Amazon EC2 Cloud outage takes down big websites

Wow. Your internet business just came to a screaching halt.  Sorry about that.

While Amazons EC2 team struggle to get systems back online, customers are left pondering their options...

Amazon Web Services - Service Health Dash Board:

http://status.aws.amazon.com/

10:58 PM PDT Just a short note to let you know that the team continues to be all-hands on deck trying to add capacity to the affected Availability Zone to re-mirror stuck volumes. It's taking us longer than we anticipated to add capacity to this fleet. When we have an updated ETA or meaningful new update, we will make sure to post it here. But, we can assure you that the team is working this hard and will do so as long as it takes to get this resolved.

Additional information at http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/21/technology/amazon_server_outage/index.htm

Build and Offer a Hosted CRM Solution - Guidance now available

How to launch a Hosted CRM 2011 Solution - Guidance now available!
http://www.implement.com/blog/bid/62472/Hosted-CRM-2011-Deployment-Guidance-Posted

Thanks to our friends at Implement.com for this documentation on standing up partner hosted Dynamics CRM

Launch a Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Service with Parallels Automation

Learn how to launch a Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Service with Parallels Automation.

Parallels and Microsoft together provide Hosting, Cloud and Service Providers a complete solution for building a Hyper-V foundation.  The integrated solution includes automated provisioning, resource management, end user service plans for subscription and billing, complete control panels and much more...

Learn about Parallels Automation and how we can launch your Cloud Services Business.

Read about Parallels Automation and Hyper-V Integration for Hosting and Cloud Service Providers:
- Parallels Automation: Integration with Hyper-V Stage 1 [Click Here]
- Parallels Automation: Integration with Hyper-V Stage 2 [Click Here]
- Parallels Automation Hyper-V Application Deployment Guide [Cick Here]

Understand the Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Program:
Microsoft Consulting provided resources that will help prepare you for building your own cloud solution based on Hyper-V and System Center - your Microsoft and Parallels Sales and Technical teams can show you how:
- For planning resources for starting your Dynamic Data Center solution deployment [Click Here]
- Begin your DDC education by going through the assessment planning toolkit [Click Here]
- For the Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Architecture Brief [Click Here]
- For the Hyper-V Reference Architecture Technical White Paper [Click Here]

Find the technical resources you need to start working with Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and other Microsoft virtualization technologies @ http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/technical-resources.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server

Microsoft Dynamic Datacenter Boot Camp Module 1 Video Posted

Microsoft Dynamic Data Center (DDC) Boot Camps hosted around the United States. The Microsoft Hosting team posted a recording of Module 1 DDC fundementals content => Module 1: Overview of the Dyanmic Data Center

Backup Agent - A Service Provider Data Protection Solution

Backup Agent is a solutiona that provides Hosting and Cloud Service providers the ability to offer their customers Data Protection over the internet.

Learn how to deploy Backupagent as an APS package with Parallels Automation

Backupagent ‘sizing’ reference architecture

Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tools

Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool - The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool provides prescriptive guidance to get you started with planning your topology.

Communications Server 2010 - Planning Tool Overview - YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoK61J-Y7wY&feature=related

Related Downloads:

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=145A4AAA-1F0D-403A-AD10-A1166EC44C75

Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool Readme
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=C8BA3275-270F-4C0B-90BB-EDC1D1216C2D


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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Planning Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA9FA26-E032-4DCF-B487-DA916DDC508F

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Getting Started Guide
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Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=030548DF-0DC7-4F86-B8A9-2F5EC8DE8BA5

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4CF4BED4-2F76-4B99-ADCB-60653521CC70