Week 4 of the Hybrid Cloud! More TechNet Radio and Upcoming Blog Topics

The “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” series continues with Part 4 featuring Blain Barton and Keith Mayer as they tackle the topic of virtualization in a Hybrid Cloud environment.  Tune in as they discuss how virtualization is no longer constrained to the physical capacity of an on-premise environment and then showcase some tools and techniques that are available in Microsoft Azure that can help assist your move to Hybrid cloud virtualization.

• [1:26] What do you see as some of the differences or new opportunities that IT Pros need to consider when planning virtualization for a Hybrid Cloud environment?
• [3:31] How do traditional IT Pro virtualization skills translate into Hybrid Cloud?
• [5:05]  When planning Hybrid Cloud virtualization, how should IT Pros approach it?
• [8:01]  You mentioned Azure Pack – what is that?
• [10:51]  If I already have an existing Hyper-V environment with custom VM templates defined, can I leverage them with Azure Pack?
• [11:03] DEMO: Let’s see some of this in action

Then check back later in the week as the series blog posts cover the following topics:

• Migrating Physical Servers to Virtual Machines
• Migrating VMware VMs to Hyper-V and Azure
• Implementing VM Templates and Service Templates
• Using Custom VM Images and Resource Group Templates in Microsoft Azure

The Microsoft Government Virtual Summit is on Sept 10th

When talking to people about using Azure or adopting a hybrid cloud solution I often hear, "But what if you are government?"  If you are looking for answers, mark your calendar for September 10th.

The Microsoft Government Virtual Summit is streaming LIVE on Wednesday, September 10th. 

Connect with government leaders, partners, and Microsoft executives for Federal as well as State and Local Government on an open discussion panel and receive first-hand insights into the Microsoft productivity and platform, services and devices approach—the Cloud on your terms designed for Government.

There are two tracks: Federal Government Track (8:30 am PST) and State and Local Government Track (10:00 am PST).  Choose the track that best fits your needs and interests, and of course, you are welcome to join both.

Ask the experts!  Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions LIVE online to:

• Nancy Adams, Sr. Account Executive of Catapult Systems 
• Bob Ballard, Principle Cloud Strategist for Planet Technologies 
• Shan McArthur, CEO/CTX at Adxstudio 
• Cliff DuPuy, Technical Services Director with Mecklenburg County 
• David Ulmer, CIO of the NC Department of Transportation 
• Sandra Weightman, Network Manager with City of Fort Myers, Florida
• Jimmy Barfield, ITS Director with City of Fort Myers, Florida

Check out the agenda and then REGISTER!

The Summer of 2014: In Tweets

September starts to mark the end of summer for me in my mind, even if the weather might not completely agree. So as students return to school, the leaves begin to turn and all the fall fashions start to make their way into the storefronts, I bring you some highlights from this summer on the Internet, via tweets.

Microsoft

• @thomasclaudiush (Aug 19) - Blogged: How a #Surface RT became the most reliable server in our house: http://www.thomasclaudiushuber.com/blog/2014/08/19/how-the-surface-rt-became-the-most-reliable-server-in-our-house-co-starring-azure-and-windows-phone/ #wpdev #windev #winrt #windows /cc @surface
• @girlgerms (Aug 17) - New blog post! See, I *TOLD* you it was coming! "AD Security & Administration - righting the right rights" (http://girl-germs.com/?p=459 ) #fb
• @JeffHicks (Aug 6) - How to Create a Windows 8 USB Recovery Disk http://ift.tt/1odxNEc  #Petri
• @pzerger (Aug 1) - Day 1: Intro to PowerShell DSC and Configuring Your First Pull Server: Welcome to Day 1 of the “100 Days of DevOps... http://bit.ly/1m7N4AK
• @nhawkins (May 12) - New blogpost - Super pumped about Azure Site Recovery: http://www.nickahawkins.com/2014/05/microsoft-azure-site-recovery-announced/

Social / Culture

• @WIRED (Aug 2) - The weird reasons why people make up false identities on the Internet http://wrd.cm/1zEBi9d
• @WIRED (Jul 24) - The Fasinatng … Frustrating … Fascinating History of Autocorrect http://www.wired.com/2014/07/history-of-autocorrect/ 
• @joe_elway (Jun 25) - The Daily Show researches the intolerance shown towards "Glass Explorers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClvI9fZaz6M … #Google
• @grantimahara (Jun 7) - Take heed, brethren. An entertaining and very logical analysis of the whole "fake geek girl" phenomenon. http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/06/06/fake-geek-girls-fiction-or-reality-video/#31s9y5wHYYWJIpAu.01 …
• @kathrynschulz (May 13) - In an accident, should your self-driving car veer right to kill you or left to kill 2 strangers? http://goo.gl/mYXTmK  Dark & fascinating.
• @MarleeMatlin (Aug 19) - This is so FANTASTIC!!! Pharrell's 'Happy' Is Even Happier in Sign Language http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pharrells-happy-is-happier-sign-726488 … via @THR

Science / Tech

• @WIRED (Aug 12) - How isolation units contain the world's deadliest diseases http://wrd.cm/1ppPgZk
• @adfskitteh (Aug 3) - RT @danpi: How do we relate Cloud services to food?  Pizza as a Service of course! pic.twitter.com/HvWfeb9mu6 => Best. Cloud. Analogy. EVER.
• @noblewb (Aug 1) - NASA tested an impossible space engine and it somehow worked http://theverge.com/e/5723678  via @verge
• @engadget (Jul 27) - Microsoft explains quantum computing in a way we can all understand http://engt.co/1AdQFqs  
• @macsound (Jun 18) - Interesting video focusing on technical data from Challenger. I've learned heaps. http://vimeo.com/97129318
• @melodybliss (Jun 17) - Building the Part of Facebook No One Ever Sees http://fb.me/2Grml8b7k

Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud - Week 3 Has Arrived!

This week's focus is on networking. It starts out with Kevin Remde and Keith Mayer continuing the series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” and in today’s episode they discuss various options for networking. Tune in as they go in depth on what options are available for hybrid cloud networking as they explore network connectivity and address concerns about speed, reliability and security.

• [2:46] What components are involved in Hybrid Cloud Networking?
• [5:30] What are some of the technical capabilities of Hybrid Cloud networking?
• [9:25]  Which VPN gateways are supported with Microsoft Azure?
• [11:28]  What are some of the common scenarios that customers are implementing for Hybrid Cloud networking?
• [15:40]  Besides Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs, are there any other connectivity options for Hybrid Cloud networking?
• [20:10] DEMO: Can you walk us through the basic steps for setting up a Hybrid Cloud network?

Check back at http://aka.ms/ModernCloud as the week progresses for some related blog posts:

• Tuesday: Step by Step: Setting a Static IP address on your Azure VM by Brian Lewis
• Wednesday: Building Microsoft Azure Virtual Networks by Matt Hester
• Thursday: Cross-premises connectivity with Site-to-Site VPN by Kevin Remde
• Friday: Cross-premises connectivity with ExpressRoute by Keith Mayer

Events for Your September Calendar

Do not ask me what happened to August. I have no idea. But as September will be quickly upon us, you might need something to do.

The Transform the Datacenter MVP Roadshow might very well be coming your way.  Some awesome MVP will be talking about what you might be missing from Server 2012 R2 and what you need to think about when it comes to migrating from older versions of Windows that are in your datacenter.

CA	San Francisco	Tuesday, September 2	Doug Spindler	Register to Attend
FL	Tampa	Monday, September 22	Adnan Cartwright, Telmo Sampaio, Max Trinidad (coordination w/Kevin Weilbacher)	Register to Attend
IL	Chicago	Monday, September 22	Trevor Sullivan, Annur Sumar, Brian Desmond	Register to Attend
WA	Bellevue	Tuesday, September 23	Brian Desmond (Coordination with Zubair Alexander)	Register to Attend
AZ	Tempe	Wednesday, September 24	Jason Helmick, Rory Monaghan, David Lundell, Tom Ziegmann	TBD
CO	Denver	Thursday, September 25	Greg Shields	Register to Attend
TX	Houston	Friday, September 26	Anil Desai	Register to Attend
MI	Detroit	Saturday, September 27, 2014	Andy Syrewicze	Register to Attend
OH	Cincinnati	Saturday, September 20, 2014	Kevin Royalty	Register to Attend

Also, IT Roadmap is coming to San Jose on September 17.  I've attended this event two or three times over the years and it's usually pretty interesting.  If you qualify, it's free.

IT Roadmap San Jose

Wednesday, September 17

San Jose Convention Center

7:30 am – 4:30 pm

Learn More - Attend For Free by Registering Here.  

Get out there and stay busy!