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World of Warcraft Gets a Boom Stick!
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This is pretty cool news, Sam Raimi, who directed Army of Darkness and Spiderman, is directing a World of Warcraft movie. I may have to play World of Warcraft before I see the movie, can anyone give me a mount? :-) Should be...
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Server Migration for Centralized Deployment with 2008 powered by IT Pro Momentum
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This is a interesting project using System Center Operations Manager. The project is looking to create a centralized deployment platform using 2008. Are you piloting or deploying the products: We are unsure at the current time, We have a lot...
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Windows 7 has RTM’ed
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Well I bet Keith’s buddy Conan is happy, take a look here for more information: Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing
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Happy IT Administrators, Windows Server 2008 R2 has RTM’ed!
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New Hardware and Windows 7 Deployment and Testing with IT Pro Momentum
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Many of you may be just like the following IT Pro. You have not bought hardware in quite some time and still run Windows XP. So what happens when you start to purchase new hardware with Windows 7. This project provides some insights to those...
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TechNet Webcast: New Server Migration and Server Manager functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2
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Thank you to everyone who attended the webcast I delivered on July 16. We chatted about some of the new migration and server manger features in R2. You can watch the replay of the webcast here: New Server Migration and Server Manager functionality...
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TechNet and MSDN Events: Get Real into IT with Azure and Microsoft IT!
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Good afternoon we are getting ready to hit the road again, We have a great event set for the next few months, to talk about the elephant in the room: What is Windows Azure™? When should I use it? How does it apply to my job? We are going to spend some...
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From Florida To California, I am doing Disney Coast to Coast!
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Well running the goofy was not enough for me. First off thank you for all the folks that commented on the results and I am glad several of you have decided to be as Goofy as me. If you want to see the results from the run take a look...
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Writing with Mongo: Mongo gets asked to write a book
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When I was asked to write a book, my initial thought was summed by a great quote from Lou Holz’s autobiography, which I talked about as my book of the month in September 2008: Wins, Losses and Lessons : … Most people who knew me growing up didn't think...
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Lighting up the web a THIRD time with Expression Studio and Silverlight!
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Last week we announced a new version of Expression Studio and Silverlight . My buddy Keith even did a nice demo located here: Expression Encoder Screen Capture 3 – HD screencast demonstration Here is the launch blurb: Microsoft® Expression...
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Windows 7 Testing and Learning powered by IT Pro Momentum
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Sometimes the IT Pro Momentum program provides another avenue for thirsty IT Pro’s and developing skill sets for their production environment. Here is a great little project the IT Pro went on for a quest of knowledge. Objectives of the project...
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IT Pro’s are Thriving, and Developers Thrive now as well!
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As I announced a few weeks back, we have a great program fro IT Pros called Thrive. You can see the interview I did with Julie here: Interview: Thriving as an IT Pro a chat with Julie-Anne Arsenault Well last week Microsoft launched Thrive for Developers...
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Early Learning’s by Remote2Tech powered by IT Pro Momentum
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Even though the project still led Remote2Tech to stick with Windows XP for now. The project did provide a great learning experience and over all we learned a lot and had some fun with the project. It also led to learning even more about...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0: Now Released!
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The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 is Now Released! Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and...
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Interesting Article on Bing and Good Comparison site
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I was surfing around and found an interesting article talking very evenly about Bing Vs. Google. You can find the article here: Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better The article is right down the middle, and the author has at least...
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TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Sever 2008 R2 Technical Overview
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Thank you to everyone who attended the webcast I delivered on July 2. We chatted about some of the new AD features in R2. You can watch the replay of the webcast here: Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview...
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Books of the Month July 2009: Odd Hours and In Odd We Trust
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This month I have two books to share with you. One of my guilty pleasures, I like graphic novels and I really like reading Dean Koontz . So when they are combined, with one of Dean’s better characters Odd Thomas, it is just a golden airport...
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Two of my Favorite Things Internet Explorer 8 and Nickelback!
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I was checking online and saw this article, and learned about a free song and IE 8.: Looking to browse the Web and get a Nickelback? As I was reading the article, I noticed a link to the offer. Curious as Nickelback is one of my favorite bands I...
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How can I miss you if you have not left yet?
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First off, I am back! I really did not go anywhere but I have not posted in nearly a month. There has been a ton of things that have kept me away from my regular post, but I am back and will be posting on a more regular basis. So what...
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