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Slides for the Windows 7 Launch events….

2009-11-10T17:00:23Z

Hiya Folks! I know, I know……I am a HORRIBLE procrastinator. I have had about beeeeelyun emails asking me for the slides I used for the Windows 7 Launch events. To which my snarky reply is usually, “What slides???!?” since i hardly use any slides and prefer to demo instead of kill you slowly with PowerPoint. However, we did have an official set of slides which I have put online for your perusal. You can grab all the Launch Slides over at my new SlideShare location . Please feel free to grab them and...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 11-06-2009….

2009-11-10T15:52:43Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Technical Overview of DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 · DirectAccess Early Adopter's Guide · 64-bit Client Installation of Microsoft Office 2010 · Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 968802 · Update for Windows XP (KB969085) · Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards Documentation · Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Protocol Documentation · Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 10-30-2009….

2009-11-05T19:47:22Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Client 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 · Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Management Pack · Network Equipment Shapes for Microsoft Visio · Geographic Map Shapes for Microsoft Visio · Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB971513) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB971035) · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB971035) · Update for Windows Server 2008...(read more)

Blogging Update/Notice….

2009-11-03T16:53:45Z

Hiya Folks! I am still here! I have been VERY busy with the Windows 7 launch tour of the west. We just wrapped up all of the Windows 7 launch event and I have one remaining big event in Las Vegas next week at the Windows Connections Conference. You may have noticed that my blog formatting is a little hokey. Something got munged in the Custom CSS of the site which skews my posts. In the process of fixing that I have decided to alter the look of my blog. I am putting the final...(read more)

On Demand Links for Windows Firestarter Event…..

2009-10-06T17:23:38Z

A couple weeks back, we had a great Windows Firestarter event up on the Redmond Campus. We had some fantastic speakers on hand to talk about new features and technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. I know there are lots of people who live out side of the Redmond, WA area that would have loved to have attended in person but weren’t able to so we made sure to record the sessions as they were happening. Below you will find links to those sessions which you can view on demand at your leisure....(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 09-25-2009….

2009-10-06T17:23:14Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Update for Windows 7 (KB974332) · Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB974332) · Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB974332) · Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB974332) · System Update Readiness Tool for Itanium-based Systems (KB947821) [September 2009] · System Update Readiness Tool (KB947821) [September 2009] · System Update Readiness Tool for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [September 2009]...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 09-18-2009….

2009-09-22T18:05:38Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Documentation · Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010 · Unified Communications White Paper · Active Directory Management Gateway Service (Active Directory Web Service for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008) · System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Hotfix Package (KB970868) (x86 & x64) · IIS Database Manager Release Candidate (x86) · IIS Database Manager Release Candidate...(read more)

Twitter Feed for Windows Firestarter - #WinFire

2009-09-18T03:43:00Z

new TWTR.Widget({ search: '#winfire', id: 'twtr-search-widget', loop: true, title: 'What\'s being said about...', subject: 'Windows FireStarter', width: 250, height: 600, theme: { shell: { background: '#3082af', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#ffffff', color: '#444444', links: '#1985b5' } } }).render().start();...(read more)

Info on the Active Directory Recycle Bin….

2009-09-18T03:18:16Z

Recently, I delivered a brief session to a user group on some new features in Windows 2008 R2. One of those features was the Active Directory Recycle Bin. This feature allows administrators to recover deleted AD objects without having to shut down a server to go into Directory Service Restore Mode. This helps alleviate server downtime to restore objects that may have been deleted accidentally. We did introduce something called “ tombstone reanimation ” in Windows 2003 which allowed an administrator...(read more)

Windows Azure webcast event…..

2009-09-17T17:54:17Z

My peers in the Central region are doing a Windows Azure Roadshow. If you happen to live in the Central US, you may be able to attend in person by check out locations at the Technet Presents registration site. If you live out side the area or otherwise can’t attend in person, they are webcasting the sessions too! TechNet Events Present: Real World Azure Come spend a morning with us on September 29th to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 09-11-2009….

2009-09-16T19:17:50Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services · Update for Windows® Vista SP1 or above to enable RemoteApp™ · Windows Troubleshooting Platform Overview · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Shell Help · Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Archive · Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 · Microsoft System Center Network Device Monitoring Management Pack...(read more)

Don’t forget about Windows Firestarter this Friday!

2009-09-16T03:46:50Z

We have a great lineup of speakers that will be speaking on campus this Friday! Stephen Rose will be talking about all the great new stuff in Windows 7. Joe Davies will be covering some new networking features with a focus on Direct Access. David Tesar will be showing off some great new Internet Explorer features to help you make better use of the web. If you are interested in migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, we have an EXPERT on these migrations in the form of Jeremy Chapman. Finally, I will...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 09-04-2009….

2009-09-10T22:36:42Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB973879) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB973879) · Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB972036) · Update for Windows Vista (KB972036) · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB972036) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB972036) · Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB972036) · Microsoft BizTalk Server Management Pack for Operations Manager...(read more)

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 08-28-2009…..

2009-09-08T18:34:33Z

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack (x86) Release Candidate · Customizing Windows Vista Business Edition White Paper · Customizing Windows 7 Business Edition White Paper · System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 – Evaluation · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Notes · Risk and Health Assessment Program for Exchange Server – Scoping Tool v1.0 · System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Release Notes · System...(read more)

Busy Week!

2009-09-03T02:48:58Z

Last week I was wrapping up some personal time off and then lead into a team meeting in San Diego. This was a gathering of the west coast region Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team. It was the first time since my former team integrated with DPE back in February that we have all been together at one place. It was great to see my IT Evangelist peers, Chris Henley and Harold Wong as well as meet many of the people in the organization that I have only been able to email with up till now. Normally...(read more)