Monthly Archives: October 2014

Redeeming Azure Monetary Credit

ขั้นตอนการ redeem

This Azure Pass offer provides the following:
* $100 USD monthly credit to Microsoft Azure (converted to local currency)
* 1 month duration ( offer details )

1.     Go to http://www.microsoftazurepass.com . Select your country ( Thailand ) , type in the provided promo code and click “Submit.”

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2. Sign into a Microsoft account* to continue. If you have an account password saved or you automatically sign into other Microsoft services that Microsoft account will be used to redeem the promo code.

* Microsoft account is the combination of an email address and a password ( @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, @live.com )  that you use to sign in to services like Outlook.com, OneDrive, Windows Phone, or Xbox LIVE.  Please don’t use organizational account with Office 365, Intune, CRM Online, or any of these supported services.

If you don’t have Microsoft Account yet or prefer to use your Gmail as Microsoft Account , you can create new one from https://signup.live.com/

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3.     Fill out the remaining information and click “Submit.”

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4.     Review the Azure Pass offer and click “Activate.”

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5.     Fill out the rest of the required information and click “Sign up.”

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6.     The subscription will take 2-4 minutes to activate.
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Try Microsoft Azure Pass

 

7.     Once activated, you can click on “Start managing my service ” then the system will redirect you to the portal page ( http://portal.azure.com )
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Try Microsoft Azure Pass

 

And you can find “available credit” from portal like this.

Microsoft Azure Portal

( subscription –> … –> Manage )

Summary for Azure Pass

 

Notes about Monetary Credit

*Accounts are activated within minutes of the promo code being redeemed
*Users can view the cost of account usage
*User can enable public preview features
*Users can enter a payment instrument to enable usage beyond the monetary credit amount provided
*If you remove the monetary cap by providing a payment instrument, you will be converted to a “Pay-as-you-go” account at the end of the offer duration.
**If the account has expired you will need to create a support ticket to enable conversion.
*Accounts cannot be extended – the duration and monetary credit amount cannot be changed
*Only one promo code can be redeemed per the life of a Microsoft account (LiveID, @hotmail.com, @outlook.com @live.com … )
**Users who have used an Azure Trial can redeem a promo code. Users are able to redeem one trial and one promo code per account.
**If a user has already redeemed a promo code, he/she will need to create a new Microsoft account.
*Monetary credit can’t be used toward third party services, support or Azure Store

See Also:

การย้าย Azure VM ข้าม Region

บทความตัวอย่างการย้าย VM ข้าม Region
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/amol/archive/2014/03/21/how-to-migrate-windows-azure-vm-from-one-region-to-another.aspx

รายละเอียดของคำสั่ง AzCopy

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-use-azcopy/

See Also:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj157206.aspx

ขั้นตอนการ Activate Azure Pass

การ activate Microsoft Azure Pass มีขั้นตอนดังนี้ครับ

  1. เปิด Web Broswer
  2. เข้าเว็บ http://www.microsoftazurepass.com.
  3. ทำการ Submit โดยเลือก Code = Thailand และนำรหัสที่ได้มาใส่ก่อน คลิกปุ่ม Submitดังนี้





    3.8 ปรากฏหน้าจอสุดท้ายเพื่อเข้าหน้าจอในแต่ละลิ้งค์


  4. ขั้นตอนการเข้าสู่ Azure Portal

    หลังจากลงทำการ submit แล้วระบบจะส่งเมลไปแจ้งท่านภายใน 24 hr

    4.1 ทำการเช็คเมลที่ 1


    4.2 รอจนกระทั่งได้รับเมลที่2 เป็นการแจ้งว่าสร้าง account ให้ท่านแล้ว (ประมาณ 10 นาที – 2 ชั่วโมง


    4.2.2 หรือเปิดเว็บ https://manage.windowsazure.com/

    4.2.3 ทำการ logon ด้วย email และคลิกปุ่ม Continue


    4.2.4 ปรากฏหน้าจอต้อนรับ


    4.2.5 เข้าสู่ Azure Portal


4.2.6 ตัวอย่างการดู resources ที่เรามี

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0

“ Microsoft® Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the information technology (IT) pro or solution provider who wants to convert virtual machines and disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-V® hosts and Windows Azure™ or alternatively convert a physical computer running Windows Server 2008 or above server operating systems or Windows Vista or above client operating systems to a virtual machine running on Hyper-V host
MVMC can be deployed with minimal dependencies. Because MVMC provides native support for Windows PowerShell®, it enables scripting and integration with data center automation workflows such as those authored and run within Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2. It can also be invoked through the Windows PowerShell® command-line interface. The solution is simple to download, install, and use. In addition to the Windows PowerShell capability, MVMC provides a wizard-driven GUI to facilitate virtual machine conversion.

New Features in MVMC 3.0
The 3.0 release of MVMC adds the ability to convert a physical computer running Windows Server 2008 or above server operating systems or Windows Vista or above client operating systems to a virtual machine running on Hyper-V host. “

ref: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497