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  • Blog Post: Step-By-Step: Deploying ReFS

    Hello folks, In this series, we’ve looked at deploying or leveraging the goodness of Windows Server 2012.  we’ve looked at VDI, Data Deduplication, DirectAccess, Hyper-v among others… Today we’ll look at ReFS.  It’s part of the Windows Server 2012 Storage Platform. It has been designed from...
    on1 May 2013

  • Blog Post: Step-By-Step: Completing Storage Live Migration in Hyper-V

    As mentioned in an earlier post, the tour of the Windows Server 2012 V1 #CANITPRO Camp has now completed and we are currently working on creating version 2 of the camp. Further details regarding version 2 will be forthcoming, however I wanted to ensure that the labs that took place during the camp were...
    on21 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Office 2013 Quick Start Guides

    In my last role as a Technical Account Manager supporting large corporate and public sector customers, I often had discussions regarding moving to the latest versions of Office. Funny enough, the answer in a lot of cases was not the ones I expected (licensing and/or cost). But the fact the training...
    on18 Feb 2013

  • Blog Post: Building a Knowledge Blogging System in SharePoint

      Recently I sent out a call to MVPs across the country to share some of the interesting things they are doing with the broader IT Pro community across the country.  One of the folks that responded is Sean Wallbridge , a Microsoft SharePoint MVP from Victoria, BC.  In this post Sean shares...
    on23 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: IT Camp Secrets: Creating a Multi-OS Environment with Boot from VHD

    Many individuals who attended the IT Virtualization Boot Camp or Private Cloud Boot Camp in the last few months have asked how we set up the systems and how we are able to reset computers back to a pre-Camp state to take to the next event.  The actual reset process is a simple XCOPY of the pre-Camp...
    on26 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Managing Older Versions of Windows with Windows Server “8” Beta Tools (and vice versa)

    [UPDATE: The RC release of WMF 3.0 is now avaialble for use with Windows Server 2012 RC. You can download WMF 3.0 RC from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29939] Over the last few weeks while travelling across Canada for the Private Cloud Launch Tour , as well as the Windows...
    on28 May 2012

  • Blog Post: Gérer les drivers dans MDT 2010, Partie 1 – Les drivers fournis sous forme d’application

    Continuing with our theme of how to make use of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 , here we have the first of a 3-part series for our French-speaking readers on how to manage drivers using MDT 2010 to help ensure your deployment of Windows 7 on your new PCs works well.  The series is written...
    on23 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Déployer Windows 7 avec MDT 2010, Partie 4 – Utilisation la base de donnée dans MDT

    This post is the fourth and final post in a 4-part series for our French-speaking readers on how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 in your environment. The series is written by Yannick Plavonil , a Microsoft MVP based in Quebec. You can find this and more on his own blog – Revue du Geek . Let me know...
    on16 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Déployer Windows 7 avec MDT 2010, Partie 3 – Déployer une image référence Windows 7

    This post is the third post in a 4-part series for our French-speaking readers on how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 in your environment. The series is written by Yannick Plavonil , a Microsoft MVP based in Quebec. You can find this and more on his own blog – Revue du Geek . Let me know what other...
    on9 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Déployer Windows 7 avec MDT 2010, Partie 2 – Creer une image référence Windows 7

    This post is the second in a  4-part series for our French-speaking readers on how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 in your environment. The series is written by Yannick Plavonil , a Microsoft MVP based in Quebec. You can find this and more on his own blog – Revue du Geek . Let me know what other...
    on2 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Déployer Windows 7 avec MDT 2010, Partie 1 - Installation du serveur

    This post is the start of 4-part series for our French-speaking readers on how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 in your environment. The series is written by Yannick Plavonil , a Microsoft MVP based in Quebec. You can find this and more on his own blog – Revue du Geek . Let me know what other...
    on26 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Creating a New Active Directory Forest in Server Core

    We often get asked how to do certain “simple” operations on the GUI when running the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 .  While the SCONFIG utility allows you to perform a number of tasks quickly, it does not cover every possibility.  There are still times when you need to...
    on22 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Managing Your Servers Remotely using the RSAT Tools

    While delivering IT Virtualization Boot Camps across the country, Mitch Garvis and I often get asked about how to administer Windows Server 2008 R2 computers running Hyper-V or other services remotely.  This is especially true if you want to administer computers running Hyper-V Server or Windows...
    on24 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Virtualization Reality–Updated Cities and Registration

    Just wanted to give everyone an Heads-Up that I have been updating the original post regarding Cities, Dates and Registration Links for the Now In Progress Virtualization Reality Tour. You’ll notice that now the far West has been completed, mid west and central have been ADDED. You can choose to go there...
    on3 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: All for SAN and SAN for ALL!

    As Pierre Roman pointed out on April 5 th , Microsoft released its Software iSCSI Target to the Download Center ( The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target is now free ). I call it The Great Equalizer . Let me explain: There are two ways of creating shared storage. Network Attached Storage ...
    on7 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Make Windows 2008 R2 roar like a performance machine…

    Hello Folks, I meet a lot of you during the last TechDays season.  And a few of you asked me if there were any information or guidelines for “tuning” servers. Well I found out that an old document has been updated and is  just as relevant today as it was when it was just published back in June...
    on19 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: Hacker or Defender?

    I’ve always had the belief that in order to really understand something you have to break it and then fix it. Well maybe not break it but take it apart at least :) I really believe this when it comes to security. If you don’t know what threats are out there, how can you protect against them? If you don...
    on21 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: Windows 7 on a stick.

    Hello folks, Since Windows 7 Beta 1 became available i have been slowly upgrading all my machines. It started with my test box A Dell Latitude D830, followed by my production machine a Dell Latitude E4300. I thought to myself, WOW this rocks!!! so i went one step further and upgraded my Media Center...
    on16 Feb 2009

  • Blog Post: Vista Tips for All (and more)

    Typically the things we chat about on this blog are aimed at the more experienced PC user and most IT Pros know a thing or two about computers. I came across this blog recently and have added it to my RSS feed as it is a great mix of hardware, software, Windows and Linux tips, tricks, reviews and more...
    on15 Dec 2008

  • Blog Post: Finding Opportunities in a Recession Economy, Part 1

    Paul Laberge, aka The Burger, is a member of our team that focuses on web development agencies and wrote a series of posts on surviving the turmoil in the current economy. I asked him if I could post it here as it is some great information and added a follow-up with some IT Pro focused resources as well...
    on14 Nov 2008
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