In this Video Series we will dive deep into a the new virtualization feature built into Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. It is called Native Boot To VHD. This is the one virtualization platform that allows virtualization inside of the virtualized...

Hot Add Storage was added to Hyper-V at version 2008 R2. From the Hyper-V Manager Right-click the machine you want to add storage to, select Settings . This will bring up the settings window. Click On SCSI Controller in the left...

To run any application with elevated privileges (as Administrator) simply right-click on that program from the menu and select Run as Administrator . An example of this would be if you wanted to run a PowerShell window with elevated permissions just click...

The event will take place on Friday, February 12, 2010.  It is a live event being simulcast to multiple locations.  It will also be recorded and made available online a few days after the event.  You do have to register to attend and to...

TechNet Radio: IT Time - Private Cloud Security Basics (Part 1) Video: WMV | MP4 | WMV (ZIP) | PSP Audio: WMA | MP3 About This Video In today’s episode Sr. IT Pro Evangelists Blain Barton and Dan Stolts talk candidly about Security concerns and issues...

Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part (6) BONUS of 5+ Step By Step instructions for opening firewall ports for your SCOM DB Server. Please see my full blog post for more information including a...

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. ...

This is a nice compilation of pertinent information of deploying Windows 7. For those who are focusing on Windows 7 deployment in an enterprise environment, the following are in my view essential readings as well. · Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor · Building...

  Are you up to speed on the cloud?  Have you already built a cloud lab?  Do you know what tools make up the Private Cloud?  If you answered no to any of these questions, we have an event for YOU!  We do not have the registration...

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 is available for download using your MSDN or TechNet Subscription or from http://Connect.Microsoft.com .  You can also download a trial from http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/virtual-machine...

Registration open till October 25th for testing New Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113 : TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring Responding to a ton of positive and productive feedback and many customer requests, Microsoft extends the...

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...

Last year wrote a blog post How To Expand and Extend To Increase Capacity On A Virtual Hard Disk The Easy and Fast Way–Solve the problem of “Out of Disk Space on Drive C” Forever   Please refer to this blog post for a step-by-step video of the process...

When running Hyper-V you do not need to be at the console to manage your virtualization platform.  In fact, it is strongly recommended that you delegate these rights.  If you let someone login to a server with administrative permissions they...

Similar to the Hyper-V Architecture Poster , the Windows Server 2008 R2 Components Poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features and components of Windows Server 2008 R2. It graphically depicts key Windows Server 2008...

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...

As an IT Professional I have been working with the predecessor to the cloud for many years. The predecessor of course is virtualization.  We (IT Pro’s) have been taking advantage of many virtualization technologies including: Server Consolidation...

Managing and Monitoring SharePoint 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Part 5 of 5+ Part 5: Keys To Success / Next Step TechNet Video: (Part 5) Keys To Success / Next Step (Level 200) Download video ...

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...

Thank you all for attending. What a great turnout we had! I also want to thank the Western New York .NET Users Group and the many sponsors we had for this event. The community was very happy with all aspects of the event. Thanks to my MSDN couter-parts...

I have had literally dozens of people ask me if there is anything they can do to increase the performance of copy when copying lots of files especially large files. I always turn them on to one of my favorite tools is RichCopy. Hint, if you want more...

At the Windows Server User Group in Waltham MA this week we talked about system tools that IT Pro's use to make their life easier. Many tools were presented by many people. Many of these tools were part of the Sysinternals tool set so I thought I would...

The Next Wave Launch (Office-SharePoint-Visual Studio-SQL Server) Registration Now Open / Post Includes Links for Regional and National Events Plus Step by Step Registration Instructions The dates and venues are selected. The Next Wave Launch is scheduled...

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...

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...