In part 3 of their "Hyper-V from a VMware admin's perspective" series Keith Mayer and Andy Syrewicze , explore the world of storage and its many options for users. [ 2:44 ] What are the storage options found in VMware and how does this compare to Hyper-V? [ 12:54 ] DEMO : How to set-up...

Kevin Remde welcomes Varun Chhabra to the show as they kick off their three part “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series which will discuss facts and facets of Microsoft’s Virtualization solution that, if you are currently using some other virtualization platform, you probably didn’t know but definitely...

Keith Mayer and myself are back for part 2 of our Building a Hybrid Cloud series and in today’s episode we showcase the latest Hyper-V enhancements made in Windows Server 2012 R2 . [ 1:36 ] Series Review and Windows Server 2012 Scalability [ 8:17 ] With all of these scalability features already built...

Keith Mayer and myself kick off our new multi-part series today on how you can build your hybrid cloud environment with Windows Server 2012 ,  System Center 2012 and Windows Azure by laying down a quick overview of what we can expect for the series as well as diving into the new features found in...

You're not going to want to miss this exciting episode where I had a chance to speak with Mark Russinovich , Technical Fellow for Windows Azure . As many of you know this is the guy who literally wrote the book on cyber security. Tune in as we talk about security in Windows Azure and what you can do...

Does your datacenter go bump in the night? Are you haunted by the thought of managing thousands of processes that could be automated? Well boys and girls Dr. Scripto and his faithful sidekick are here to help combat Scripto-Nite and provide us with their Top 10 Reasons NOT to Fear PowerShell 3.0 for...

In this screencast I take a look at some of the advantages of Outlook 2010 connected directly to Office 365. Outlook, connected to Exchange Online in Office 365, offers a best-in-class e-mail and calendaring tools, delivering a consistent experience across the PC, phone, and browser. This helps to turn...

Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview She “Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals” Jump Start is specially tailored for VMware and Microsoft virtualization technology pros. This cutting-edge course features expert instruction and real-world demonstrations of Hyper-V, many...

Talk TechNet is a twice weekly, one hour radio show for IT Professionals hosted by Senior Program Manager Keith Combs and myself.  Each episode focuses on a specific product or technology. Listeners are encouraged to call in and discuss the topic for the day, or ask questions to help unblock a deployment...

One of the great aspects of my job is I get to work with a lot of different user groups and meet lots of people from the IT Pro community.  Well I did my best to get a list of all the IT professional  user groups I work with in the Heartland territory (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee...

Keith Combs and I have a podcast show called the IT Investigators .  We like to have fun interviewing a variety of guests on wide ranging topics and this episode is no exception.  So Keith calls me one day and says he has setup and interview for us.  I asked who is it?  He calmly...

As some of you know I was able to get on the radio with the Tom and Steven from Fuller Computer Solutions .  These guys really know what they are doing, and truly it was great to hang out with them.  In this segment, the show was introduced and we talked briefly about social media. ...

Welcome to part 4 of a 6 part series talking about a great FREE tool, which has released it’s 5th major version on Monday (7-12-2010).  The new version, MAP 5.0, has some exciting new features to help with discovery and software usage. In this screencast we take a look how MAP 5.0’s new database...

Welcome to part 3 of a 6 part series talking about a great FREE tool, which has released it’s 5th major version on Monday (7-12-2010).  The MAP toolkit has been around for years.  MAP is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely run in small or large IT environments...

We just launched Bytes by TechNet for IT Professionals a 22 part interview series of Microsoft Influencers and Community talking about the major Microsoft product and technologies in a small tidbits of fun and consumable audio (5-7min) and video formats. The interviews were recorded at Tech-Ed in New...

My good friend Brian and I will sharing with you tips and tricks on how we have changing our lives for a healthier lifestyle.  In this episode we talk about our story, what motivates us. -->   Comment if there are particular topics you would like us to cover...

PowerShell is a great tool, and if you have not started to learn, it is never too old to learn this great tool!  You are also not alone, I had the privilege to speak this year at CodeMash .  I know what you are thinking, that sounds like a developer conference and it is!  It is also so...

Alright Keith and I are at it again and this time we want to give away the cool stuff like a: Lenovo T61P ! Okay do I have your attention now?  As some of you may recall we had a contest last time just for the MVP’s and a lot of you wanted in on the contest.  So guess what we listened and you...

Check out the two new interviews my buddy Chris took from imagine cup.  Chris spoke with two MS executives, Scott Davidson and Chris Weber.  Check it out here: Microsoft Executives at Imagine Cup

One of the great things about Technology is getting see all the fantastic uses.  During one of the many fun events at SXSW was the PhizzPop challenge , which was won by Cynergy!  During the event we had a fantastic DJ!  DJ Tina T rocked out the house and played an awesome mix of songs...

Attention on the holodeck!  Wow folks, seeing truly is believing.  I want to share with you a video one of my worldwide counterparts sent out.  This was simply too cool not to share! The folks at Cisco came out with a wonderfully innovative idea for conferencing called TelePresence. ...

Yesterday we announced some huge news the addition of two new search products for you! Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express) and you you even try the release candidate (RC) of the express version today, just visit: www.microsoft.com/EnterpriseSearch...

I am extremely excited about this post!!!!! A few weeks back our team got some really nice cameras from Sony , with the goal to do some interviews with IT folks like you. We wanted to find out how you use technology, what challenges you have and other aspects of what you do that would be interesting...

As a lot of you know I am pretty passionate about search and I have seen some articles on the topic that I wanted to share with everyone. There are some great comments around our future strategy and even how we have deployed the technologies internally. In the first piece of news, Satya Nadella, a Corporate...

Of Course I have to be politically correct in my title although during the two interviews, the use of the word Longhorn was extensive. :-) We actually recorded the sessions prior to the official naming of the product, so I do get an out of jail card for that. In both interviews, I talked to two folks...