(RTW = Released to the Wild Wild Web)At the Microsoft’s Management Summit (MMS 2011) Microsoft announced the availability of BETA 2 of System Center Configuration Manager 2012. “What are the new big improvements?”I was just getting to that. Here’s a quick summary:“User-Centric Management” / “Flexible Delivery of Applications”: This SCCM version acknowledges and supports the … Continue reading Breaking News from MMS: SCCM 2012 Beta 2 is RTW!
(RTW = Released to the Webtubes)Today at the 2011 Microsoft Management Summit Microsoft announced the availability of the BETA of the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager – SCVMM 2012Here are more details you should check out: The SCVMM 2012 Beta page The Download Bing it. “What are you most excited about in … Continue reading Breaking News from MMS 2011: SCVMM 2012 Beta is RTW!
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This Wednesday (March 16) at I’ll be hosting the first of what I hope will be many (several already scheduled… more to follow) of what we call “IT Manager Community Chats with Kevin Remde”. Our first one is going to be with Microsoft’s Tharun Tharian, a Sr. Product Manager for SQL Azure. You’ll learn about … Continue reading IT Manager Community Chats are back!
Tonight at the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) conference, Microsoft announces the release-to-the-web of Internet Explorer 9. According to the IE 9 site, the final bits will be available after 9PM Pacific time, tonight. (March 14, 2011)I’ve been enjoying the Release Candidate for a few weeks now, and I’m fairly well impressed. Entirely my opinion, but things are … Continue reading Breaking News: IE 9 is here!
How will your IT organization consider using “the cloud”? Is there even an option for you; and if so, what does it look like?Next month we start our new series of events focusing on how IT is being transformed into a dynamic, service-based resource for your business. To do this you need to not just … Continue reading US Central Region TechNet Events are Here!
RTW = Released to the Web-i-tubesThe Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) version 5.5 has been released to the web. This is the latest version of the toolset that many of you have seen me demonstrate in our TechNet Events. It lets you take an inventory (agentless, I might add) of your environment – PCs, … Continue reading Breaking News: MAP 5.5 is RTW!
I ran across a really excellent blog post this morning. David Pallmann (a Microsoft MVP) provides an excellent overview of the Windows Azure platform; all of its parts, and the current state of all of the components: “In this post I'll take you through an updated tour of the Windows Azure platform. It's 2011, and … Continue reading Windows Azure: A Fresh Look
“Computing is undergoing a seismic shift from client/server to the cloud, a shift similar in importance and impact to the transition from mainframe to client/server. Speculation abounds on how this new era will evolve in the coming years, and IT leaders have a critical need for a clear vision of where the industry is heading.” … Continue reading Stop putting whip holders in your horseless carriages. (And what does that have to do with the cloud?)
RTW = Released to the Web-i-tubesRemember back in late September when I blogged about this cool toolset that, starting with a physically installed Windows XP machine, you would end up with a fresh install of Windows 7 AND that original Windows XP machine running as a virtual machine in XP-Mode?“Yeah.. that sounds really cool! Is it … Continue reading Breaking News: P2V Migration for Software Assurance is RTW!
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