Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and career direction for IT professionals. Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft System Center 2012 team have partnered to bring you an exciting opportunity to learn what you need to know to deploy, manage and maintain...

Private Cloud is the future of IT, and the future is now. Spend the day at our IT Camp and learn about Microsoft's virtualization solution, Hyper-V, the first step on your path to mastering Private Cloud. You'll embark on an interactive journey as you learn the foundation of cloud services, Hyper-V,...

  If you’re seasoned in Windows IT management and looking to expand the way your environments leverage virtualization, this special event is for you. Following just one week after Microsoft Management Summit 2011 (MMS), this three-day Jump Start class is specially tailored for VMware and Microsoft...

I just got word this MS Press book is available as a FREE eBook download.  If you want to see what’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2 then this book is for you!!! Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 will get you up to speed on the new features and capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2.  So come...

Many of you have been asking where you can get a copy of the slide decks from the New Efficiency IT Pro Launch events . Some of my DPE colleagues have already posted them at slideshare.net, see links below!!!!   Windows 7 Decks Windows Server 2008 R2 Decks Exchange 2010 Decks  

  Register today!!!!  Just click on the city you want to attend!!!!  

If you’re in the business of deploying Windows you’ll be pleased to know that the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 has been released!!!   Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment...

Most of the content I use for webcasts and live events have virtual machines that have been created either by someone on my team or by someone at Microsoft corporate. The virtual machines are not created with trial versions of the operating system but with fully licensed product. For obvious reasons...

After a long summer, you’re probably ready to get your game on with some tools and techniques to speed up your IT strategy.  Our East Region Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists : Blain , Dan , John , and Yung are coming to a city near you!!    All events are from 8:30am – 12:00pm Reservations...

I just received an email from one of my Windows 7 Loadfest attendees asking: “A re there plans for remote admin server support via MMC under 7, I think Vista dropped this support for the standard toolset - AD, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, etc.” Well it just so happens we already have that available and it can...

On December the 12th (Friday) we are hosting a Windows FireStarter! If you are a Developer or an IT Pro you’d definitely not want to miss this event!!! Just like all other FireStarter Events, we will be recording and making the entire content available for download post event. All the sessions in...

Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduce a new format for displaying registry-based policy settings. Registry-based policy settings (located under the Administrative Templates category in the Group Policy Object Editor) are defined using a standards-based, XML file format known as ADMX...