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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 going to be focusing on specific product areas and I am chartered with obtaining…
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Lenovo W510 Laptop Demo Machine – Portable Server Initial Review
I have been using a Lenovo T61P for a couple years now and I absolutely LOVE IT! It has been a rock solid and fast machine. It does have it’s limitations and the system requirements for SharePoint 2010 are pretty high. In order to be able to show these great new technologies, I got a…
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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 basically have the “keys to the kingdom”. We do not usually want to do this. …
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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 ( IT Evangelist or Developer Evangelist, local training opportunities local user groups etc.) in your area.…
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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 it is a Hyper-V server you should consider if you are just going to use…
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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 and Windows 7. Detailed information regarding SP1 will be released over the next several months;…
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Free E-Books of Windows 7 Deployment, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
This is a nice compilation of pertinent information of deploying Windows 7. For those who are focusing on Windows 7 deployment in an enterprise environment, the following are in my view essential readings as well. · Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor · Building a Standard Image of Windows 7 Step-by-Step Guide · Automated Installation of Windows…
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Add Chart to Excel Using Office 2007 Plus Some Formula Discussion
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DISM Step By Step-Using Deployment Image Servicing Management Tool
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iSCSI SAN for VERY Easy Storage Virtualization All About Storage From Virtualization Group Boston
A quick update on Virtualization Group Boston’s, “All About Storage” event. Thanks to our Community Sponsors: PerfectDisk, and StarWind Software. We had a great turnout with strong presentations from two big names in the industry, StarWind Software and PerfectDisk(Raxco Software). One of the topics we discussed and I wanted to explore more is iSCSI Storage…
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Upgrading Windows XP to Windows 7 and Migrate Microsoft Office and Other Applications Using The User State Migration Tool (USMT
At recent TechNet events, I had questions about migrating applications using the User State Migration Tool (USMT). As I suspected, there is support for migrating some applications including Microsoft Office. In fact, for Microsoft Office it can even migrate settings from an older version of office on the source machine to a newer version of…
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How to Extend Your Activation Grace Period on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (Activate Now Message)
Most of the content I use for webcasts and live events have virtual machines that have been created either by someone on my team or by someone at Microsoft corporate. The virtual machines are not created with trial versions of the operating system but with fully licensed product. For obvious reasons they are not activated,…
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DPM eLearning is now online – How to Backup SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange Server and Virtulized Environments (Hyper-V), Including Disaster Recovery
Announcing DPM eLearning is now online This week, I am very happy to announce the availability of eLearning for DPM 2007. This is a collection of 6 two-hour eLearning modules that include hands-on labs, much of the same courseware as our newly announced classroom-based DPM course, and is built for to prepare you for the…
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Resource Handout and Slides from Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 TechNet Unleashed Events can now be found online
TechNet Events Presents TechNet Unleashed Game On Tour! <<- Registration Links Resource Handout and Slides from FY 10 Q1 Flex Events (TechNet Unleashed) can now be found online. Session 1) Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 Session 2) Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 DirectAccess Session 3) Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS and…
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How To Configure BitLocker on Windows 7 RC – Everything You Need To Know About BitLocker
I have had many questions about BitLocker so I thought I would answer them in this blog post. What is BitLocker and Why Should I Care? BitLocker is a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) component that allows you to protect data on hard drives. BitLocker is the name given to the encryption component that works…
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Exchange Server 2010 Webcast Series
The Exchange Team has put together a 10 part Webcast Series on Exchange Server 2010. The titles, dates and registration links are below: June 1, 2009: High Availability June 3, 2009: Overview June 8, 2009: Management Tools June 10, 2009: Archiving and Retention June 15, 2009: Outlook Web Access June 17, 2009: Architecture June 22,…
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Microsoft Community Leaders Ready To Help With Community Driven Events And Training Opportunities
Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists are ready to help. With the many staffing changes over the last 8 months or so Microsoft has increased the number of “Community Leaders” in the IT Pro Space. As little as a year ago there was only one person for the entire east coast of the United States. Now there…
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Publishers Offer User Groups Plenty of Benefits Including Free Books
Chris Bowen created a create blog post about publishers offering support for user groups. It is a great post that you should all be aware of. It lists many publishers and links to the programs they have setup for user groups. ie, how to get free books for your group meetings!!!! In addition to his…
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Where To Download ISO Images For The Latest And Past Versions Of Microsoft Software Including SQL Server 2000 x64
I had a customer ask me today if it was possible to download SQL Server 2000 x64. I am posting here so others can benefit from the answer. If you have an MSDN or Technet subscription you can download the ISO image of the CD/DVD’s. If you do not have either of these, you can…
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Preparing your machine for SQL Server 2008 LoadFest – Installing OS on Virtual Guest
I had a client ask me about preparing his machine for the SQL Loadfest coming up at the end of this week. He wanted to know if he could set that up on a Virtual PC environment. I figured several others might have similar questions so figured I would answer it in a blog post.…