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From the System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), AVIcode and Operations Manager (OpsMgr) dude
also a Husband, Father, Gamer, Geek, Scout leader, Christ follower and Microsoft marketeer.
Hey folks,
Now that IT Forum in Barcelona is over, I can start sharing more details on what all is included in Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007. We are feverishly trying to get all of our content updated to talk about the new capabilities, but there is still more to do - as every protected workload got some feature enhancements with SP1.
One piece of feedback that I have heard from those that read this blog is that your favorite posts are the podcasts on specific features -- so I am going to try to record one feature per week from SP1 between now and when I run out of features (or time).
The series will be hosted on EDGE (edge.technet.com), with the first in the series delivered while I was in Barcelona.
Check out last week's video - what is coming in SP1
And then check back on Edge (and my blogs) for the weekly feature highlights. Am thinking SharePoint protection will be the next up. :-)
Thanks for reading...
Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007 is coming -- and it is coming soon (December)...
I just finished recording the 2nd in a video series on the new features for DPM 2007 Service Pack 1.
The first installment aired two weeks ago - during IT FORUM in Barcelona, as an overview of the features in SP1 This installment (live today) is on the specifics of SharePoint protection enhancements within SP1 for DPM 2007.
The first installment aired two weeks ago - during IT FORUM in Barcelona, as an overview of the features in SP1
This installment (live today) is on the specifics of SharePoint protection enhancements within SP1 for DPM 2007.
Take a look at the overview video:
Hopefully, you are as excited as we are that SP1 is almost here And please let me know which feature you'd like a deep dive on next ...
Hopefully, you are as excited as we are that SP1 is almost here
And please let me know which feature you'd like a deep dive on next ...
As always, thanks for reading...
Most of you know that aside from my vocational passion around Data Protection and Storage Solutions for Windows servers ... my vice is video gaming, particularly with my family. And in that vein, the kind folks at xbox.com have been letting me co-write about family games as XBOX DAD..
If you own an Xbox 360, you've hopefully heard about the NXE - New Xbox Experience, that among other things offers 'Avatars'.
Avatars are caricatures of you as a gamer (or what you would like to be seen as) -- which not only appear on your console, but can be your gamer-picture, and even visible on all of your friends' Xbox consoles during their playlists.
Originally, I thought that that was the coolest feature -- so I could finally 'see' what some of my online friends look like.
But, after my kids saw my avatar and immediately screamed "Daddy is in the Xbox !!! How did you do that?!?" ... we spent a good amount of time playing with getting each member of our family to be exactly correct in our avatar -- I was a beta tester for the NXE, so my kids have been playing with it for a while.
I am sure that the official Xbox folks, as well as every other gamer authority, will be talking about all of the new capabilities of the NXE --
YES, NetFlix streaming video is very cool - and one more reason to have your Xbox on the best TV in the house YES, creating a 'party' to connect with friends, even before the game starts is very slick YES, the new menus give you a lot more information to help you to get more out of your Xbox360 YES, the friends list showing your friends' avatars is both funny and informative to see what they are playing and how they'd like to be seen YES, the list goes on and on...
YES, NetFlix streaming video is very cool - and one more reason to have your Xbox on the best TV in the house
YES, creating a 'party' to connect with friends, even before the game starts is very slick
YES, the new menus give you a lot more information to help you to get more out of your Xbox360
YES, the friends list showing your friends' avatars is both funny and informative to see what they are playing and how they'd like to be seen
YES, the list goes on and on...
... but as your friendly neighborhood Xbox Dad, one of the neatest things to me was watching my 7 and 4 year olds scroll through clothing choices and facial items to create themselves. It really is that intuitive for a gamer kid, and they are fun to build.
There are plans for providing ways to get additional content (marketplace? in-game rewards?) for your avatar - which should provide surprises and/or bragging rights when your friends next see you in their console.
So, if you are reading this -- quick, go power up your Xbox360, log in to with your Live account (silver or gold) and get ready for a new UI that really makes the difference between a 'game console' in your playroom and an 'entertainment device' that deserves to be the hub of your living room.
As always, thank you for reading ...