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  • Blog Post: Windows 8 & Windows 8 Devices

    This post was taken from a TechNet Flash Editorial written by Pierre Roman. I picked up my Microsoft Surface last week and it is awesome! My only problem is that now I can’t use it anymore. My daughters have adopted it. Which means I need to order another one. As a Microsoft employee I could have...
    on5 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Licensing software in the cloud

    A girlfriend of mine called me up this weekend looking for a DVD copy of an older piece of software. She was rebuilding a computer for a family member who had the product key but no installation media. I’m sure many of you have similar stories trying to fix or repair computers for your family and...
    on23 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: TechDays 2011 Communication & Collaboration Track Resources

    TechDays 2011 in Toronto featured a myriad of sessions on Communications and Collaboration technologies featuring Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft Lync, and Office 365 . You learned about how to extend your Exchange infrastructure into the Cloud, the important role SharePoint...
    on4 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: Remote Worker / Teleworking, UC and #G20 woes

    (photo by Neil McIntyre http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilmcintyre/4711178904/ ) Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of months – you probably know that the G20 summit is taking place in Downtown Toronto this weekend. As an IT guy – I can only imagine the amount of work and planning...
    on25 Jun 2010

  • Blog Post: Exchange 2010 Gotchas

    Exchange 2010 has been released and available for a few weeks now and a lot of people are looking to deploy. I was chatting with Rick Shire, Senior Messaging Consultant at CMS Consulting , who has compiled a list of gotchas, things to look out for, as well as resources for you to be aware of when planning...
    on18 Dec 2009

  • Blog Post: Thinking About Anti-Virus

    The other day this blog entry came through my RSS reader and got me thinking. Security technologist and author Bruce Schneier wrote a post called Is Antivirus Dead? He summarized his post with “Bottom line: antivirus software is neither necessary nor sufficient for security, but it's still a good...
    on12 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer

    Hello CanITPro readers! My name is Sasha Krsmanovic. I am the MVP Lead in Canada; you may recall my posts on this blog about the MVP program ( Part 1 , Part 2 ). Rodney has asked me to write a guest blog about a useful tool our team developed for IT Pros – the Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer...
    on18 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: IgniteIT Awards Finalist – B-Line Technical Services

      Project: Welaptega Reborn   The Challenge Describe the situation, challenge or problem you or your team faced.   This client based in Halifax was facing enormous challenges trying to keep their infrastructure system up and running. I found out about their issues when I visit their CEO...
    on6 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: A Few Sleepless Nights

    A while back Ruth did an interview with Cameron McKay about an upcoming infrastructure project he was in the planning stages on.  While the planning is done and the implementation also complete, I thought it was time to revisit with Cameron and talk about how things went.  Turns out Cam was...
    on18 Mar 2009

  • Blog Post: TechDays Infrastructure Track Resources

    Building High Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Cluster Team Blog: http ://blogs.msdn.com/clustering Clustering on Microsoft TechNet: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=107273 Clustering Webcasts: http://msevents.microsoft...
    on24 Nov 2008

  • Blog Post: Congratulations, you are now in charge of IT for the division!! - Paul's Exchange Server 2007 Migration Story

    After one of our events last year I got an email from Paul Gartner in Montreal. During the event I indicated that if you or anyone you knew was looking to deploy some of our newer technologies I may be able to get some additional resources to help through the IT Pro Momentum Program and to send me an...
    on30 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: Unified Communications Launch Tour Wraps Up in Toronto

    Tomorrow, Tuesday December 4, marks the last stop of the Unified Communications Launch Tour .  If you have not yet registered to attend the event, although registration has closed we can still take a few more folks so come down to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre - South Building and learn about...
    on3 Dec 2007

  • Blog Post: Is Unified Communications Going to Make My Network Crawl? Where to get some of the answers...and free software!

    My blog post a few days ago about how using web cams, headsets, Microsoft Office LiveMeeting and Office Communications Server 2007 helped us to give everyone on the Community Team a richer experience during meetings got a number of emails and comments. Some of the feedback I got centered around How does...
    on15 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: My TechNet Q&A from Winnipeg

    The My TechNet Security tour is officially underway with the first stop in Winnipeg complete. As you are aware if you've ever attended an event we always have time for Q&A at the end of the day and there were a lot of good questions. All were answered but I did promise some resources with the how...
    on14 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: Bringing the Team Together - Unified Communications at Work

    One of the challenges we on the Community Team at Microsoft face is working across distances. Because we are often on the road, and with the team split between Ottawa, Mississauga and Calgary, getting everyone together for a meeting is a challenge. I know that Rick in Ottawa and John in Calgary sometimes...
    on11 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: It Is That Time Again

    I was catching up on my RSS reading and noticed a post by my fellow IT Pro Advisor, Ruth Morton , on the Canadian IT Managers blog . It seems that the time is nearing, time for another round of DST "fun". She posted some great links which I'll share here... Key Dates: September 30th, 2007 – The...
    on30 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: Who Wants a Licensing Advisor?

    I do! I am the first to admit that licensing can be really confusing but there are some tools that can help you (including the CanITPro team) navigate the waters so to speak. In the virtualization realm there are some calculators which I linked in a previous article to which would help you figure out...
    on9 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: Virtual Licensing 101

    Licensing. It can be a headache, it is often misunderstood and things are different in the virtual environment. There are some great virtualization specific licensing resources I wanted to share to help you navigate these waters. First of all there are two calculators available online. Calculator 1 lets...
    on2 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: [Your Solutions] Modify Exchange 2007 SmartHost Configuration

    Sean Kearney (Toronto, Ontario) Exchange 2007 Sean Kearney is our Friday Funnies guest blogger but he has a serious side too! This is a great tip on how to change the default port and SmartHost in Exchange 2007. This might come in handy for those trying to host an Exchange 2007 server behind a residential...
    on2 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: Who you gonna call?

    Ghostbusters? Maybe, but what if you need to get clarification or help on something Microsoft related? If you guessed the IT Pro or Developer Advisors you guessed right. We are your connection point back into Microsoft. Now we will never claim to know everything and everything about Microsoft but we...
    on24 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Exchange 2007 in the Lab

    This webpage has an Email link , and IT Pro's in Canada are starting to use it. This is fantastic because we are posting more and more Your Solutions articles, and little tidbits of useful information. Like this one..... Through the blog we got an email from Eric in Quebec. Eric was trying to use the...
    on10 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Your Solutions - Exchange 5.5 & DST

    David Parker (Edmonton, Alberta) Exchange 5.5 and 2003 In the last few weeks, as you are all aware of, DST patching has been the main goal of every admin from Halifax to Victoria to Tuktoyuktuk . There are a lot of things that need patches and updates and some of those things are not supported...
    on6 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Upcoming Events in the Ottawa area

    I thought I would let all the Ottawa area IT Pros know that there will be a couple of interesting events coming up that I will be both participating in and presenting. Here are some of the details: I'm speaking about and demo'ing Windows Vista and OneCare 1.5 from a Canadian consumer perspective on March...
    on6 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Helping the Kid's Help Phone - Exchange Hardware

    When I first met with the guys at KHP they had a list of things they wished worked better in their organization, I mean who doesn't? I remember being in that position where you would love to do this, buy that or implement the latest technology. Problem is, it all costs money, takes up time, and it is...
    on4 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Helping the Kid's Help Phone

    One of the things that worried me a little when I got to Microsoft was losing my "touch". As IT Pro Advisor's we work in the realm of the virtual lab a lot and well that is nice for learning and demos, it is removed from the real world. Because of this I was happy to jump onboard a project being done...
    on21 Feb 2007
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