Today Microsoft reached another milestone in the release cycle for the next version of Internet Explorer - “IE8”. I’ve been running Beta 2 very happily for quite awhile, and recently gained access to an internal release of Release Candidate 1. Today we’ve made that release available for anyone who wants to try it out. “Where … Continue reading Breaking News: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate Available
Kevin’s TechNet Event Resources January-March, 2009 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Harry Caldwell – HarryCal@microsoft.com Session PowerPoint Deckshttp://www.technetevents.com/resources/2009-January-March.aspx Future Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.TechnetEvents.com/kevinremdeMSDN (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com Microsoft Webcasts - http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts NEW - IT Managers Community Hub - http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement 28%-OFF Special TechNet Plus Subscription Promotion – … Continue reading January-March 2009 – TechNet Event Resources
This is cool. Free learning is always good.Microsoft Learning is giving away free e-Books. Microsoft Press is celebrating their 25th anniversary. So they’re offering a way to sign-up for and receive notifications about free offers, and additional books, for the next several months. The book available at the time of this blog post is this … Continue reading More Free Stuff
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 14, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell (Level 300)”This is part 1 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization. (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).I hope you find these links useful. And watch for me also delivering … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell (Part 1 of a 20 part virtualization series!)
(Warning: If you only expect serious technology announcements or serious discussion from this blog, you should stop reading this post right now.) Just an observation…If you don’t have a wall, you’ve got no place to put a window. Why do I need windows if I have no walls? That’s just stupid.Don’t get me wrong.. I … Continue reading What is “Life without walls?”
This just struck me as geeky-cool (a term I use far too often, but that’s because I thrive on geeky-cool things). I just saw a blog post on the DHCP Team Blog about a new little improvement called “DHCP Network Hint” coming in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.“Wait a sec.. DHCP has been … Continue reading Windows 7: Even DHCP Can Be Improved
Mike Neil is the General Manager of Virtualization at Microsoft. He’s the guy with the job of overseeing where Microsoft is going with Virtualization; looking at the big-picture and how Microsoft can contribute to and lead in the area of Virtualization.He recently contributed this very good summary of where it’s all headed, with predictions for … Continue reading 2009: The Virtual Year
“Hey Kevin.. what are the specs on that there demo computer?”Funny you should ask. I get that a lot. And so I thought I’d share with you my dream configuration. It is my hope that some of you will take these steps and use them to build your own test environment, so you can kick … Continue reading Kevin’s Demo World – Part 1 – My Foundation
Breaking News: The IT Manager Community Hub is LIVE! Spread the word!For several months now, I’ve been working with people in the Microsoft BMO on this project, which started because of a recognition that IT Managers – people who lead IT people and run IT organizations – haven’t been served as well as they could … Continue reading IT Managers – This hub’s for YOU!
If you manage an IT team or organization, and if you want some good resources on building your business – or even your career – using Microsoft technologies, you should check out this webcast series going on now.Here’s the link to the series landing page.A number of webcasts and podcasts have been recorded and are … Continue reading IT Managers – We’ve got Webcasts for you!
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