On Monday Microsoft pulled the $28 price tag from the stand-alone version of Hyper-V Server 2008, and will now be making it available FREE!!!  That's right F-R-E-E!!!  This will surely help with your deployment of virtualized systems. Check...

This online book describes the fundamentals of TCP/IP in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Overview This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission...

Attend an Office 2007/Windows Vista/Exchange 2007 Launch Event, like the Atlanta, GA event at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park on February 8th, and receive a FREE copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Professional and Microsoft Office...

Microsoft Certifications have helped many professionals start and advance their careers in the IT Industry. We wanted to offer students a similar ‘career springboard’ and today we proudly announce our first official certification designed...

Another attendee sent me this question. I have dual-boot, Windows XP and Vista my laptop with 2GB RAM and 150 gig hd. I want to use Bitlocker my Windows Vista drive (d:) and still be able to get to my Windows XP drive (c:) without a problem. Can...

If you're an ITPro and responsible for maintaining, managing and monitoring systems then check out the RC1 Candidate for System Center Essentials 2007. Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 (Essentials 2007) is a new management solution in the System...

I'm on the road this week visiting New Jersey and staying at a hotel which has free wireless Internet connection. (I hate paying $9.95 a day at full-service hotels) I boot up my laptop, actually I bring it out of hibernation, and proceed to make my...

What is an IT Camp? This will be a fast-paced, fun half-day on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. We will go through the topics listed below, HANDS-ON, to get you quickly up to speed using HyperV virtualization!! This is your first step to learning about...

Click here to register: http://www.klmcreative.com/microsoft/06-268_MS-Dell_html1.html The Complete Webcast Schedule IT is constantly changing, with dynamic technology roadmaps, quarterly product upgrades, and monthly—if not weekly—software updates...

I was asked the question, at a recent TechNet event, whether the Central Store for the new ADMX admin template files requires Windows Server 2008. I said it did not and that I would post some info in my blog to show how the Central Store is created. ...

I was asked about printer migrations using the MDT 2010 last week and wasn’t sure about the answer.  I did some digging around and found some information that will be helpful if you’re trying to do this. Before I point to the KB article that has...

I was asked this by an attendee the other day at an event in Stratford, CT. I wasn't sure about the answer and off the top of my head said I didnt think it was possible. Oh, how wrong can I be! I received an email from one o f my attendees with a link...

If you’ve been given the task of deploying Windows 7 in your environment then take a look at the following links for some great resources to get you on the road to a successful deployment. Windows Upgrade Advisor The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your...

Starting on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time, we have a new weekly 10-part webcast series on how to better manage your infrastructure. Please sign up and join us for what will be an informative and fun series!!!!! Go...

Our US TechNet events team is back on the road presenting at various locations around the country. One of the sessions we're delivering is on Managing Windows Vista with Windows PowerShell . Microsoft.com has some great PowerShell resources including...

On the subject of getting yourself ready to the "Longhorn" Server upgrade exams, if you're already Windows Server 2000 certified your best path to "Longhorn" certification is to take the upgrade exams to get you to Windows Server 2003. ...

During the demonstration a task was created and the default management pack was selected. When do you want to use the default management pack and when do you not want to use it? Always. By default, customizations are saved to the Default Management...

In this screencast we’ll continue to go through the Windows 7 deployment process using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.  Now we have installed the MDT 2010 and the WAIK for Windows 7, our next step is to configure the the MDT Deployment Workbench...

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Beta Beta review program now open! Join the MAP Toolkit 6.5 beta program   Simplify your cloud migration planning with MAP 6.5 Beta The journey to the cloud is now smoother than ever with the Microsoft...

The Operations Manager 2007 Key Concepts document is available for download. If you’re interested in getting more details on the models that are used in System Center Operations Manager 2007 then click here to download the document, its available in three...

During our BitLocker session I talk about configuring Active Directory® to back up recovery information for Windows® BitLocker™ Drive Encryption and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Many of you have asked where you can get more information on this and...

    If you’re doing Windows 7 deployments with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and you want to do some customizations to the deployment wizard, here is a great tool to simplify the task of “…editing the wizard XML manifest files used by...

Windows Home Server Media Sharing enables you to view, listen, and watch videos, photo slide shows and music. You can store your favorite media on Windows Home Server and use digital media receivers and playback devices, such as the Xbox 360. ...

If you haven't looked at the TechNet Virtual Labs site then you're really missing out on a great resource!! Today I want to point out whats available for the System Center family in particular. if you want to "kick the tires" without having to go through...

If you’ve been given the task to do a Microsoft Windows Vista migration then this free guide will definitely come in handy. The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration is a FREE eBook download. When complete t here will be ten chapters to the book, current...

Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? If you attended one of the Live Private Cloud TechNet events below, hopefully we’ve inspired you to build out your own test environment with our downloadable evaluation products. If you did, you...

Well folks, we didn't want Charlotte to miss out on all the fun in June so we've added an ad-hoc MSDN and TechNet event at the Microsoft Office in Charlotte. At the TechNet event you’ll get an information packed morning on topics such as Security and...

I did a post at the beginning of the month called Home wireless networks: Why is everyone still only using WEP? I suggested if you hadn't done it already, you should secure your wireless network. I also suggested that if you were already secure using...

On March 4 th the Release Candidate build (16670) was released to our CPP participants for testing.  If you have the prior version of Service Pack 2 installed (Beta build 16497) you will need to un-install it before installing the newer RC build...

How do I get to a standard operating system image? In this screencast we’ll use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 to first create, and then deploy a custom Windows 7 image to a Reference computer. The image is  then "Sysprepped" and...

(Blog post title plagiarized directly from Glen’s blog J ) We have just started the new quarter and do not have an official TechNet event in Charlotte, (see Glen Gordon’s blog for reason ). Let me know if you’d be interested in attending an ad-hoc...

Part of the content of our current live TechNet event seminars is System Center Operations Manager. Many of the attendees have asked if there is any documentation or books on the product. There aren’t any MSPress books out yet, but I did find this one...

Are you working with Hyper-V?? Want to save some time creating virtual machines? Then take a look at the Virtual Machine download site , there are two virtual machines available: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Server CORE installation and Windows Server...

I'm in Florida for a TechNet event tomorrow at the Wyndham Hotel in Jacksonville. Tonight JJ, TS2 presenter, and I went to an Indian restaurant called Cilantro . We had originally intended to go to one called Shalimar, but it appears its been closed down...

Small Business Server 2008 was released to manufacturing yesterday, which means it will be widely available on November 12th launch. Windows Small Business Server 2008 is designed for small businesses. It is designed to work with existing technology,...