IT Strategery

News and Information from Technology Strategist, Jeff Centimano. This blog is published for my enterprise customers in and around Kansas City.

iSCSI Target Software for 3 Easy Payments of Zero Dollars

I had to double-check the date before I blogged about this because it seemed like an April Fool’s...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/04/2011

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Which License Key to Use for Guest VMs?

I wanted to share the following customer Q&A in case you run into this yourself. Q: I own...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/03/2011

New ‘Business Ready Security’ Demo Available for Download

The Microsoft Forefront Product Team just released an updated ‘Business Ready Security’ (BRS) demo...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 10/05/2010

Great Resources for Visual Learners

Not sure about you all… but I typically need to see something to completely understand it....

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 08/31/2010

Remote Desktop Services Compatibility Center

The Remote Desktop Services* (RDS) team recently launched a site to aggregate community and vendor...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 08/11/2010

Help End-Users Learn the Office 2010 Ribbon

When we introduced Office 2007 there was a lot of hand-wringing about the new Ribbon. People seemed...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 08/10/2010

Why Upgrade to Office 2010

I just ran across a post by Mark Minasi where he pontificates on the lack of innovation in Office...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 06/29/2010

Microsoft Training Options

Over the past few months I’ve fielded quite a few questions about training options for our products....

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 06/25/2010

Office 2010 Available via Home Use Program

Good news for those of you who own Microsoft Office with Software Assurance – Office 2010 is...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 06/02/2010

I’m Not Dead… Just Busy

My blog post drought is embarrassing. Heck, I even put my blog URL in my Outlook signature to remind...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 05/28/2010

Kansas City SharePoint 2010 Conference Knowledge Gems

I’m attending the KC SharePoint 2010 Conference today… picking up a number of knowledge gems from...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/29/2010

(Supported) Solutions for Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6

The question “How do I virtualize IE 6 for legacy web apps?” is common when discussing a Windows 7...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/22/2010

Quick Post: Office 2010 RTM, Docs.com Facebook Integration, Windows InTune Preview

As usual, I’m behind on my blog posting quota. Seems like I’ve hit a rhythm of one post per week....

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/21/2010

Virtual on Virtual: Deploying a Virtualized Remote Desktop Services Environment

I’ve been a fan of Presentation Virtualization since the days of Citrix WinFrame 1.7 (in fact the...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/13/2010

(UPDATE) My First Blog Contest – Windows 7 Ultimate

The contest is over – we had a winner today (4/8) at 12:56am. Congrats, Michael! Your copy of...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/07/2010

MDOP 2010 Gets a Refresh with MED-V SP1 RTM

Today marks the release of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) SP1, which includes...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 04/01/2010

Desktop Virtualization Announcement Wrap-Up

In case you missed the webcast yesterday, Microsoft announced several product and licensing...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/19/2010

Mark Your Calendars - Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Hour - March 18th @ 11am Central

Hopefully you received my e-mail invite earlier this week. If not, please mark your calendar for...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/17/2010

Virtual Lab: Microsoft VDI Featuring Citrix XenDesktop 4 and Hyper-V R2

The Virtual Labs team just released a new publicly-accessible TechNet lab focusing on VDI. If you’ve...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/15/2010

User Group Follow-Up: MED-V Presentation on SkyDrive

We had an excellent turn-out for Tuesday’s User Group meeting. Thanks to Richard Ruiz and Bernie...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/05/2010

Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) Update

So… apparently my post was linked as part of a story on phishing attacks. I’m proactively taking it...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/02/2010

Microsoft KC Virtualization User Group – March 2, 2010

Just a quick reminder about tomorrow night’s UG meeting on Microsoft Enterprise Desktop...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 03/01/2010

Welcome to IT Strategery

Thanks for checking out my blog. You likely came here from a link in my signature line… a Twitter...

Author: Jeff Centimano - MSFT Date: 02/27/2010