This month Kevin, Keith, Brian and I are talking about some of the favorite things we saw at TechEd North America.  I also thought it would be great instead of just writing about it, I would interview the folks of some of the favorite things I saw.  In this first post I talk with Tiffany Wallace...

TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans. TechEd is Microsoft’s premiere conference for IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers, offering the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft's products, solutions, tools, and services. I have had the privilege...

I had the privilege to sit down and talk with Yuri Diogenes and Tom Shinder to talk about Windows Azure IaaS .   We chatted about the overall capabilities to configure and deploy VMs, security functionalities and recommendations during the migration process. I also did a quick demonstration...

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The Dayton IT Pro Camp is a FREE , daylong Camp for IT Pros featuring Microsoft Cloud Technologies. During the day, we will have presentations on Hyper-V, SharePoint, Office365 and Azure. In addition, we will have a cloud security presentation and presentations from the Vendors who have agreed to support...

I had a lot of fun interviewing my good friend Jennifer Mason, Senior Consultant at SharePoint911.  We talked a lot about Microsoft SharePoint and recently launched Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 is essentially Microsoft Office in the cloud. Jennifer talks about some different scenarios for what...

Well we are on the road again!  We are hitting the road and take a look at the events we are doing in the US at TechNet Events in the central US to see if you’ll be able to spend the day with us. “A day? I thought you guys usually do the 1/2-day TechNet Events.” Yeah, that was then. This is now...

It is always a joy when I get to sit down and talk with Chris (my friend, colleague and co-author ) and chat.  It is even better when we get to talk about PowerShell!!!!!!!  We chatted about Windows PowerShell 2.0 and how to breakdown some of the myths/misconceptions surrounding it. We also...

I had another great chance to talk with Jason on Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012). We touch on the new additions to version 4 of DPM that IT Pros will like. We also discuss Jason's new book " Data Protection for Virtual Data Centers" , that covers best practices on...

One of the fun things I get to do everyday is point people to products and resources.  With IT there seems to be an ever changing world and transformation on the tools and resources we use almost happens daily. have a had a few folks ask where can I get the tools and resources to test some the new...

I had yet another chance to sit down and chat with my good friend Jason at TechEd in Atlanta.  Jason Buffington, Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft, discuss the latest Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2012). we talk about the  new additions to OpsMgr...

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...

Have you ever had the moment, and it is usually right after you hit the enter key, that OMG what I have done moment.  That please, please stop moment.  Followed by the pounding of fists, weeping, and a whole lot of NO NO NO as your c: drive is being polited wiped out because of a typo in diskpart...

Just one week after TechEd, Microsoft Learning is hosting an exclusive three-day Jump Start class specially tailored for IT Professionals looking for real-world proof of how cloud-based Office 365 enables you to solve more problems from more places. This course will be delivered via virtual classroom...

May 2 – Toronto | May 4 – Detroit | May 6 – Chicago | May 9 – Indianapolis | May 11 – Dallas | May 13 - Columbus The Springboard Series Tour is back! This 6 city tour brings the top product teams from Microsoft to you. We understand the questions and issues that IT pros deal with every day. How do I...

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...

In a tough economic climate, it can be difficult for managers and HR teams to understand the business value of sending staff to the Tech·Ed conference because of the upfront costs.  Here are some talking points to help you make the case for Tech·Ed to your management.  There is also a custom...

As most of you know my favorite team is the Cleveland Browns.  As you most of you I also love technology.  Well in this Bytes by  TechNet I get the best of both worlds.  I got a chance to interview a friend of mine, Brandon Covert, Director of IT for the Cleveland Browns.  Brandon...

I know you have all watched a reality show at one time or another and thought to yourself, I can do that!  Well here is your chance more importantly it is about Technology!  Right now we are looking for folks like you to share your IT journey with the world.  Right now casting is going...

Sometimes when you think about security, you will forget about all the layers involved in securing infrastructure   Often you may forget. the physical layer, and more importantly what threats and social engineer tactics are you trying to defend against.  I had a great chance to sit down...

This was a fun interview I had with my good friend with Jason.  What is funny, is that we used to live about 15 minutes apart from each other, but would onle see each other at TechEd.  This year in New Orleans was no different.  Jason Buffington is a , Sr Product Manager in System Center...

Get the inside scoop, from Oliver Rist of the Microsoft Windows Server Marketing Team, on the best Windows Server social media spots. Matt and Oliver also discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 new features: Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. Tune in, and you'll also find out Captain America's birthday!

Ah June has arrived and with it: Microsoft TechEd North America 2010 ! as you get ready to migrate to New Orleans to see some great sessions at TechEd, let me recommend, IMHO will be one the best sessions at TechEd for all you Windows Server administrators: WSV201: 10 Hot Topics Every IT Admin Needs...