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Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:55 PM

How to configure FTP over SSL (Secure FTP) on Windows 2008 in less than 10 minutes....

Lots of reasons why I like this post! 1) I like the content I am delivering in this one. Short, Sweet, to the point. This is the kind of stuff I want to do! 2) How many people even know when have a Secure FTP server service in Windows now? 3) This is
Posted by chrisavis | 3 Comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:13 PM

BitLocker Interview is finally online.....

BUT! You won't be accessing it directly from my blog. Instead, I have posted it through the Technet EDGE portal . Why?  Because the file is 325 megs in size and hosting it at home really isn't an option. Also, I am limited on storage space for where
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:37 AM

Get the fact about Vista from Technology Wizards.....

Technology Wizards is a group of independent IT consultants with a strong focus on small business. I have delivered some Windows and SBS sessions for their group in the past. Ken Shafer leads the group and he let me know about an independent "Get
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:15 PM

TechNet Radio - How MSIT uses Application Virtualization (SoftGrid)...

Last week I recorded a Technet Radio session with Michael Gallegos on how Microsoft IT uses Application Virtualization/Softgrid for virtualizing applications with the Microsoft corporate network. As usual, I learned a few things and my interest level
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, May 19, 2008 10:41 AM

Home network update #2

I have received a fair amount of email about my home network upgrades, particularly on the virtualization side of things. One of the most frequently asked questions is "How do I convert physical to virtual?". That is usually followed up with,
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, May 19, 2008 9:01 AM

IT Pro Momentum Program - Helping you test/pilot Microsoft Technologies...

Need some help to test/pilot the latest Microsoft infrastructure technologies list here? Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 IIS7 Forefront Edge (ISA) Forefront Client & Server Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or Windows Server Virtualization Windows Vista
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, May 19, 2008 7:56 AM

SQL 2008 Scaling webcasts scripts....

A little late getting the scripts posted (and I received a few emails letting me know!). Thanks for keeping me on my toes! Btw...there are only a few more webcasts in the SQL 2008 Series. If you have missed any  of them, we record and archive them
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:49 AM

Using Windows 2008 as a workstation....

As a part of upgrading my network, I am toying with the idea of using Windows 2008 server as a Workstation. It has most of the same features as Vista and what it doesn't have I don't really need anyway. I mentioned this in a seminar a couple weeks ago
Posted by chrisavis | 5 Comments
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:56 AM

Second Life and a Windows 2008 Launch....

Not everyone has been able to make it to one of our Live Windows 2008 Launch events. So a small group of us here at Microsoft are heading into Second Life world to deliver our launch content. We will be "in world" on April 26th to deliver our
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:21 AM

Links to Keith's IIS/PHP/Open Source Screencasts

Here is the link to Keith's screencasts on installing PHP, MySQL and Wordpress to a Windows 2008/IIS7 Core Server.     Cheers!
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:30 AM

New TechNet Radio session posted....

While at the Seattle Windows Server Launch event this week, I sat down with Michael Cooper, a Microsoft TS here in the PacWest area and we had a casual conversation about technology. We spoke quite a bit about virtualization and how it has impacted organizations
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Friday, March 28, 2008 7:53 AM

What machines should I virtualize?

Yesterday, in Spokane, I mentioned a tool that can be used to evaluate physical machines and help make determinations on what machines would be good candidates for virtualization. There are some reporting features built into System Center Virtualization
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:10 AM

The Ramblin' Man....

...is me! I was in Hartford, CT at 2pm Eastern Time yesterday. I walked in the front door of my house last night at about 11pm Pacific. I made some leftovers, cracked open a beer, and watched American Idol on the DVR. Woke up this morning at 6am, made
Posted by chrisavis | 4 Comments
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:29 AM

Angelbeat in Hartford, CT...

Back on the east coast again!  I am in Hartford, CT speaking at an Angelbeat conference. Today. There have been some interesting talks by SonicWall, ArcMail and IronPort so far. Cisco is on stage right now with Packeteer and NetApp scheduled just
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:36 PM

Download the Windows 2008 Evaluation now....

For those of you that are not able to get out to a  Launch event, you can still get Windows 2008 Server to evaluate.  Just click the graphic to head out to the download site. I would also recommend you go download (for free!) Virtual PC or Virtual
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