August, 2005

As I looked deeper into the training opportunities, I was sort of embarrassed to be shown the Microsoft e-learning site https://www.microsoftelearning.com/ . I was introduced to it by a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) after my last post. I knew that we had the online seminars/webcasts ( http://www.microsoft.com/canada/technet/events/default.aspx ) and our virtual labs ( http://www.microsoft...

Talking to some IT managers around the Toronto area, I found them generally in agreement that their training opportunities seem limited and broad in nature. As well, their training dollars are primarily directed towards helping the teams be successful in role by project. What this usually means is their teams are learning as they go. Sometimes, on a project by project basis and generally self taught...

I've heard of many ways to try and set a world record and well I shouldn’t' be surprised that technology is now a chapter in the Guinness world record book... this record made me smile. It definitely is a different and quite cool way of using an Unisys ES7000 32-CPU / 32GB RAM Server with Windows. You can check it out at: http://blogs.technet.com/michand/archive/2005/08/16/409246.aspx The...

In checking out Ben's blog I found some interesting information on how we are using Virtural Server. http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/08/08/449082.aspx Very interesting reading! Whitepaper: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=25DCB14A-03F5-434D-83F7-4D46C1675B87&displaylang=en Web cast: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID...

One common question these days is: “Do we have a publicly available roadmap for Microsoft Virtualization?” I thought that you would be interested to find out the answer as Virtualization is and going be a key infrastructure enabling technology. The answer below is a cut and paste from comments by one of the product program managers: Microsoft President, Steve Ballmer, stated publicly at the Microsoft...

I had a great conversation with a friend of mine who manages IT at small company on the topic of licensing. I was a little nervous when he brought this up as I don’t express to be a licensing expert. I know that it has been a hot topic and over the last few years we have gone through some major changes. Yeah, we made some mistakes and complexity has been a challenge given the breath of programs and...

Hi, I'm John Oxley and I manage the Canadian IT Pro Evangelism team. Over the last year I have heard from many Canadian IT Managers that the only time they talk to Microsoft is when they are purchasing software or have a problem. I have found this especially a challenge with small and medium companies. It is hard to keep in touch with the vast Canadian community especially given our geography. While...