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Microsoft System Center: Network Virtualization and Cloud Computing

This brief book identifies some key usage and deployment scenarios for cloud computing to provide some deep technical background on the Microsoft SDN solution, enabling IT professionals to quickly learn the internals of HNV, how it works from end to end, and where and how it should be used.

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Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2

Get a head start evaluating Windows Server 2012 R2—with technical insights from a Microsoft MVP and members of the Windows Server product team. Based on final Windows Server 2012 R2 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) software, this guide introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario-based advice on how the platform can meet the needs of your business. Get the high-level overview you need to begin preparing your deployment now.

 Download the PDF (8.0 MB)

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Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals

Get a head start evaluating Windows 8.1—with early technical insights from award-winning journalist and Windows expert Ed Bott. This guide introduces new features and capabilities, providing a practical, high-level overview for IT professionals ready to begin deployment planning now.

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This is how Google handles cloud security !

1.2 From Customer to Google. By submitting, posting, generating, or displaying any Application and/or Customer Data on or through the Services, Customer gives Google a worldwide, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, terminable, limited license to use any Application and/or Customer Data for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide, maintain, protect, and improve the Services in accordance with the Agreement.

This is from Google Cloud Platform TOS: https://developers.google.com/cloud/terms/.

 

Who wants to host with GOOGLE now…

 

Do you have Linksys brand router E4200, E3200, E3000, E2500, E2100L, E2000, E1550, E1500, E1200, E1000,E900 you may be at risk!

There is a there’s a worm out there exploiting an authentication bug in the Cisco firmware that, If you have enabled remote administration on port 8080 — even with a good password you could be at risk. The WORM rewrites the firmware to infect the router, and then -sets the router to scan zillions of other IP addresses looking for other systems to infect.

Patch you system with the latest Firmware, and disable remote management.

You can go here. on the SANS Site to learn more about this.

 

JOIN US IN THE CENTER….OF THE UNIVERSE

Join us for the third annual System Center Universe, a one-day globally available technical event featuring Microsoft product gurus and community experts. This year’s event will include breakout sessions to allow for more topics and content!

Couldn’t find a user group or simulcast event in your area? No worries! 

View the live simulcast and participate in the conversation from your own personal computer! Register for the virtual simulcast and you will be provided with details on how to access the live simulcast event online as the event nears! Also, be sure to follow all of our updates on twitter (@scu2014)

The list of MVP’s presenting includes:

• Johan Arwidmark
• Kent Agerlund
• Cameron Fuller
• Maarten Goet
• Jason Sandys
• Pete Zerger
• Mike Resseler

And from Microsoft: Wally Mead, Anders Bengtsson

Join us for this globally-available interactive experience spanning 6 continents. Hear from an all-star cast of presenters including Microsoft technical visionaries and MVPs while interacting with worldwide user group communities such as myITforum during the live event. At SCU2014, gain insider knowledge around System Center, Windows Azure IaaS, Windows Intune, Windows Server and more! Post event, continue your worldwide engagement with SCU-sponsored communities and user groups as well as SCU Network broadcasts. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the action!

See you online on Thursday, 1/30!

You can also attend at  Register for live event

Register now! for online here

See more here

 

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This offer is valid on any one of the following exams:

-Windows Server 2012 exams: 410, 411,412

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-Windows 8 exams: 687, 688

With Second Shot, if you fail your exam the first time you take it, you can use the same voucher for your retake exam.

The 20% off + Second Shot offer is available until May 31, 2014. Both initial and free retake exams must be scheduled and completed by May 31, 2014.

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1. Key takeaways

Select your architecture approaches and development technology based on your specific application’s priorities and requirements.

A single architecture and approach won’t work for every type of application. The Microsoft development stack and .NET are extremely flexible and offer many possibilities, but it’s essential that you choose specific approaches and technologies based on the kind of application—or even subsystem—you build. Each application will have very different priorities and tradeoffs that must be taken on different paths.

Business application modernization goes further than simply building mobile apps. Mobile applications must rely on and extend your foundational business applications.

To be successful, mobile apps must be built with deep integration into your current foundational business applications. Mobile business apps should be part of the larger enterprise ecosystem and substantially extend foundational business applications, whether the foundational systems are established legacy applications or new, large, mission-critical applications built with innovative, scalable, and elastic services.

Positioning your application or subsystem within a global patterns segmentation will help you to choose the right approaches and technologies.

It is fundamental to position your application/subsystem in the right segmentation area. The right approaches and technologies for each of the following application types could potentially be very different:

• Emerging application patterns
  – Devices and services
• Established application patterns
  – Small and medium-sized business applications
  – Large, mission-critical business applications

2. Purpose of this guide

This guide will help you effectively select the right Microsoft development technologies and approaches for your .NET custom application development, depending on the priorities you have for your application and for your business domain.

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More Free Microsoft System center books

Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager is the only product that can integrate across most of the System Center suite and Active Directory. Service Manager is a fast and reliable product that can create and maintain a dynamic service management database to enable interaction across the organization, both inside and outside the IT department, making it a very compelling product to many organizations.

This book is written with three different roles in mind: business and technical decision makers; IT architects; and Service Manager administrators. You can either read this book in its entirety from A to Z, or you can follow one of the learning paths below depending on your role:
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Business and technical decision makers:
 Chapter 1 Business reasons to choose Service Manager
 Chapter 2 Deployment costs and non-IT usage
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IT architects
 Chapter 3 How to plan for Service Manager
 Chapter 4 How to prepare for a Service Manager installation
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Service Manager administrators
 Chapter 5 Management packs
 Chapter 6 Optimizing the Service Manager environment
 Chapter 7 Service Manager configuration and customization

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Gain twice the virtualization skillset. Cover more ground. Here’s your chance to expand your virtualization skillset for FREE – and become invaluable to your company, clients and customers. Register now and save your seat for this FREE, full-day event in your local area: NYC on 12/4 & Las Vegas on 12/5.  Join Microsoft at this free, one-day technical workshop on Microsoft Virtualization for VMware IT professionals. Experienced Technical Evangelists will guide you through key scenarios and cover equivalent technologies from Microsoft and VMware. Complete all the hands-on labs and you’ll walk away ready to build your own lab environment for further evaluation and testing. This event will help you to: Ramp up your knowledge of Microsoft virtualization technologies See how your existing VMware skillset translates in a Microsoft environment Compare and contrast the key Microsoft and VMware technologies Leverage available Microsoft tools to help manage a VMware environment Learn more about the upcoming enhancements to Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 At a high level, as part of this course, you’ll learn about the following topics: Hyper-V Configuration, Clustering & Resiliency Virtual Machine Mobility, Backup & Replication Managing Hyper-V with Virtual Machine Manager A look at System Center 2012 R2 Preview VMware: Management, Integration, and Migration Session Requirements: In order to participate in the labs, please bring a modern laptop. Click HERE for more detailed system specs. All participants registering for the event should download Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 Preview.   Technorati Tags: FREE Training Camp | Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare Professionals,VMware,Hyper-v

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 is the newest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and offers support for the deployment of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, as well as Windows 7 and Windows 8. Download the toolkit, explore what else is new in MDT 2013, and find quick start guides to help you get started at www.microsoft.com/mdt.

Download the latest deployment tools, which include support for Windows 8.1: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013, Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1, and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

For help with Windows 8.1 you can go to the Spingboard Series for Windows 8.1 on TechNet