Modernizing Your Infrastructure - The Series Starts This Week!

For the next 6 weeks, IT Pro Tech Evangelists will be posting something daily around modernizing your infrastructure with hybrid cloud.  Each week will bring a TechNet Radio episode and four blog posts. You can find a complete list of the whole series as it's posted at http://aka.ms/ModernCloud.

Matt Hester and Keith Mayer kick it off with Part 1 where they discuss the importance of planning for your organization’s move to Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure.

• [1:18] Why should I start planning now? 
• [2:41] Why Migrate to Windows Server 2012 R2?
• [5:45]  Why consider Azure as part of your migration strategy?
• [12:38]  What tools are available to help in the migration process?
• [17:40]  DEMO MAP and the Azure IaaS Cost Estimator

Also, stay tuned for later in the week when I'll have post around some common workloads and scenarios you might consider for the cloud.

• Tue: Assessing your current IT infrastructure with the MAP tool by Dan Stolts
• Wed: Conducting a VM readiness assessment by Kevin Remde
•  Thu: Estimating costs for migrating VM workloads to Azure by Dan Stolts
•  Fri: Common Application Workloads and Scenarios for Azure by Me!