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.

Breaking News: Longhorn Beta 3 is history… Windows Server 2008 RC0 is HERE!

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Oh yeah!  Another "release" of sorts.  Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate (RC) Zero (0) - or "RC0" for short - is finally RTTWWW (Release to the World Wide Web - or "RTW" for short)."Sweeet!  Gimme gimme gimme!"Hold on there, sunshine.  You'll have to download it like everybody else.Sign up for the CTP (Customer Technology Preview).Or … Continue reading Breaking News: Longhorn Beta 3 is history… Windows Server 2008 RC0 is HERE!

Questions (with Answers) from our Twin Cities TechNet Event

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 Greetings!"Well.. if that photo doesn't get you fired, Kevin... nothing will."Oh, I sincerely think there are worse things I could do.  And I will certainly NOT be trying to get myself fired anytime soon.Anyway - I wanted to get these questions (and now ANSWERS!) up on my blog today.  These were asked of me last … Continue reading Questions (with Answers) from our Twin Cities TechNet Event

Resources for TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look into Web Application Administration with Internet Information Services 7.0

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Webcast Resources:Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on September 21, 2007, entitled “An In-Depth Look into Web Application Administration with Internet Information Services 7.0”.I hope you find them useful.Kevin —IIS 7.0 Technical Libraryhttp://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/9d93db52-0855-4161-b1d3-8581a8385f1f1033.mspx?mfr=true IIS 7 web site: IIS.NEThttp://www.iis.net This session’s resource page:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ADD-122 Microsoft TechNethttp://www.microsoft.com/technet Live TechNet Eventshttp://www.technetevents.com   Microsoft Events page: http://www.microsoft.com/events —

Breaking BI News: Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Launched

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What's your performance?  "What's your point?"Exactly. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft's new Business Intelligence solution.  It was announced back in June of 2006, and is officially being launched TODAY.It's all about business performance management.Check the website for the announcement, and other good overview resources.  And here is the PRESS RELEASE.

Best of Questions and Answer from TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements

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Hi all!Below are the questions I pulled out of the Q&A log from the TechNet Webcast: "Windows Vista Reliability Improvements", along with extended answers (especially to those I answered verbally).Hope you find them useful!KevinPS: Here is my resource page for this webcast. ---Questions and Answers:"Did Microsoft send out some reliability updates last months? My Vista systems … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answer from TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements

Resources for TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements

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Here are some resources relating to webcast I presented on September 14, 2007, entitled “Windows Vista Reliability Improvements”. I hope you find them useful. Kevin — Windows Vista Home Page:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista Windows Vista Product Overview for IT Professionalshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/overvw.mspx Windows Vista Reliability and Performance Featureshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/feat/relperf.mspx Windows Vista Securityhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/feat/secfeat.mspx Windows Vista Deploymenthttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/deploy/default.mspx For IT Pros: Key reasons to upgrade … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements

Another RTM snuck past me while I was celebrating…

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Wow.. it's been a fun couple of weeks!  First we put the first official released version of Silverlight out.  Then we went to manufacturing with System Center Virtual Machine Manager.  And now this... although THIS actually happened two weeks ago - and they just neglected to tell anyone about it until the e-mail I received … Continue reading Another RTM snuck past me while I was celebrating…