When I talk with Customers about Microsoft Azure, I can usually gauge pretty quickly if they are ready to dive or not quite ready yet. Lets face it, if you are a die hard IT Pro who has been working On-Premises for the bulk of your career, starting to use “The Cloud” can be a little unnerving. That’s one of…
Month: October 2014
Everything you need to know about What’s New in Microsoft Azure
…or maybe “How the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks do you keep up with What’s New in Azure?” would be better. 😉 It’s just about an impossible feat to accomplish – based on the number of teams working on this massive thing called “Microsoft Azure”, all with a cadence of what seems like 1-2 weeks… Welcome to the world…
How To: Delete Windows.Old from an upgraded Windows 10 / Threshold system
Yup – I was wondering why I had disk space issues – turns out I had the same problem I documented in this post, once I upgraded my system from Windows 8.1 Update to Windows 10 Technical Preview (a.k.a. Windows 10). I had Space Issues and Permissions Issues! Let’s revisit that post for the quick…
Edge Show 122: Azure Automation Runbook Gallery with Beth Cooper
http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/664b/4b91d103-4a87-4551-927d-6ffe76b8664b/Edge122BethCooperAutomationGallery_high.mp4 In this episode of The Edge Show – I catch up with some of my Azure RSS feeds and discover this little announcement and blog post by Beth Cooper, Program Manager on the Azure Automation team. After a quick exchange of emails – I managed to get her to come down and give us a tour…
Ping 224 Band Seeking, predicting the future, Creative Sway, Windows Insiders, Forza Horizons 2 and Middle Earth
http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/57ba/fd67c88b-e40a-4475-a648-872b9b7a57ba/Ping224_high.mp4 Hey everybody! Welcome back to Ping! It’s episode 224, which is 2+2=4!!!. (Yes, we passed math – or at least Mark did). 224 episode of what MSFTies are pingin’ each other about. [03:32] Cortana will never let you miss a concert by your favorite bands [05:18] Microsoft is trying to predict the future, and so…
Get the Windows Server Technical Preview bits
October 1st, 2014 marks the release of the “IT Pro” Focused version of Windows 10 from the client perspective. I am sure you have seen all the tweets / social media / blog posts / press releases all over the place. As a “Server Hugger”, I’m more interested in the Windows Server Technical Preview –…