December 2006 - Posts
As I catch up on stuff over the holidays, I wanted to post a podcast with Eli Robillard , a Microsoft MVP in SharePoint and leader of the Toronto SharePoint User Group (TSPUG). In our conversation, Eli answers the age old question of "Why start a user
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William Heurdier (Montreal, Quebec) Before the Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office System, and Exchange Server 2007 Launch got under way, I had a chance to talk to William Heurdier of AlphaMosaik in Montreal. AlphaMosaik boldly implemented Microsoft
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Colin Harford (Edmonton, Alberta, IT Pro) Advice for calling tech support Colin Harford recently wrote a post on a positive support experience he had. Unfortunatley he also had a bad one and I asked him to share the story along with some advice on dealing
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Being a Microsoft employee means eating our own dogfood. No not Kibbles 'n Bits, but using all our latest technologies, long before they RTM. A lot of people as what it is like working in such an enviroment and as a geek, I love it. I love working with
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Mitch Tulloch (Winnipeg, Manitoba - IT Author) Windows Vista Before I joined Microsoft, Mitch Tulloch was instrumental in helping me get more involved in writing and more importantly, getting paid to do it! Mitch has written 14 books, and countless articles
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The launch tour is on a holiday break after successful events in Vancouver and Victoria last week. We had good turnout at the Vancouver event and the highlight of the day was the President of VANTUG, Graham Jones, up on stage during the keynote talking
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As we deliver the Business Value Launch content to IT Pro's across Canada one slide that we show at the end of each session contains a list of links for more information. Typically we have a post tour thank you page with all these resources but due to
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The Business Value Launch event was held in Calgary and we had some fun, so much so that a little power outage didn't stop us from doing our thing! With all the hardware we have up on stage, I am surprised that the venues don't have to fire up the emergency
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5 sessions later - Barnaby and I on stage for the second time in two years, we delivered the content - Ottawa seemed to be pleased and we had a lot of fun.We're going to be going through the feedback and evaluation forms as well as comparing notes after
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Main room loading up just after the keynote and Barnaby and I are 2 minutes before showtime. I heard after taking my first break - 1200 individuals showed up - more than expected. I would have to say it was the largest crowd I've seen in Ottawa. Lots
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So the same path I took the evening before for setup, I took with all the people in the process of registration. This was taken AFTER I had my coffee and was prepared to actually shoot something with the camera. All this stuff happened after I had already
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Ugh... When you travel - it is easier to get out of a hotel bed and off the the venue nice and early then it is to do it when you are in your home city. It was really hard getting out of my nice warm bed to get here in time to setup my systems for the
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In each city we stop at for the 2007 Business Value Launch, we decided to take some time and acknowledge and thank the local IT communities we work with throughout the year. Instead of a traditional UserGroup presentation that is the norm - we decided
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In a continuing trend spreading across this nation, IT Pros are getting ready, ready for a new day! Don't worry it is not contaigous, it is just the IT Pro Advisors taking the Business Value Launch tour across Canada. Last week I was in Winnipeg and I
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After checking in at the office and meeting with various people, it was time to pack up and head down to the actual venue for the launch event here in Ottawa. It's the Ottawa Congress Centre. I decided to take some video of what the venue looks like the
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I thought it would be interesting to share the technology that goes on behind the scenes as well as the schedule that we keep while on the road for this large Launch event. This morning I laid out all the gear, checked all the cables and verified I wasn't
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Man - what a week! Light on the blog posting material? Where have we been? In case you were sleeping under a ROCK someplace, Microsoft Canada is currently full swing in our Business Value launch for Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Vista and Exchange 2007.
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So today is launch day in Toronto where we kick off the cross Canada tour as we release Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. There has been a lot of prep that has gone into this event and with a successful
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If the answer is no go download the RTM version , check out the TechNet Script Center PowerShell page, grab the PowerShell Documentation Pack and start writing those scripts. If you are using PowerShell you should send me an email with some samples and
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Brent Barske (Winnipeg, Manitoba - IT Pro) Windows Vista I am originally from Winnipeg and a friend of mine, Brent Barske, was heavily involved in the Vista beta program. I asked Brent to write about his experience as a beta tester, he submitted 34 unique
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