February, 2012

As customers started to test the waters of virtualization within their organization, most started with the non-mission critical apps “just to be safe”. As the comfort level increased, the majority (if not all) of the non-mission critical apps...

First, let me say that I am a big proponent of technical certifications.  That is the reason why I have my Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Server Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator and MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator...

A buddy of mine showed me a funny picture that he found on Facebook.  I thought it was funny and wanted to share as well so I am posting on my blog.  I want to give FULL credit to http://oatmeal.com as that is where the graphic originated. ...

In the West Region, Chris Avis and I are hosting a set of events in the March and May / June timeframe. In November 2011, we tried out a new format for events which we called IT Camps. This new format included the ability for the attendees to select the...

I’m sure most IT Geeks out there are quite aware of this already, but just to be “safe”, I thought I would post a quick reminder that the Windows 8 Customer Preview is now available ! Go ahead and grab it here: http://windows.microsoft...

I have talked about Virtualization and how to configure Virtual Machines (VMs) for quite some time now.  I’m sure every IT Professional on the planet has played with some form of virtualization or other by now as well.  I think by now, we all...

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My teammate, Chris Avis, has started a great blog post series on preparing for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Virtualization Exam (70-659).  Not only does the information provide a great study guide to taking the exam, this is GREAT general purpose...