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Automation–Windows Azure Pack & Service Management Automation–Automated Tenant Deprovisioning

Hello Readers! Today’s topic is one that has been coming up more and more as the usage of...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 10/02/2014

Automation–Service Management Automation & Azure Automation–Complex Asset Creation and Usage

Hello Readers! What if I told you that you could store and leverage Hashtables as Variable Assets in...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2014

Updated SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) download, with new Visualization and Dependency Mapping Tool

The SMA Runbook Toolkit (SMART) has seen multiple component releases so far, and this time we are...

Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 09/23/2014

Windows Azure Pack VM Deployment Tip: VMM VM Template + Default Network Configuration = Potential Issues; Workaround Enclosed

Hello Readers! Today I am back with a Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Standalone VM Deployment Tip…...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 09/22/2014

Automation–System Center Automation Team Blogs–September 2014 Cross-Post Update!

Hello Readers! Over the last couple months there have been quite a few posts being published by the...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 09/17/2014

The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 3 Resource Definition

This is part 3 from the blog series written by MVP Marc van Eijk (@_marcvaneijk) In the previous...

Author: Shriram Natarajan (Azure Stack) Date: 09/15/2014

The Virtualization Fabric Design Considerations Guide is now available online and for download!

You’re no doubt familiar with Windows Server Hyper-V, and how simple it is to install on...

Author: Date: 09/12/2014

Deployment–are you using PDT?

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here… and there’s a good reason for...

Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 08/28/2014

Writing a custom DSC resource for Remote Desktop (RDP) settings

Hello readers! In this previous post I talked about a simple example to guide you through the...

Author: Tiander Turpijn [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2014

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

In this post, we will cover how a pull service endpoint can be installed, and how nodes can be...

Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2014

Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 3): Working with the conformance endpoint

This blog post covers how to deploy/configure, and work with the conformance endpoint. It includes...

Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2014

Desired State Configuration (DSC) Nodes Deployment and Conformance Reporting Series (Part 1): Series agenda, Understanding the DSC conformance endpoint

In any configuration management process, once the configuration is applied to the target systems, it...

Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2014

GRIT 1.2 – Updated Tool to Import and Configure VM Role Gallery Items in WAP

Hello Readers! Today I am happy to publish an updated version of the Gallery Resource Import Tool...

Author: Bruno Saille [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2014

The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 2 Concept

This is part 2 from the blog series written by MVP Marc van Eijk (@_marcvaneijk). After successfully...

Author: Shriram Natarajan (Azure Stack) Date: 07/31/2014

Chef + PowerShell DSC!

BCB Readers – I wanted to call out a great post published today from our friend Adam Edwards over on...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/24/2014

The case of the “Silly” DSC custom resource

In recent customer conversations, we got feedback that documentation on writing a custom Windows...

Author: Tiander Turpijn [MSFT] Date: 07/22/2014

The Windows Azure Pack VM Role – Part 1 Introduction

Introduction This blog series is written by one of our MVPs Marc van Eijk (@_marcvaneijk). Marc is a...

Author: Shriram Natarajan (Azure Stack) Date: 07/17/2014

Configuring Docker with PowerShell DSC

The post today comes from Andrew Weiss, a very talented consultant with Microsoft Consulting...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/17/2014

Windows Azure Pack Infrastructure as a Service Jumpstart

Learn how Windows Azure Pack brings the benefit of the cloud to your data center Enterprises today...

Author: Date: 07/10/2014

Automation–MVP Spotlight Series–Integration Story: How to take the Imports (SharePoint and SMA) & Import them into your Environment

Okay Readers – we have the next post ready to go! Here is the fifth of six posts in the MVP...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 07/07/2014

Automation–System Center Orchestrator Engineering Blog–July 2014 Cross-Post Update!

Hello Readers! It is that time again; time for me to cross-reference the great work being published...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 07/07/2014

Building Clouds on TechNet Radio! DevOps, and Automation, and Configuration Management, Oh My!

Hello Readers, Listeners, and Viewers! Did You Know? Michael Green and Charles Joy of the Building...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 07/03/2014

Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–Create New Azure VM Endpoint

Hello Readers! Here we are again, this time, with another example Runbook ready to use with Azure...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 07/03/2014

Sample Portal Code based on Windows Azure Pack, Service Provider Foundation and Virtual Machine Manager – version 2

After releasing version 1 of the Sample Portal Code, we enhanced it with new scenarios based...

Author: Kandavel KR Date: 06/26/2014

We're Listening! Contribute your feature suggestions for Windows Azure Pack!

Do you have an idea or suggestion based on your experience with Azure Pack ? We would love to hear...

Author: Shriram Natarajan (Azure Stack) Date: 06/16/2014

Public IP Address Requirements within a Windows Azure Pack environment

Introduction Hello everyone, this is Kenon Owens from the Windows Server and System Center CAT Team...

Author: Kenon Owens - VMW Date: 06/15/2014

PowerShell DSC Blog Series, Part 5- Point in Time List of DSC Resources

Welcome to Part 5 of the Building Clouds blog series on Windows PowerShell Desired State...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/06/2014

Migration Automation Toolkit next steps

Over the last few years our team has had the opportunity to work on multiple VMware to Hyper-V...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/04/2014

Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–Provision Azure Environment Resources from Gallery

Hello Readers! As you may recall, I published this post (Automation–Microsoft Azure Automation–The...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2014

PowerShell DSC for Linux, Step by Step

We are privileged to have a guest blogger on Building Clouds, Kristopher Bash. Kris is a Senior...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 05/19/2014

PowerShell Blog Series, Part 4 - How-To use PowerShell DSC from your workstation to test PowerShell JEA, in Azure.

Yesterday I published a little bit of a teaser with screenshots demonstrating the ability to...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 05/16/2014

DSC your workstation to test Windows PowerShell JEA in Azure.

Yesterday I published a step by step guide to testing Windows PowerShell Just Enough Administration,...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 05/15/2014

Just Enough Administration, Step by Step

It is a special honor for the Building Clouds Blog to showcase a new solution announced today at...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 05/14/2014

Automation–Channel 9 Interview–Windows Azure Pack Automation!

Hello Readers and Viewers! Guess what I have for you today? An actual VIDEO. And this time, it is...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2014

Okay Readers – we have the next post ready to go! Here is the fourth of six posts in the MVP...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/14/2014

Automation-Service Management Automation-Reusing Event Data when Developing SMA Runbooks

Hello readers!A quick disclaimer: This post assumes you already are fairly comfortable with SMA,...

Author: Carmen Crincoli Date: 05/13/2014

Deployment–At last, a GUI for PDT!!!

When I introduced the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit at both the Microsoft Management Summit and...

Author: Rob Willis (MSFT) Date: 05/13/2014

Okay Readers – we are back! Here is the third of six posts in the MVP Spotlight Series for the...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2014

Okay Readers – we are back! Here is the second of six posts in the MVP Spotlight Series for the...

Author: Charles Joy [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2014

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