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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:17 AM

How to protect SQL SERVER with DPM -- new Technet Webcast starting soon

        We're starting in about an hour -- 9:30 AM Pacific Time on Friday, September 26th What better way to start the weekend than being sure that your data protection solution ' has got your back ' (pun intended) for your database
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Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:25 PM

SEARCH and GIVE ... a new way to 'search' and 'give'...

There are a few things that I truly love about the Microsoft culture: Philanthropy -- Bill G has truly modeled a spirit of giving back, and that every one can help -- and that spirit of generosity really seems to be permeated in the mindset of Microsoft
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:28 PM

What would you ask the DPM developers ?

In just a few weeks, I am flying to India to visit with the parts of the DPM Development Team that are based in Hyderabad. Am excited about this trip for a few reasons: 1) I've never been to India 2) We are going to connect around the final feature set
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:40 AM

Video - Technical Introduction of DPM2007 ... from Tech-Ed 2008 US

  From July 2008 in Orlando -- this was the first of three breakout sessions on DPM2007. This session covers: - Installing the DPM Server - Configuring the DPM Server disk and tape - Deploying DPM agents from the administration console - Setting
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:22 PM

Live from TechEd 2008 - Jason and Devin !!! (video)

  Devin Ganger, my friend, Exchange MVP and author of "Mastering Data Protection Manager" recently joined me at TechEd in Orlando last week to talk about DPM and Exchange protection. Check out the video -- 'Making backups cool with DPM"
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Monday, June 16, 2008 6:16 AM

What one Xbox Dad got for Father's Day

This weekend was Fathers’ Day in the US – and I have three loving children (and a wife) who know that their daddy is an avid gamer. So, I thought I would share what I got for Fathers’ Day as an XboxDad . I did get some of the standard Fathers’ Day fare
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:11 AM

Podcasts on DPM 2007 - protection and recovery demonstrations

Greetings from Tech-Ed 2008 / IT Pro week - one of the biggest and busiest IT Pro technical training events in the world. My glamorous travel week so far has been: Monday -- Fly from Dallas to Miami, wait on aircraft trouble, and finally arrive in Orlando
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:39 AM

XBOX DAD post -- the power of Windows Home Server with an Xbox 360

As you may have seen in some of my other gaming posts, I love it when my favorite things overlap - e.g. Star Wars and Video Games. In this month's Xbox Dad article , my Windows Home Server hooked up with my Xbox360 and effect was beautiful (literally),
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:18 AM

Why does DPM 2007 use the Recovery Storage Group for Exchange?

        Hello friends, Just posted over on the DPM Product Team blog on this -- including discussion points on: -- How Microsoft customers were protecting Exchange previously -- Design goals and feature decisions for DPM 2007 -- Supportability
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:44 PM

What do the Fantastic Four, Harry Potter and DPM 2007 have in common ?

Answer - I wrote about all of them today. But since I am publishing in different places, I am posting a set of links for those that are interested. The topics are varied, so please read or ignore as you see fit. :-) XBOX DAD Recommendation for the Fantastic
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:27 AM

I am an Xbox Dad !

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that the only thing I enjoy more than Data Protection and storage technologies is gaming -- and specifically family gaming is an area that I think is less covered than it should be. Well, the kind
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:37 PM

Webcast -- what is coming next for DPM 2007 ?

Its been about 6 months since DPM 2007 became generally available in the market, so we starting to hear the question " What’s next for Data Protection Manager 2007 ?" Please join us on Wednesday, April 23rd for a TechNet webcast to answer that question,
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Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:16 AM

Why is Windows Server 2008 called SP1 ?

If you go to the 'about' for Windows Server 2008, you'll see the box to the right, showing Windows Server 2008 as 'Version 6.0 Service Pack 1". I'll admit to never having noticed this before ... But, Iain McDonald (in Windows Server engineering) did an
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:09 PM

Please vote for DPM 2007 as product of the year

We were recently informed that DPM 2007 has been named a finalist for 'Product of the Year' for eWeek Channel Insider ... in the Storage Management category. There are some other cool finalists, but DPM is the only backup player in consideration this
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:05 AM

Family Game Recommendation -- Cooking Mama

  For those of you who follow my gaming recommendations, you've heard lots about my two sons, ages 7 and 9 -- and the games that we play together.  But there are two other gamers in my family, whose ages are 3 and 29-and-holding -- and their
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