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Sep 01

SharePoint and Office 2010-Part I-An Inside Look At Outlook 2010 and SharePoint 2010 People Search

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.  Specifically, we will look at integration and how these great new products are made to work together.  You will see many … Continue reading

Aug 30

Planning for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

In this 27 min video we will discuss Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 deployment PLANNING.  You can expect to learn what needs to be considered and what tools are available for planning an upgrade/deployment of Office 2010 and/or SharePoint 2010. … Continue reading

Aug 30

Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 System Will NOT Boot After Making Changes To Boot Manager Using BCDEdit

I messed up.  It happens to everyone from time to time.  In my case, I was playing around with my system boot manager because I wanted to setup Boot To VHD.  Well being tired and not thinking to clearly, I … Continue reading

Jul 14

Hyper-V Architecture Poster

Similar to the Windows Server 2008 R2 component poster, the Hyper-V poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features and components. It highlights key Hyper-V components including: Architecture Virtual Networking Virtual Machine Snapshots … Continue reading

Jul 13

Management and Security on Tap – Changes To Technology Focus Area For New Fiscal Year

   A New Way Of Doing Business I am an IT Pro Evangelist in the US East Region (Developer and Platform Evangelism [DPE]).  Starting FY11 (July 2010) we are changing our way of doing business so ITE’s (that’s me) are … Continue reading

Apr 18

Hyper-V Security 101 – Virtualization Administration Delegation of Hyper-V and SCVMM

When running Hyper-V you do not need to be at the console to manage your virtualization platform.  In fact, it is strongly recommended that you delegate these rights.  If you let someone login to a server with administrative permissions they … Continue reading

Apr 09

Microsoft Desktop Player Is A One-Stop Search Tool For Technical Resources And Connections On Your Desktop

Very Cool: A one-stop search tool for technical resources and connections On your desktop!     Microsoft Desktop player allows IT Pros and Developers to access technical content ( videos, webcasts, podcasts, white papers etc.) and links to resources ( … Continue reading

Mar 29

Allow Remote Desktop Services and Ping Through Firewall on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

This post in in response to questions on how to turn maintain remote connectivity to a server running Hyper-V with the firewall enabled.  The first thing to consider is what inbound traffic you want to enable on the server.  If … Continue reading

Mar 18

With XP Mode Update Hardware Virtualization Is No Longer Required Plus Dynamic Memory In Hyper-V and RemoteFX

Today Microsoft made made some virtualization-related announcements — including changes to XP Mode that will allow XP Mode in Windows 7 to run without virtualization enabled hardware. Today, Microsoft is announcing Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 … Continue reading