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When Disaster Strikes: Take Control of SharePoint Recovery

 

When Disaster Strikes: Take Control of SharePoint Recovery

Modern SharePoint deployments often involve custom code, large content databases, or Remote BLOB Storage (RBS). Understanding such factors is important when developing a disaster recovery plan for SharePoint.


Cloud Computing

Cloud computing news, tips, tools, how-to articles, and product reviews from industry experts. Articles provide information on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud service models. Also includes coverage of private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, cloud security, and other cloud computing trends.

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Sean Deuby, Jeff James, and Michael Otey travel to Las Vegas for VMworld 2011 and discuss VMware’s Project Horizon and Horizon Mobile as well as their interview Microsoft’s Edwin Yuen regarding a study on private cloud that compares the cost of Microsoft’s private cloud to VMware solutions.

Cloud Computing Articles

Paul's Picks: HTC Titan II and SkyDrive App Beta

By Paul Thurrott, 05/18/2012

HTC Titan II offers features such as a good camera that Windows smartphone users would have clamored for--before Nokia Lumia 900. SkyDrive maps cloud-based storage to the PC--but ...

SharePoint in the Cloud: Will it Work for You?

By Michael Noel, 05/10/2012

Move SharePoint to a cloud model? Or use SharePoint on premises? The lack of any built-in migration tools is only one of the challenges. You need to also consider authentication ...

Microsoft SkyDrive Meets SharePoint

By Caroline Marwitz, 05/09/2012

SkyDrive and SharePoint connect via Codeplex. Or the two can remain mutually exclusive--though still to IT pros' and end-users' benefit.

The Emergence of the Hybrid Cloud

By Michael Otey, 05/09/2012

At the recent Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 in Las Vegas, it became clear that the newest evolution of cloud technology is the hybrid cloud. The hybrid cloud combines the ...


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What?!? Is Microsoft Dropping Azure Brand Too?

Microsoft recently announced that it was killing the Windows Live brand, and it has been working behind the scenes to remove Zune as well. Now it appears Microsoft is dropping the “Azure” brand from...

Microsoft SkyDrive Meets SharePoint

SkyDrive and SharePoint connect via Codeplex. Or the two can remain mutually exclusive--though still to IT pros' and end-users' benefit....


SharePoint in the Cloud: Will it Work for You?

Move SharePoint to a cloud model? Or use SharePoint on premises? The lack of any built-in migration tools is only one of the challenges. You need to also consider authentication options, what...

Cloud Computing Revealed as a Hoax

Today, an Amazon Kindle marketing associate says she fabricated the "cloud" and that it actually started as a bunch of files stored on a PC under her desk....


What?!? Is Microsoft Dropping Azure Brand Too?

Microsoft recently announced that it was killing the Windows Live brand, and it has been working behind the scenes to remove Zune as well. Now it appears Microsoft is dropping the “Azure” brand from...

Cloudbusting: SkyDrive vs. Live Mesh vs. Google Drive vs. Dropbox

In the wake of this week’s surprisingly similar releases of the SkyDrive and Google Drive applications for Windows, it’s now clearer that both companies have the same service, Dropbox, in their...


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The Emergence of the Hybrid Cloud

By Michael Otey, 05/09/2012

At the recent Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 in Las Vegas, it became clear that the newest evolution of cloud technology is the hybrid cloud. The hybrid cloud combines the ...

What?!? Is Microsoft Dropping Azure Brand Too?

By Paul Thurrott, 05/08/2012

Microsoft recently announced that it was killing the Windows Live brand, and it has been working behind the scenes to remove Zune as well. Now it appears Microsoft is dropping the ...

Add Authentication Options to Your Windows Azure Website

By Zoiner Tejada, 05/08/2012

Zoiner Tejada shows you how to enable a Windows Azure website to support more authentication providers than just ASP.NET SQL Membership and roles (for example, Windows Live ID, ...

Microsoft Is Killing the Windows Live Brand

By Paul Thurrott, 05/02/2012

Microsoft revealed today that it's killing the Windows Live brand, though many of the current Windows Live applications and services will continue with different names or, in ...

Cloudbusting: SkyDrive vs. Live Mesh vs. Google Drive vs. Dropbox

By Paul Thurrott, 04/25/2012

In the wake of this week’s surprisingly similar releases of the SkyDrive and Google Drive applications for Windows, it’s now clearer that both companies have the same service, ...

With v3, Windows Intune Takes a Stand in the Enterprise

By Paul Thurrott, 04/24/2012

With the latest version of Intune, now in testing and due for a late 2012 release, Microsoft is really embracing the enterprise.

SkyDrive: Service Update, Windows Application, Mobile Apps

By Paul Thurrott, 04/23/2012

Microsoft today released a number of SkyDrive updates, including a major change to the online service itself, a preview version of the Windows application, and updates to the ...


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