Blain Barton

http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-44-49-metablogapi/5367.clip_5F00_image030_5F00_thumb_5F00_1E0BDF9B.png http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-44-49-metablogapi/1121.clip_5F00_image016_5F00_thumb_5F00_1B46EC4F.png The last few weeks I have been working with customers around Windows Azure and setting up a Virtual Machine of Windows Server 2012 on Microsoft’s Public Cloud with the Microsoft Azure 90-Evaluation located at: http://aka.ms/try-azure This is my “Step-By-Step” guide for setting up your “Windows Azure 90-Day Trial Subscription” and getting a Virtual Machine of Windows Server 2012 up and running. Here are the appropriate steps: (Note: You will need your Live ID and credit card may be required if you use Cloud Services.) I counted 30 steps to... (more)

Looking at “Real World” Windows Azure Scenarios

Looking at “Real World” Windows Azure Scenarios – Migrating a Classic 3-Tier Application to Windows Azure with Don Noonan from Skylera I wrote this article about Don Noonan, a Cloud Architect from Skylera and his overview of “Infrastructure as a Service” platform. Don and I met at TechEd in Orlando 2012 last year and I interviewed him on the newest technologies around Windows Azure. Don has experience working at Microsoft, Boeing and has been working with storage technologies, virtual machines, workloads and desktop client deployment using cloud services - instead of the usual o... (more)