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I am always asked if there are any good training events happening that have great technical speakers.  I thought I would mention that there is an event called Tech Days taking place in San Francisco (at the Microsoft downtown office) on May 2nd and 3rd.  The list of speakers include the following...

I have finished holding two IT Camps in my territory (Lehi, UT and Tempe, AZ) with three more to go (Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego).  I wanted to make the PowerPoint Decks available to everyone.  I have put them up on SlideShare where you can download them.  I am also embedding them...

For those of you who use Hyper-V or are looking to (evaluating it), I’m sure you are curious as to what Virtual Machine settings can be changed or what virtual hardware can be added to a VM while it is up and running.  If you haven’t paid attention to this, then you definitely want to take a look...

I am holding Office Hours in the Microsoft Tempe Office (60 E. Rio Salado Pkwy., #1200, Tempe, AZ 85281) from 10 AM – 2 PM on the following Mondays in March: March 4, 2013: http://ohours.org/officehours/29244 March 11, 2013: http://ohours.org/officehours/29245 March 18, 2013: http://ohours.org/officehours...

One of the challenges faced by most IT Departments is the concept of control over a user’s desktop / computer.  What I mean by this is how does the IT Department allow users to have flexibility in running applications and configuring their work computer while at the same time “locking” down access...

In today’s Part 18 of 19 Article , Chris Avis covers the upgrading and updating of Windows 8 Applications.  I am including a brief snippet below, but you will want to go directly to Chris’ blog post to read the full article. Windows 8 gives us the awesome Windows Store where we can find and install...

In Part 16 of the Migration and Deployment Blog Series , Keith Mayer went over details on how to deploy Windows 8 applications using System Center 2012 SP1.  In Part 17 , Tommy Patterson looks at the same deployment scenario but without System Center 2012 SP1.  He covers the topic of “Side...

For any organization that has deployed applications to Windows 7 (or Windows XP and Windows Vista), the mechanism(s) that were used will most likely work for deploying those same applications to Windows 8 desktops.  The unknown entity for most organizations is the deployment of the new Windows 8...

On Wednesday, the Windows 8 App Madness Challenge for Students was announced and has some pretty cool “prizes” The challenge is only for students who are a legal resident of the US and at least 18 years of age.  (For a full eligibility requirements, visit: http://aka.ms/AppMadnessOfferTerms ). Participation...

In Part 2 and Part 3 , Kevin and Keith (respectively) showed how to use MDT and System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager to deploy Windows 8 (and Windows Server 2012).  The next obvious question is what if you are looking to migrate files and settings from your original Windows 7 installation...

In Part 2 of the Migration and Deployment blog series , Kevin Remde explained how free tools such as the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) could be used to deploy Windows 8 in a “Light Touch” or semi-automated fashion.  In Part 3 , Keith Mayer explains...

At 7:00 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013, Kevin Remde posted Part 2 of 19 in the Upgrade and Deployment Blog Series that focuses on some free tools for Windows Deployment.  There are usually multiple options for deploying a new Operating System – manual installation by physically visiting each...

On January 25th, I wrote a blog post with instructions on Installing and Configuring VMware Fusion 5.02 on a Mac to do Windows 8 and Windows Phone development.  I am following up with a new post on Installing and Configuring Parallels 8 on a Mac to start developing Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps...

In by now, I’m sure everyone has seen commercials and pricing on lots of new computers, laptops and tablets with Windows 8 preinstalled. If you’re not in the market to buy a new computer, but want to get to Windows 8 installed on your existing computer, then you’ll need to know the...

in January, we did a blog series called 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud .  We got a lot of great feedback and so we decided to continue doing a new series each month.  For February, we are focusing on Migration and Deployment. We decided to give ourselves the weekends off on this series, so...

Please join us at a Microsoft IT Camp as we dive into how to get your datacenter ready for the cloud and beyond. Join us at a FREE Microsoft IT Camp for hands-on labs, demos, and interactive discussions with Microsoft technical experts. Here's your chance to learn more about getting your datacenter ready...

In Part 1 of 3, I documented the steps to install and configure VMware Fusion 5.02 on a Mac. In Part 2 of 3, I documented the steps to install Windows 8 from an ISO into a Fusion Virtual Machine. In this third part, I am documenting the steps to install Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 and Visual...

In Part 1 of 3, I documented the steps to install and configure VMware Fusion 5.02 on a Mac.  In this second part, I am documenting the steps to install Windows 8 from an ISO into a Fusion Virtual Machine.  To be honest, this is really not much different than installing Windows 8 in general...

I have had quite a few people ask me for help configuring Windows 8 on a Mac so they can do Windows 8 and / or Windows Phone development.  I worked with a few of my peers to document the steps for 5 different options – Boot Camp, Parallels, VMware Fusion, VirtualBox and Azure.  I took the lead...

I know the majority of the folks who follow my blog are IT Professionals, but I also know there are some who are developers or who have kids in college that are aspiring developers.  For that reason, I am writing this post to inform people that Microsoft is holding a promotion to encourage students...

We are continuing to deliver IT Camps throughout the West Region (and the US).  In our Q2 (October 30 – December 31), we have modified our content to include a 60 minute session on Windows 8.  In addition to this, we are continuing to cover Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V (SMB, Hyper-V replica...

We continue to deliver IT Camps in the US focused on Windows Server 2012. As I’ve pointed out in the past, we worked hard to hit as many cities as possible, but we know it’s not possible to get to every city in the US. With that in mind, I worked with our marketing team to record the sessions that we...

We continue to deliver IT Camps in the US focused on Windows Server 2012. As I’ve pointed out in the past, we worked hard to hit as many cities as possible, but we know it’s not possible to get to every city in the US. With that in mind, I worked with our marketing team to record the sessions that we...

I have been holding Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Installfests / Loadfests in different cities across the Southwest since August with some success.  We have also been holding IT Camps focused on Windows Server 2012 that has lots of Hands On Labs as part of the event.  On October 10th, we...

On August 6th, 2012, I posted information about upcoming Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Installfests and Boot 2 VHD Events that were happening in August and early September.  I just added three more Installfests – Irvine on 9/19; San Diego on 9/25; and  Denver on 10/9.  The updated system...