RTM = Released to ManufacturingSCVMM = System Center Virtual Machine Managerand JAFJ = Jump Around for Joy! Woohoo!Yesterday, the product responsible announced that they have "shipped" System Center Virtual Machine Manager?"Cool, Kevin... but what is it?"This is another in the suite of System Center tools... and it manages virtual machines. Hence the name. Duh! Some … Continue reading RTM! SCVMM! JAFJ!
RTW = Released to Web... And that's what happened today to Microsoft's new web-based, cross-browser media platform plug-in and technology. Check out the Silverlight home page, and some of the awesome examples of using Silverlight being announced today by many of our partners. (My favorite is the Halo 3 HD video site I blogged about a few … Continue reading Breaking News: Silverlight is RTW? OMG!
Today the company released details on what the upcoming first Service Pack for Windows Vista will include. You can check out these details here at the Windows Vista TechCenter, and specifically here
Kevin’s TechNet “Skill Builder” Event Resources – August-September, 2007 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comKevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussionhttp://blogs.technet.com/kevinremdeFeedback e-mail to my boss: Melanie Brunner – mbrunne@microsoft.comFuture 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/acrossamericaNext Scheduled Area “Microsoft Across America” Events: Watch http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde … Continue reading August-September 2007 – TechNet Event Resources
A very cool offer came to my inbox from an internal source about an offer that Verio is promoting. I verified that it was indeed "bloggable" and open to the public.Yes.. you get a free website. And you can use it until 2010. "What's the catch?"The catch is that you're using hosted Microsoft technologies. The offer is … Continue reading Free hosted website? Till 2010?
The Date: February 27, 2008The Place: Los AngelesThe Launch: Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008Announced at the WWPC yesterday, and released in this press release as well, the February 27 date is the official kick-off of hundreds of launch events that will go on around the world. And if you're really keen … Continue reading Great! We have a date! (for the LAUNCH)
Two days ago I posted here about there not being an Admin Pack that will run on Windows Vista for administering Windows Server 2008 servers. I did this after learning this from another blog, and during e-mail discussion threads. The recommendation was to use RDP (Terminal Services) instead. Fortunately, there is a group that is … Continue reading Update: REPLACEMENT for the Admin Pack
Yes! It's finally official! BillG announced it at WinHEC today. Now we all have to train ourselves to stop saying "Windows Server Codename: Longhorn" and just say "Windows Server 2008"."Kevin! I thought it was going to ship by the end of this year? Does this mean I'm going to have to wait until '08 to … Continue reading Goodbye ‘Longhorn’… Hello ‘Windows Server 2008’
(Are we selling our products at the local State Fair now?)Apparently that's what Microsoft and SanDisk are planning on doing. I love it!Check out this article: SanDisk, Microsoft in USB flash drive, memory dealImagine this... you don't need your own computer anymore to travel. You just go to a kiosk with your SanDisk drive.. plug … Continue reading Windows-on-a-Stick?
And by "cool", I mean "laughing-so-hard-I-can't-breathe FUNNY"...(DISCLAIMER: This is a spoof! Some people at Microsoft DO have a sense of humor!) http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swfVideo: Microsoft's oPhone
Absolutely Full of I.T. 