Make Windows Azure Your Datacenter! This Jump Start will help you understand how you can use Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, such as Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks, to migrate, extend, run, manage and monitor common workloads in the cloud. The jumpstart will be led by Microsoft Lead Azure...

What is Windows Azure™ ? When should I use it? How does it apply to my job?  Whether you’re an IT Professional, Developer or Architect, we’ll address your top of mind questions about cloud computing in this informative webcast delivered by some of our top technologist. In this session, we will discuss...

Last week I took off for vacation.  It was one of those marathon honey due vacations and I am happy to say I accomplished most of what I set out to do.  The house is painted.  The trees and bushes are trimmed.  The pool is in top shape and ready for frolicking.  I also took some...

On Wednesday May 6th, we’ll be broadcasting the Interop Road Show .  Actually it’s going to be a bit of a simulcast.  Matt Hester will be in Downers Grove, IL doing a live delivery of the sessions, and we’ll pick up the audio and demonstrations via the magic of Microsoft LiveMeeting. In addition...

There is an event next Saturday you might consider watching and listening to.  It’s the first of many Springboard Technology Expert Panel (STEP) events to come.  The STEP program is made up of Microsoft employees, MVPs and MCTs.  This particular event is being delivered live in our west...

I don't know about you, but that title sounds odd to me. Why on earth would you run the LAMP stack on Windows? Well for one thing LAMP commonly refers to Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. So running LAMP on Windows Server 2008 really means running it in a virtual machine and the only supported method for...

When you get a moment, checkout the webcasts I'll be doing starting next Wednesday. This is all part of the Windows Server Compare series of screencasts and webcasts coming out. TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 1 of 6): Reliability in Windows and Linux (Level 200) Wednesday, January 23, 2008...

As you can see at http://edge.technet.com , we are launching a new online portal for IT Pros. Expect to see lots of content in the form of podcasts, screencasts and videos. I have some interesting stuff coming. My EDGE id is KingCobra. Head on over and register if you want a cool name, before all of...

Yesterday Baldwin Ng delivered a nice webcast on the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment v2.0 release. This webcast is now available for on demand viewing so you can watch it with the Live Meeting wrapper. Or download it and watch/listen later at your leisure. Baldwin did a real good job of describing...

Matt Hester beat me to it. Well, not really. We'll just let him think he did. Matt posted some information about the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment v2.0 release so check out his blog post. I was going to post some information this weekend but backed off because I hit some issues I reported to the...

It seems like ions ago that I posted http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2006/12/29/want-to-win-a-ferrari.aspx . We're coming to the end of that promotion period but there's still a chance to win. See the details in the post above with links to the official rules. Good luck!!!

The Xbox 360 team keeps cranking out the innovation. If they keep it up, I'll be able to ditch my laptop and start doing my webcasts from my Xbox. They took a step closer with the announcement yesterday on an integrated keyboard for the Xbox 360 controller. Looks pretty kewl to me. Now you'll be able...

Do you ever see those contests and wonder if anyone really ever wins? Well you need not wonder about the promotions we've been doing for the webcasts. To refresh your memory, on December 29, I posted some information on how to win a Ferrari laptop and other prizes. I know that was just before the New...

No, we aren't talking about the sleek Italian sports car, but we are talking about a kewl Acer Ferrari laptop. In fact, we are giving away several and you'll have a chance to win one by checking out the webcasts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/events/newballgame.mspx . As always, please check out...

FYI, there was a rather serious storm last night in the Pacific Northwest area of the US. As a result, many people are without power and that is having an impact on a variety of services. As I understand it, we won't be delivering the 10 webcasts that were scheduled for today. A lack of power has impacted...

Experience teaches us a lot. You tend to get a sixth sense about certain situations. I started to feel the bad karma about ITPROADD-62. It’s a massive SQL Server session where we show how to build a clustered SQL Server environment inside Virtual Server VM’s. It all started when I realized the session...

The Vista Security Guide will be released to Beta on September 6 th exclusively through Microsoft Connect. It will be available to anyone who signs in with a Windows Live ID (formerly Passport) account at this URL: https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=820&InvitationID=VSG-P74P...

I think we need to start a whole new dictionary with words the have “cast” in them. Very recently I found out Harold Wong and Chris Avis are doing some labcasts. I have bad rock and roll ears so I had to ask them what the heck they were talking about. It’s an interesting way to deliver...

I wanted to thank everyone who attended my webcast last week on Windows Vista Deployment (imaging). As you know, the content I received from our corporate group had some defects so I spent the time to create an environment that would hit the main points and then some. From the feedback I received, it...

Sadly, they have posted the June "Best Of" TechNet webcasts. I am sad because I am no longer the top of the list like I was in May . It would help if I had actually delivered a webcast in June. Ha!!! Bad doggie. :) Anyway, go see the June webcasts . As you're doing that, pay attention to the website...

Hugh has some really funny cartoons and business cards . If you’ve looked at his blog, you’ll notice he’s got more talent than most companies. What would you ask him to draw for your card? Or better yet, what would people tell him to draw for you? Now that might be fun. For the record...

Today I deliver a webcast on Windows Server 2003 R2 Storage improvements. This particular webcast will be unique. It’ll be unique because I’ll be using Windows Vista Beta 2 as the host environment for LiveMeeting 7.5, Virtual Server 2005 R2, etc. Come see me bomb !!! Actually, I don’t...

Today was a blast!!! Webcasts are fun, nerve racking, exciting, tense, glorious, chilling… notice the see saw? My job is to make sure the webcast is smooth as Aero Glass so that any issues don’t distract you from the information I’m discussing. This webcast could have easily been four...

Introduction When you start looking at the feature set for your next laptop purchase, look very closely. At first glance, many of the new laptops appear to have two pcmcia card slots. Look more closely because most likely one of those slots is a PCI Express ExpressCard 34/54 slot. My team is getting...

Monday the TechNet Team kicks off some of the really serious stuff around Windows Vista from an IT Pro perspective . I’m going to lead things off with a look at security changes implemented inside the new client operating system. We’ll discuss group policy objects, Windows BitLocker drive...