Yes indeed! My friends Matt Hester, Brian Lewis, John Weston, and I, are committing to deliver a new cloud topic-based blog post daily. For the entire month of November you’ll be treated to 30 days of cloudy goodness.“Too much?”Absolutely not.Check out Matt’s introduction to the series.“When is your first contribution, Kevin?”I’m on deck for a … Continue reading New Blog Post Series: The Cloud on Your Terms
November 2011 - January 2012 IMPORTANT Software Evaluations – Get ‘em here: https://aka.ms/Evals "WAG" = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn) with Subgroups for user groups by geography – https://aka.ms/WAG Future Live, In-Person Event Information: TechNet Events (for IT Pros): http://www.TechNetEvents.com MSDN Events (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com Session Slides: https://aka.ms/FY12H1Remde Microsoft Virtualization: On Your Terms Windows … Continue reading Here Are Your Microsoft Virtualization Event Resources
Okay.. I feel like sharing this because it’s pretty stupid, but in a geeky-sort-of-way the solution was interesting enough to share. Think Chicken & Egg. (or “Catch-22”).As the title of this post suggests, the subject is Windows Failover Clustering. For those of you who are not familiar with it, Windows Failover Clustering is a built-in … Continue reading Doh! (What I learned about Windows Failover Clustering. The hard way.)
** UPDATE: We’ve rescheduled the Kansas City and Saint Louis events! See you January 10 and 17!Greetings!Well, it’s that time again. It’s time to look at your calendar and look at our list of TechNet Events in the central US to see if you’ll be able to spend the day with us.“A day? I thought … Continue reading TechNet Events are Back!
Dear TechEd Diary,Tuesday at TechEd North America 2011 was another long day, but a good one. I managed to get some good sessions in, as well as do a quick pass through the exhibit hall. After breakfast, the day started by filling in as a helper (or “proctor”) in an instructor-lead lab. The instructor was … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd 2011 Diary – Day 2
Dear TechEd Diary,Here I am back in my room at my lovely hotel after the first full day of TechEd North America 2011. The keynote was good. The word of the week is definitely “cloud”. “Are you surprised?”Absolutely not. After the keynote, a good “Foundational Session” by Norm Judah, and a good lunch, I attended … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd 2011 Diary – Day 1
Dear TechEd Diary,Made it here to TechEd North America 2011 in Atlanta. It was an early flight this morning, a simple (and cheap) train ride into town, and check-in at my hotel. I am registered……and then I attended what was left of the afternoon’s “Community Leadership Summit”. Some of my teammates will be arriving later … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd 2011 Diary – Day 0
Whenever I do a talk on “the cloud” or any of the products from Microsoft that involve (or revolve around) it, I always ask the folks in attendance, “What is your biggest concern about ‘the cloud’?” And without a single exception in the dozens of times I’ve done it, the first word I hear is … Continue reading But what about security? (“Cloudy April”–Part 9)
Just last week (March 29) I had the pleasure of speaking to Chris Van Wesep. Chris is a Group Product Manager in the Management & Security Product Group, and as such he is a key person at Microsoft responsible for many of the System Center management tools and vision. As you may be aware, much … Continue reading Was it cloudy at MMS 2011? (“Cloudy April”–Part 8)
What if you could run SQL Server, and get all the power of the best data management platform, but hosted for you in “the cloud”?“You mean like at a hosting provider?”Something like that. Well… something and NOTHING like that. Something like that because yes, you don’t have to buy/house/power/secure/make-highly available the servers that it runs … Continue reading Windows Azure – the SQL! (“Cloudy April” – Part 7)
Absolutely Full of I.T. 