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My Office Hours for October
I have set my office hours for October and wanted to let everyone know what they will be (and where). For the Southern California area, I hit Culver City and Irvine in September while staying in...
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Update on Status of Events and Office Hours for the Rest of October
Due to a family emergency, I have to cancel the remaining two TechNet Events on Exchange 2003 / 2007 Upgrade to Exchange 2010 scheduled for Irvine on October 21st and Bellevue on October 27th. I also...
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Office Hours for November
I have set my office hours for November and wanted to let everyone know what they will be (and where). For the Southern California area, I am continuing to move around the valley and will be hitting...
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Phoenix Linux User Group HackFest Open Lab Follow Up from October 2, 2010 –...
This post is a bit late and should have been posted a month ago, but I got behind and then other things got in the way. Sorry. During the September PLUG Hackfest Presentation meeting, I volunteered to...
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Goes Live Today
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has been out for almost 2 years now. This release made huge jumps for Enterprise Voice and now we are ready to move on to the next chapter with the latest version....
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Doing Business with Microsoft
Over the years, I have spoken at a lot of TechNet Events as well as Tech Ed, Connections, etc. We usually have folks fill out a survey that asks about the event experience. Usually, folks who attend...
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January Office Hours
I’ve been holding regular office hours in different locations (usually Starbucks) throughout Southern California and the Phoenix area since August of 2010. Not everyone is able to make the drive or...
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January TechNet Events in Southern California
In January, we are having TechNet Events in Southern California. The events will be covering Virtualization and will take place in the Microsoft Offices in Irvine and downtown Los Angeles. The Dates...
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Cloud – Harold’s Musings on Public, Private and Dedicated Clouds
On January 24th and 25th, I delivered the “Cloud” portion of the TechNet Event Presentation that took place in Irvine, CA and Los Angeles, CA. Based on the questions before and after the session, I...
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Last Minute In-Person Office Hours in Phoenix: February 2, 2011
I have decided to add a last minute In-Person Office Hour session in Phoenix for tomorrow, February 2, 2011 from 3 PM – 5 PM at the Starbucks on the northwest corner of Thomas and Central (3110 North...
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Remote Administration of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 from Windows 7
I’ve been asked numerous times about how one would manage Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 servers from a Windows 7 client computer. Evidently, we (Microsoft) have not done a good enough job in getting...
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Evaluation of StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server 4
On February 21st, I wrote a post about Backup Strategies for File Servers and Exchange (...
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Tour of CBS Radio facility in Los Angeles
******************** Post Updated on April 27th, 2011 ****************************** I was informed that I had some incorrect information regarding FCC regulations and so I have removed the piece that...
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Save 15% off a new TechNet Subscription (Professional Edition)
A little while back I posted that we were offering a special promotion for TechNet Subscriptions that gave 3 months free if you signed up for a year. I received quite a few emails after that post to...
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Tech Ed 2011 (Atlanta, GA) Short Recap
I had the opportunity to attend Tech Ed 2011 in Atlanta, GA from May 16th through 19th. I thought I would recap some of my experiences from the past week. Tech Ed is one of the best opportunities for...
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Free 30 Day Windows Azure Pass
For those IT Professionals who would like to get more familiar with what Windows Azure is, but don’t know how to get a free test account, I have some good news for you. We are offering a Free 30 Day...
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My thoughts on Blog Post Titled “IT Pros are not feeling the love from...
On May 11th, Debra Shinder made a blog post titled “IT Pros are not feeling the love from Microsoft”. Needless to say, this has gotten the attention of quite a few folks (me included). After taking...
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System Center 2012 Applications in Beta
For those of you who attended Tech Ed 2011, you know that the betas of SCCM 2012 and SCVMM 2012 have been out. It was also announced that the beta or Community Evaluation Program (CEP) for SCOM 2012...
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Using Hyper-V to create a Base OS Image that can be used for VMs and Boot to VHD
I’m sure a lot of techie folks like me use virtualization quite a bit for testing and learning purposes. When we have to build Servers for many different scenarios, it sure is helpful to have a base...
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TechNet Webcast: Lync Server 2010 Architecture Topologies Questions and...
We started a 4 part Webcast Series on Lync 2010 on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. I worked with Byron Spurlock to deliver the entire series. Here’s a quick background on Byron to start with. He was with...
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