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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...

Video Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/Gg269420 If your on Twitter please let me know what you think about this post @ITProGuru. Otherwise, Please place a comment on my blog. Using a Sysprep image gives us the capability to create...

Like everyone else, you love Windows 7 and can’t wait to get it deployed throughout your organization. Let’s take a look at the many tips and tools available today to ease your burden of deployment. I have broken it down into several steps (or categories...

Microsoft officially handed off the final release (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to our OEM partners. On February 16th Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers as well...

Covered in this article: Pin Website to Windows 7 Taskbar Using IE9 Pin website or application to Windows 7 Taskbar without IE9 Pin Multiple websites to a single IE Icon on the Taskbar     If you have Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and want to do...

Setting up the POP SMTP settings for your live.com ID is not difficult but it does not use “default” settings so making this post to show you how to do it and give you the details of what the settings should be. This post will walk through all the settings...

Microsoft Virtualization and Cloud Certification Study Group(s) in this post… Study Group Proposal Why Get Certified What Are Microsoft Virtualization Certification Options? Browse Certification Catalog...

Recently a great series of 15 introductory videos have been completed and made available up on Microsoft Showcase , all focusing on SQL Azure . Here are the episodes: Getting Started : SQL Azure at a Glance Getting Started : Basic Architectural Considerations...

Key To Almost Infinite Knowledge – Passive Listening… Do you make the time to keep up with technology?  If you are not expanding your knowledge, you are falling behind.  With the job market the way it is, you would be smart to keep learning...

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Description Notes System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Product Documentation Collection of links to all online documentation of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. This Includes...

Thanks to Keith Combs for his post as it provided me the solution. Install the Intel Ethernet driver from 6irf24ww_764 .  You are running the installer but it does not really install it.  However, it does put the driver on disk so you can manually...

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a stand-alone product that will be available via the Microsoft Download Center free of charge. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 does not require CALs for the product itself. CALs will be required for all Windows Server virtualized...

Do you want to win* a Lenovo T61P ThinkPad or Xbox 360 Pro with 60 GB? Are you a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) ? Do you want to win * some great prizes just in time for the holidays? How does a 8GB or 120GB Zune sound or an Xbox 360...

I had a discussion a couple days ago at TechEd with some people about Blogs and what information was "appropriate" for posting in blogs and we were not able to come to a unanimous conclusion so I thought I would do a post and get your opinion. There...

As you know by now, I am a techno geek! Most of my Blog posts will be about technology. I will however include non-technology information as I see fit to share (hobbies, news, etc). I have never really been accused of having a sense of humor so you will...

Greetings, Lots of questions about the Virtualization Deep Dive Day so here is the scoop. As some of you know, this event has been in the planning for many months. It is being run by an all volunteer organization (the local user group community). We...

Well, I just got back from a 3 city roadshow speaking for Angelbeat ( http://www.angelbeat.com/ ). My presentation was on IE8. I thought I would take a couple minutes to just fill you all in on some of the really cool stuff coming. For those that are...

I could not believe it. Some not so savvy presenter at one of the Angelbeat events this week went on stage in front of a hundred people and told them that Hyper-V was still in beta. My first couple thoughts were ... 1) where has this guy been...

For those that went to a SQL Server / Windows Server 2008 / Visual Studio 2008 Launch Event, you only have a few more days to register for the released version of SQL Server 2008. To do this, you will have to look at the card that was in your DVD package...

Registration Link : https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=134471   Featured Product/Topic: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Recommended Audience: IT Professionals Join us for the SQL Server Loadfest and do a hands-on installation of SQL Server...

The New England SQL Server Users Group and Southern New England SQL Server Users Group have been quietly working for the past several weeks to create a SQL Server oriented Code Camp, using the PASS Community Connection framework. Following is the blurb...

Thanks to all those that attended the Las Vegas Windows Connections this week. Here are my decks. WMS02 - Deploying Hyper-V Best Practices WMS03 - Managing WSUS 3.0 WMS06 - Tech Intro to DPM NOTE: WMS07 - Hyper-V Security and Best Practices...

WMS07 - Hyper-V Security and Best Practices You can get the rest of the decks from this event here

In preparation for a presentation I will be doing in a few weeks I needed to setup a clean demo environment and also needed some experience creating screen casts.  After finishing the screen cast I realized that I was somewhat quiet and need to talk...