure

Getting Started - https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/getstarted

Platform Training Kit - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130354

Windows Azure Security Whitepaper - https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/whitepapers/papers/

Azure User Groups - https://www.azureusergroup.com

Windows Azure on Facebook - www.facebook.com/windowsazure

Your Private Cloud: What, Why, and How

The Private Cloud Home Page - https://www.microsoft.com/privatecloud

Hyper-V Cloud Deployment Guides - https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/en/us/private-cloud-get-started.aspx

Virtualization – https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization

Hyper-V – https://www.microsoft.com/hyperv

System Center Virtual Machine Manager: https://www.microsoft.com/scvmm Download Evaluation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Download Evaluation of SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 Download Evaluation of SCVMM 2012 Beta SCVMM Self-Service Portal (SSP) 2.0 SP1

SCVMM Team Blog - https://blogs.technet.com/scvmm