Author: Kevin Remde

Kevin Remde President - CMIT Solutions of the Twin Cities West Kevin has held positions such as Sr. Technical Evangelist, Software Engineer, Information Systems professional, and Information Systems manager. He loves sharing helpful new solutions and technologies with his IT professional peers, and is passionate about helping people and businesses succeed through the intelligent application of information technology.

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Course 6537: Implementing High Availability in Windows Server 2008 This 2-hour online course provides IT Professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement high availability in Windows Server 2008. Topics covered in the course include: -Network load balancing configuration -Failover clustering implementation and configurationCourse 6320: Introducing the Hyper-V Technology This two-hour online course provides IT … Continue reading Do these e-learning courses interest you? You may be able to take them for FREE…

Best of Questions and Answers for TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)

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As promised (and long overdue), here are the “Best of Q&A” from the webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)”A BIG THANK YOU to John Baker and Yung Chou for assisting in answering questions during the webcast.  This blog post is … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers for TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)

Early Announcement: The “Career Assist”

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Well.. Ken Rosen announced it early.. so it’s fair game.  And it’s just cool enough to warrant a blog post.On Friday of this week the folks at Microsoft Learning will officially announce a new benefit to the “Second Shot” program that they’re calling “Career Assist”.   Basically, when you sign up for the free do-over before … Continue reading Early Announcement: The “Career Assist”

Resources for TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)

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  Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)”This is part 7 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization.  (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).I hope you find these links useful.  And watch for … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)

Resources for TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)

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Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)”This is part 5 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization.  (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).I hope you find these links useful.  And … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)

Breaking News: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate Available

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Today Microsoft reached another milestone in the release cycle for the next version of Internet Explorer - “IE8”.  I’ve been running Beta 2 very happily for quite awhile, and recently gained access to an internal release of Release Candidate 1.  Today we’ve made that release available for anyone who wants to try it out.  “Where … Continue reading Breaking News: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate Available

January-March 2009 – TechNet Event Resources

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Kevin’s TechNet Event Resources January-March, 2009 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Harry Caldwell – HarryCal@microsoft.com Session PowerPoint Deckshttp://www.technetevents.com/resources/2009-January-March.aspx Future Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.TechnetEvents.com/kevinremdeMSDN (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com  Microsoft Webcasts - http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts   NEW - IT Managers Community Hub - http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement   28%-OFF Special TechNet Plus Subscription Promotion – … Continue reading January-March 2009 – TechNet Event Resources

Best of Questions and Answers from TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell

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Greetings! Below are the best of the questions and answers that occurred during our TechNet Webcast entitled, "TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell (Level 300)”Thanks for attending!  ...and if you haven't seen the webcast yet, you can click on the link above (or the picture to the left) to get to the registration page.PS - … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers from TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell

More Free Stuff

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This is cool.  Free learning is always good.Microsoft Learning is giving away free e-Books.  Microsoft Press is celebrating their 25th anniversary.  So they’re offering a way to sign-up for and receive notifications about free offers, and additional books, for the next several months.  The book available at the time of this blog post is this … Continue reading More Free Stuff