Keith Bucknall

CloudShare Who? Blog Series Part 1

February 13th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: CloudShare, SharePoint | Tags: , , , , ,

Welcome back everyone, as promised I am starting to populate this blog more and more and therefore onto the next installments.  CloudShare is one of those fantastic companies that comes along every once in a while, you take a look sign up for a trial and then cannot put it down.

If you are looking for a virtual environment that is cloud based and do not want the hassle of building virtual machines, mounting software etc then these guys are perfect for you.  Hopefully when I get their permission I will blog on how to setup your environments, give access to additional team members of guests and so the easy of the interface – even working on the iPad..!

The purpose of us using these environments are two fold; first to start building our SharePoint Development platform instead of using Office365 then next to build an Exchange 2010, Lync, Win 7, Linux and AD environment – this way we can remove the hardware in our lab and consolidate onto using the CloudShare.

Now you may think there is a catch for such a great product – there is but only small, your servers are not powered on all the time (there is an upgrade option for this), after so many mins / hours (I can not remember off the top of my head)  your VM’s will spin down, but is this such a problem – no way just look at the benefits:-

  • Pre-built servers, built and powered on within minutes.
  • Share environments with team members, clients and demo’s.
  • Web based and RDP based access.
  • Integration with your internal platform.
  • Ability to create snap shots.

Now, here is the perfect offer: 16 GB RAM at an amazing price of $490. (List Price $880)

About the author:
With over 15 years experience within the IT industry ranging from technical roles within small companies to global enterprises with over 200 offices world wide. As our principal technical consultant, Keith brings a vast experience of design, build and implementation skills together with ensuring the correct technical solutions are fit for the business & improving business process through technology. Coupled with a diverse job history in technical, managerial, consultancy and strategist roles I enjoy being part of the IT industry.