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How Do I: Download Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster for IT Pros?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:20:44 +0530

Technical Writer Martin McClean talks about the Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster for IT Pros. Download the free poster at: http://bit.ly/8YeAEl

How Do I: Configure SQL Azure Security?

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:42:31 +0530

In this video, Max Adams introduces security within SQL Azure. The creation of Logins, Databases and Users is discussed and demonstrated. The views sys.sql_logins and sys.databases which allow the display of logins and databases from the master database are also discussed.

How Do I: Configure a virtual machine running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V to support hot add storage?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:43:20 +0530

With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V supports the addition and removal of storage devices for virtual machines while they are running. In this video, Gordon Ryan walks through the process of creating a new virtual machine then adding in a new virtual hard disk, then removing it while the virtual machine is running.

How Do I: Configure Keywords and Best Bets?

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:14:57 -0700

In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) examines how to enhance the standard Microsoft Office SharePoint Server search results to include additional rich contextual information related to the search. The video covers both the Keywords functionality, which includes descriptions and additional information related to the search term, as well as "Best Bets" - a suggested list of relevant links.

How Do I: Use the Business Data Catalog?

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:51:55 -0700

The Business Data Catalog (BDC) functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables you to present line-of-business data within MOSS. In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate how to configure a BDC Application and how to use external data with Web Parts, Lists and Enterprise Search.

How Do I: Configure Single Sign On (SSO)?

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:52:38 +0530

In this video, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) demonstrates how to configure Microsoft Single Sign On for use within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in order to connect to a SQL Server database over a BDC connection using SQL Server credentials.

How Do I: Install and Configure the Faceted Search Add-in?

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:10:35 +0530

Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, developed in conjunction with Microsoft employees and members of the community. Available at http://facetedsearch.codeplex.com/, Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search user experience with richer abilities to refine search results. Join Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he looks into installing and setting up this set of tools.

How Do I: Configure the Active Directory Profile Import Service?

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:24:44 +0530

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows you, through the Shared Services Provider, to configure the importing of Active Directory user profiles into SharePoint Server. This allows for a far richer experience of displaying and updating user profiles including features like the ability to track colleagues and display the user’s relative position in the organisational hierarchy. Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through how to set up and configure this AD profile import service to bring this data in from Active Directory.

How Do I: Create a KPI List and KPI Dashboard?

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:54:00 +0530

Join, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores how to create a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) list in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In the video, we explore how to create various types of KPIs (manual, based on SharePoint lists, and based on an Excel workbook in an Excel Services Trusted Location) and how to create a KPI dashboard based on the list of KPIs.

How Do I: Managing SSL Certificates With Azure ?

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:21:31 +0530

In this video, Max Adams describes how to create and deploy SSL certificates to Windows Azure applications. An x509 certificate is also deployed to the Azure account for use with the Windows Azure Management API.

How Do I: Deploying With CS Pack ?

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:35:15 +0530

There are times when using command line utilities instead of an IDE to deploy Azure applications just make sense. In this video, Max Adams introduces the Azure SDK’s command line utilities – CSPack and CSRun to do this type of packaging and deployment.

How Do I: Azure Deployment State Errors ?

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:30:14 +0530

In this video, Max Adams discusses the most common errors that cause a deployment of a Windows Azure application to cycle between the Initializing, Busy, and Stopped statuses. The discussion includes assembly errors, configuration errors, and unhandled exceptions.

How Do I: Use Powershell to Manage My Azure Services?

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:21:06 +0530

Managing Azure deployments has been made infinitely easier with the advent of the Azure Management API. In this video, Max Adams introduces the next step in efficiency – managing your Azure deployments with the use of Powershell commandlets that wrap the management API and allow scripting of all Azure management tasks.

How Do I: Use the RoleManager Class to Log SessionIDs in SQL Azure?

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:18:53 +0530

Using the Azure Diagnostics assemblies are an important feature of Microsoft Windows Azure Platform. In this video, Max Adams will delve into using the assemblies and the Trace class to log application information within Azure storage.This video includes: Connecting to SQL Azure and retrieving a SQL session id, Using the Diagnostics assembly in Azure to store logs to Azure storage.

How Do I: Manage SQL Azure Firewall rules?

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:17:21 +0530

SQL Azure provides IT Professionals and organizations with the ability to store data in the Cloud - within Microsoft's data centers. This approach allows geographically dispersed entities access to centralized data, allows for scaling out without the enormous costs etc. In this video, Max Adams discusses The IP Firewall Rules inherent in SQL Azure, and demonstrates connecting to a SQL Azure database using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008.

How Do I: How to Use Azure Storage?

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:14:23 +0530

There are three ways of using Azure Storage in the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform services. In this video, Max Adams will introduce the three methods and deep-dive into using the Tables storage method to store structured data in Azure storage.

How Do I: Deploy my first Azure application: Step-by-Step?

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:11:06 +0530

In this video, Max Adams will deploy a new Windows Azure Web Role Application to the Cloud in Azure Platform., Creating a new Azure Storage Service for the application’s data access, Creating a new Azure Hosted Application Service, Configuring and publishing the Web Role Application’s package and configuration, Deploying the application to Azure Staging and Production environments.

How Do I: What is Azure?

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:15:34 +0530

Cloud Computing is here to stay and Microsoft is providing Organizations and developers with the Windows Azure platform to leverage this growing trend towards SaaS (Software as a Service). Join Max Adams as he investigates what Windows Azure is and how to begin thinking about how your organization should be jumping onboard with Microsoft Windows Azure.