Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture

March 8, 2008 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 6 Comments

Greetings!Below are the best of the questions and answers that occurred during our TechNet Webcast entitled, "24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture"John Weston, Keith Combs, and newest team-member (and very GROOVEy guy) Yung Chou, were kind enough to help out with the questions and … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture

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January 22, 2008 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 14 Comments

IMPORTANT UPDATE: This promotion and promotion code have expired.Please CLICK HERE for the most current promotion.Whenever I present a live TechNet Event, I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber. Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a … Continue reading Here… Go buy a Zune with the $100 you just saved…

January-February 2008 – TechNet Event Resources

January 5, 2008 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 1 Comment

Kevin’s “Save the Day” TechNet ResourcesJanuary-February, 2008Kevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussionhttp://blogs.technet.com/kevinremdeE-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Rich Russell– richruss@microsoft.comFuture Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremdeMSDN (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.comMicrosoft Across America: http://www.microsoft.com/acrossamerica$100 TechNet Subscription Promotion – Yes.. save $100!Use Promotion Code TMSAM08 at … Continue reading January-February 2008 – TechNet Event Resources

Best of Questions and Answers from our TechNet Webcast: Internet Information Services 7.0 (Part 3 of 4): Performance Optimization

November 16, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 1 Comment

Happy weekend!Below are the questions I pulled out of the Q&A log from the TechNet Webcast: "Internet Information Services 7.0 (Part 3 of 4): Performance Optimization", along with extended answers (especially to those I didn't get to answer verbally).Hope you find them useful!KevinPS: Here is my resource page for this webcast. Questions and Answers:“Can you show … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers from our TechNet Webcast: Internet Information Services 7.0 (Part 3 of 4): Performance Optimization

WSv has a new name, too.

November 14, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 1 Comment

From the "I knew this was coming a long time ago, but wasn't allowed to tell you" department:Windows Server virtualization - or WSv as we've been calling it - is now called something different. The new, official name - announced at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, Spain - is "Hyper-V""Hyper-V? Is that a letter V, … Continue reading WSv has a new name, too.

“Centro” now has a name. And a mission.

November 14, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ Leave a comment

First of all - This news is a week old. I apologize for not putting it here sooner. Too busy to blog lately (as usual). I still think this is too cool not to share, though. "Windows Essentials Business Server? What is it?"As a former IT Manager, and in talking to so many IT Pros … Continue reading “Centro” now has a name. And a mission.

Another Video Test

November 6, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 4 Comments

http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/BreakfastMPG/iframe.html This time I took my original AVCHD file and rendered it as a high-quality MPEG-2 file before rendering it again for Silverlight using Expression Encoder.It looks a little better in my opinion. Not so many interlacing effects visible. What do you think?

HD Silverlight Stream Test 2 – even higher quality

November 5, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 3 Comments

http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/30195/Breakfast3/iframe.html HINT: Double-click to show fullscreen.The first test I did (I've removed that post - it's annoying when all these videos start playing all at once in each blog post) rendered it down a little - more like DVD quality than true HD.This later one is a much bigger file, and is true HD 720p … Continue reading HD Silverlight Stream Test 2 – even higher quality

Remember BDD? Well.. forget BDD. Remember MD.

October 24, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 3 Comments

"Huh?"For a couple years now I've been singing the praise of "these three little letters that, if you remember nothing else from my presentation, I want you to remember: BDD!" Business Desktop Deployment.BDD is one of many "Solution Accelerators" Microsoft makes available. As the name implies, these are product or area focused tools that help … Continue reading Remember BDD? Well.. forget BDD. Remember MD.

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October 22, 2007 ~ Kevin Remde ~ 3 Comments

IMPORTANT UPDATE: This promotion and promotion code have expired.Please CLICK HERE for the most current promotion. "$100? One-hundred dollars? Really?"Yes, you read me right. From now through May 2008 you can save $100 on any TechNet subscription. ANY TechNet subscription. All you need to do is use this special promotion code when you place your … Continue reading Special TechNet Subscription Promotion – Save $100!