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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:59 AM

Revenge of the Nerd Dinners....

Tonight I am going to my first Nerd Dinner . My wife would argue that she has been living Nerd Dinners for the past 8 years, but that is a story for another time. Scott Hanselman organized this for tonight over at the Food Court at the Crossroads Bellevue
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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
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
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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
Friday, January 11, 2008 8:06 AM

What do you want in a Webcast?

For that matter.....Do you even like Microsoft Webcasts? My team is on a conference call right now and we are discussing webcast attendance and how to get more people to attend. All of us are raising some interesting questions but we are on the inside
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Monday, January 07, 2008 8:57 AM

Great new Microsoft Spoof video.....

There have been some funny spoof videos over the years, but this is one of the best. It is also the single most star studded video (that I have seen us do). And it is long! Clear the next 7 minutes.....and laugh out loud...it's good for you! Bill Gates’
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:38 AM

Exchange 2007 SP1 is Live on the web....

You can grab it here... Exchange 2007 SP1 Download ***Update - provided a more reasonable URL*** Cheers!
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:19 PM

Windows, Office and Exchange Connections in Vegas...

Have you heard of Windows Connections ? or Office Connections ? Or SharePoint Connections ? What about Exchange Connections ? The "Connections" events are a semi-annual event hosted by Penton Media, a division of Windows IT Pro magazine/ community. It
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Monday, October 01, 2007 1:54 PM

Technet resources....

Based on the email I receive, I sometimes wonder if people know about all of the excellent Technet offerings we have. I took some time today to link out to some cool Technet properties. Some you will know very well. Others might be new to you. Check them
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:46 AM

I have a new job....

...sort of... We recently re-arranged our team to get more inline with our customers. We are now aligned to Competitive, Community, or Core roles. The Competitive role addresses competitive scenarios (Domino & Exchange, Linux & Windows, Google
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Sunday, July 22, 2007 11:11 AM

What do you want to hear about?

This week I am going to a bunch of internal training as a part of our TechReady readiness effort. Since I am going to be speaking to you about this stuff afterwards, what should I be focused on? What do you want to know about? What do I need to know about
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:43 PM

Finding the webcasts you want....

For the longest time I have heard this question.... "I heard Harold Wong was doing a series of webcasts and I really like the others by him I have seen. How kind I find other webcasts he is delivering?" (Substitute your favorite Technet Presenter if you
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:46 PM

Microsoft Surface....wow....

I know I am not the first person to post about Microsoft Surface , but I am not going to not post about it just because of that. This is a product that will take us closer to full interactive computing. Think Matrix + Minority Report + Real Life (sorry....for
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:38 AM

How important is *my* MCSE status to you?

Windows Server 2008 . It finally has a name. Giving our upcoming server release a real name means we can all start planning for the next round of MCSE certification tests. There isn't anything on the public Training and Certification site yet except for
Posted by chrisavis | 3 Comments
Friday, May 04, 2007 8:51 AM

Free Technet Plus Subscriptions....

*** Update -- All three have been claimed! *** I have three (3) Technet Plus subscriptions that I am offering up to the first three (3) people to respond to me via email. I can only send these out in the US though so my apologies to my international readers.
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