Year: 2013

This 5-part blog post series details the concepts, processes, and operations of Windows Server 2012 R2 installations options and the underlying technology, Features on Demand, as the following: Introduction Using DISM Command Line (This article) Using Server Manager PowerShell Cmdlets  Switching Server Installation Options Minimizing Server Footprint A quick review of these capabilities in Windows…

This 5-part blog post series details the concepts, processes, and operations of Windows Server 2012 R2 installations options and the underlying technology, Features on Demand, as the following: Introduction (This article) Using DISM Command Line Using Server Manager PowerShell Cmdlets  Switching Server Installation Options Minimizing Server Footprint    A quick review of these capabilities in Windows…

In the summer, Keith Mayer, Mitch Tulloch, and I have just published a new book on Hybrid Cloud Management with System Center 2012 R2 App Controller, titled Microsoft System Center: Cloud Management with App Controller. As part of a series of specialized guides on System Center, this book focuses on using App Controller to manage…

This quick start kit is available for download at https://aka.ms/QSK for self-studies of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and Windows Azure PowerShell. It deploys a simple, yet well-structured, Windows Azure Infrastructure Services instance including: Affinity Group Storage Account Cloud Service VMs with attached data disk Availability Set Load-Balancer Additional information of Windows Azure IaaS deployment methodology…

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This quick start kit is for self-studies of windows Azure IaaS and Windows Azure PowerShell. I am making it available with pay-with-a-tweet. My intent is to get more IT pros aware of and I thank you all for tweeting and helping me help more to better learn Windows Azure.  To demonstrate the user experience, I…

This is the recording of the webcast in which I reviewed the deployment methodology (https://aka.ms/AzureIaasMethod) and walked through the PowerShell script for automating a deployment. You can get the script from https://aka.ms/QSK and set up Windows Azure PowerShell by following the instructions at https://aka.ms/AzureCmdlets to test the script yourself. This will get you prepared for…

[Part 1 for Steps 1 to 4] 5. Set certificate revocation policies Revocation is an important part of PKI to ensure the validity of certificates. There are two components to make the process work. A list, or more specifically Certified Revocation List (CRL), as the criteria to identify an invalid certificate needs to be published…

PKI is heavily employed in cloud computing for encrypting data and securing transactions. While Windows Server 2012 R2 is developed as a building block for cloud solutions, there is an increasing demand for IT professionals to acquire proficiency on implementing PKI with Windows Server 2012 R2. This two-part blog post series is to help those…

In Part One, I showed you important artifacts in Windows Azure IaaS. Why they are needed and the sequence to create and deploy them. To better manage all resources in a deployment, my best practice is to tag all deployed. I normally create a tag based on the current timestamp and add the tag as…