This Tuesday, January 17, 2012, Microsoft is holding a special Private Cloud webcast. “Special? What’s so special?” I’ll tell you why. Well, actually I can’t tell you all the details (because I don’t know them), but what I can tell you is that you’ll learn a lot. The webcast features Satya Nadella – President, Server and … Continue reading Private Cloud Day–A Big Deal and a Big Event
CHEAP TRAINING! “What? Huh? Cheap? Training?” Yes, I thought that would get your attention. Due to the great response for past deliveries of this sort of all-day live virtual classroom training, Symon Perriman and Phil Helsel will be delivering two more full-day courses on Microsoft Virtualization. Here are the details (UPDATED - Additional event in … Continue reading NEW: Microsoft Server Virtualization “Jump Start” training
Those of you who also get the TechNet Flash e-mails already know this… We’ve announced a 15% discount offer for new TechNet Professional Subscriptions.“From now until February 29th, 2012 Microsoft TechNet Flash subscribers will receive a 15% discount on a new Microsoft® TechNet Subscriptions Professional”The discount code to use to get 15% off is TNFLA12The … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: TechNet Subscription Discount!
Today in lucky part 13 of our 30 day “Cloud on Your Terms” series, my friend (and the guy who hired me at Microsoft) John Weston introduces you to System Center Operations Manager 2012. Read it HERE. And if you have missed any of the series posts, check out my summary post for links to … Continue reading Cloud on Your Terms part 13 of 30: System Center Operations Manager
For those of you who missed any of these and want to catch up, here is a list that I will keep updated with links to the team’s (Me, Brian Lewis, John Weston, and Matt Hester) posts. And don’t forget to go to https://aka.ms/evals if you want to evaluate any of the foundational software to … Continue reading The Cloud on Your Terms: 30 Part Series
Great news! More betas and release candidates of the System Center 2012 tools are available today for download! Like many of you, I have been waiting patiently for these gems, and I can’t wait to start playing with them. These round out the pre-releases of tools that allow you to support private and hybrid cloud … Continue reading Breaking News: More New System Center 2012 RCs and Betas Available Today
Finally.. the day we’ve been waiting for. Office 365 has been released to the web. The beta is over. The horses are out of the gate. Office 365 is available for purchase. Here’s how their home page introduces it: “It's familiar Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the cloud. Everyone can work together … Continue reading Breaking News: Office 365 is HERE!
This is a simple link to another blog, but I thought it very worthwhile to direct you there. If you were interested in a great summary with links to greater details all about the Windows Azure platform-area announcements that were made last week at TechEd North America 2011, you’ll find them on Eric Nelson’s excellent … Continue reading Windows Azure Announcements at TechEd North America
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!
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!
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