The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has officially been announced and the date it will become available is February 29th. To get ready for this much-anticipated event, I’d suggest you refer to the following sites for additional information in the meantime...

One of my most visited and arguably useful blogs has been the Microsoft Evaluation Download Resource Center I set up some time ago. Since that blog was posted, the products have revved and I’ve updated the links. Also, I’ve had a number of comments that...

The term "Private Cloud" is becoming ubiquitous in the IT arena and industry magazines. This webcast walks you through the essentials, showing you what the industry trends are in the private cloud and how this new addition to your solution arsenal is...

The 2nd Annual Techstravaganza NYC event will be taking place in the Microsoft NYC office on March 30th. This mini TechEd-like event is FREE to all attendees and features 6 different tracks (Windows, Exchange, PowerShell, SharePoint, Windows Phone, and...

Today marks the much anticipated release of the Microsoft Exchange .PST capture tool that allows businesses of all types and sizes to methodically seek out and destroy err, find all the local archive files (AKA .PST files) and then migrate them into the...

The third in the TechNet IT Time Series of Private Cloud chats took place on January 11th, 2012 and covered a variety of topics on the Private Cloud. This session included myself and my peers from the East Region discussing the various technologies and...

Want to transform the way businesses deliver IT services? Be a key part of the Microsoft approach to cloud computing with a Private Cloud certification . ​Microsoft recently announced the Microsoft private cloud solution on Windows Server 2008 and the...

Two days ago, Microsoft’s Server & Tools Business division leaders participated in a webcast, “Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud” where they announced the release candidate of System Center 2012 and simplified Microsoft’s private cloud...

Sadly, tonight's meeting of the NY Exchange User’s Group has been POSTPONED to February due to the speaker being sick. So, the February topic will be discussing Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010. Look forward to seeing everyone in February. Enjoy!

Those of you who also get the TechNet Flash e-mails already know this… We’ve announced a 15% discount offer for new TechNet Professional Subscriptions . “ From now until February 29th, 2012 Microsoft TechNet Flash subscribers will receive a 15% discount...

Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? If you attended one of the Live Private Cloud TechNet events held in late 2011, hopefully we’ve inspired you to build out your own test environment with our downloadable evaluation products. If...

The term "private cloud" is becoming ubiquitous in the IT arena and industry magazines. This webcast walks you through the essentials , showing you what the industry trends are in the private cloud and how this new addition to your solution arsenal is...

As announced last week at the Office 365 Trust Center , Office 365 has now met all the standards necessary to meet the US mandated Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) that health organizations need to comply with for data security...

As many of you know, Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 was released to the web back on December 5th, which incorporated all of the latest hotfixes and rollups for Exchange 2010 as well as added some new features to the product. Post this release, I wanted...

The Windows Phone User Group scheduled for this evening, December 19th, 2011 has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Please check back soon to see if we can have the same topic in January. Come join us at the NYC Phone Users Group on Monday...

Borrowing from Peter Laudati’s blog … Week #3 of the Rock Paper Azure Challenge ended at 6pm EST on 12/9/2011. That means another five contestants just won $50 Best Buy gift cards! Congratulations to the following players for having the Top 5 bots for...

The inaugural meeting of the Pittsburgh PowerShell Users Group will take place this Tuesday, December 13th at the Microsoft Pittsburgh Office from 6 to 8 PM located at 30 Isabella Street in Pittsburgh. The featured speaker is none other than Ed Wilson...

Come join us at the Fairfield/Westchester SQL Server Users Group tonight and hear SQL Server MVP Kevin Goff give a presentation on the upcoming release of SQL Server 2012. More details on the group as well as the registration site can be found here: http...

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 has been released to the web. It can be downloaded here . A quick overview from the download website: Overview Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility...

Folks, I have some interesting news! We plan to deliver an IT Camp in the NYC area in 2012, so keep your eyes on this blog for more announcements on this. In the meantime, below is information on what an IT Camp is and how to register for the on in Atlanta...

As announced on the Microsoft Press blog we are very excited to announce that we are able to offer Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime (ISBN 9780735656949), by Katherine Murray, as a free eBook download See below...

As the momentum for developing apps on Windows Phone Mango continues to build, more and more folks are interested in understanding the finer User Experience Design points of the Metro UI of Windows Phone. To that end, the next NYC Windows Phone Users...

Thanks for everyone who attended this past Tuesday’s presentation on Microsoft Lync by Lync Product specialist Joe Straining at the NY Exchange User’s Group . Feedback on the event was fantastic and the questions and feedback from the audience kept the...

As promised , the TechNet Radio spots focused on Microsoft Exchange have begun! I recently co-hosted my first episode of TechNet Radio with my fellow IT Pro Evangelist Blain Barton and I invited my good friend Ross Smith IV to have a discussion on the...

So I was fortunate enough to be able to attend this past Monday’s Windows Phone launch in NYC and what an event it was! This event was kept very quiet until just about a week beforehand when we were notified about it and we started to blog , tweet and...