As some of you noticed we have been delivering another series this month focusing on Deployment and Migration on several scenarios. This post is do you caught up some of the great posts we have delivered over the last couple of weeks. 6. Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation...

Introduction to Windows Server 2012 Migration Tools One of the fantastic tools we included in Windows Server 2012 are the migration tools. If you are familiar with Windows Server 2008 R2, then you are familiar with these tools. The tools can easily help you to migrate either to a Windows Server 2012...

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...

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There is really one huge change that will impact us all as IT Pros. We are launching TechNet 2.0, and one of friends Keith Combs just recently blogged about it, including two 14 minute podcasts located here: TechNet 2.0 – Episode 1 – Core Scenarios and Branding TechNet 2.0 – Episode 2 – The New TechCenters...

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This is great project involving both Windows Server and Windows 7, take a look at the challenges and solutions below. Objectives of the project:   We are still running win XP and 2003 server. The great debate we’ve been having is which to upgrade first or at the same time. Coming from the PC side...

Here is a great little upgrade project for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Company name: Dogtown LLC Public disclosure of your name and company name allowed? Yes Objectives of the project:  Migrate my home office from 3 workstations running a mixture of Windows Vista and XP and no servers...

Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of the Server Platform group for the U.S. subsidiary, is going to be the guest of Kevin Remde at Thrive Live and IT Manager Community Talks in September. Shanen is responsible for overseeing strategy for the Microsoft server line within the U.S. marketplace. Boettcher...

Can your server do 121mph?   Well the server from the folks at hostmysite.com can!  Wendy and I were walking around the floor of SXSW, we saw a drag race motorcycle on the floor.  Upon some investigation, we found the bike was actually a server, and 100% electrical.  They are also...

So what do you really think about Cloud Computing?  I know you all have an opinion.  Whether it is good, bad, or ugly we want to hear from you!  Tell us what you think via the online survey below. Click here, tell us more, and make your opinion heard: Tell Us What You Think About Cloud...

Okay this is the last screencast in this quick 3 part series I hoped you enjoyed all 3 screencasts and let me know what you think. For the last but not least part I wanted to talk briefly about the new improvements in reliability and compatibly inside IE8.  While IE8 displays content in its most...

I was sad to find out today that Randy Pausch had passed forward into a better life. I was deeply moved by his speech and the way he lived. You can read the full article here: 'Last lecture' professor dies of cancer For those of you that have not scene the last lecture it is worth your time. ...

The next generation of Windows Desktop search is now available!  This release signifies a fantastic step forward with common code!  The version will be the same for Vista and XP.  I will have more information on another post on speed and reliability improvements.  Very exciting and...

If you have not heard about this wickedly cool contest!  It is a fantastic contest for students, and they just held the US National Competition in Los Angeles earlier this week.   The winners will compete for the Imagine Cup 2008 World Finals in Paris, France this July 3-8. To see all...

Congratulations to the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Team!  They just launched the  third-generation of the agent-less infrastructure assessment platform called Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator 3.0 (or simply MAP).  MAP is a powerful inventory, assessment, and...

If you have never scene this talk, I highly recommend it, it is about 10 minutes long and worth every second.  I guarantee it will touch you.  It is an shorter version of a full lecture that he gave, and you can click on his name to learn more and see the full lecture.  Thank you Randy...

I started writing this post to help drive awareness over some of my mild frustration with the Mac vs. PC commercials.  While during the process of writing this post about Time Machine and Shadow Copy, a friend of mine, thanks Dave, sent me this great article, which I think sums my thoughts up nicely...

I just came across a great new blog around System Center. The System Center team put up their team blog here: Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog This blog is still young and I know they will have some great information with the products currently in their launch schedules. There first post has a lot...

Good morning everyone! Thank you for everyone coming to the events! I hope everyone had a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing you all again. with that said we had a lot of fantastic questions and they are listed below. Enjoy and please comment if I missed any or if you need more information! Q:What...

Good afternoon everyone, I want to make a quick correction to an entry titled: Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2: Webcast (5-19-2006). On the web cast I had this question: Question : Do you have any comparison between DFS-R in R2 with Riverbed's WADS or other vendors' WAFS? Answer...

Good Afternoon Searchers! J Thank you for attending the web cast on Windows Desktop Search (WDS). I hope you enjoyed the tool and are as excited as I am about how great this tool is! I also want to send a huge t hank you to Matt Carlson for helping me out on the Q/A, as promised here is the scrubbed...

Good afternoon Toledo and Cleveland! I am coming back to town the week of June19 th to talk about security! I am looking forward to coming Ohio and we have a great event in store for everyone. I am hoping to go out and see my beloved Cleveland Browns but looks like I am going to miss all the fun camps...

Good Day Detroit ! Again thank you for coming out and seeing me at the event and I hope to see you next time I am in town. You asked a few questions during the show, so here are the answers. The wireless scripts that I used in the show are available on the DVD ( drive: \Security Tools\Whitepapers) or...