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How to Network Boot Surface Pro to Install Corporate Image By Richard Qi

Some of you might already got a Surface Pro device as it is now available in Singapore. If you are a good corporate citizen like me, the first thing you might want to do is to install corporate image[...]

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3 Jun 2013

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Windows Azure – Automating SharePoint Deployments using PowerShell By Richard Qi

Previously I shared a script to Migrate SharePoint to Windows Azure IaaS. What if you want to deploy new SharePoint on Azure? Here is a sample script that allows you to do it quickly. This is created[...]

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31 May 2013

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Setup Custom Domain Name for Windows Azure Websites or Services By Richard Qi

I talked about few times about using Azure for Websites and Host Services like build WordPress blog easily with Windows Azure Websites. Recently few people asked me how to create a custom domain name [...]

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13 May 2013

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PowerShell script to migrate SharePoint to Azure IaaS By Richard Qi

Recently at the Windows Azure Global Boot Camp, I talked about how to migrate sharepoint from on premise to Windows Azure Virtual Machines. Some of you reached out to me after the session for the [...]

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6 May 2013

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Azure IaaS – Deploy Tier1 Workload and Create VPN Connectivity By Richard Qi

On April 16th 2013, the Windows Azure team has announced that Windows Azure Infrasructure Services ( Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks ) has been released for General Availability ( GA )! The [...]

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1 May 2013

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Windows Azure Active Directory Delivers single sign-on (SSO) for Cloud Services By Richard Qi

Well, there are a lot of great Cloud Services out there that organization can leverage today. Two typical examples are Office 365 and Windows Intune. Both are great public cloud services that can [...]

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27 Mar 2013

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The New Office: Garage Series for IT Pro By Richard Qi

Well, I always like Geek TV Shows like Top Gear. Together with Commerical Release of Office, here is a fantastic Microsoft produced weekly Geek TV show called The New Office Garage Series for IT Pro[...]

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10 Mar 2013

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Tabletop Datacenter – Surface Pro Meets Hyper-V By Richard Qi

This is a total geek experiment done by few Microsoft Redmond guys. They got 4 Surface Pro devices and built a server farm in about one hour. After that, they were just having fun and moving VM [...]

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25 Feb 2013

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System Center Universe 2013 Summary By Richard Qi

Thank you for those who attended System Center Universe on January 31st. We had a full house! This is the first time that System Center Universe was hosted in Singapore and streamed to few countries[...]

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13 Feb 2013

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Automate SCOM 2012 SP1 Prerequisites Installation with PowerShell By Richard Qi

System Center 2012 SP1 is now available for public download. I am actually refreshing few demo labs I have. System Center Operation Manager is one those components in System Center actually has quite[...]

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25 Jan 2013