Registration is now open for our 1 st SharePoint Saturday New Hampshire , which will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett/Manchester. The speaker and session lists have been published as well. ...

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...

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...

Microsoft Office 365 On June 28, 2011, Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of Office 365, Microsoft’s next generation productivity service. Office 365 is the culmination of more than 20 years of experience...

I sometimes get error messages when I am working that have to do with Network Communications.  The most recent was an Open Folder Error \\ServerName is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.  Contact the...

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...

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...

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...

The recordings from the 3 day Office 365 JumpStart training that we delivered last month are now available on TechNet Edge . The complete list of modules: • Office 365 Jump Start (01): Microsoft Office 365 Overview for IT Pros • Office 365 Jump Start...

This is really cool. The Windows Azure Team Blog   announced the availability of the new Pricing Calculator for Windows Azure . Check out the team blog post , or click this screenshot to jump right in: Special thanks to Kevin Remde for bringing this...

There was a very interesting article written by  BtoB Online about “ The importance of in-person ” that I think will be of interest to all. The white paper they reference was written by Cornell University. It gives advice (which I can personally...

  You can download the video from: How To Subscribe To RSS Feed Using Outlook 2010 or Internet Explorer IE9 Video Click video link above, it should open your default reader… if not, right-click above link and save target as.  Then you can run...

Virtualization + Cloud = lots of buzz but what does it mean to IT Professionals? News and Notes from Your Senior IT Pro Evangelist – Dan Stolts (ITProGuru) The following will be covered:   Virtualization + Cloud = lots of buzz but what does it mean...

How to add a SCSI controller to a virtual guest on hyper-V We add the controller, add a drive to it, start the VM and initialize and format the drive.   You can download the video below if you prefer that over the embed http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd...

I use Windows Live Writer as a blog editor and one thing that I have found is that it really stinks when it comes to copying and pasting. Especially when it comes to advanced content such as tables.  Well, there is a trick and if you know the trick...

Search Simply Will Not Do What I Want It To Do!!!! Almost ashamed to say I was looking for some file on my laptop but could not find the exact query set I needed to work with.  I was looking for all of my Camtasia recording and project files. ...

In this very short video, I walk you through the step by step process of opening the 1433 firewall port for SQL Server. I am doing it because I am setting up a new System Center Operations manager server but the procedures would be the same for any other...

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...

You can download the PDF from go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125048 .  The poster will help you understand the process and best practices for setting up rules and targeting. System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Best Practices Targeting All Managed...

The buzz with the cloud is it is that the Cloud is going to be huge. Much, much bigger than virtualization is/was. One has to say “Come On, this must just be marketing hyper right?”. With this in mind, the ITProGuru set out to prove or disprove the “real...

Meet the East Region IT Pro Evangelists. Who is that grizzly looking creature? :)       To catch every episode of IT Time , subscribe to Blain Barton's blog

For those that follow me on Twitter , you know there were public announcements and a demo given yesterday.  In case you missed the D9 show last night it you can check it out the press release now. There is also a video in the post.  Make sure...

This coming Thursday at NERD there is a Boston Azure meeting that I think will appeal very much to the IT Pro! It is an opportunity to learn both about PowerShell and Windows Azure in one night. Joel Bennett - a PowerShell MVP from out of state - will...

Azure Deep Dive with Jeffrey Richter Presented by Microsoft and Wintellect Explore the Benefits of Windows Azure Data Storage & Compute Services Join Jeffrey Richter for a FREE full day of in-depth, live learning as he teaches architects & developers...

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications...