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...

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...

Again at TechEd I had a chance to interview some great folks for Bytes by TechNet .  The first interview I did was with Scott Hanselman .  That may seem a bit odd since Scott is a developer.  However, this is an  important interview to listen too following articles about us trying...

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...

Here is a quick overview of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge.  This was done  by my boss Martin  and he gives you a quick overview on the 3 rounds of the competition.  The last quiz for for round 1 is coming up.   -->   Remember, the last...

That is right, here is my very first interview about my book, and my role as an IT Pro Evangelist, next stop Oprah.  :-)  During TechEd in New Orleans, I was finally able to meet my publisher and we were able to sit down and chat.  I have to admit, I felt a little bit like a rock star...

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...

If you have System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 then you know the wealth of data the tool provides.  However, getting a quick look into the data is not always the easiest. Guess what? The SCCM 2007 Dashboard is here to help!  In this screencast you will take a look at configuring...

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...

One of the great things I get to do as an IT Pro Evangelist I get to play with some cool technologies.  One of the tools I recently had a chance to play with is the Service Level Dashboard for SCOM 2007 R2.  This dashboard provides a way for managers, application owners, and IT professionals...

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...

Keith and I got to go to PDC well we decided to chat about what we saw after they announce Windows 7 launch:

One of my teammates, Ed Faulkner, shared with our team an interesting article about what makes the perfect speaking voice.  Apparently there is a formula, that takes into account several factors: tone, speed, frequency, words per minute and intonation.  According to the formula, Judi Dench...

My buddy Keith demonstrated a great new tool called the WorldWide Telescope (WWT) The WWT is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless...

Welcome to part 2 of my screen cast on IE 8 beta 1.  In this screencast I take a look at two new awesome features, Activities and Webslices.  Take a look at the screencast here, remember to double click to go full screen: Windows Media Player Version: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 part 2: Activities...

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...

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...