Embrace New Technologies

Including Cloud NOW; For

Your Career, For Your Company
Is your career advancing as fast as you would like?  Do you have a seat at the table of key leadership
meetings?  Are you capitalizing financially on the Cloud wave? Does your opinion matter in your
organization?  Are you making as much money as you deserve?  Do you understand the differences
between cloud technologies and providers? Are you having a massive positive impact on your organizations
bottom line? If you answered no to any of these questions then you NEED to attend this session.  We will
show you how you can catapult your career and your company by understanding and leveraging the latest
virtualization and cloud technologies. After this session, you will understand what you need to do to
answer YES to all of the above questions and more. You will understand how you can continue progressing
your career by leveraging technology to grow your company while catapulting your career.  This is a must
attend session.  Please arrive on-time so you do not miss any of the great tips and lessons learned from
years of industry experience, delivered by the very dynamic ITProGuru, Dan Stolts.
Embrace New Technologies Including Cloud NOW
For Your Career, For Your Company

Cloud
Virtualization Dan Stolts, MCT, MCSA, MCITP, MCSE…
System Center Microsoft – Chief Technology Strategist
Management
Infrastructure
http://ITProGuru.com
@itproguru
Security Emal: itproguru@Microsoft.com

Free Server(s) in the Cloud …

http://aka.ms/IaaS
@ITProGuru

Slides: ITProGuru.com/Resources
What is Cloud? Public Cloud

Public Cloud

On-Premises Infrastructure Platform Software

( Private Cloud ) ( as a Service ) ( as a Service ) ( as a Service )

You Manage
You Manage
Data & Access Data & Access Data & Access Data & Access

You Provision & Manage

Applications Applications Applications Applications
You Provision & Manage

Provisioned & Managed by Vendor

Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime

Provisioned & Managed by Vendor

Operating System Operating System Operating System Operating System

Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine

Managed by Vendor
Cloud Services

Compute Compute Compute Compute

Physical Fabric
You Provision

Networking Networking Networking Networking

Storage Storage Storage Storage

 H Y B R I D = Working Together  Host Develop Consume

Cloud
Hype
Cycle

Source: Gartner, July 2013

 Cloud Computing Adoption Continues
Accelerating In The Enterprise
• 69% of enterprises have at
least one application or a
portion of their computing
infrastructure in the cloud,
up from 57% of
enterprises in 2012.
• 18% plan to use cloud-
based applications and/or
computing infrastructure
via the cloud in the next
12 months
• 13% are planning to use
cloud-based applications
and/or computing
infrastructure via the
cloud within 1 to 3 years. 

Forbes / IDC http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2014/11/22/cloud-computing-adoption-continues-accelerating-in-the-enterprise/

As you begin your journey
along the cloud maturity
model, make sure you are
planning for advanced
stages of the model.
Select a provider/partner
that can lead you into
repeatable, managed and
even optimized stages of
the model across all
technologies you will
likely leverage including
hybrid solutions.”

Dan Stolts
Microsoft - Chief Technology Strategist

https://idc-community.com/manufacturing/manufacturing-value-chain/newresearchinbigdatacloudmobileandsocialsuccessfullyadoptingnewtechn
You Should Know…
Who are the Leaders… How does your preferred vendor stack?
 Magic
Magic
• x86 Server Virtualization
Quadrant
MagicQuadrant
Quadrantfor
Magic Quadrant
Infrastructure
x86 Server
Public
for
for Cloud
for
as a Service
Virtualization
Cloud Storage Services
Where Is … Application
Infrastructure Platform
• Cloud Infrastructure as a
As A Service

VMware? Service
Amazon? • Public Cloud Storage
Services
• Enterprise Application
Platform as a Service
Microsoft only LEADER
in ALL FOUR magic
Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants
 Think AND not OR

Virtualization
Enterprise
needs Integration

Identity Data
Platform

On-premises Cloud
Microsoft Azure On-premises DevOps
Development
fundamentals AND Cloud and mgmt
 cloud
services caching identity service bus media

app
mobile

services
services web sites integration hpc analytics

data
SQL blob
database HDInsight table storage

services
infrastructure
virtual virtual traffic
machines network vpn manager cdn

services
 cloud
services caching identity service bus media Apps
app
mobile

services
services web sites integration hpc analytics

data caching identity

SQL blob
database HDInsight table storage

services cloud
services table
virtual
network

infrastructure
virtual virtual traffic
machines network vpn manager cdn

services
 Azure datacenters,
your datacenters.
cloud
services caching identity service bus media

app virtual virtual

machines network
mobile

services
services web sites integration hpc analytics

data
vpn

SQL blob
database HDInsight table storage

services virtual
network

infrastructure
virtual virtual traffic
machines network vpn manager cdn

services vpn
 save
move faster money

The Cloud has changed how we work,

where we work and how we BYOD
do business.
goes
mainstream

integrate
on-premise
apps & scale on
data demand
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There’s Customer Demand for Cloud & Specifically for
Microsoft Azure

CIO Cloud Vendor Preferences

Mid/Large Enterprise CIOs Expecting to Use IaaS
20%

12% 13%
9% 9%
4%

Source: Morgan Stanley CIO Survey, 2013. “Percentage of Enterprise CIOs Greater than $1B/$10B expecting to use IaaS by YE2014”
The way it is…
YOU Are Needed

Starts
Provide Your Business Units The Service(s) They Need
Or Else….
Your Business Unit Will…
• Go Around You!
• Find a solution
• Host it in the cloud
• Stray from policy and
procedures
You WILL …
• Lose Control
• Lose Visibility
• Lose Management
• Still be RESPONSIBLE if the $
%^&* hits the fan!!!
• Lose your SANITY and
maybe even your JOB!
You CAN Make A
Difference!

Knowledge IS POWER….

Power is Everything!!
Does IT Matter?
Do You Have A Seat At The Decision Makers Table?

Y2K 1998->1/1/2000 Dot-Com Boom -> Bust Now – What’s Next?

• We had a seat at the • IT made decisions • Don’t wait for next
table • Tons of money “industry” shift
• Almost endless • Limited time, endless • Make your own shift
resources projects • Prove you deserve a
seat at the table
How do typical executives see IT?
• Huge Cost Center You CAN
• Barrier to progress Change IT
• Pain in the …. Necessary evil Let’s Look at How
Who is Smart & “Empowered”
• CEO? Empowered, sure… Is she/he smart on what is possible with
technology & cloud services? Is it her/his job to tell you what to do? Do
you want it to be her/his job to tell you what to do?

• CFO? Empowered, sure… is he/she smart on cloud services?

• Managers? Empowered? Smart on technology & cloud Services? Is it

his/her job to tell you HOW to solve current business problems? Is that
what you want… to be micro managed?

• YOU? Empowered? Smart?

In the words of Carol Meyrowitz (CEO TJX)
“Teaching and developing our next generation of leaders remain a top
priority because we understand that our ability to achieve our future goals
relies on the talent and people within our organization”

http://www.tjx.com/about.asp
Who is Smart & “Empowered”
Your leadership wants you to and in
some cases even incentivizes you to get
• YOU! smart and find ways to help the
company! You are smarter than anyone
else at the company!!! Let’s all go out
and DO OUR JOB!
Need more help?
Ok… Think about this…
 New Pulse of IT
Be Strategic; Solve Business Problems
• How can you deliver services faster?
• How can you help the company continue expansion?
• How can you increase customer satisfaction or retention? 
• What are current pain points for…
• Customers? Partners? Employees?

• What new services (cloud, mobile) might your company be

able to benefit from?

Your Vision + New Technology Solution = Success!

You Can Make a Difference!

In Your Career
In Your Company
On Your Resume
In Your Life
http:// AKA.MS/MvaNow
• Free Online University
• Lead to Certification
• Points System
• Bragging Rights
• Employee Evaluation
People Use
• Ranking / Badges Technology
• Knowledge Tests They Know

• Live Online Events

Certification Develops Essential Skills
"I’m responsible for a team Ninety-one percent of Certification, training,
of 30 people. My company hiring managers and experience are
is growing and growing. consider certification as three of the top four
When we hire someone part of their hiring most important
new, we check out his criteria. characteristics when
certifications as well as selecting a candidate
experience. People who are for a cloud-related
not certified are dropped position.
from consideration. "
Peter De Tender | Microsoft Certification IDC/Microsoft, Climate
Infrastructure architect | Program Satisfaction Change: Cloud's Impact
Belgium Study, April 2012 on IT Organizations and
https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/certification-benefits.aspx Staffing, November
https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/certification-testimonials.aspx 2012
Microsoft Learning Certifications & Exams
• Certification overview • SharePoint • SharePoint Apps
• Private Cloud • MCITP
• Certification benefits
• System Center
• Success stories • Virtualization • MCTS
• Microsoft Certified Professional • Desktop • MCPD
• Retired certifications • Windows • MCSA
• Why get certified? • Applications • MCSD
• Office
• Exams overview • Office 365
• MCSE
• Exam list • Microsoft Dynamics • MOS
• Exam policies and FAQ • Database • MTA
• SQL Server •
• Online proctored exams Microsoft Certified Trainers
• Developer •
• Retired exams MCDBA
• Microsoft Azure
• Server • Visual Studio • Specialist
• Windows Server • Microsoft Certified Educator
• Exchange Server
• Lync
https://www.microsoft.com/learning
Microsoft Specialist
By passing a Microsoft Specialist exam, you validate your
knowledge and skills in a specialized area of technology. Some
Microsoft Specialist exams are included as requirements for
Microsoft Partner Network competencies, which help distinguish
your company from the rest in a particular technical discipline.
Offering benefit to you and your company!

MCP, Microsoft Specialist: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/specialist-certification.aspx

More Skills on YOUR RESUME!!!

Cloud Certified; Cloud Experience
Hands-On Labs
Becoming an Expert
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Enterprise
needs Heterogeneity
Security Languages
TRANSPARENCY
CMS

Devices

Databases

Operating
Microsoft Azure Open, Broad Systems
Trustworthy
fundamentals and Flexible

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Enterprise TRANSPARENCY RELATIONSHIP EXPERIENCE

needs Security Unparalleled experience in online security

Today, we manage 200+ global services, running 24x7

Microsoft Azure • 9.9 billion messages a day via Windows Live Messenger
Trustworthy
fundamentals
• 600 million unique users monthly on Windows Live and MSN
• 1 Petabyte+ of updates served monthly Windows Update
• 5M LiveMeeting conference minutes per year
• 200 billion+ authentications through Windows Azure AD

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Huge infrastructure scale is the enabler
19 Regions ONLINE…huge datacenter capacity around the world…and we’re growing

North West
North Central Europe Europe
Central US US Ireland
Iowa Netherlands
Illinois China North
US Gov *
Iowa East US Beijing Japan East
Virginia China South *
West US Saitama
Shanghai
California East US 2 Japan
Virginia India East West
India West Osaka
South Central US US Gov TBD
TBD
Texas Virginia
East Asia
Hong Kong
Do companies tell you what you want to hear?SE Asia
Singapore
Yes… But more importantly,
Australia East
Vendors Tell you what THEY WANT you to hear! Sydney
Brazil South
MOST IMPORTANTLY:SaoItPaulo may not always be TRUE!!! Australia West
100+ datacenters Melbourne

One of the top 3 networks in the world (coverage, speed, connections)

 2 x AWS and 6x Google number of offered regions Operational Announced
G Series – Largest VM available in the market – 32 cores, 448GB Ram, SSD… * Operated by 21Vianet
 Play with Technology…
VMware to Hyper-V Migration
Conversion with the Microsoft
Virtual Machine Converter
• Supported & Free – Quick and easy to
download, use and start conversions of
VMware VMs on ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0
• Convert to 2012 – Converts and deploys VMs
or virtual disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-V
2008 R2/2012
• Scriptable – to integrate with automated
workflows
• OS Support – Supports Windows Server 2003
SP2, 2008 & 2008 R2, along with Windows
Vista & Windows 7
• Clean – Snapshots VM, then removes VMware
Tools, converts, then installs Hyper-V IC’s as
needed.
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