On Monday, April 23, 2012, we held an awesome Windows 8 Developer Event in Los Angeles at Club Nokia in LA Live. I was present at the event to assist where I could considering I am not a developer. There were quite a few folks who brought their laptops...

In Part 1, I provided the three PowerPoint Decks used so far.  In Part 2, I will provide a recap of the key commands for the Server Migration Tools as well as the commands for setting up the Boot to VHD that we used in the Hands-On Labs at the end...

We are continuing with our IT Camps in the US that focuses 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...

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...

Sorry I’m a bit late with the recap for the Phoenix / Tempe Event last week. For the summary of Cloud Computing and what a Private Cloud really is compared to On Premise datacenters, Public Clouds and Hybrid Clouds, please see my recap from Los Angeles...

We are continuing with our IT Camps in the US that focuses 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...

Recently, VMware launched a campaign and webpage called “Get the Facts – not the Microsoft Hyper-bole”.  On this page, VMware lists five “facts” why VMware is better than Microsoft.  I have wanted to respond to this myself, but being a Microsoft...

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   Report MVLS licensing along with software deployment and asset intelligence. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   We have deployed fully to meet our MVLS true...

I delivered two IT Camps so far in March – Los Angeles on March 15th and Phoenix / Tempe on March 16th.  We had great turnouts in each city and I have quite a bit of follow up to provide.  I have decided to do the follow up for both of these...

I needed to grab an ISO real quick from the TechNet Subscription download site this morning and what did I see? Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1!!!! Just for giggles and laughs, I also logged into my MSDN Subscriber portal to check that it was...

The AZ PowerShell (AZPOSH) User Group meeting on August 1, 2012 will be featuring Aleksandar Nikolic, a PowerShell MVP from Serbia, Europe.  Aleksandar will be presenting on PowerShell v3 Remoting . Aleksandar is a Microsoft PowerShell MVP and system...

I get asked quite often if there are any open positions on my team.  It doesn’t happen too often, but my manager just informed me that we do actually have two open positions that we are actively looking to fill.  The positions are for a Developer...

I have set my office hours for October and wanted to let everyone know what they will be (and where). For the Southern California area, I hit Culver City and Irvine in September while staying in Scottsdale for the Phoenix area.  In October, I have...

It has been a little while since I’ve held Office Hours but I think this is now a very good time. I held an IT Camp event in our downtown Los Angeles office back in March and was bummed I couldn’t get an event scheduled for Irvine. For that...

I know there are quite a few IT Pros who do like the command line / PowerShell interface for management.  At the same time, I know there are probably more IT Pros who prefer to use a GUI if one is available.  When managing On Premises and Windows...

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has been out for almost 2 years now.  This release made huge jumps for Enterprise Voice and now we are ready to move on to the next chapter with the latest version. Today, Lync Server 2010 (successor to OCS) becomes...

I’m sure most people have seen by now that the Release Candidate of Windows 7 will be available to MSDN and TechNet Plus Subscribers on April 30th.  On May 5th, the bits will be posted on the public site and made available to the general public....

      I have never served in the US Military.  I do have friends and family who have and are currently serving in the different branches of the military.  I know that these brave soldiers put themselves in harms way to protect...

Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge The Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge provides a FREE online study group with certification exam preparation materials for quickly learning about the latest version of Windows...

I totally forgot to post about a super great guest speaker at the upcoming AZ Systems Management User Group (AZSMUG) Meeting this coming Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at the Microsoft office in Tempe from 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM.  If anyone has used the Microsoft...

Last Monday or Tuesday, I received a call from my wife that an email she had sent to harold.wong@microsoft.com had bounced due to an invalid recipient.  She wanted to confirm that I hadn’t been fired without being informed and to verify that I was...

During the latest Spring Windows / Cloud Connections 2012 Event in Las Vegas, I had a chance to sit down with Scott Guthrie and ask him some questions regarding Windows Azure as it relates to IT Professionals.  Rather than provide a transcript of...

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...

So, I finished my events and office hours in Los Angeles, CA today and was looking forward to a good night’s sleep in my own bed tonight.  After picking up Rob Bagby at the LA office around 5:44 PM, we head to LAX to return the car and catch our...

In January, we are having TechNet Events in Southern California.  The events will be covering Virtualization and will take place in the Microsoft Offices in Irvine and downtown Los Angeles. The Dates and times are as follows: Irvine: January 24,...