In case you missed it, You might want to check out this post first… Virtualization Gets Lots of Attention by Microsoft US East Region Evangelists – Great Resources! Operating System Virtualization Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Deploying a Virtualized...

In this short video we take a quick look at System Center Virtual Machine Manager Interface then we walk through the process of adding (and then removing) a SCSI disk to a running domain controller which is a guest running on a Hyper-V Machine while the...

Overview : There is no silver bullet when it comes to successfully delivering content at live events and getting great scores. It actually takes a whole bunch of things. The more you do well, the better the score and impact on the audience. A successful...

Publishing PowerPoint Slides to Your Blog or Website Using Office Web App and SkyDrive is a very simple process.  The end results looks like the embedded PowerPoint slides at the bottom of this post.  If you click through the PowerPoint deck...

The community event SharePoint Saturday Boston is complete and it was a great show.  We had over 300 people in attendance and an incredible speaker lineup . The attendees I spoke to really appreciated the event and the content.  Much praise...

In a scenario where you have physically removed hardware from a machine you can no longer see it in device manager. This does not mean that it is gone. Evidence of that is, if for example you had a network card that had a Static IP address set and you...

From SharePoint Saturday Boston Question and Answer on my session Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 with Operations Manager 2007 R2 .   “How to configure Email or IM alerting in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (SCOM)” To send...

Downloaded and installed in under 5 mins. Very fast, slick and clean!!! Some really cool features too! Retained the great features of prior versions of IE like SmartScreen Filter, Suggested Sites, Compatibility View Lists and others. I really like when...

I have had many people over the last month ask what I have been doing to have success in increasing traffic to my blog and other online content. This post highlights my answer to them. You may not be able to utilize all tips on all your posts or content...

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Specifically, we will look at integration and how these great new products are made to work together. You will see many of the newest features in action. ...

In this ALL DEMO three (3) part series we will take a look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Specifically, we will look at integration and how these great new products are made to work together. You will see many of the newest features in action. ...

In this 27 min video we will discuss Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 deployment PLANNING. You can expect to learn what needs to be considered and what tools are available for planning an upgrade/deployment of Office 2010 and/or SharePoint 2010. ...

Continuing on my post last week on Microsoft Changes Our World Through Innovation , I wanted to let you know about Imagine Cup .  The info on Imagine Cup did not make the TechNet Flash article that went out last week and I added it to my blog after...

Don’t miss the video at the bottom.  It shows a bit of vision for the future Microsoft has and continues to change our world. Microsoft has been innovating for their entire life. Shall we see what the future might hold? Let’s do that but first we...

The robust New England User Group community came together last weekend to share and gain knowledge about growing the local technology community at the Northeast User/Community Group Leader Summit 2010 .  The event was hosted at the Microsoft New...

TechNet Events registration is now open! Many who have attended the TechNet events in the past have told us that they would like us to go deeper on the topics. They have also told us that we should make it an all day event. You asked for it, you got it...

Forefront is a family (suite) of products that are all focused on security. Together they offer a very comprehensive security solution protecting applications, systems, networks and other assets. Individually they all have there own function and there...

Similar to the Windows Server 2008 R2 component poster , the Hyper-V poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features and components. It highlights key Hyper-V components including: Architecture Virtual Networking...

      A New Way Of Doing Business :) I am an IT Pro Evangelist in the US East Region (Developer and Platform Evangelism [DPE]).  Starting FY11 (July 2010) we are changing our way of doing business so ITE’s (that’s me) are going to...

It is that time of year where we like to solicit feedback.  I would really appreciate it if you could take a minute (literally) to fill out this very short survey.  It literally will take a minute or less. http://support.microsoft.com/common...

Reposting this because the original was LOST when the Blog server was migrated!!!   “Get On the Bus” is back in North America! I will be on the bus for the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC stops. Blain Barton will take my seat from...

I have been using a Lenovo T61P for a couple years now and I absolutely LOVE IT!  It has been a rock solid and fast machine.  It does have it’s limitations and the system requirements for SharePoint 2010 are pretty high.  In order to be...

I will try this out as well.  Want to play games at my next user group presentation?  Bring it on!   TITLE:  Engage Your Students with Lessons They can Click For some time now, Microsoft has been involved in an ongoing dialogue with...

Boston Launch Registration for IT Pro Track: Visit the Launch 2010 events website for full details and other registration links.   Be there for Launch 2010. No matter what your job is, you’ll find an event that delivers technical content you can...

EVENT CANCELLED!!!! Sorry All, could not get enough speakers lined up! I am experimenting with a Community Windows Server Saturday event in Boston. I am looking for speakers from the community to help with the event logistics, promotion as well...