Tag: Testing
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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview – Integrate the Microsoft Monitoring Agent Extension
A lot of familiar extension are included in the Azure Stack TP like BGInfo, PowerShell DSC, Docker and so on. Looking for the Microsoft Monitoring Agent extension you will find out that this extension is missing. So how do you integrate the extension into Azure Stack? The process is very easy, but first we need…
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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview – Difference between private and public plans
When you have installed the Azure Stack Technical Preview and you are creating your first offer. You have to decide whether your plan will be private or public. Regarding the offer you do not have the choice. If an offer is private the tenant will not see it. So an offer should be always public.…
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Shutdown and Startup Order for the Microsoft Azure Stack TP VMs
In my previous blog post I described how to install the Microsoft Azure Stack POC on lower hardware. Because my home lab does not run 24/7 I had to think about the correct shutdown and startup order for the Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview VMs. The Azure Stack TP consists of one physical Hyper-V host…
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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview on lower hardware
If you are not in a lucky position like me and you want to run the Azure Stack Technical Preview, but you do not have the required hardware then keep reading. Microsoft had released the hardware requirements shortly before Christmas in 2015. Component Minimum Recommended CPU Dual-Socket: 12 Physical Cores Dual-Socket: 16 Physical Cores Memory…
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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview – Custom ARM templates
When you have written custom ARM templates for your Azure deployments you can reuse them for the Azure Stack Technical Preview. There are only two things you have to look for. First one is the deployment location. Instead of specifying a region like northeurope or westeurope you can only set local for the Azure Stack…
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Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview Download is available
A few minutes ago Microsoft opened the download for the Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview! Taking the cloud to your datacenter and start using Azure Stack! -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/azure-stack/try/ The documentation for the Azure Stack Technical Preview is also online now. -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-stack-overview/ Last but not least check out the Microsoft Azure Stack Whitepaper! -> http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/F/3/3F3811C0-969D-422C-9EDA-42CB79BABA96/Bring-the-cloud-to-your-datacenter-Microsoft-Azure-Stack.pdf