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In this post, IT veteran Mike Danseglio examines the US government’s concerns about using public cloud computing, by mapping the theory and recommendations expressed in the Special Publication 800-144 Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing with a practical IT approach.

In the conclusion of this series on vCloud Director, we discuss creating two important entities: a Provider Virtual Datacenter and a VM Deployment Template.

In the conclusion of this series on Command Line WMI, Jeff looks at some advanced ways of formatting data.

Are you looking to work with a multi-site environment but don’t have a “true” router to work with? In this post, J. Peter Bruzzese and Ed Liberman team up to show you a relatively simple solution, as long as you have a decent grasp of subnetting, an understanding of AD Sites and Services, and basic network troubleshooting and testing.

There are two popular and mutually incompatible virtual disk file formats in common use today: VMware’s VMDK format and Microsoft’s VHD format. In order to attach a VHD disk to a VMware virtual machine, or vice-versa, you have to convert it first. This guide by virtualization and storage expert Tom Finnis explains how to use Starwind’s V2V Converter utility to do just that, with a detailed example explaining how to convert a VMDK virtual disk to VHD format and then mount it in a Windows system in order to edit the files it contains.

Interested in learning more about VMware vCloud Director? In the first of this two-part series, we’ll show you how to set up vCloud Director from the web interface.

The ability to gather information from remote computers is where WMI can really come in handy. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Jeff Hicks shows how to query remote machines and work with WMIC right from the command line.

Are you looking to gain experience with the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) platform, but don’t have access to a UCS lab? No problem! Sean Wilkins shows you how to use UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE), Cisco’s perfect low cost solution.

Introducing Microsoft’s Private Cloud, which allows a faster delivery of services, and a more categorical approach to your datacenters and your method of delivering services while utilizing System Center 2012.

In this post, Daniel Petri shows how to determine which attributes will be saved for a deleted object. To perform the steps in this article, you must be a member of the Schema Admins group, and have network connectivity with the DC that holds the Schema Master FSMO role.

In the conclusion of this two-part video post, seasoned Cisco professional and CCIE Joe Rinehart takes you through step-by-step how to troubleshoot VLAN and switch problems, specifically a “No Connectivity” issue.

In part 1 of this series, Jeff Hicks shows you how to take advantage of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and how to use it as a database you can query, without a single bit of scripting or using a PowerShell command.