Jacob Thornberry of Brooks Stevens took a few minutes out of his busy day as their lone IT Pro to talk to me about his recent rollout of Office Communications Server 2007. I thought this conversation would benefit anyone who is considering rolling out OCS, and so with Jacob's permission, we recorded our conversation for … Continue reading A Conversation About An OCS Deployment
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From the ol' mail bag...I just received this e-mail, and thought I'd share it plus my response here on my blog: Hi Kevin, I find your virtualization webcasts very good. I plan to investigate setting a DR solution using Hyper V with our systems in a different site Currently we have approx 12 physical boxes … Continue reading Got an e-mail about Hyper-V…
A friend and board member of a local user group pointed me to a recent article in BetaNews, talking about some cool new capabilities in the next version of Windows PowerShell. According to the CTP 2 download page (yes, you can download a Community Technology Preview version of 2.0), here are some of the main … Continue reading PowerShell 2.0 – Gonna be SWEEET
Those of you who have followed my blog for more than 12 months already know what a HUGE FAN I am of the TechEd conference. Since it began in 1993, I have only missed three TechEds. And during my 4+ years as a Microsoft employee, it's been a real treat to work at TechEd as … Continue reading TechEd Online is.. well… ONLINE!
(RTW = Released to Web)Yessir! VIrtual PC 2007 has an upgrade available. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for that product was released and made available today. For more information, see the Release Notes. And also the Virtual PC Web Site.
In the MCP Flash e-mail I received at 1:39AM this morning, the top item is about three FREE webcasts devoted to helping people get ready for three different certification exams. "Which ones?"Here is the text from the e-mail: Walk in to your exam with confidence! Your Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) coach will provide pointers to … Continue reading Free Exam-Cramming Sessions
This was a surprise to me, so I have to imagine that it is new news to a lot of you as well. With Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, you now have the ability to set up a VPN using RRAS (Routing and Remote Access) to use port 443 (HTTPS - or SSL) … Continue reading How come Microsoft doesn’t have a SSL-based VPN solution? Well… we do!
Multiply your power! Today Microsoft announced newly available Public Previews, plus the pricing details, for Windows Essential Server Solutions."What is that?"For those of you not aware of it - this is what we're calling the options such as Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008. And today the company made previews … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft Essentials Server Solutions Announcements (Wanna know how much SBS 2008 will cost?)
E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Rich Russell– richruss@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremdeMSDN (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.comMicrosoft Across America: http://www.microsoft.com/acrossamerica $100-OFF TechNet Subscription Promotion – Yes, save $100 off of any TechNet Plus Subscription!Use Promotion Code TMSAM08 (that’s ZERO-8. Think 2008) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/subscription{ What’s New in Windows … Continue reading Kevin’s Windows Server 2008 Resources – IVNUA – May 2008
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