Hands on – 2011

Why should an IT-pro spend some time with Windows Azure?

At the PDC 2010, Microsoft announced some news for us as well.

·         VM Role

·         Windows Azure Connect

·         Remote Desktop

·         Admin Mode

·         Full IIS 7.5

If you already are familiar with Hyper-V and the concept about Private Cloud as far as Microsoft concern, you have a good start. We have also heard some announcements about the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (vNext / 2012). From this perspective we can tell that Microsoft wants us to integrate more with Windows Azure.

One of the great thing about virtualization is that you need to have a decent understanding about every aspect of the eco-system. You need to understand networking, scripting, system administration, databases, security, - yes, almost everything. So to update your skills to also manage Windows Azure from the IT-pros perspective should be practicable.

When it comes to Windows Azure we need to focus on:

·         Deployment

·         Updates

·         Affinity Groups

·         Monitoring

·         Administration

·         Security

·         Backup

We cannot consider us self as unemployed just because we don`t manage the Hypervisor in the cloud.

I`m very exiting about the next version of VMM, and to see what benefits an IT-pro would gain being updated on Windows Azure.

I will share a PowerPoint presentation later for explaining IT-pros about Windows Azure (public cloud) and on-premise (private cloud).