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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
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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
Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:59 AM

I can fix that slow WiFi for you....

*** Updated *** - Corrected the command for enabled autotuning. I travel a fair amount which means I live on WiFi connections to stay connected. When I first started using Vista I noticed that I had problems with some WiFi connections. The issues could
Posted by chrisavis | 1 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 4:54 PM

Tweet(le) Dee and Tweet(le) Dum...

Forgive me Twitter for I have been silent. It has been 9 months since my last Tweet... I decided to logon to Twitter to give it another shot and noticed my last message was sent in July of last year. I also only sent about 4 msgs prior to that and only
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:33 PM

Excuse me....I just tweeted....

Way back in January, I asked my readers to explain to me why I should be on Facebook or Twitter. You can still hear the crickets on that one..... I am back again asking the same question but I am also going to throw in a few other services - Quechup,
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
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Friday, March 28, 2008 12:58 PM

Why my email alias is missing an "s"....

chrisavi@microsoft.com -- That has been my email alias at Microsoft for over 10 years now. You would think that I could have had chrisavis@ or cavis@. But nooooooo. They had to drop the "s" and make me sound like a video file. I don't know for
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:42 AM

UltimatePC.com

I ran across an announcement in email this morning that we (MS) recently brought a new website online that caters to higher end PC enthusiasts. Particularly those who are running Windows Vista Ultimate. I verified the site came up and started down the
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:37 AM

Launch Time....

Yeah, yeah, yeah..... Chris Henley beat me out by presenting in Los Angeles last week, but nothing is like New York (btw...that is me sinking the putt if you click the previous link). I am sitting in the green room at the Sheraton Towers on 7th Ave, just
Posted by chrisavis | 5 Comments
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:38 AM

New TechNet Radio Interview posted....

I recently did an interview with Anatharam Chadalavada, A Microsoft IT Senior Program Manager on how "Microsoft IT uses Visual Studio Team System to Measure Software Code Stability" . What the.....!?!?!? Yeah, yeah, yeah......more developery
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Friday, January 25, 2008 5:29 AM

What would you ask a BitLocker PM....

I know this is short notice, but I want your feedback. This morning I will be doing my  first video interview. It will be with Russ Humphries, a Sr. Product Manager in our Security Technologies group. I will be interviewing him about BitLocker technologies.
Posted by chrisavis | 2 Comments
Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:12 AM

Look Ma...No moving parts....

Solid State "hard drives" are starting to get a lot more press these days. I ran across this article a few moments ago. The promise of solid state drives has been a long time coming. I used battery backed RAM on my Apple //gs 20 years ago. I
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:44 PM

Tweet this....

I have been meaning to ask my audience if they use Twitter and explain to me why. I was also going to ask for reasons why *I* should become a Twitterer or Twittite or what ever you call someone who Twitters. I have had that post in my drafts folder now
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