I received an e-mail late last night informing me of the release of a new RC (Release Candidate) for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012. “MDT 2012? Does that mean…” Yes. This version is being built to support the latest-and-greatest solutions and technologies that are on the near-horizon and coming soon, such as Windows 8 and … Continue reading Just Released: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 RC
A question I’ve actually heard several times before came up again at our TechNet Event in Kansas City several weeks ago: “Can I use Hyper-V as a VM (within Windows 7)?” No. “Can you elaborate?” Absolutely. First of all, Hyper-V is a role added to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Hyper-V can’t … Continue reading Where CAN’T You Use Hyper-V? (So Many Questions. So Little Time. Part 11.)
Our next set of IT Pro events (“IT Camps”) in the US Central Region have been scheduled and are now officially open for registration! The events are free, go from 9:00am to 3:00pm, and include some light breakfast and lunch. But most importantly, they are full of new and useful information that all IT Pros … Continue reading Breaking News: Free IT Camps – “Being What’s Next In IT” – Open for Registration!
Good morning, all. I interrupt the normal cadence of this blog to bring to you just a little bit of bragging. And a challenge. “Oh great.. what did you do now, Kevin?” This week I’m in Seattle, Washington, attending Microsoft’s bi-annual internal technical training event, “TechReady” (TechReady 14 to be specific.) One of the benefits … Continue reading And now for a little shameless bragging…
Microsoft has just scheduled a FREE 2-day training course entitled “Creating and Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start”, happening on February 21st-22nd, 2012 from 9:00am to 5:00pm PST. Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and career direction for IT professionals. Microsoft Learning and the … Continue reading Breaking News: Free Private Cloud “Jump Start” Training
Yesterday the big news from Microsoft was the announcement of and new details around the new System Center 2012 product, delivered via live Webcast. I was very happy to be able to watch the webcast with John Weston and 88 of our closest friends in Saint Louis during our TechNet Event.“I wasn’t able to see … Continue reading In case you missed it: The Private Cloud Webcast
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
It’s another snowy day up here in Minneapolis, but earlier this week I had the pleasure of traveling down to tropical Kansas City. Overland Park, KS, to be more specific. And on that particular day we decided to try something new. We (John Weston and I) asked our attendees to write down questions, topic areas, … Continue reading So Many Questions. So Little Time (part 1)
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
“Oh here you go again, Kevin… Talking about development topics in an IT Pro blog…” Hey.. I thought we had established the fact that many IT pros are also software engineers and developers. Or perhaps their friends are. So whether you’re a developer, and aspiring developer, or an IT Pro with friends (?), I wanted … Continue reading A Great Opportunity to Learn Windows Azure Development
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