Today I took and passed the VMware VCP5 certification test. “Wait.. huh?! You got certified on VMware?” Yes, I did. I am now a VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5.0. The powers-that-be realize, as I and my teammates do, that it’s important to be well-versed in what’s happening in the real world datacenters; especially if … Continue reading It’s Friday: Time for a little bragging…
“Seriously, Kevin? Are you going to VMware User Groups now?” Yes, I am. As an IT Professional, and as one who does his best to represent the IT Professional Community as a whole, I think it’s useful to keep in touch with as many technologies and as many other IT Pros as possible. And sure, … Continue reading As I’m off to yet another VMUG…
Wonderful news! Today at the Microsoft Management Summit going on in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced the availability of System Center 2012. You can start your evaluation downloads now: https://aka.ms/PvtCld Pass it on!
Happy Friday!I thought I’d just take this opportunity to again share my three-part screencast series with you; this time all in one place. The topic: System Center 2012 Unified InstallerThe goal: Help you prepare for and use the Unified Installer to build your lab for testing and trying the System Center 2012 components outThe added benefit: … Continue reading System Center 2012 Unified Installer: The Screencasts
David U. asked this of us at our Saint Louis TechNet Event: “Free Hyper-V Server can be installed on bare metal. Do I need Windows Server 2008 R2 plus Hyper-V running elsewhere to manage the Hyper-V Server, or is there another way I can manage that?” Great question David. Thanks! For those of you not … Continue reading Managing Hyper-V Server (So many questions. So little time. Part 16.)
This is cool. Microsoft is willing to PAY you to try some software and learn some stuff. And you could also win a very slick laptop in the process. “Huh? Seriously?” Well.. in a sense. We’re announcing today an opportunity for a limited (roughly 5,000) number of people to get a $20 coupon for the … Continue reading Breaking News: Your chance to get a $20 Microsoft Store coupon, and maybe win a laptop!
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!
Brett B. asked the following question at our TechNet event in Saint Louis a few weeks ago: “Does Microsoft plan to implement a distributed virtual switch like VMware?” And the answer is yes. And no. Not LIKE VMware. Better. For this answer I am going to defer to this excellent post on the Microsoft Server … Continue reading Hyper-V Networking in Windows Server “8”: The Extensible Switch (So Many Questions. So Little Time. Part 10.)
In our Saint Louis TechNet Event last week, Kurt asked several questions relating to virtualization and Hyper-V: “Any issues with running SBS, SQL, and application server on same machine?” “How do I set up multiple drives within a virtual server?” “What is the best base core for virtualization? (Enterprise, File Server, etc.)” To your first … Continue reading How much can virtualization really do? (So many questions. So little time. Part 8.)
Today during the “Private Cloud Day” live webcast event, Microsoft announced a pretty big change in how we think of and purchase the System Center suite. Bottom-line.. it’s no longer a separate set of products, but it is just one product: System Center 2012. (Well.. actually two.. but different only in terms of licensing.) In … Continue reading Breaking News: New System Center 2012 Licensing Model Announced
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