April, 2009

Today started, like yesterday, with a keynote of note: this one with Brad and a stellar cast demoing new features and products for the desktop. Among others, the collected audience saw Jeff Wettlaufer demo a deployment of Windows 7 out to 20-some XP machines...

I’m Larry Orecklin, general manager of the System Center group. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here , but as I did last year at Microsoft Management Summit ( video here ) I wanted to take a moment to add some perspective on Day 2 at MMS. Before...

If you are the Microsoft Management Summit on Wednesday in Las Vegas, all 3 of the core DPM sessions are being delivered back-to-back … SO16, SO17 and SO18. We’ll start with ‘ Technical Introduction to DPM 2007 Sp1 ’ at 11:45 You’ll still get...

Think I’ve convinced Garth Jones to post an article/blog post on user groups, special interest groups (SIGs), and study groups, which could be very helpful to those looking for info on how to engage/start such communities… when he does post it, I’ll be...

Officially launching at MMS 2009 in Las Vegas is a new community program that will give influencers—user group leads, MVPs, popular bloggers, and others recognized as influential in the community around System Center—the technical training content, people...

Hello from Las Vegas where we have just kicked off the 10 th anniversary edition of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). We’ve started the event with an exciting keynote from Bob Kelly . The keynote outlined how Microsoft would enable customers to get...

A day of ramping up, getting a feel for the space and the mission. The Community Lounge area is pretty much set up for hocking our wares. Apologies for the poor image quality, but here’s the basic set up with Joey and Adam in the background, editing fresh...

Brad Anderson and Jeff Wettlaufer are together again, this time for a chat on desktop virtualization scenarios and technologies. Using Brad's whiteboard for illustration, they cover application virtualization, desktop (or hardware) virtualization, presentation...

On Tuesday, April 28 at 11:00am PDT, Microsoft will continue its webcast series on 'How to Invest in the IT Infrastructure You Have While Preparing for Tomorrow' with Part 2 : "Is There a Cloud in Your Future?" Register here Join Zane Adam, Microsoft...

Hello everyone, Elliott Morris here from the Management and Services Division. As part of my role, I have the privilege to drive efforts here at Microsoft around the War on Cost. This team is uniquely positioned to collect operational data from enterprises...

This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications. Its graphical dashboard makes it easy to keep tabs on service availability and performance, letting you: Spot trends in service...