Best of Q&A from the IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization

As promised, here are the “Best of Q&A” from the live chat I helped to deliver on September 3, 2009, entitled “IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization”A BIG THANK YOU to my guest, Shanen Boettcher, for such a wonderful conversation around Virtualization and the value that businesses can gain through it.And THANK YOU to all of … Continue reading Best of Q&A from the IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization

Best of Q&A for the TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! – Virtualization

As promised, here are the “Best of Q&A” from the live chat I helped to deliver on September 2, 2009, entitled “TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! - Virtualization”A BIG THANK YOU to my guest, Shanen Boettcher, for such a wonderful conversation and some great information for IT Pros around getting ready for Virtualization.And THANK YOU … Continue reading Best of Q&A for the TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! – Virtualization

Resources for IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization

As promised, here are the additional resources that were mentioned on the IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization, occurring on September 3rd, 2009.Hope you find these useful!-KevinPS - Here is the "Best of Q&A" from the chat session.---General Virtualization Information http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization “How Customers are Cutting Costs & Building Value with … Continue reading Resources for IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin – Virtualization

Resources from the TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! Virtualization

As promised, here are the additional resources that were mentioned on the TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! Virtualization, occuring on September 2nd, 2009.Hope you find these useful!-KevinUPDATE: Here is the "Best of Q&A" from the session.---Microsoft THRIVE!http://www.microsoft.com/thriveGeneral Virtualization Information http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization “How Customers are Cutting Costs & Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization” Whitepaper http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/A/4/6A4A2529-F0E8-4100-81EE-187C9B026862/MicrosoftVirtCostSavingsWhitePaper.pdfVirtualization Learning and … Continue reading Resources from the TechNet Webcast: Thrive Live Chat! Virtualization

New Online Chats: Virtualization – with Shanen Boettcher

Everyone – Meet Shanen Boettcher.  Shanen is a General Manager at Microsoft, responsible for the strategy around Windows Server products in the U.S.  He has a deep passion and background in product planning, technology and management including his role in Active Directory and Windows client product groups.“Cool.  Why do I want to meet him?”Because today … Continue reading New Online Chats: Virtualization – with Shanen Boettcher

Breaking RTM News: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

“Breaking news?  Didn’t this happen yesterday, Kevin?”Yeah.. well.. I was busy yesterday traveling and attending meetings in Chicago.  I’m still there (here), but really needed to blog this.SCVMM 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing (RTM).  “What’s new?”Well.. in a nutshell this is the version that natively support new functionality in the recently released Windows Server … Continue reading Breaking RTM News: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

NEW Bigger Discount on TechNet Plus Subscriptions!

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 … Continue reading NEW Bigger Discount on TechNet Plus Subscriptions!

Breaking News: Finally! Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SHIPPED! RTM, Baby!

RTM = Released to Manufacturing At 1:40pm Pacific (Redmond) time, the party started around the world, as both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 finally ship; that is to say, they are “RTM’d”.  The bits are ready.  They’ll be sent to OEMs, then made available to partners, businesses, TechNet and MSDN subscribers, and finally … Continue reading Breaking News: Finally! Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SHIPPED! RTM, Baby!