Angel Perez Palacios

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-43064902-1’, ‘watchingthecloud.blogspot.com.es’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Your functional SharePoint lab environment is now complete, but if you’re like me, you won’t be using this lab environment 24×7 around-the-clock. As long as the virtual machines are provisioned, they will continue to accumulate compute hours against your Windows Azure account regardless of virtual … Continue reading De-provision / Re-provision your Azure Lab Environment via PowerShell

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-43064902-1’, ‘watchingthecloud.blogspot.com.es’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Access to Windows Azure Management Portal https://manage.windowsazure.com/ Go to Virtual Machines menu, and click on +NEW button at the bottom toolbar. Navigate to Compute –> Virtual Machines –> From Gallery. As you can see Windows Azure provides us a lot of templates, not just for … Continue reading Build a VM in Windows Azure

Access to Windows Azure Management Portal https://manage.windowsazure.com/ First we have to create a VM, click on +NEW and navigate to Compute –> Virtual Machines –> From Gallery: Select Windows Server 2012 Datacenter and click on button: For lab purposes we can choice Extra Small size. Fill the rest of the fields and go to next … Continue reading Configure Windows Server Active Directory in a Windows Azure VM

Select Networks on the side navigation bar and click on +NEW button, select Networks –> Virtual Network –> Register DNS Server. Complete DNS information with, for example, this data: And click on REGISTER DNS SERVER. Continue reading Register a DNS server in Windows Azure

Virtual Machines that are provisioned in Windows Azure are stored in the world-wide cloud-based Windows Azure Storage service. In terms of high availability, the Storage service provides built-in storage replication capability – where every VM is replicated to three separate locations within the Windows Azure data center region you select. In addition, Windows Azure Storage … Continue reading Define a Windows Azure Storage Account