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Another Free-as-in-beer App You Should Install Today

tonysoper_MSFT — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:16:28 GMT

Use your phone camera to translate printed text, voice recognition to translate spoken text, or the keyboard to enter text that you want to translate. Use your phone's camera to make translating signs, menus, newspapers, or any printed text a snap. Just...(read more)

Server News - Free-as-in-beer App You Should Install Today

tonysoper_MSFT — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:17:00 GMT

Wouldn't it be great if there was an App that you could run on your Win8CP or Windows Phone 7 that "pushed" you important Windows Server news? Do you read blogs like Ben Armstrong , Virtualization Team , Mark Russinovich ? Well colleagues Martin...(read more)

I.O.U. (1K-6) Words

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:07:00 GMT

Free-as-in-beer Hyper-V Poster http://aka.ms/HVPstr Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v Component Architecture with Service Pack 1 Hyper-v Component Architecture Windows Server 2008 R2 component posters Windows Server 2008 Component Posters...(read more)

IT Pro Secret Weapon

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:14:00 GMT

Increasingly, you don’t need a GUI to get your IT Pro job done. Everything you can do in the GUI, you can do in PowerShell. This is even more true in Windows Server “8” Beta. Not just because there are >2300 cmdlets. Now, you don’t...(read more)

Hyper-V Cmdlets in Windows Server 8 Demo Video

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:08:00 GMT

Hyper-V PM Eric Bahna recently recorded a video demo of the new Hyper-V Windows PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server "8* Beta . The complete demo is about 21 minutes long. Windows Server 8 Hyper-V PowerShell Demo Uncut (Please visit the site...(read more)

Brain Rules for Meetings (and UIs)

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:13:00 GMT

In Brain Rules for Meetings John Medina tells us: "you've got 30 seconds before they start asking the question, "Am I going to pay attention to you or not?"" This advice holds true for new UIs as well. If you have installed the Windows Server "8" Beta...(read more)

Test Driving Windows 8 Server

tonysoper_MSFT — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:42:00 GMT

Bill Laing's blog post today announces Windows Server 8 Beta availability . Some other tidbits to add to your IT Pro reading list include: Download Windows Server "8" Beta http://aka.ms/wdjd5y Win8 Keyboard Shortcuts http://aka.ms/hlagp4...(read more)

How to find stuff I wrote on TechNet Wiki

tonysoper_MSFT — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:53:00 GMT

The business case for changes to the TechNet Wiki is complex. On the "fit for purpose" side of the equation, I try to explain the numbers thusly: 1. There are orders of magnitude more readers than contributors 2. There are orders of magnitude more...(read more)

TechNet Wiki gets a facelift

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 GMT

http://technet.com/wiki/ got a facelift, near Valentites Day. Coincidence? You decide. But seriously folks, here is the new look. How do you like it? leave comments....(read more)

Social + Content = Happier IT Pros

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:39:00 GMT

According to our IT Pro customer feedback the number one dis-satisfier is finding the technical information they need. When they find technical content from Microsoft, they general review it favorably. Finding it is the chief frustration. I was taught...(read more)

American Airlines E-mail Scam

tonysoper_MSFT — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:45:56 GMT

Tell your friends. As the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) put is: “ Use caution when opening attachments, even if they appear to have been sent by someone you know.” I have seen lots of reports recently of an American Airlines...(read more)

Happy IT Pro Holidays: Microsoft gives free-as-in-beer tech support

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:51:54 GMT

The new www.answerdesk.com service offers free support 24/7/365 with the option to upgrade to paid support right there if the free session does not suffice. * *Currently for English-speaking customers, however some Answer Techs do speak other languages...(read more)

Warning: Adobe Reader Zero-day Attacks NOW

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:23:00 GMT

"As always, be vigilant when opening any PDF attachments in unsolicited emails." Headsup that Symantec today issued a warning of Adobe Reader Zero-day being exploited in the wild . Go smack your users and remind them what happens when you open attachments...(read more)

How to Fix a Corrupted Hyper-V VHD File

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:38:00 GMT

Symptoms and error messages for corrupted Hyper-V VHD files are numerous, from the VM refusing to start, to failures to attach the VHD with messages like "Failed to open attachment 'C:\ directory \MyVHD.vhd'. Error: 'The file or directory is corrupted...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer IT Pro Training - Hyper-V, Clustering and Private Cloud

tonysoper_MSFT — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:54:02 GMT

For freee training on Failover Clustering with Hyper-V: Designing a Highly-Available Infrastructure for the Private Cloud Register here: http://mctreadiness.com/MicrosoftCareerConferenceRegistration.aspx?pid=287 Here's what is covered: Introduction...(read more)

Fixing Errors 0x0000001 and Stop 0x0000001a in Hyper-V

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:03:24 GMT

We have seen a decline in support cases from Hyper-V customers reporting issues that involve the error message “0x0000001” and “Stop 0x0000001a since the release of SP1 for Windows Server Hyper-V R2. Our advice for Hyper-V users, the...(read more)

The Non-Invisible Ninja - Ed Price

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:36:00 GMT

Ninjas in lore specialize in not being seen. However, here is a group of community supporters inside Microsoft who are building community around the the TechNet wiki . Inside Microsoft, the employees working on this are called TechNet Ninjas. They are...(read more)

Just the Diff’s Ma’am

tonysoper_MSFT — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:24:33 GMT

IT Pros have longed asked for a way to understand “what changed in this information that you just updated”? A change log. The diffs. On the TechNet Wiki you can see this by using the History tab. Example, we just updated the Hyper-V: Update List for Windows...(read more)

Learn Windows PowerShell 3.0 Now

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:48:23 GMT

I am reading a great book for IT Pros who want to learn PowerShell: Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches . Why do I have PowerShell on the brain right now? Don puts it this way: “… your choice is, Learn PowerShell, or would you like fries...(read more)

Impatient IT Pros Guide to the New Stuff in Windows Server 8 Hyper-V

tonysoper_MSFT — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:52:38 GMT

Ned Pyle has a comprehensive blog post that guides you through the important new stuff revealed at BUILD for IT Pros in Windows Server 8. Go read his blog post Windows 8 for the IT Pro: The New Plumbing . If, like me, you want to start your reading with...(read more)

Impatient Hyper-V IT Pros Guide to Windows Server 8 Demos

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:12:10 GMT

At the Build conference Windows Server 8 demo , Bill Laing crammed 7 demos into his session. Here’s the skip-to guide (all times are *ish*): VM Scale skip to timecode 7:00 Guest NUMA -8:00 Virtual SAN – 9:00 Live Migration of VM without shared storage...(read more)

What's New in Windows Server 8

tonysoper_MSFT — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:29:00 GMT

At the Build conference last week, Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft's Server and Cloud business, opened the conversation with his blog post Windows Server 8: An Introduction . More info is at Windows Server 8 . Bill is hosting the...(read more)

Roll-your-own techdocs for free

tonysoper_MSFT — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:25:23 GMT

Ever wanted to create your own collection of technical documentation on the fly as you look for information on the TechNet Library? Now you can. Microsoft has released a beta version of the Print/Export Multiple Topics tool (winning tool name, eh?). This...(read more)

I Am Curious (Tonyso)

tonysoper_MSFT — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:53:58 GMT

Recently, I claimed to be mini-microsoft, and Spartacus . No one believed me My point was, on the internet, no one knows you are a dog… Unless you are part of the Technet/MSDN community!! As of today, if you click on the username of folks you see blogging...(read more)

How to get up and running on the TechNet Wiki

tonysoper_MSFT — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:04:36 GMT

Microsoft has a wiki. It is called the TechNet Wiki . It is free-as-in-beer. A one minute “fly-through” video is at: http://youtu.be/gj5Ug0CEg70 One of the “wiki ninjas” (a group of wiki early adopters committed to helping others use the wiki)...(read more)