Blog

The blogs stopped in 2014 when he was discouraged from blogging by Hitachi. Since James Avery passed away July 10, 2021 no updates will be forthcoming.  I keep this site up for him.  Because he made such an impact in life and wanted to share his knowledge.  Even if it is old it is his words that will live forever on this site.

How to publish URL shortcuts to Windows 8.1

Author: David O’Brien Date: 06/26/2014 Article… A customer of mine asked me to create a new Windows 8.1 Enterprise SOE (golden image, standard image, whatever) and also customize the Start Menu and Start Screen layout. This customer is pretty easy as most of their applications are web apps. Therefor I only have to deploy all […]

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.0

Download… Microsoft® Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the information technology (IT) pro or solution provider who wants to convert virtual machines and disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-V® hosts and Windows Azure™. MVMC can be deployed with minimal dependencies. Because MVMC provides native support for Windows PowerShell®, it enables scripting […]

Azure Data Center Pairings

Author: John Savill Date: 06/22/2014 Article… Q: What are the Microsoft Azure data center pairings? A: All Microsoft Azure data centers are paired with another data center that’s physically separated by hundreds of miles. Data is asynchronously replicated between the two data centers (when the storage account is enabled for georeplication) to protect against an […]

Controlling Windows Update Using PowerShell

Author: Rod Trent Date: 06/23/2014 Article… Using PowerShell to manage Windows Updates on computers follows along the old "even if you could, should you?" adage. From a techie’s perspective that answer is always a resounding "Yes!" In the movies, though, repercussions are always unexpected, usually dreadful, and most times hilarious. Strap a bra on your […]

Azure Web Sites Extensions

Author: DARIA GRIGORIU Date: 06/20/2014 Article… Each Azure Website provides an extensible management end point that allows you to leverage a powerful set of tools deployed as site extensions. These tools range from source code editors like Visual Studio Online to management tools for connected resources such as a MySQL database connected to a website. […]

New SCCM Support Tools – Configuration Manager Support Center

Author: Justin Gao Date: 06/21/2014 Hi All : System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Support Center helps you to gather information about System Center 2012 Configuration Manager clients, so that you can more easily address issues with those clients when working with product support specialists. Configuration Manager Support Center includes a tool that gathers a bundle […]

Azure Site Recovery Now Supports Disaster Recovery to Azure

Author: Abhishek Hemrajani 20 Jun 2014 12:16 AM Article… Hyper-V Recovery Manager is now Azure Site Recovery and with that I am excited to announce the Preview of a new functionality that will enable Disaster Recovery to Azure. Our Enterprise and SMB customers can now protect, replicate, and failover Virtual Machines directly to Microsoft Azure […]

VNet-to-VNet: Connecting Virtual Networks in Azure across Different Regions

Author: Yu-Shun Wang Senior Program Manager, Azure Networking Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Overview At TechEd 2014, we released Multi-Site VPNs, in-region VNet-to-VNet, and cross-region VNet-to-VNet features. This blog is the first of a mini-series to walk you through the configuration steps and examples of how you can connect your virtual networks together using the VNet-to-VNet […]

Getting Started With Azure Automation – Runbook Management

Author: Beth Cooper Program Manager, Azure Automation Azure Automation is a new service in Azure that allows you to automate your Azure management tasks and to orchestrate actions across external systems from right within Azure. It is built on PowerShell Workflow, so you can take advantage of the language’s many features. If you have not […]

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