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January 2008 - Posts

Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:28 AM

Are you looking for a DPM server -- try a Data Protection appliance from Dell

One of the common questions that we hear around DPM is " What hardware should the DPM Server be run on? " I can offer a couple different answers. Start with the Official Answer -- please consult the hardware requirements list on the DPM website There
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Monday, January 28, 2008 12:49 PM

How to do Disaster Recovery with DPM 2007 -- new streaming video

For many environments, simply providing reliable backup and recovery of key workloads like SQL Server and Exchange is enough. For larger enterprises, distributed branch-office environments, and those with mandates for off-site protection -- DPM 2007 can
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Friday, January 25, 2008 11:59 AM

HEROES happen here

In case you are of the very few IT professionals who haven't heard yet, Microsoft has an exciting launch coming up next month: Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Visual Studio 2008 And I am very jazzed to get to attend the global launch event on February
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Friday, January 25, 2008 9:36 AM

My Xbox 360 has its own blog

Everybody is blogging . I've been blogging myself (here) at Microsoft for almost a year -- with my sincere thanks to all of you who read this . Recently, I started contributing to some larger blogs within Microsoft, including: SYSTEM CENTER - the family
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:51 AM

You gotta get a Home Server!

My first "home server" was in 1992 - it was NetWare 3.11 and I distinctly remember paying $1,000 for the 1GB 5.25" full-height SCSI drive that would hold all of my data. I was working on my CNE certification and wanted some experience at home, while I
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Monday, January 14, 2008 7:29 PM

DPM 2007 awarded "Product of the Year" for protecting Virtualized Environments

For folks that have heard about DPM's protection capabilities around virtual servers, this will not come as a surprise -- but today, DPM 2007 was awarded the Gold as a "Product of the Year" from SearchServerVirtualization.com .   SearchServerVirtualization.com
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:30 PM

Viva Piñata : Party Animals ... recommendation from a gaming dad

As most of you know, when I am not obsessing over Data Protection or Windows Storage concepts, I can often be found playing Xbox360 with my family. So, outside of my weekly backup/storage posts, I am intending to routinely offer my "reviews" (opinions)
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Monday, January 07, 2008 10:43 AM

How to protect SharePoint with DPM2007 -- new podcast

Happy Monday, everyone. As promised, I am trying to be more frequent (weekly) with these posts - and hopefully add a lot more streaming-video on common questions. Because DPM 2007 really protects and recovers data in ways that archaic backup mechanisms
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:01 AM

Personal blog started

As one of my New Years' resolutions, I am trying to journal more. This blog will continue to be about data protection and gaming (my two technical passions), as well as start to see more about storage technologies and Windows Server, since my Microsoft
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