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A while back I wrote an article about how:
Life is far easier with PowerShell 5
where I details the step involved in upgrading a machine to run PowerShell 5. I’ve now also completed a video on that very same process to show you exactly how easy it is to.
You should now how no reason not to be using PowerShell. Go forth and script!
Marc and I review all the latest news from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. We also dive deep into a raft of recent Azure updates as well a swag of Office 365 news. If you want to keep up to date with the Microsoft Cloud then there is no better episode to listen to.
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In this episode Marc is joined by Steve Hosko to talk about the latest with System Center. You’ll also get the latest news om Azure.
Listen to this episode at:
http://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-107-steve-hosko/
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Resources
Marc Kean – @marckean
Azure News:
https://marckean.com/2016/06/30/azure-news-2016-week-26/
Reddit (SCCM):
https://www.reddit.com/r/SCCM/comments/4qhcwg/amawe_are_the_configmgr_team_here_to_talk_about
Facebook pages about SCCM:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConfigMgr2012
https://www.facebook.com/groups/techkonnect
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mssccm
https://www.facebook.com/groups/windowsnoob
Guest Twitter:
@Steve_Hosko
Other:
Azure Stack user group meet-up, hear all about Azure Stack Vs Azure Public
http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-System-Center-and-Infrastructure-User-Group/events/232103039
In this episode we talk with Stephane Budo from Vigilant IT all about Azure stack and how Microsoft is bringing what it has learned from running the public cloud and making that available to people who want to run their own private cloud. Azure stack provides a consistent way of managing datacentre resources no matter where they may be. Allowing management via a single consistent interface provides a lot of benefits as Stephane explains.
Of course you’ll get the latest Azure and Office 365 news from Marc and myself as well as plenty of opinions as to what’s happening with Microsoft and the Cloud. We appreciate you taking the time to listen and look forward to your feedback.
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Resources
Stephane Budo from Vigilant.IT, +61 2 8925 1800, sales@vigilant.it
Hybrid architecture for IT Pros
There are three different forms of Azure Backup, many of which I have detailed previously here including:
Azure desktop backup – https://blog.ciaops.com/2014/12/azure-desktop-backup.html
Azure Backup Server for Applications configuration – https://blog.ciaops.com/2016/01/azure-backup-server-for-applications.html
Backup files and folders using Azure – http://bit.ly/1TkoBe7
Restoring files and folders with Azure backup – http://bit.ly/1WBVsih
Azure Backup for Applications using Resource Manager – http://bit.ly/1WkWC1N
However, I have decided to pull of this information together and update it for Azure Resource Manager (ARM). The result is the video presentation above and accompanying slides which you can find at:
Hopefully, this makes understanding and configuring Azure Backup and lot easier for people and encourages them to start using it.
I have recently completed a roadshow for Microsoft where I spoke about the options and potential processes for the migration of Small Business Server (SBS) environments to Office 365 and Azure. I have posted the slides from that presentation on my docs.com site so they are available for people to download. The presentation is also posted above.
The idea with the presentation was to show the possibilities when it comes to migration to Office 365 and Azure. It is not a step-by-step procedure for those environments, there are simply too many variables. However, hopefully, it does give people looking to do this a better overall picture of what can be done and a potential way of going about it.
I’ll be diving deeper into the migration process from SBS to Office 365 and Azure, based on this presentation, in upcoming articles so stay tuned for more.
Join myself and Marc as we catch up on all the latest Azure news and discuss Marc’s recent blog posts on updates that have recently come to Azure. We cover off some updates to SQL, Microsoft’s new documentation service and more. Plenty of really great content aimed at keeping you right up to date with everything Azure and in the Microsoft cloud.
As always don’t forget to send us your questions and feedback as well as leaving review to help grow our audience. We appreciate you taking the time to listen.
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Resources
Azure news week 22 (Marc Kean)
Use PowerShell for Windows updates
I’ve been doing a lot of presenting around Azure and Office 365 of late and there is a lack of appreciation that when you sign up for Office 365 you automatically receive a free (limited) Azure account.
The difference between the available versions of Azure can be found here:
Azure AD Editions feature comparison – https://blog.ciaops.com/2015/08/azure-ad-editions-feature-comparison.html
How to enable the free version of Azure with Office 365 I have covered here:
Enabling your Office 365 Azure AD – https://blog.ciaops.com/2015/01/enabling-your-office-365-azure-ad.html
This free Azure account allows you to perform some basic functions such as:
Configuring an Azure Single Sign On portal – https://blog.ciaops.com/2015/02/configuring-azure-sso-portal.html
Enabling self-service password resets in Office 365 – https://blog.ciaops.com/2015/02/enabling-self-service-password-resets.html
Using Azure AD B2B sharing with SharePoint Online – https://blog.ciaops.com/2015/11/using-azure-ad-b2b-sharing-with.html
The above presentation on Office 365 Azure provides a good overview of what is possible with Azure from Office 365 that most people don’t even realise is available.
The real message is that you need to think of Office 365 and Azure together, especially in the SMB space. You START with Office 365 to get a free Azure tenant AND then you add a paid subscription of Azure and build from there. You DON’T start with Azure first and add Office 365 as that creates two separate tenants. Always, Office 365 first and then Azure but I’ll cover more about that in upcoming pos
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