TechNet Flash - Volume 15, Issue 25: October 30, 2013
Top News Worldwide
Windows Azure Backup is now generally available
Announcing the general availability of HDInsight
Top Downloads
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Your Featured Content
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Power BI for Office 365, currently in preview, enables users to query public and private datasets, analyze the data, and create interactive visualizations. From November 6 to January 15, Microsoft is running a contest for participants to create demonstrations using Power BI for a chance to win an Xbox One, a Surface Pro 2, or a VIP trip to PASS Business Analytics Conference (PASS BAC) 2014.
Learn to manage a diverseinfrastructure with SystemCenter2012 R2 in this newMVA course
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager provides a consistent experience across diverse infrastructure, hardware, and hypervisors. Learn how to deploy compute, storage, and networking resources, construct a private cloud, and keep your infrastructure running.
Edge Show: Integration ofVirtualMachine Manager withOperationsManager in SystemCenter 2012 R2
Symon Perriman meets with Won Huh, a Product Marketing Manager on the System Center team, to talk about the integration of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and Operations Manager (SCOM) in System Center 2012 R2. Download the free evaluation ofHyper-V Server 2012 R2.
Learn how to monitor yourcloudassets, operating systems,andworkloads with SystemCenter2012R2
Infrastructure Monitoring with SystemCenter2012 R2 is a brand-new course from MVA that covers private, public, and hybrid cloud monitoring, in addition to OS and workload monitoring through System Center Advisor and the customized widget dashboard. Share this free course with your customers, colleagues, and partners.
New options for learning aboutSystem Center 2012 R2
MVA has a variety of new courses to help you understand the capabilities of System Center 2012 R2. Discover how you can put these new features and functionality to work in your data center. Check out the complete list of SystemCenter courses on MVA and sort to find the most recent options.
Hyper-V enhancements inWindowsServer 2012 R2
Keith Mayer and Matt Hester are back for part 2 of their Building your Hybrid Cloud series, discussing the latest Hyper-V enhancements in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Automated tiered storage withWindows Server 2012 R2
Technical Evangelist Keith Mayer discusses the benefits of storage tiers in Windows Server2012R2 and walks you through the process of building an automated tiered storage lab for the purpose of evaluating and demonstrating the functionality of storage tiers in a Windows Server 2012 R2 lab environment.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-Vcomponent architecture poster andHyper-V mini posters
Download these visual references that will help you better understand key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2012 R2. Explore generation 2 virtual machines, Hyper-V with virtual hard disk sharing, online virtual hard disk resizing, storage quality-of-service, enhanced session mode, live migration, Hyper-V failover clustering, and upgrading private cloud environments. Download the freeevaluation of Hyper-V Server 2012 R2.
Free training from MVA: WindowsApplication Compatibility andMigration
Only a few months remain until Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014. In a free course from Microsoft Virtual Academy, Microsoft Architect Chris Jackson leads you through the application migration process to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Moving from Windows 8 toWindows8.1 at Microsoft: Quickreference guide
Discover how Microsoft IT deployed the Windows 8.1 beta to more than 20,000 computers. Find out how easy it was to upgrade systems from the earlier version of Windows to Windows 8.1 using self-installs and System Center Configuration Manager.
Explore Resources for WindowsServer2012 R2
In his blog, Dan Stolts provides resources and information for the Cloud OS and Windows Server 2012 R2. Find daily blog posts covering Windows Server 2012 R2, get a listing of what live events are taking place around the country, and virtual hands-on labs training. Download the free evaluation ofMicrosoftWindowsServer 2012 R2 today.
Hyper-V from a VMware admin’sperspective: Managing virtualmachinehardware resources
Keith Mayer welcomes Andy Syrewicze, a Virtual Systems Administrator from TrivalentGroup, to the show. This episode kicks off a multi-part series that will examine Microsoft Hyper-V from the perspective of a VMware admin. Watch as they showcase the differences between managing virtual machine hardware resources. Download the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 evaluation.
Five principles for shapingcybersecurity norms
Microsoft advances the cybersecurity discussion with this white paper that outlines five principles for shaping cybersecurity norms. Discover the importance of harmonization, risk reduction, transparency, proportionality, and collaboration.
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Training and Books
Learn to manage a diverse infrastructure with System Center 2012 R2 in this new MVA course
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager provides a consistent experience across diverse infrastructure, hardware, and hypervisors. Learn how to deploy compute, storage, and networking resources, construct a private cloud, and keep your infrastructure running.
Free training from MVA: Windows Application Compatibility and Migration
Only a few months remain until Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014. In a free course from Microsoft Virtual Academy, Microsoft Architect Chris Jackson leads you through the application migration process to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Learn how to monitor your cloud assets, operating systems, and workloads with System Center 2012 R2
Check out a brand-new course from MVA that covers private, public, and hybrid cloud monitoring, in addition to OS and workload monitoring through System Center Advisor and the customized widget dashboard. Share this free course with your customers, colleagues, and partners.
New options for learning about System Center 2012 R2
MVA has a variety of new courses to help you understand the capabilities of System Center 2012 R2. Discover how you can put these new features and functionality to work in your data center. Check out the complete list of System Center courses on MVA and sort to find the most recent options.
Events
Attend this free two-day MVA live event on November 19 and 20 to prepare for the new Microsoft virtualization certification. Event attendees will get a free voucher to take the new certification exam (Microsoft Specialist Exam 74-409) for free. This course will include expert instruction on Microsoft server virtualization with the new Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager. Register today.