I’ve taken on a new role inside the Microsoft Technology Centers to address the increasing demand of cloud services we’re seeing across the world wide MTCs. In my new role as Director of Cloud and Data Center Evangelism, I am going to being...

Since the massive Chicago datacenter came online, its has gotten a LOT of attention due to its being built to use of shipping containers filled with servers rather than traditional racks, and the lower PUE it yields. The Chicago MTC has partnered up with...

I’ve been having lots of discussions at MTC with customers wanting to increase the quality of infrastructure services delivery (using MOF/ITIL speak), and using System Center as the “technology” part of that people-process-technology triad. Many times...

As an infrastructure architect, I’ve been talking to IT infra guys about the benefits of Operations Manager for performance and event-monitoring. For those that know Operations Manager, you know the knowledge about the events, health, and performance...

So, normally i reserve posting quick tips on technical details here. But, i spent hours troubleshooting an issue and wanted to post it SOMEWHERE so the search engines pick this up. And it's less than well documented. I'm hoping by posting here someone...

I'm continuing to get lots of interest in application virtualization and in particular VDI - hosting the entire desktop and a user simply "remotes" to their desktop in the cloud / datacenter. Spent some time with Citrix, who is a close partner of Microsoft...

Here's a total ad-hoc video posted on edge about our new MTC in Chicago. (also known as "how i spent my christmas vacation") http://edge.technet.com/Media/Inside-the-new-Chicago-Microsoft-Technology-Center-MTC/

I'll be speaking today at the Technical Experts Conference (TEC), which is Quest's technical conference where they have topics about Exchange and Active Directory. I'll be presenting on the work we've done at the Microsoft Technology Center Chicago about...

Windows Server 2008 added two new features that enable some very cool remote-use scenarios, that really enable some new ways for using and publishing applications: RemoteApp(tm) and Terminal Server Gateway. RemoteApp allows you to publish out an application...

I’ve been spending majority of my free time rebuilding our core infrastructure services in our data center at the Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago. We’re moving offices in December 2008, so perfect time to do this. I’ve been wanting to look into...

Wall Street Journal had an article today about application virtualization at the desktop. I never thought I’d see the day when this topic would end up in the ‘Journal. Wow. The thing that makes me cringe is thinking about the conversations we've had...

At the Microsoft Technology Center Chicago, one infrastructure topic that never seems to be absent from our customer agendas, no matter their level of IT maturity, is the concept of a “locked down” desktop. The locked down desktop, like its brothers...

Healthcare applications are notorious for using proprietary identity systems for user authentication and authorization. It’s a problem in many industries but seems to be most rampant the healthcare industry and continually challenges most every healthcare...