The IT Pro Exchange

A technical Exchange for IT Pros on Microsoft's Core Infrastructure platform

Techstravaganza NYC 2014 Registration Open

The New York City Techstravaganza is a one-day grassroots technical conference for IT Pros that is...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/18/2014

The Next Chapter

After nearly four fun-filled and awesome years of fulfilling the role of IT Pro...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 11/13/2013

Enterprise Cloud Storage Event Resources

As a follow up to today’s Enterprise Cloud Storage event with CommVault, EVault and StorSimple, I...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 11/04/2013

Virtualization IT Camp Slide Deck and Lab Guide

As a follow up from the previous Virtualization IT Camp, I wanted to post the slide deck and lab...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 11/04/2013

Free eBook–Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals

We are happy to announce a new free ebook – Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals by Mitch...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 10/17/2013

Step-by-Step –Windows Azure Websites and MySQL

As I start the process of evaluating Windows Azure as the next platform for my blog, I’ve had some...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 09/18/2013

Windows Azure IT Camp Resources–Slide Deck and Hands-on-Lab

Following yesterday’s highly successful and very well-attended IT Camp, I wanted to post both the...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 09/18/2013

Latest round of IT Camps announced!

We’ve just announced the latest set of IT Camps for the New York City area, check out...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 09/05/2013

To update my previous FAB4 download link page with the latest and greatest download links for my...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 08/27/2013

Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM, General Availability and FREE Eval Downloads

Windows Server 2012 R2, the follow up to the hugely successful release of Windows Server 2012 has...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 08/27/2013

NYC IT Architects Meetup and weekly Office Hours back on

After a summer hiatus, the NYC IT Architects Meetup which doubles as my weekly office hours will...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 08/26/2013

Upcoming event: Exchange 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Integration

As you know, Exchange 2013 is a very popular enterprise messaging application used in over 90% of...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 07/16/2013

Video - Windows Azure IaaS Presentation to the June NY Enterprise Technology Meetup

Just recently made available is the video of my overview presentation on Windows Azure to the NY...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 07/01/2013

Automated Deployment of SharePoint 2013 in Windows Azure

As I have been getting deeper and deeper into Windows Azure and deploying workloads to Windows...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 07/01/2013

NYC Azure Users Group tomorrow – Building Large Server Farms via PowerShell

Tomorrow night at the NYC Azure Users Group my colleague Jim Priestley (NYC Azure Technology...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 06/18/2013

Windows Azure IaaS Presentation for the June NY Enterprise Tech Meetup

This month I have the awesome opportunity to present on Windows Azure IaaS to the NY Enterprise...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 06/12/2013

IT Camps at New Horizons–registration now open

I will be delivering four more IT Camps that are taking place in the NY Metro area on June 25th...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 06/10/2013

Windows Azure Primer for IT Pros

The recent Windows Azure for IT Pros webcast series I’ve been delivering contains technical guidance...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/30/2013

Windows Azure IaaS online and in-person event series resources

As I write this blog post, the current set of upcoming events is focused on the features in Windows...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/20/2013

Windows Azure Online Event Series, Session 2 begins Monday 5/20 – sign up today!

Join me for this three-part Webcast series focused on Windows Azure designed to help you understand...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/17/2013

Windows Azure Hybrid Networking with IaaS Whitepaper

My colleague Jim Priestley recently helped author an incredible whitepaper on Windows Azure Hybrid...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/14/2013

New Windows Azure IaaS In-Person Hands-on events announced

Windows Azure events focused on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) features of Windows Azure...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/09/2013

Azure IaaS Online Event Series Announced, first event Wednesday 5/8

The latest round of IT Pro Events has been officially announced and these events will focus on...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/06/2013

My first Windows 8 app, Squish-a-Fruit arrives in the Windows 8 Store

After several hours of coming up with a concept, working with my colleague Maria Naggaga, and using...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 05/03/2013

Windows Azure IaaS reaches General Availability

Today marks the next major release of Windows Azure, the General Availability (GA) of the...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 04/16/2013

System Center 2012 SP1 download now available

The System Center 2012 SP1 Suite is now available to download at the short URL...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 04/03/2013

TechNet Radio: Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 – Simpler By Design

Just how easy is it to use SMB 3.0? That’s the topic for today’s show as Jose Barreto and I discuss...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 04/02/2013

Virtualization Storage–SMB (20+ Days of Server Virtualization - Part 6 of 20)

As we move through the 20+Days of Server Virtualization Series, the next topic we’re covering is...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/27/2013

Next NYC IT Architects session this Thursday 3/21

The next NYC IT Architects Meetup is scheduled for this coming Thursday, March 21st in the Microsoft...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/19/2013

Last chance to register–Techstravaganza NYC 2013 almost sold out!

As I write this there are only approximately 22 tickets left for this coming Friday’s...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/18/2013

Virtualization Storage–Definitions (20+ Days of Server Virtualization - Part 5 of 20)

As we move through the 20+Days of Server Virtualization Series, the next topic we’re covering is...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/11/2013

TechNet Radio: Windows Server 2012 File Server Tips and Tricks

Jose Barreto and I continue our Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 series and in today’s...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/09/2013

Techstravaganza NYC 2013 Registration Open

The 3rd annual Techstravaganza NYC 2013 Event is taking place on March 22nd.  Registration for...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/09/2013

Microsoft Day at Kutztown University

For the Microsoft Day at Kutztown University, I wanted to make all of the presentations available...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/08/2013

IT Camp and IT Lab Event Content

Thank you for those who have attended the most recent IT Camp or IT Lab sessions.  As promised,...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 03/05/2013

IT Lab Dates and venues announced on Windows Server 2012, System Center SP1 with Azure and Windows 8 Deployment–Register today!

Due to the overwhelming demand for attendance at the IT Camp events that we have been running, we’ve...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/27/2013

Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations (Part 9 of 19)

One of the most compelling features of Windows Server 2012 that customers are looking to implement...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/14/2013

Latest round of IT Camps Registration Open–Register today!

The registration for the Winter/Spring series of IT Camps is now open for registration.  For...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/14/2013

Installing the Migration Tools (Migration and Deployment–Part 8 of 19)

Matt Hester introduces us to the Windows Server 2012 migration tools with his post Installing the...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/13/2013

Upgrade Implications for Active Directory - (Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012)( Migration and Deployment–Part 7 of 19)

Blain Barton gives us part seven in the Migration and Deployment Series where he points out Upgrade...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/13/2013

Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation (Part 6 of 19)

Windows Server 2012 was made Generally Available (GA) back on September 4th, 2012 and offers a...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/11/2013

Migration and Deployment How To Migrate or Transfer Files And Settings To Windows 8 From Windows 7, Vista or XP (Part 4 of 19)

My Boston-area counterpart Dan Stolts offers up the latest post in the Migration and Deployment...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/08/2013

TechNet Radio: Hyper-V Local vs. Hyper-V over SMB 3.0 Performance

Jose Barreto and I continue our SMB3 series (https://aka.ms/SMB3Series) and in today’s episode we...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/06/2013

Migration and Deployment Blog Series

As introduced in the previous post, we’re doing an Migration and Deployment series this month,...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/06/2013

5 Steps to Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Migration and Deployment - Part 3 of 19

Keith Mayer gives us the third post in this month’s Migration and Deployment Series covering 5 Steps...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/06/2013

Free Tools for Windows Deployment (and a light touch deployment demo) - Migration and Deployment (Part 2 of 19)

Kevin Remde is back with another post in the Migration and Deployment series with his post on Free...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/06/2013

Upgrade and Migration: Requirements for a fresh install of Windows 8 (Part 1 of 19)

Harold Wong gets the Migration and Deployment Series series kicked off by giving us the post Upgrade...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/06/2013

New Blog Series for February–Migration and Deployment

My colleague Kevin Remde introduces the nineteen part blog series for February – Migration and...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 02/04/2013

Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Authentication and Access Architectures – Discussion (31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the Cloud – Part 31 of 31)

https://aka.ms/IaaSSeries is where you can catch up or review the previous posts in the 31 Days of...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 01/30/2013

Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines to Learn: Remote Desktop Services (31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the Cloud–Part 30 of 31

Don Noonan gives us his third guest post of the month in the 31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the...

Author: Bob Hunt2 Date: 01/30/2013

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