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Upcoming West Region TechNet Events in November 2011
As promised, I am posting the next set of West Region TechNet Events that will be taking place the week of November 14th plus one in Salt Lake City area on December 6th. The following two sessions will...
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TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Lync 2010 High Availability Question & Answer Log...
I was able to work with Byron Spurlock (former Microsoft Consultant with MCS) to have him deliver another Webcast Series on Lync Server 2010. The second one was delivered on September 23, 2011 on Lync...
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TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Lync 2010 Voice Deployment Question & Answer Log...
On October 7, 2011, Byron Spurlock delivered the third webcast in the Lync 2010 Deep Dive series. I am a bit late, but here is the Q&A Log from that session. You can reach Byron Spurlock at...
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TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Lync 2010 Conferencing Question & Answer Log...
The fourth and last Webcast in the Lync Server 2010 Deep Dive series delivered by Byron Spurlock was delivered on October 14, 2011. The full Question and Answer Log file is below. You can download...
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West Region IT Camps in November and December
On October 17th, I wrote a blog post about upcoming TechNet Events taking place in the West Region in the November and December time frame (...
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TechNet Event – Los Angeles, CA (November 14, 2011) Recap
***************** Updated on 11/16/11 to include link for Forefront Identity Manager PPT Deck Presentation *************************** A big thank you to all who made it to the TechNet Event in...
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TechNet Event – Phoenix, AZ (November 17, 2011) Recap
Sorry I’m a bit late with the recap for the Phoenix / Tempe Event last week. For the summary of Cloud Computing and what a Private Cloud really is compared to On Premise datacenters, Public Clouds and...
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4 New TechNet Virtual Labs available for System Center 2012 Products
It has been a little while since the System Center vNext Virtual Labs were updated. So it is indeed good news that as of yesterday, the TechNet Virtual Lab team released the following four new Virtual...
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First Apps contest for Windows 8
Although I’m not a developer myself, I do know quite a few people who are and wanted to pass along information about a great contest around Windows 8. The main site is https://buildwindowscontest.com ....
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System Center 2012 Announcement Today
Microsoft held a great event called Microsoft Private Cloud Day where changes to System Center 2012 were announced. If you missed the live stream, you can watch it on demand starting at 10:30 AM PST...
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Funny Graphics on “How to fix any computer”
A buddy of mine showed me a funny picture that he found on Facebook. I thought it was funny and wanted to share as well so I am posting on my blog. I want to give FULL credit to http://oatmeal.com as...
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Upcoming IT Camp Events in West Region
In the West Region, Chris Avis and I are hosting a set of events in the March and May / June timeframe. In November 2011, we tried out a new format for events which we called IT Camps. This new format...
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Virtualization Certification(s) – Is it really worth it?
First, let me say that I am a big proponent of technical certifications. That is the reason why I have my Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Server Administrator, MCITP Enterprise...
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Great Virtualization Certification Study Blog Series by my Teammate, Chris Avis
My teammate, Chris Avis, has started a great blog post series on preparing for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Virtualization Exam (70-659). Not only does the information provide a great study guide...
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Virtualization: Is it really possible to virtualize Tier 1 Business Critical...
As customers started to test the waters of virtualization within their organization, most started with the non-mission critical apps “just to be safe”. As the comfort level increased, the majority (if...
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Download, Explore and Get Rewarded with Microsoft’s Private Cloud ($20 and...
Get a $20 Coupon at the Microsoft Online Store and enter to win one of three Lenovo W520s with 32 GB of RAM!...(read more)
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Right Sizing Virtual Machines – Is it really important?
I have talked about Virtualization and how to configure Virtual Machines (VMs) for quite some time now. I’m sure every IT Professional on the planet has played with some form of virtualization or...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server “8” Beta around the corner
I’m sure most IT Geeks out there are quite aware of this already, but just to be “safe”, I thought I would post a quick reminder that the Windows 8 Customer Preview is now available ! Go ahead and...
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I am now a VMware Certified Professional!
On February 13, 2012, I wrote a post titled “ Virtualization Certification(s) – Is it really worth it? ”. In that post, I mentioned that I have quite a few Microsoft based certifications and was...
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System Center 2012 CTP for Windows Server “8” Beta available
I am sure those of you who have downloaded and installed Windows Server “8” beta and have been using System Center 2012 Release Candidate realize that the two are not necessarily compatible....
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