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In this episode Rick took the opportunity of a "captive" audience with Ned Pyle from his previous interview to ask him the age old question: "When should I use a Scale Out File Server vs a Traditional File Server Cluster". Ned chuckled and conceded that he gets asked this question ALL THE TIME. Check out the hopefully clear and definitive answer Ned provides. WARNING: Whiteboarding will take place. News: Windows Azure becomes Microsoft Azure Cyber threats to Windows XP and guidance for Small Businesses and Individual Consumers  Microsoft becomes the first global public cloud provider in China with the general availability of Microsoft Azure   Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @SymonPerrimanFollow @dtzarFollow @SimonsterFollow @RicksterCDNFacebook - Email

In this episode Symon interviews Eamon O'Reilly, a Principal Program Manager Lead in System Center, to discuss the features and benefits of the Service Management Automation (SMA) in the Windows Azure Pack (WAP).  SMA provides automation of administrative tasks (such as deploying virtual machines) through the WAP management portal, and integrates with System Center and Windows Server, while running on PowerShell workflows. In this interview that starts at [07:05], we cover: [07:30] Why is automation important? [08:35] What are Microsoft's different automation solutions? [09:25] What is Service Management Automation?[10:05] What is the Windows Azure Pack? Demo at [10:35] of the Windows Azure Pack interface [11:25] How is the experience consistent with Azure? [12:00] Is WAP required to use SMA [12:30] What is a PowerShell "workflow"? [13:35] When would someone use System Center Orchestrator versus SMA? [14:55] What is the equivalent of an Orchestrator Integration Pack in SMA? Demo at [16:00] of Service Management Automation[33:55] Where can people go to learn more about SMA? SMA on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn457812.aspx Orchestrator Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/Building Clouds Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/tags/automation+track/ Forums on TechNet: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=scogeneral News: [00:15] SQL Server 2014 RTM and General Availability: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/18/sql-server-2014-released-to-manufacturers-will-be-generally-available-april-1.aspx New Microsoft Virtual Academy courses [00:50] SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines Jump Start: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/sql-server-in-windows-azure-virtual-machines-jump-start [02:35] Windows XP Migration: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/small-business-migrating-from-

In this episode of the Edge show Simon May and Rick Claus talk through the latest developments in the Microsoft world including an Office project called Oslo and the Concept of the Office Graph, the think about Life in the Digital Crosshairs or how Microsoft develops secure software and finally apparently Windows XP has almost reached it's end of service! Who knew there was only one patch Tuesday left for Windows XP...Simon and Rick apparently. In the interview for this episode Simon May talks to Adam Hall from the Cloud and Enterprise group (you'll have seen him on the TechEd main stage) about Hybrid Identity, which is the concept of extending your on-premises single-version-of the truth identity store (AD for 95% of you) to the cloud. Why would you do that? To make identity more usable on a range of devices and in many connectivity scenarios, such as connecting to mobile devices or to the 800+ supported SaaS applications out there. People Centric IT Resources http://microsoft.com/pcitBrad Anderson, CVP Cloud + Enterprise talks about identity on his blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/2014/03/11/success-with-hybrid-cloud-getting-deep-azure-active-directory.aspxConnect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @SimonsterFollow @SymonPerrimanFollow @dtzarFollow @RicksterCDN Facebook - Email

Learn how you can utilize Chef to deploy Windows Azure resources in this DevOps interview with Senior Technical Evangelist Ross Gardler from MS Open Tech. Ross spends most of the time demoing how to initially deploy a Linux Chef server on Windows Azure, configure the Chef server, and connect the Chef client to the server - all using Chef knife-azure commands. More specifically at [07:28], we cover: [09:25] What is Chef used for?[10:20] Why is Microsoft integrating Windows Azure with Chef?[11:27] Demo: Deploying a new Windows Azure VM which runs Chef [15:40] Is there a gallery virtual machine image image which contains a Chef server?[13:45] Default.rb file to configure the Chef server[19:30] Can you use this to utilize Git repos such as with Visual Studio Online projects?[19:50] Demo: Bootstrapping the chef client to connect up to the chef server[23:45] What are the options to scale this infrastructure out to multiple nodes and all report in to the Chef server?[25:35] What are the recommended resources to learn more?MS Open Tech BlogChef deployment information to Windows AzureSign up for a free trial of Windows Azure - http://aka.ms/aztrial News: New Windows Azure Stuff Web Sites: Backup and Restore SupportManagement: Co-admin limit increased from 10->200 usersMonitoring: Service Outage Notifications Integrated within Management PortalVirtual Machines: VM Agent and Background Information SupportNew MVA course – Azure IoTNew Windows Azure A8 & A9 InstancesSharePoint 2014 Conference announcementsOneDrive for Businessnew Office 365 developer tools and APIsthe first service pack for SharePoint 2013new Office 365 social experiencesConnect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @dtzar Facebook - Email

In this episode of the Edge Show,  Rick sits down with Ned Pyle - Senior PM on the File Server team to talk about changes to DFS in Windows Server 2012 R2 and how we've changed the staging and cloning capabilities. You might remember Ned from the "Ask DS" blog where he was a main contributor for the Directory Services team while working as a top level support engineer. Simon and Rick cover off some interesting bits from the interwebs, including: Active Directory Premium for Windows AzureNew Datacenters for Azure now available in JapanOneDrive is now liveAzure Express Route - aggregate traffic over private Equinix datacentersJump to Rick's interview with Ned here [11:14]. Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @SimonsterFollow @SymonPerrimanFollow @dtzarFollow @RicksterCDN Facebook - Email

In this episode Symon interviews Bradley Bartz (Principal Program Manager Lead, Windows Azure) and Nagender Vedula (Principal Group Program Manager, System Center), to discuss the features and benefits of the Windows Azure Pack (WAP).  The Windows Azure Pack is a collection of Windows Azure technologies that runs in your own datacenter, integrating with System Center and Windows Server to provide a self-service portal for managing services such as websites, virtual machines, SQL Server and more. In this interview that starts at [03:50], we cover: [04:40] What is the Windows Azure Pack? [05:30] Demo [10:00] Which Windows Server and System Center components are required for the WAP? [11:00] How was this technology built with a "Cloud first" engineering approach? [12:45] How does the WAP benefit hosters, service providers, and customers in isolated environments? [16:00] Is the WAP an officially supported product? [17:00] System Center offers multiple self-service portals.  Which portal should customers use and when? [18:30] Where can people go to learn more about the WAP? Curah: Windows Azure Pack: http://curah.microsoft.com/52604/windows-azure-pack-links Building Clouds Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/12/20/building-clouds-windows-azure-pack-blog-post-overview.aspx Windows Azure Pack on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296435.aspx Windows Azure Pack Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx News: [00:10] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) Version 9.0 Released: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566 [01:30] List of free eBooks on the Microsoft Virtual Academy: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks [02:00] Windows Azure IaaS Jump Start released on the Microsoft Virtual Academy: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-azure-iaas-deep-dive-jump-start [02:20] System Center Univer

In this episode of the Edge show Simon May and Symon Perriman talk through what's new at Microsoft this week including highlights such as Microsoft's New CEO announcement, Symon Perriman and Matt McSpirit's upcoming jumpstart Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V and System Center, Microsoft and NBC's end-to-end live streaming of the Winter Olympics entirely in the cloud, including encoding, transcoding and streaming, for the first time in history. They then switch gears and look at some tools for Information workers and IT admins with announcements that Office 365 now supports PowerBI ( very cool technology for visualizing data) and Office 365 users can protect their user accounts with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and finally Simon get's a little jazzed about the Windows Performance Jumpstart on MVA. In the interview for this episode Simon May talks to Martin Booth about what's new with Windows Intune stand alone, Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager working together to deliver a single pane of glass and they specifically take a look at how Windows Intune and Configuration Manager enable new features quickly through extensions. There are also new capabilities for managing iOS devices and (keep this quiet) but you'll get to see a product roadmap! Below are the links that Martin shared to the updated documentation to help with device settings and implementation decisions.   Which management solution to choose:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn600286.aspxList of Compliance Settings in Windows Intune standalonehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn600287.aspxHow to Manage Mobile Devices with ConfigMgr & Windows Intunehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj884158.aspxList of Compliance Settings in ConfigMgr & Windows Intunehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn376523.aspxPlanning to Use Extensions in Configuration Managerhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-u

In this episode of the Edge show Simon May and Rick "Server Hugger, Cloud Lover!" Claus talk through some stuff that Microsoft released this week including the General Availability of Hyper-V Recovery manager. The Lync update for Windows Phone and iOS devices and the change of name from SkyDrive to OneDrive and OneDrive for business. Oh and one more thing, an IT Manager who's taken his Nokia Lumia1020 to the skies with a UEV. In the interview for this episode Rick talks to Gabriel Sliva about vRSS or virtual receive side scalling that lets your VMS really use all the bandwidth available to them Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @SimonsterFollow @SymonPerrimanFollow @dtzarFollow @RicksterCDN Facebook - Email

In this special episode, the Edge Show welcomes new team member Simon May, a technical evangelist focusing on Enterprise Client.  Simon joins the team from the United Kingdom, having worked as an evangelist there for several years.  Also learn about what's coming up next for each of the "Channel 9 - The Edge News Team" - with the David Tesar, Symon Perriman, Rick Claus and "the new guy" Simon May. In the interview for this episode Symon talks with Michael Leworthy, a Senior Product Marketing Manager, to discuss server management with Configuration Manager.  Since System Center 2012 R2 now includes every System Center component (SCOM, SCVMM, etc.) with a single license, more infrastructure and server administrators are getting exposed to Configuration Manager and want to know how it can be used in the datacenter to deploy, secure and manage servers and virtual machines.  In this interview that starts at [06:15], we cover: [06:55] What is Configuration Manager used for?[07:20] Why have we seen more datacenter administrators using Configuration Manager?[08:20] How can it be used for server inventory and asset management?[09:40] How can it be used for Windows Server deployment?[11:20] How can it be used for enterprise application deployment?[13:40] How can it be used for desired configuration change management?[15:55] How can it be used for patching and updating servers?[17:30] How does it manage virtual machines and virtual hard disks?[18:55] How can Configuration Manager integrate with Orchestrator do perform automation tasks?[T:] Where can people go to learn more? Configuration Manager Portal: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/system-center-2012-r2-configuration-manager/default.aspxConfiguration Manager on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682129.aspxNews: There was no news segment this week.Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @SimonsterFollow @Sy

In this episode, Rick interviews Abhishek Gupta - a program manager in Microsoft Open Source Technology Center who works on the Linux Integration Services team. He goes through the new release functionality, availability for various distributions as well as previewing the new Generation 2 VM capabilities for Linux Guests. Some great reference information as well as demos showing off Linux Integration Services 3.5 goodness.   News: Best Practices for Operating your Hybrid Cloud from Brad Anderson at "In the cloud" blog.Mixed Tape for Best Blog Posts for 2013 from the Ask PFE blog.Linux Integration Services v 3.5 available for download blog post from Abhishek Gupta.Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @RicksterCDN Facebook - Email

Dig into learn Windows Azure Traffic Manager and get the inside scoop in this interview with Principal Program Manager NK Srinivas. NK spends most of the time showing demos of how to use and configure traffic manager around three real world scenarios and also lets you know some of the future features of the service. In this interview that starts at [02:20], we cover: What is traffic manager used for?[04:04] Demo: Improving the end-user performance with Windows Azure Traffic Manager (WATM) [08:07] Are the cloud services that you can select as endpoints limited to a single subscription? [09:12] How did we come up with 300 seconds as the default DNS TTL?[10:30] How do you properly configure your public DNS records to utilize traffic manager?[13:45] Demo: Using traffic manager to upgrade cloud services / applications[15:22] How do you drain clients once you've disabled an endpoint in traffic manager?[16:54] When would you use this method versus other methods to update applications?[17:48] Demo: Using traffic manager for disaster recovery[22:45] What goes on behind the scenes to have the disaster recovery happen?[25:50] What's in store for the future with Windows Azure Traffic Manager?Sign up for a free trial of Windows Azure - http://aka.ms/aztrial News: Microsoft Dynamics partnership with ParatureMVA – What's New in Windows 8.1 Security http://aka.ms/ws81sec MVA – What's New in VDI for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 8.1 http://aka.ms/newvdiMVA – System Center 2012 R2: ITIL for IT Pros http://aka.ms/itilConnect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @dtzar Facebook - Email

Learn the inside scoop on Windows Azure active directory premium in this interview with Senior Product Marketing Manager Nasos Kladakis. Nasos gives lots of demos of the new premium features and compares with the standard free functionality. In this interview that starts at [05:14], we cover: What is new with Windows Azure Active Directory since our Edge Show interview #69 on WAAD[06:40] What functionality is available in Windows Azure Active Directory Premium?[07:29] Demo: How to signup for the premium features?[08:40] Demo: How to configure a custom sign-in management portal?[09:30] Is there a way to reset the password in Windows Azure AD and have the password sync back to on-premise AD?[10:13] Demo: Providing groups with access to 3rd party applications[12:05] Demo: Self-Service Reset portal from the client view using separate email account[13:42] Demo: Self-Service Reset portal from the client view using mobile phone[15:50] Will MFA be a part of the Windows Azure Active Directory Premium membership offering?[16:30] Demo: Security Report - Sign ins from multiple geographies[18:12] Demo: Security Report - Sign ins from IP addresses with suspicious activity[19:20] Demo: Security Report - Irregular sign-in activitySign up for a free trial of Windows Azure - http://aka.ms/aztrial News: Cloud OS network launchMDOP 2013 R2 now availableEarly Bird Discount for TechEd NorthamericaMint App for Windows Phone 8Outlook.com switch from Gmail toolGA of new connectors to FIM2010R2Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @dtzarFollow @rickstercdn Facebook - Email

Learn about the new Java (JEE) application performance monitoring (APM) capabilities provided by System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager as Symon interviews Program Manager Chris Herrman. This new Management Pack provides deep application health and performance insight and code-level analysis for Java applications. In this interview that starts at [12:15] we cover: Why does Microsoft invest in the Open Source community?[13:45] What is "DevOps" and how does it add agility to the application lifecycle?[15:30] What is Application Performance Monitoring (APM)?[16:30] How does APM differ from traditional Operations Manager monitoring?[16:45] What are the benefits of APM for IT professionals and developers?[17:30] How does APM work?[19:00] Does the developer need to add any specific code to make monitoring work?[19:15] Will legacy Java applications work with APM?[19:30] Demo: Configuring and viewing Java Application Performance Monitoring[28:45] Where can people go to learn more? TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn502605.aspxDeveloper blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/random_happy_dev_thoughtsTeam blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteamNews: A new Jump Start training is released on the Microsoft Virtual Academy: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-centerCheck out new blogs about how to use System Center 2012 R2 Network Virtualization, Part 1: http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2013/11/25/adopting-network-virtualization-part-i.aspx & Part 2: http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2013/11/27/adopting-network-virtualization-part-ii.aspxMicrosoft announces Windows Azure Services in Brazil: http://www.microsoft.com/es-xl/news/Microsoft-announces-expansion-of-Windows-Azure-Services-with-a-new-region-in-Brazil.aspxHear about the new Windows Azure updates: http://weblogs.

Get the inside scoop on how we put on the TechNet V-Labs infrastructure from the Lead Architect who constructed the solution.  Did you ever wonder what happens when you launch one of the online labs? Well - listen to Corey Hynes from HOL Systems talk about what gets done and the technology used to pull it off. In this interview that starts at [09:56] Try out on of the TechNet V-Labs! News: Brad Anderson's blog - In The Cloud - Success with Hybrid Cloud Get the XBOX One SmartGlass app Nokia Bluetooth 4.0 LE Availability - details here Control Office Apps remotely with Windows Phone.   Control your Essentials Role on Windows Server with "My Server 2012 R2" app for Windows Phone 8 Connect with the Edge Team: Follow @tnedgeFollow @rickstercdnFollow @wirelesslife Facebook - Email

Learn the inside scoop on new capabilities around the new Microsoft Rights Management capabilities which have connections to Windows Azure AD in this interview with Sr. Program Manager Tejas Patel. We ask common questions, demo the iOS remote desktop client, and chat about some of the VDI enhancements in Windows Server 2012 R2. In this interview that starts at [13:14], we cover: Why do you even need rights management?[T015:00] What's new from Microsoft with rights management?[16:55] Demo Configuring the Office 365 service to Microsoft Rights Management [17:40] Activating the rights management service[18:58] Enabling IRM within SharePoint Online[20:05] Adding a workgroup with an information rights management policy[22:14] Demo - Microsoft rights management clientProtecting a text file with the rights management client and sharing it via emailHow can an IT admin know about people sending protected files?[29:22] Demo - Client not in your organization sign-up for a new Microsoft Rights Management account[31:29] Demo - opening the encrypted text file on an iPad Mini[32:05] What goes on under the hood when a user creates a new Microsoft Rights Management account with Windows Azure AD and authorization?Does the administrator see the encrypted data?[35:15] Can an administrator see the encrypted data?What other applications do we support with Microsoft Rights Management services?Can anyone enable Windows Azure AD and this service even without having Office 365?Start a Windows Azure Evaluation: http://aka.ms/azuretrial   News: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/11/04/windows-azure-import-export-hard-drives-vm-acls-web-sockets-remote-debugging-continuous-delivery-new-relic-billing-alerts-and-more.aspxStorage: Import/Export Hard Disk Drives to your Storage AccountsVirtual Machines: New VM Gallery, ACL support for VIPsBilling: New Billing Alert Service that sends emails notifications when your bill hits a threshold you defineWindows Azure PowerShell 0.7.0New Window