Blogs - Regular-IT-Guy


Azure Nested Virtual Machines[MP4] [0:04:00] [2017/07/14]
We announced nested virtualization support coming to Azure with Dv3 or Ev3 series at //build session last month. You can now enable nested virtualization using the Dv3 and Ev3 VM sizes. We will…


Azure Managed Disks demo[MP4] [0:06:23] [2017/02/09]
Corey Sanders shows you the new Managed Disks capability in Microsoft Azure.


Making an ARM template from SCRATCH[MP4] [0:06:10] [2016/06/04]
My good friend Neil Gat is a master at all things Azure Resource Manager Templates and has decided to take up a challenge I gave him to share how you can create one from SCRATCH! Have a look - a few…


DevDays Peru with Corey Sanders[MP4] [0:00:24] [2016/04/13]
El evento de tecnología Microsoft más importante de américa latina está a auna semana. Ven al Microsoft DevDays LATAM 2016 en Lima Perú para conocer, aprender y compartir con las personas que están…


An Introduction to Software Inventory Logging (SIL)[MP4] [0:10:58] [2016/02/25]
This first module, an introduction to Software Inventory Logging (SIL), gives an overview of SIL, advantages of SIL, architecture & components, prerequisites, and an introduction to basic SIL…


Service Fabric Demo[MP4] [0:03:21] [2015/11/18]
Service Fabric


Mark Russinovich Talks Azure Scale Sets[MP4] [0:09:35] [2015/11/12]
Mark Russinovich, CTO of Azure stops by the Channel 9 studio to give us a demo of Azure Scale Sets.


Automate everywhere with the new Azure Automation in OMS with special guest Jeffrey Snover[MP4] [0:31:29] [2015/10/29]
Azure Automation has provided a highly available, reliable, and scalable process execution engine for orchestrating error-prone and complex IT management tasks around Azure resources for a long time.…


Docker Swarm Clusters on Azure[MP4] [0:03:01] [2015/09/22]
I got Ahmet Alp Balkan to share his demo on how to create Docker Swarm clusters on azure. Here is a quick demo of how easy it is to create these clusters in order to host distributed container…


Mark Russinovich demos the new GS variant of VMs on Azure[MP4] [0:05:33] [2015/09/02]
Mark Russinovich, CTO of Azure - introduces us to the GS-series VMs in Azure. It combines the compute power of G-series with the performance of Premium Storage to create powerful VMs for your most…


The Demise of SMB 1 in the Windows Stack[MP4] [0:32:00] [2015/09/01]
My good friend Matt McSpirit has an issue with a file copy between servers in a datacenter. While daydreaming of it's completion - his mind wanders and encounters three members of the engineering team…


Hyperlapse of CH9 Guy walking to CH9 Studio[MP4] [0:01:19] [2015/08/19]
I decided to try out Hyperlapse today on my walk over to the CH9 Studios here on camps. Follow the CH9 guy as he makes his way home. I used my old Contour HD camera with some microphone arms and duct…


How To: Configure AzureCLI to work with an Org Account[MP4] [0:05:05] [2015/08/13]
If you ever run Azure CLI you may have noticed a message that you need to use Microsoft organizational account or service principal to login referring you to this URL (https://aka.ms/Dhf67j) on how to…


Debunking Azure Myths: Azure Doesn't Scale up to large VMs[MP4] [0:05:58] [2015/06/23]
A lot of myths and misinformation out there about what you can do with Microsoft Azure and what using Azure is like. I figured it was time to debunk some of these myths by talking to the engineering…


Behind the Scenes with Storage Replica and RDMA[MP4] [0:23:39] [2015/06/11]
I got pinged a while back to help out the FileServer team with explaining StorageReplica in "Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2" - I of course jumped at the opportunity. I met up with…


Debunking Azure Myths: Azure doesn't scale out to large and complex workloads[MP4] [0:03:42] [2015/06/09]
A lot of myths and misinformation out there about what you can do with Microsoft Azure and what using Azure is like. I figured it was time to debunk some of these myths by talking to the engineering…


Cloud Foundery template in Azure[MP4] [0:10:46] [2015/05/30]
Cloud Foundry is the open source PaaS provider that makes it faster and easier to build, test, deploy, and scale cloud applications from different languages. an exciting open source milestone for our…


Debunking Azure Myths: Linux and Microsoft Azure don't work well together[MP4] [0:02:31] [2015/05/26]
A lot of myths and misinformation out there about what you can do with Microsoft Azure and what using Azure is like. I figured it was time to debunk some of these myths by talking to the engineering…


Debunking Azure Myths: Lack of a Robust Partner Ecosystem[MP4] [0:02:52] [2015/05/13]
A lot of myths and misinformation out there about what you can do with Microsoft Azure and what using Azure is like. I figured it was time to debunk some of these myths by talking to the engineering…


Azure Compute and OSS in Azure Resource Manager[MP4] [0:06:35] [2015/04/30]
Madhan Ramakrishnan takes us through what Azure Resource Manager can do with Open Source technologies and Azure Compute.


Azure Compute and AzureCLI with Azure Resource Manager[MP4] [0:08:32] [2015/04/30]
Khalid Mouss takes us through what is possible with the new AzureCLI and Azure Resource Manager.


Azure Compute now available in Azure Resource Manager[MP4] [0:05:33] [2015/04/30]
Corey Sanders introduces the ability to add compute resources (IaaS VMs) into Azure Resource Manager.


Azure Premium Storage Demo[MP4] [0:03:55] [2015/04/17]
Mark Russinovich, CTO of Azure, announces the GA of Premium Storage as he demonstrates the performance of Azure Premium Storage and DS series VMs. Full details can be found at the following blog…


Quick Nano Server Scale Demo [MP4] [0:00:53] [2015/04/09]
Refaat Issa, Senior Program Manager on the Nano Server team shows you an example of scale with Nano Server on an 8 processor 1 TB machine running 1000 Nano Server VMs. Be sure to tune into the…


Quick Nano Server PXE boot demo[MP4] [0:01:39] [2015/04/09]
Refaat Issa, Senior Program Manager on the Nano Server team shows you a PXE boot bare metal install of Nano Server. Be sure to tune into the Microsoft Ignite session where Jeffrey Snover will go into…


Linux Hack-a-Doc event[MP4] [0:06:54] [2015/03/03]
Watch the Linux on Azure team work on documentation! They attended (and won!) an internal hackathon focused on revamping documentation on the Azure website. Now, they're inviting you to join in with a…


Desired State Configuration for Network Switches in CPS[MP4] [0:13:52] [2015/02/25]
This is a demo video of how to configure Network Switches in the Microsoft Cloud Platform System using PowerShell Desired State Configuration.


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Yochay Kiriaty[MP4] [0:01:24] [2014/11/29]
Meet Yochay Kiriaty, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Yochay shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: YochayKiriaty[MP4] [0:00:27] [2014/11/29]
Meet Yochay Kiriaty, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Yochay, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Vamshidhar Kommineni[MP4] [0:01:26] [2014/11/27]
Meet Vamshidhar Kommineni, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Vamshidhar shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Nosheen Syed AND Luis Vargas[MP4] [0:01:26] [2014/11/27]
Meet Nosheen Syed AND Luis Vargas, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Nosheen and Luis share details about what you can expect to learn from…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Nosheen Syed AND Luis Vargas[MP4] [0:00:21] [2014/11/27]
Meet Nosheen Syed and Luis Vargas, featured speakers for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Nosheen & Luis as well as event host Rick…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Vamshidhar Kommineni[MP4] [0:00:20] [2014/11/27]
Meet Vamshidhar Kommineni, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Vamshidhar, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Khalid Mouss[MP4] [0:01:14] [2014/11/26]
Meet Khalid Mouss, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Khalid shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Khalid Mouss[MP4] [0:00:29] [2014/11/26]
Meet Khalid Mouss, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Khalid, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Joe Levy[MP4] [0:01:41] [2014/11/26]
Meet Joe Levy, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Joe shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Joe Levy[MP4] [0:00:22] [2014/11/26]
Meet Joe Levy, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Joe, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4 days of…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Jared Shockley[MP4] [0:00:26] [2014/11/26]
Meet Jared Shockley, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Jared, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Sung Hsueh[MP4] [0:01:19] [2014/11/26]
Meet Sung Hsueh, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Sung shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Sung Hsueh[MP4] [0:00:29] [2014/11/25]
Meet Sung Hsueh, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Sung, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4 days…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Rick Claus[MP4] [0:01:21] [2014/11/20]
Meet Rick Claus, Sr. Technical Evangelist and Host / Engineer Wrangler of the upcoming FREE Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today to confirm your spot to watch Rick…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Matt McSpirit[MP4] [0:01:01] [2014/11/20]
Meet Matt McSpirit, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Matt shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Matt McSpirit[MP4] [0:00:25] [2014/11/20]
Meet Matt McSpirit, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Matt, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Jared Shockley[MP4] [0:00:38] [2014/11/20]
Meet Jared Shockley, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Jared shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Madhan Arumugam[MP4] [0:00:22] [2014/11/18]
Meet Madhan Arumugam, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Madhan, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Drew McDaniel[MP4] [0:00:23] [2014/11/18]
Meet Drew McDaniel, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Drew, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Corey Sanders[MP4] [0:00:23] [2014/11/18]
Meet Corey Sanders, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Corey, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Kundana Palagiri[MP4] [0:00:25] [2014/11/18]
Meet Kundana Palagiri, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Kundana, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Mark Russinovich[MP4] [0:00:17] [2014/11/18]
Meet Mark Russinovich, featured keynote speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Mark, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure…


Azure IaaS Week Promo: Simon May[MP4] [0:00:26] [2014/11/18]
Meet Simon May, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Register today and join Simon, event host Rick Claus, and 14 more Azure experts for 4 days…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Simon May[MP4] [0:01:20] [2014/11/18]
Meet Simon May, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Simon shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Mark Russinovich[MP4] [0:01:14] [2014/11/18]
Meet Mark Russinovich, featured keynote speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Mark shares details about what you can expect to learn from the keynote…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Madhan Arumugam[MP4] [0:01:14] [2014/11/18]
Meet Madhan Arumugam, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Madhan shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session he delivers…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Kundana Palagiri[MP4] [0:01:03] [2014/11/18]
Meet Kundana Palagiri, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Kundana shares details about what you can expect to learn from the session she…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Drew McDaniel[MP4] [0:00:52] [2014/11/18]
Meet Drew McDaniel, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Drew shares details about what you can expect to learn from the sessions he delivers on…


Azure IaaS Week Intro: Corey Sanders[MP4] [0:00:59] [2014/11/18]
Meet Corey Sanders, featured speaker for the upcoming Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event (December 1-4, 2014). Corey shares the two key takeaways you'll get from the session he delivers on December…


Docker High Level Whiteboard[MP4] [0:11:53] [2014/10/24]
A High Level explanation / whiteboarding of container technologies and their advantages over individual processes and traditional IaaS Virtual Machines. Madhan Arumugam, Principal Program Manager with…


D-Series SSD VMs in IaaS[MP4] [0:06:25] [2014/09/22]
I did a quick interview with Kenaz Kwa, Program manager on the Microsoft Azure Runtime Team - part of the IaaS compute team. Kenaz talks about the new D-Series virtual machines in IaaS: They are…


TechEd Countdown Show: The One with all the Bloopers[MP4] [0:01:20] [2014/05/20]
This is currently buried in a longer episode of The Countdown Show. I decided to pull this one out all by itself, because it's worth a quick viewing for a good laugh.


Reasons to go to TechEd by Ed Liberman[MP4] [0:00:21] [2014/05/08]
My buddy Ed Liberman tells it like it is... One reason to go to TechEd in Houston - May 12th to 15th.


#msTechEdChat heist[MP4] [0:00:49] [2014/05/01]
Apparently @joeysnow and I are going to take over the @TechEd_NA twitter handle on Thursday, May 1st around 11PT. Join us by following the #mstechedchat hashtag and tweet us your Questions. Follow all…


Chat with Bob Combs about changes to Hyper-V Switch in Windows Server 2012 R2[MP4] [0:07:52] [2014/02/13]
I sit down with Bob Combs, Senior Program Manager on the Windows Core Networking team to talk about changes to the Hyper-V Extensible Switch in Windows Server 2012 R2. This is an update to an earlier…


Abhishek Gupta talks about Linux Integration Services[MP4] [0:33:24] [2014/01/21]
In this episode, I interview Abhishek Gupta - a program manager in Microsoft Open Source Technology Center who works on the Linux Integration Services team. He goes through the new release…


Tips on better Demo Presentation Skills and StoryTelling[MP4] [0:52:31] [2013/07/18]
I have some blog posts over on my blog (Regular IT Guy) on How To help you deliver more impactful demos with three posts covering Demo Machine Prep, Use of ZoomIt and Virtualization Guest VM…


How Server Manager embodies the Microsoft Design Principles - Mike Pell[MP4] [0:06:34] [2012/09/11]
I had the opportunity to sit and chat with Mike Pell from the design team for Server Manager in Windows Server 2012. He drove the team design effort to create the new Server Manager tool which all IT…