It must be monsoon season here in Phoenix.  I wasn't paying attention as I was sitting here in my Kitchenette doing some work, but then I noticed a huge bright light.  That was a huge streak of Lightening!!  I looked outside in the backyard...

For the last two Tech Eds (2006 in Boston and 2007 in Orlando), I recorded video interviews of Exchange Product Group folks.  Then I took them and published them via the Exchange Team Blog on the Video section.  These interviews were pretty...

Hmm, I just saw this interesting article about a new battery powered sports car that may come out in 2010.  It looks pretty darn cool and can save me about $40,000 US on fuel costs.  Of course, I don't currently own a sports car (I have a Honda...

This year, my "job" is to work with the IT Pro Community.  I'm trying to put together a plan of attack so I can effectively reach out to the millions of IT Pros in the West Region.  As I am working on this plan, I realize this is going...

I have been playing Halo since the first incarnation, but never played online (Xbox Live) until Halo 3.  When I started playing online almost 2 years ago (during the Halo 3 Alpha), I realized how bad I am compared to other players out there. ...

I tend to download electronic versions of manuals for electronic gadgets, appliances, software, etc. rather than keep the hard copy around.  In fact, there are quite a few manufacturers that don't even provide a printed manual anymore and just give...

Back in early 2007, we gave a copy of Office 2007 Professional away to every one who attended the Windows Vista / Office 2007 / Exchange 2007 Launch.  Instead of actually giving a DVD with Office 2007 on it, we gave away a packet that had a link...

I'm not sure how many folks believe in the value of Microsoft Certification, but I thought I would share some of my thoughts and recent experiences. I took a look at my current certification situation and realized my MCSE was on Windows Server 2000. ...

I'm sure by now, those of you who are looking at deploying an Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Pool realize that a Hardware Load Balancer is REQUIRED.  I've been asked by quite a few people if there are good documents out there that lists...

I want to start highlighting success stories around deployments of our (Microsoft) technologies. I will start this off with an Office Communications Server 2007 success story. The first one I want to highlight is Network Infrastructure Corporation out...

As I was building out my demo environment for my session for Tech Ed 2008, I found some very good articles that I figured would be useful for anyone looking to deploy Office Communicator Phone Edition and / or the OCS Update Service. Here are the links...

Hmm, interesting question ... wouldn't you say? I did 2 things that were stupid. 1. I forgot my password for my blog. 2. I kept forgetting to get it corrected. Well, now I'm back. Sorry for the long absence and I'll work on getting caught up on...

Today, I delivered part 13 of the 24 hours of Windows Server 2008 webcast series.  There weren't too many questions asked during the session, but for the few that were, I did answer them.  Below is the Q&A log from the webcast.  If...

For those of you who are involved with Second Life, I wanted to let you know that we are delivering the Heroes Happen Here Launch in Second Life on April 26th!!! Things You Will Need to Attend the Launch In order to attend this event you will first...

On April 4th, I posted an entry about the 24 Part Series on Windows Server 2008 ( http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2008/04/04/windows-server-2008-webcasts-24-hours-worth.aspx ).  In that post, I linked to the main landing page for the...

In addition to the Post I just made on the Group Policy webcast series, my team also did a series on Active Directory (based on Windows Server 2003).  Just like Group Policies, there is a lot from the below series on AD that is also applicable for...

A little while back, my team delivered a webcast series on Group Policy Management in Windows Server 2003. With the recent release of Windows Server 2008, we've received quite a few questions regarding GP Management in Windows Server 2008. The nice thing...

I've been asked by quite a few people about where to get more information about Windows Server 2008.  My team is currently delivering a 24 Part Webcast series on Windows Server 2008.  Some of the webcasts have already taken place and are now...

Need some help to test/pilot the latest Microsoft infrastructure technologies list here? Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 IIS7 Forefront Edge (ISA) Forefront Client & Server Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or Windows Server Virtualization...

For those of you who don't already know, Tech Ed 2008 will be taking place in Orlando, FL in June. The Developer one will be the week of June 2nd and the IT Pro one will be the week of June 9th. I will be delivering a session in the Unified Communication...

For those of you who want to get your hands on the PowerPoint Decks from the Windows Server 2008 Launch Event, please visit http://www.technetevents.com/2008-launch-resources.aspx . The decks just went live today!!! Harold Wong harold.wong@microsoft...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've uploaded slide decks 9 - 16 of my 24 Part Exchange 2007 Webcast Series to Slide Share ( www.slideshare.net/harold.wong ). I will continue to work to get the last 8 slides up. Harold Wong harold.wong@microsoft...

Okay, the first Windows Server 2008 Launch in the Mountain States took place yesterday in Denver, CO. I thought it went very well with over 640 people attending the IT Pro Infrastructure session (the best session of the day :-)). I got a lot of great...

For those of you who have an interest in Unified Communications and want to hear and learn more about Office Communications Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, RoundTable, Office Live Meeting and Exchange Hosted Services, you may want to look into...

Over the past year, I have been asked if I could post all 24 PowerPoint decks from the webcast series to a central location. I have done my best to go through the "regular" channels and have encountered my challenges. I know that it is painful to have...