http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmMy Central Region IT Pro Evangelist teammates and I are going to be delivering a series of 31 blog posts in October, all about Windows Server 2012. Check back here on Monday at 8:00am Central Time for the introduction to and part 1 of our series. …and have a super weekend!
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmRichard Fichera of Forrester Research had recently written up and posted his initial impressions of Windows Server 2012, and his related recommendations. Here’s my super-ultra-brief summary:1. Here’s why Windows Server 2012 is really great, and2. You should start considering it NOW, even if you’re also still just rolling out Windows Server 2008. In all seriousness.. … Continue reading Oh good. It’s not just me. Richard likes Windows Server 2012, too.
Yessir! According to the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform page, And that’s today! Go to THIS PAGE to set up a reminder that at 8:00AM Pacific (10:00AM Central) time, the launch is happening. “Where will the Windows Server Launch be taking place?” Online. Go to http://www.windows-server-launch.com at 10:00AM Central Time to “learn, connect, and have … Continue reading Launch Day! Windows Server 2012 is available today!
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm Yes indeed! It’s short notice, but I’d love to see about 30+ IT Pros from the area on Thursday, August 30th. We’ll be holding an IT “Mini-Camp”, where we’ll discuss and give you some hands-on time with Windows Server 2012 and the new version of Hyper-V virtualization. Here is the text from the registration … Continue reading TechNet IT “Mini-Camp” Event–August 30, 2012 in Minneapolis (Edina), Minnesota
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmDan asked this at a TechNet Event IT Camp a few months ago… For those of you not familiar with it, ODX stands for Offloaded Data Transfer (or, I suppose, “X-fer”). It is a capability that some storage vendor solutions have to offload the transfer of data. “Um.. duh!” Sorry. The idea with ODX is … Continue reading Does my SAN support ODX? (So Many Questions. So Little Time. Part 46)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm “It’s been said that the secret to a good marriage is to understand that ‘it must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.’ Microsoft has 20 years of expertise in the enterprise arena, and the release of Office 365 a year ago only extends that commitment. Our commitment to our … Continue reading Full of I.T. Shark Week!: Why Office 365 and not Google Apps?
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm There’s a theory that a Shark needs to keep moving, or else it will die. “Is that really true?” Do I look like Jacques Cousteau? I don’t know. You look it up. But I think the same can be said for virtual machines. “They’ll die?” Stop interrupting me. In your datacenter, no machine in … Continue reading Full of I.T. Shark Week!: Gotta keep moving!
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm Yes indeed! It’s SHARK WEEK on FULL OF I.T.! This is the week of the year that we get aggressive here on the blog! We stir up the waters and bait the hooks with tasty I.T. goodness! We rip our competitors to shreds! We… “Hey Kevin… Aren’t you just stealing this idea from the … Continue reading It’s “Shark Week” on Full of I.T.!
Today I took and passed the VMware VCP5 certification test. “Wait.. huh?! You got certified on VMware?” Yes, I did. I am now a VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5.0. The powers-that-be realize, as I and my teammates do, that it’s important to be well-versed in what’s happening in the real world datacenters; especially if … Continue reading It’s Friday: Time for a little bragging…
Some of you may be aware that this week another big Microsoft conference is happening in Toronto. The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) for 2012 is in full swing. And like all of these kinds of conferences, there are usually big announcements and reveals and important information shared during the keynotes. This year’s is no exception. … Continue reading WPC Announcements–Servers and Tools and Azure! (Oh my!)
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