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Thank You and Launch Resources!
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Thank you! Thank you to everyone that attended the launch events across the nation! Personally I want to thank the ~ 3,700 (3,792 to be exact) that came out and saw me in Memphis, Nashville, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Honolulu (yeah...
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Honolulu, Hawaii: Launch (03/01/2007)
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Aloha and Mahalo! Thank you to everyone for coming to the event! We had 510 IT Professionals showing the Aloha Spirit! I hope everyone had fun and more importantly learned something new about all the exciting products that we have coming out! I look forward...
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Why Deploy Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): Webcast (02-19-2007)
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Thank you for spending time with me on the webcast to get an overview of IPv6 and how Windows Vista leverages the technology! A thank you goes to John Baker for helping out with the Q/A. Here are some resources to you: Wiki on IPv6: http://en.wikipedia...
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It slices, it dices and it translates???: Word 2007 Language Translation
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I just found out something incredible cool! I was out and about and checking one of my blog posts and saw a referral and noticed it was entirely in Spanish. Wanting to read the post, I very simply copied and pasted it into a blank Word 2007 document....
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Windows Vista ISO download and burn issue
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Paulie, one of regular folks that usually sees me in Cincinnati mentioned to me that there was a problem with the download of Windows Vista ISO from the Technet or MSDN sites. There seems to be a problem that happens when you burn Vista from the downloaded...
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Events after Launch!
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Believe it or not there is life after launch and more importantly TechNet Events are still happening! Starting April we are back on the road again with new content. We are going to be talking about some exciting Technologies, including Longhorn server...
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Book of the Month for February 2007: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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Almost did not make it! Welcome to the February book of the month, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni . I borrowed this book from my mentor Nikki Weiss, and I do not plan on giving it back unless she asks. :-) It is...
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Painless Data Protection: Webcast (02-07-2007)
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Good afternoon all my Data Protectors! Thank you for attending the webcast on painless data protection to avoid painful data loss. We talked a lot about several different technologies. Data Protection Manager is one of my favorite and there a lot of good...
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March, where do I get to go in March?
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Can you believe it my manager told me for my first event in March I am going to have to travel ~4000 miles. My first event is on March 1st and is the last launch event for Microsoft Across America. Did I mention that the event is in Honolulu? :-) I know...
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How to avoid crying and a big told ya so for only $49.99!
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A few months ago I went to my Xbox 360 and turned it on and saw red lights. For those of you un-familiar with Xbox 360 the lights, affectionately called the ring of light, are supposed to be green. Green Good...Red Bad So being a good techie, I held my...
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Bringing you the technology you really want to hear about!
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Good evening all my listeners. :-) Huh, what did I say, listeners, shouldn't I have said readers? Not in this case my friends. In January, I decided to take a page out of the Michael Murphy TechNet Radio playbook and helped out on some TechNet Radio...
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Integrating the Business Data Catalog (BDC) and Applications Using Office SharePoint Server 2007: WebCast (2-5-2007)
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Good evening all of my Business Data Integrators! Thank your attending my webcast on working with the Business Data Catalog (BDC) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. I hope enjoyed the webcast and seeing all the new capabilities of the...
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Overview of Exchange Server 2007: Webcast (1-10-2007)
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Good afternoon Improved Exchange Administrators! Good afternoon everyone I apologize for the big delay in getting the log posted. I have been out for the last 3 weeks straight at launch events. As you can imagine it is a very exciting and busy time of...
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Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH: LAUNCH (1/30/2007 and 2/1/2007)
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Good Afternoon Louisville and Cincinnati! First off THANK YOU for coming to launch! We had over 1000 Kentucky and Ohio IT Professional in the both cities, 1057 to be exact! That is an incredible turn out and again I cannot thank everyone enough! I also...
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Cleveland and Columbus, OH: LAUNCH (1/23/2007 and 1/25/2007)
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Good Afternoon Columbus and Cleveland! First off THANK YOU for coming to launch! We had over 1200 Ohio IT Professional in the both cities, 1251 to be exact! That is an incredible turn out and again I cannot thank everyone enough! After the Launch in Cleveland...
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Book of the Month for January 2007: Flags of Our Fathers
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Good day everyone! I apologize for the delay in getting this posting so late. Preparation and delivery of launch has really kept me and my teammates extremely busy. So without further delay: Welcome to the January book of the month, Flags of Our Fathers...
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Memphis and Nashville, TN: LAUNCH (1/16/2007 and 1/18/2007)
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Good DAY Memphis and Nashville! First off THANK YOU for coming to launch! I had a great time and I hope everyone really enjoyed the events! We had a little almost 1000 (974 to be exact!) Tennessee IT Professionals combined! What a phenomenal turn out...
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Want Some Microsoft L-O-V-E?
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We all want some L-O-V-E!!! (Warning: high cheese factor to follow!) L is for LAUNCH ! I do not know if you have heard but we are having these “little" events in January launching:? O is for Microsoft Office System 2007 V is for Windows Vista E is for...
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What happens when you cross Halo and a Talent show?
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This post a Will Robison WARNING: Geek Factor = Extremely high! Question: So what happens when you cross Halo and a Talent show? Answer: You get a group of motivated High school students that showcase their amazing talent and creativity! A buddy I work...
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How in the world do video game costs get so high?
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I was poking around the net the other day and I saw this interesting article at Forbes: Why Gears Of War Costs $60 . I was instantly intrigued, not only is GOW a simply fantastic game but also by how to costs get so high. Obviously you do have to pay...
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IAMCP in Nashville
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My appologies to Ed Carnes! I almost compltely forgot to mention , in my last post on TN ( http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2006/12/17/memphis-and-nashville-tn-the-ultimate-pit-stop-12-12-2006-and-12-14-2006.aspx ) That there is a IAMCP chapter...
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Memphis and Nashville, TN: The Ultimate Pit Stop (12/12/2006 and 12/14/2006)
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Good evening Memphis and Nashville! I had such a great time last week in TN! In fact I had so much fun I am COMING BACK! I will be back in town in TN on January 16th and January 18th in Memphis and Nashville respectively! This time will be slightly different...
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SharePoint Search Technical Drill Down: Webcast (12-13-2006)
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Good afternoon all my Spock, in SEARCH of answers folks! J I want to thank you for attending my webcast on Search and thank you to Blain Barton for helping out with Q/A. As we talked about the new search capabilities were very easy and very powerful…and...
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Integrating the Business Data Catalog and Business Applications Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Webcast (12-08-2006)
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Good afternoon all my Business Data Catalog enthusiasts! Thank you for attending my webcast on talking about this fantastic feature. The catalog is an amazing feature that enables some many scenarios inside your organization. Even Tom Rizzo talked about...
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Book of the Month for December 2006: QBQ The Question Behind the Question
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Good day everyone! Welcome to the December book of the month, QBQ The Question Behind the Question by John G. Miller . Are you tired of asking (out loud or to yourself) or hearing questions like these: Why do we have to go through...
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