“Seriously, Kevin? Are you going to VMware User Groups now?” Yes, I am. As an IT Professional, and as one who does his best to represent the IT Professional Community as a whole, I think it’s useful to keep in touch with as many technologies and as many other IT Pros as possible. And sure, … Continue reading As I’m off to yet another VMUG…
Thanks to our friends at Oakwood Systems, I have a series of free, hands-on “kick start” events to tell you about. Here’s the text from an e-mail I just received: What is the best way to determine if Windows Azure might be a fit for your organization? Microsoft is offering your organization the opportunity to … Continue reading New Event Series: Windows Azure Kick Start
This is neat… I was searching the Intertubes (“Googling it on BING”), looking for knowledge on some topics and some answers for future blog posts, and I happened upon one of John Savill’s excellent series of Q&A posts on the Windows IT Pro Magazine site. One of the articles answers the question “What features are … Continue reading Something cool I just learned: Windows 8, Hyper-V, and Wireless Networking
Recently, as a new installment of our “Cloud Innovators” series on TechNet Radio, I had the pleasure of talking with Shahrouz Malekpour of Ezy Consulting. His company provides a service and a tool to help businesses determine what their investment will be when choosing Office 365 as their productivity platform-of-choice. Click here to take advantage of … Continue reading TechNet Radio: Cloud Innovators – Determining your ROI with Office 365
Good question, Todd. And unfortunately I don’t know the details enough to give you a precise answer. But I will say that no matter what Windows Server 2012 has in it, it isn’t a supported platform for the current RTM (Release to Manufacturing) version of System Center 2012. “Why not?” ‘cause it’s in beta – … Continue reading Why .NET 3.5? (So many questions. So little time. Part 39)
At our Columbus, Ohio TechNet Event, Karl asked: Great question, Karl. And I have seen two ways to do this well. Way #1 – Treat your test network as a subnet that requires routing. Although this method is more complex, I personally prefer it. It treats the “Internal” network as a separate subnet, which is … Continue reading Hyper-V Test Network with Wireless? (So many questions. So little time. Part 29)
http://bit.ly/24hipc Get yourself 5 of those “5 Hour Energy” drinks, set your alarm clock, and join the WORLD for this amazing opportunity to learn all about the Private Cloud solutions from Microsoft. Here’s the description from the registration page: Every organization has the power to employ cloud technologies in their own way, at their own … Continue reading Free Global Event–24 Hours in a Private Cloud
“MediaValet Thrives on Microsoft’s Cloud Platform” is the title of this press release. It’s great to hear about the cases where Windows Azure is being used so effectively, and really taking full advantage of its… well.. advantages. Things such as global scale and pay-as-you-go. Great, reliable, redundant storage. And the opportunity to create some massively … Continue reading I love these Windows Azure success stories
Wonderful news! Today at the Microsoft Management Summit going on in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced the availability of System Center 2012. You can start your evaluation downloads now: https://aka.ms/PvtCld Pass it on!
Immediately after my previous blog post about the new cloud-centric MCSE certifications, I received an instant message and an e-mail from the group responsible for it. They thanked me, and then asked if I would please share some additional information. So the following text comes directly from that e-mail: Move Your Career to the Cloud … Continue reading MCSE News Update: More Details
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