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Jul102017July 10, 2017July 10, 20171Commentby Thomas Maurer
Microsoft MVP 2017-2018

Microsoft MVP 2017-2018 Cloud and Datacenter Management

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Internet Explorer, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Work

I am proud to announce that I got the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the category Cloud and Datacenter Management for another year

This is the 6th year in a row since 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 since my first Microsoft MVP Award. The Microsoft MVP Award is not only a huge honor for the community work I did in the past year, with it’s great opportunities, it also adds a lot of benefits to my work. Especially being able to join the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond, where we have the chance to meet the Microsoft Product Groups and talk about products and solutions. It also gives me the chance to travel, speak at different conferences and visit different places and meet people all over the world.

Of course there are a lot of people I have to thank, but I want to keep the list as short as possible. I would like to thank my employer itnetX which is supporting me in the best possible way year over year, my current and former colleagues, the Microsoft MVP community and of course Microsoft employees in Redmond and all over the world. I also have to thank my understandable girlfriend for her help, because it sometimes it needs a lot of time and energy.

Get more information about the Microsoft MVP award: Microsoft MVP Award Website


May292017May 29, 2017May 29, 20170Commentby Thomas Maurer
Savision SCOM and OMS Webinar

ONLINE SESSION: Monitoring and Analytics with Microsoft SCOM & OMS

Posted in Cloud, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Operations Management Suite, Powershell, System Center, Virtualization, Web, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

I am happy to announce that I will present in another webinar. Together with Savision, Dieter Wijckmans and I will present how to do Monitoring and Analytics with Microsoft SCOM and OMS.

So if you are wondering, like many others, if you can and should use SCOM and OMS together? If you are, you are not alone. Join Savision’s upcoming live online session “Combining Monitoring & Analytics with SCOM and OMS” and let the experts answer your questions. Hosted by Savision’s Support Manager – Chris Malay, the session will feature renowned Microsoft MVPs Thomas Maurer & Dieter Wijckmans who will focus on:

  • OMS: What is new in OMS? | OMS Service Map | OMS Log Analytics
  • SCOM & OMS: Is OMS a replacement for SCOM? | Why doesn’t OMS do monitoring? | Why do you still need SCOM?
  • Advanced Dashboards for SCOM + OMS: Getting better insights from your data
  • Demos and real-use cases from the field
Join

Free Webinar

Monitoring and Analytics with SCOM & OMS

The session will take place on:
Thursday, June 22nd at 4PM CEST | 10AM EDT | 9 AM CDT

 


Oct012016October 1, 2016October 17, 20162Commentsby Thomas Maurer
Microsoft MVP 2014

Microsoft MVP 2016 Cloud and Datacenter Management

Posted in Certification, Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, InTune, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Office365, Operations Management Suite, Powershell, Private Cloud, System Center, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

I am proud to announce that I just received my 5th Microsoft MVP Award for my focus in Cloud & Datacenter Management.

Microsoft MVP Award 2016

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2016 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Cloud and Datacenter Management technical communities during the past year. Also in this email:

  • About your MVP Award Gift
  • How to claim your award benefits
  • Your MVP Identification Number
  • MVP Award Program Code of Conduct

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say “Thank you for your technical leadership.”

 

Patrick Malone
Director
Community & Advocacy Programs
Microsoft

 

This is the 5th Microsoft MVP award in a row since 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The Microsoft MVP award and the included opportunities add a huge benefit like the Microsoft MVP summit where you have the chance to talk to the Microsoft Product Groups, learn and place feedback. But of course the Microsoft MVP award also adds some other great advantages. In the past years I had the chance to travel all over the world and speak in different countries and events, and I met a lot of great people, which also became great friends.

Of course there are a lot of people I have to thank, but I want to keep the list as short as possible. I would like to thank my employer itnetX which is supporting me in the best possible way year over year, my current and former colleagues, the Microsoft MVP community and of course Microsoft employees in Redmond and all over the world.

Get more information about the Microsoft MVP award: Microsoft MVP Award Website

 


Dec222015December 22, 2015December 22, 20150Commentby Thomas Maurer
SCU Europe 2015 Azure Pack

You can now watch my System Center Universe Europe 2015 Sessions on Channel9

Posted in Active Directory, Cloud, Containers, Events, Hardware, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Nano Server, Office, Office365, Operations Management Suite, Powershell, Private Cloud, System Center, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Azure Pack, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

Great news today, some of my sessions I did at System Center Universe Europe 2015 in Basel, are now available on Microsoft Channel9. You can watch them directly on Channel9 with a lot of other great sessions from SCU Europe 2015, or you can just watch them here:

Nano Server the next generation of Cloud Server in your datacenter

In this session we will walk you through how Nano Server is changing the fundamental way we look at fabric Servers and workloads. Nano Server will change the way we build servers and solve fundamental challenges which we have encountered over the pact years embracing cloud fundamentals. Speaking together with Kristian Nese (Microsoft MVP)

What’s new in Windows Server 2016 for Hyper-V


With Windows Server 2016 Microsoft adds again exiting features to its Virtualization Platform. Learn in this session what Shielded VMs, Rolling Cluster Upgrades, Storage Spaces Direct, Hyper converged, PowerShell Direct, Windows Containers, and much more is and how you can profit from these new technologies. Speaking together with Carsten Rachfahl (Microsoft MVP)

Azure Site Recovery, 365 days later

Disaster Recovery, everyone talks about it – everyone claims they have it! But does it really work as expected?! Join us in the session about Azure Site Recovery, the business continuity service from Microsoft for all cloud platforms, on-premise – service providers – public cloud. You will learn how your company or customers can use ASR in their datacenter and which new scenarios have been added in the last 365 days, since we presented this topic at SCU 2014. Speaking together with Michel Lüscher (Microsoft)

Are ITIL and System Center BFFs?


In the modern world where organizations are facing new challenges to be more competitive, they are looking for better ways to improve the quality and efficiency of their IT Service delivery using the ITIL framework. Gain valuable insights and best practices on how you can adopt the ITIL framework to Microsoft System Center and OMS from real world experiences together with Savision, Jonas Lenntun, CEO and Solution Architect at Approved Consulting, and Microsoft MVPs: Robert Hedblom, Kristian Nese, Kevin Greene and Thomas Maurer.

 


Dec082015December 8, 2015December 8, 20151Commentby Thomas Maurer
Webinar PowerShell Scripting and Automation for Hyper-V

Webinar: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM

Posted in Cloud, Events, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Powershell, Private Cloud, System Center, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

There are some great Webinars coming up and I am proud to speak in one of them with Andrew Syrewicze (Altaro Software and Microsoft MVP) about PowerShell Scripting and Automation in Hyper-V.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if SCVMM isn’t a cost effective solution for your business, what are you to do? While VMM certainly makes automation much easier, you can achieve a good level of automation with PowerShell and the applicable PowerShell modules for Hyper-V, clustering, storage, and more.

Are you looking to get grips with automation and scripting?

Join Thomas Maurer, Microsoft Datacenter and Cloud Management MVP, who will use this webinar to show you how to achieve automation in your Hyper-V environments, even if you don’t have SCVMM.

Remember, any task you have to do more than once, should be automated. Bring some sanity to your virtual environment by adding some scripting and automation know-how to your toolbox.

We’re live on Thursday, 10th December 2015 at 10am EST / 4PM CET (30-45mins + live Q&A!)

Register for Free

Register for the webinar here

Free Webinar about Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM

 


Nov122015November 12, 2015November 12, 20150Commentby Thomas Maurer
E2EVC Copenhagen

Speaking at E2EVC 2015 Lisbon

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Events, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Powershell, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016, Work

After a great time in the US visiting VeeamON 2015, the Microsoft MVP Summit 2015 and the MMS 2015, I am happy to announce that I will speak tomorrow at the E2EVC (Experts 2 Experts Virtualization Conference) in Lisbon. Together with Alex Cooper (Microsoft MVP Remote Desktop Services) and Dr. Benny Tritsch (Microsoft MVP Remote Desktop Services), I will speak in one of the keynote about updates in the Microsoft Virtualization Technology.

What’s new with Microsoft Virtualization & Remote Desktop Services – Windows Server 2016 T3 Update

We will cover what is new in Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Services and Azure RemoteApp.

E2EVC Virtualization Conference is a non-commercial, virtualization community event. The main goal of the E2EVC is to bring the best virtualization experts together to exchange knowledge and to establish new connections. E2EVC is a weekend crammed with presentations, Master Classes and discussions delivered by both virtualization vendors product teams and independent experts. I am happy to be part of the community and listen to other industry leading experts, hopefully see you in Lisbon.


Oct092015October 9, 2015October 9, 20150Commentby Thomas Maurer
MMS Midwest Management Summit

Speaking at the Midwest Management Summit 2015

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Events, Hyper-V, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Powershell, Private Cloud, System Center, Virtualization, Web, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Work

Last year I had the chance to speak at the Midwest Management Summit 2014 (MMS). I am proud to annouce that I will speak in two sessions at the Midwest Management Summit 2015, Mall of America
Minnesota, USA.

The Midwest Management Summit is a 3-day conference purposely capped to just 600 attendees so that nobody gets lost in the crowd. Speakers have time to meet and talk to you. No rushing people out of a session to get the next speaker going. Time to absorb what you see and talk it over with speakers and other attendees. A true learning experience. Real networking. Real-life issues discussed.

I have really good memories at the conference last time, it was a fun experience. This time I am honored to speak together with Symon Perriman, former Microsoft PM and Evangelist and now Microsoft MVP and VP of Business Development at 5Nine. We will talk in four sessions about What is new in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, All you need to know about Nano Server, Hyper-V Security Tips: Fix the Gaps you Never Knew About and Hyper-V High-Availability Best Practices with Failover Clustering.

So make sure you register for MMS and join our sessions!