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That image won’t make much sense at this stage, but work with me here! On Friday 5th November, one of our key System Center Partners, Inframon, are hosting an event in London focused purely on System Center, and the range of technologies which exist as part of the brand. Whether you’re a...

Judging by the number of questions I receive on licensing, both via this blog, and also face to face, I’ve got a feeling these sessions will be of use to you.  If you feel that you don’t quite get our licensing around both Server Virtualisation and Desktop Virtualisation, then these 2 sessions could...

So the budget cuts have arrived – and it appears that for the moment, the biggest cuts are in schools’ capital budgets. Firstly we saw the Harnessing Technology Grant cut by £50M, then the BSF programme was cancelled, and on the same day another £50M was cut from the Harnessing Technology Grant – the...

Firstly, apologies for the short notice on some of these sessions – the email with their details literally landed in my inbox this morning!  Here’s everything you need in terms of information, and don’t forget, if you can’t make the session, register anyway, and you’ll be made aware of when the...

For those of you, like me, who aren’t lucky enough to travel over to New Orleans for TechEd, you’re pretty much restricted to catching up on the gossip via blogs, and news feeds.  Whilst this is fine for some, there’s nothing quite like seeing the technology for yourself.  It’s good news therefore...

If you’re thinking about virtualising SharePoint 2010, whether it’s on Hyper-V, or otherwise, Microsoft have released a number of useful pieces of documentation to aid you through the process.  Whether it’s support and licensing information you need, or more technical planning of the virtualisation...

My to-blog folder is positively brimming with stuff that I want to talk about, but finding the time at the moment is proving mightily difficult!  What with MMS last week (including the awesome demo of SCVMM vNext, long-distance Live Migration, Opalis, Service Manager, Config Manager R3 beta and...

Just a quick heads up – last week I blogged about the upcoming Microsoft Management Summit UK 2010 , which is being held in London, on the 18th May 2010 . If you’re interested in signing up, and places will be limited I reckon, I would register early to avoid disappointment. It’s free, and you can register...

Hot on the heels of the Virtualisation Summit , comes the all-important Management Summit.  Now, before you get too excited and start booking your flights, this isn’t the MMS that’s held annually in Las Vegas, so put those chips away.  This is the UK’s very own MMS, taking the best bits of...

Time Updated - See below! :-) You may have noticed there’s a buzz building around the web around this upcoming Desktop Virtualisation hour. What’s going to be announced? Who knows!! I certainly don’t! Virtualization.info think it’s something to do with Calista , whereas SearchVirtualDesktop think...

Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SharePoint 2007 & 2010 Presenter by Arno Mihm - Friday March 19th @ 17:00 GMT Virtualizing business critical applications will deliver significant customer benefits including cost savings, enhanced business continuity and an agile and efficient management...

A heads up for most of you with regards to more licensing changes afoot! For those of you who have been reading this blog over the past few weeks and months, you’ll have heard me mention System Center Service Manager, which is a new ITIL/MOF Process & Change Management solution , which will be part...

Presented by Kenon Owens Monday, March 29th 2010 – 16:00-17:00 GMT As Organizations begin to see the Value of Virtualization and adopt different Virtualization Technologies, they may want to know what’s next? Who can help me realize the benefits of virtualization today, and prepare me to leverage my...

  If you’re around on the 12th April 2010 , and you’re interested in learning a bit about Microsoft Virtualisation technologies, plus, have a chat over a brew with me, then this could be the “Virtualisation Summit for you!” Looking at virtualization but unsure about your options? Thinking about...

If you’ve been reading this blog over the last few weeks, you’ll have noticed a continued theme around the Optimised Desktop.  The reason for this, as you can appreciate I’m sure, is that more and more organisations are weighing up their options when it comes to future desktop strategy, with Virtual...

OK, bit more dramatic than it actually is, but never mind!  There’s lots of industry buzz at the moment around ‘VDI’, or, to elaborate, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, yet is it the right solution for everyone?  Well, there are plenty of benefits to virtualising your desktop OS’s, however it...

Back in October 2008, I was in the North-West with one of our Virtualisation Partners, Nviron , with, at the time, a prospective customer; Chester Zoo .  When you think of Chester Zoo, or, any zoo in fact, the last thing that typically springs to mind is IT, especially virtualisation.  When...

There’s been a lot in the press just recently around Microsoft and HP working together on joint initiatives, and trust me, it’s great news.  If you’ve not seen all the announcements, there’s a simplified version of the announcement here . Jump back a few weeks though, 8th December to be precise...

Final webcast-related-post for today, I promise!! MGT52PAL: Competing with VMware using Microsoft Server Virtualization and Management Presented by Yasmin Khan and Edwin Yuen Friday 15th January – 16:00-17:00 GMT - ( Click here to calculate your local time) This session is a must see session for anyone...

I know I know – I’m going webcast-crazy! This one is separate from the others, as it’s open to everyone, Partners, Customers, enthusiasts, geeks, whoever!  All you need to do is head on over to this registration link and sign up !  Once signed up, surely you want to know what’s on offer? ...

I’ve seen these events build up and build up in my inbox, and I’ve been desperate to get them onto the web for all to see, so here goes!  Please note, all these sessions are Windows Server 2008 R2 related.  There will be separate posts on System Center management, and also, Virtualisation. ...

Get ready for some stats… Did you know , on July 10th 2010, Windows Server 2000 will be end-of-life?  No? Did you also know , that 17% of Windows Server units deployed worldwide are running some form of Windows 2000?  No? Well, with the end of life approaching, there has never been a better...

Following on from yesterday’s post on the Appliance Test Drive, for those of you interested in learning more, there’s a webcast scheduled that should give you all the information you need.  Here are the details: MGT49PAL: VHD Test Drive Program allows Partners to Distribute Virtual Appliances for...

A couple of useful upcoming Academy Live sessions, specifically aimed at Microsoft Partners, and particularly of use to those Partners in the SMB space: WES27PAL : Virtualization:  Defined.  Building your Virtualization Practice and Solution Offerings Presented by: Dave Sobel 18th November...

Earlier today, I wrote the first in a series of posts about the different options for Site Recovery around Hyper-V.  One thing I completely forgot to include was information about an upcoming webcast!  Doh!  You should know this bit already but… “Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V...