Tag: Dan Stolts
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Make IE 9 Tabs Work The Way You Want Them To Work
I have been using IE 9 for a while and have found it to be a pretty incredible browser. However, over time I have also found that some of the default settings are in my view a little quirky. I am sure there was a good reason for the product team to set them as…
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Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Component Architecture Poster Windows Server 2008 R2
Check out this poster for a visual representation and definition of how Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) works! This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Remote Desktop Services technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It explains the functions and roles of: Remote Desktop Session Host Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Remote Desktop Connection Broker…
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Virtualization Gets Lots of Attention by Microsoft US East Region Evangelists – Great Resources!
The rest of the stuff you asked for (feature comparison charts) will be posted soon. If anyone knows of some already posted, please let me know. Virtualization Blog Posts from the US East IT Pro Evangelists. This is not a complete list of the virtualization related topics these guys have posted. I wanted to show…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Poster
Similar to the Hyper-V Architecture Poster, the Windows Server 2008 R2 Components Poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features and components of Windows Server 2008 R2. It graphically depicts key Windows Server 2008 R2 components including: Active Directory Domain Services Hyper-V Internet Information Services (IIS) Remote Desktop…
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Virtualization Technical Resource – Almost Everything You Want to Know About Microsoft Virtualization
In case you missed it, You might want to check out this post first… Virtualization Gets Lots of Attention by Microsoft US East Region Evangelists – Great Resources! Operating System Virtualization Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Deploying a Virtualized Session-Based Remote Desktop Services Solution Whitepaper Deploying Virtual Desktops using RDS Deploying virtual desktop pools using RDS…
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How To Successfully Deliver Presentations for Community Leaders and Professional Speakers – Drive Satisfaction and Impact at Your Events
Overview: There is no silver bullet when it comes to successfully delivering content at live events and getting great scores. It actually takes a whole bunch of things. The more you do well, the better the score and impact on the audience. A successful presentation is made up of many things. Some small, some not…
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Online Collaboration – Publishing PowerPoint Slides to Your Blog or Website Using Office Web App and SkyDrive
Publishing PowerPoint Slides to Your Blog or Website Using Office Web App and SkyDrive is a very simple process. The end results looks like the embedded PowerPoint slides at the bottom of this post. If you click through the PowerPoint deck, you can see some screen shots of the process. The button on the bottom…
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Configure Email or Instant Message (IM) Alert Notification in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (SCOM)
From SharePoint Saturday Boston Question and Answer on my session Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 with Operations Manager 2007 R2. “How to configure Email or IM alerting in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (SCOM)” To send notifications of alerts, Operations Manager 2007 can use a variety of mechanisms, such as e-mail, instant message, short…
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How to Find a Lost, Missing, Hidden or Removed Network Card (NIC) or Other Device and Even Remove it
In a scenario where you have physically removed hardware from a machine you can no longer see it in device manager. This does not mean that it is gone. Evidence of that is, if for example you had a network card that had a Static IP address set and you remove the card and add…
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Scale Your Message Online Improving Blog Exposure and Increase Reach of Your Message by Driving Traffic to Your Content By Dan Stolts
I have had many people over the last month ask what I have been doing to have success in increasing traffic to my blog and other online content. This post highlights my answer to them. You may not be able to utilize all tips on all your posts or content. Use whatever you can whenever…
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SharePoint and Office 2010-Part III-A Glance at SharePoint-PowerPoint-Word
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 of the newest features in action. In part III you will learn about…
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SharePoint and Office 2010-Part II-An Inside Look At PivotTables and SharePoint BI Integration
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. In part II we look at SharePoint Business Intelligence (BI) Integration and Excel PivotTables Business Intelligence Real-time Charting Graphical…
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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 of the newest features in action. In part I we look at Outlook 2010 and…
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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. Silverlight Video (27:18) Source… You can find the downloadable files at the following URLs on…
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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 made the changes to the {current} boot item instead of the new one I had…
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What is Forefront: Microsoft Security Solutions
Forefront is a family (suite) of products that are all focused on security. Together they offer a very comprehensive security solution protecting applications, systems, networks and other assets. Individually they all have there own function and there is some overlap between some of the products that make up the family. Because of the overlap, understanding…
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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 Live Migration Storage Interfaces Storage Types Storage Location and Paths Import and Export This large-format…
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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. …