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Good Fun: Windows 7 Film Festival – The Results

Just got an e-mail from Stephen Rose . He writes: 17 film teams in the Seattle area competed. Rules were to create a 30 second to 2 minute film, targeted to IT Pros. Each team picked a different genre from a hat (e.g. Comedy, Music, Read More...

Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 6:34 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Video, Cool or Geeky, Windows 7, Humor

Breaking News: Big Day!

Technorati Tags: Windows 7 Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:29 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Filed under: Security, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Reliability, Search, Breaking News, Cool or Geeky, PowerShell, Productivity, IT Manager, Release, Windows 7, Green IT

Celebrate! I’ve been “Full of I.T.” for five Years!

Wow.. I just looked at my calendar, and noted that this here blog has reached the five year mark TODAY . “Really? Five years?” Yep. You and I have been chatting here ever since my first blog post back on October 17, 2004 . Since then Read More...

Posted Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:28 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Blogging, Could get me fired, Cool or Geeky, Humor

Kevin's "the NEW efficiency" Windows 7 Launch Event Resources

E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Feedback e-mail to my boss: Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event Information: TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde MSDN (for Software Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:44 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Security, Service Packs and Updates, TechNet Events, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Screencasts, Management, Virtualization, Tech News, Video, Deployment, Search, Training, Hyper-V, Networking, Cool or Geeky, PowerShell, Productivity, Performance, IT Manager, Release, Windows XP, Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Green IT, Life 2.0, TechNet, IE

Attachment(s): 20090924 Win7 Launch Resources.docx

Kevin's Resources for "Connecting IT and People" - September 17, 2009

E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Feedback e-mail to my boss: Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event Information TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde MSDN (for Software Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:34 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Security, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Management, Virtualization, Longhorn Server, Reliability, Training, Hyper-V, Networking, Cool or Geeky, Productivity, IT Manager, Windows 7, Windows Azure

Check Out My 5 New Windows Server 2008 R2 Screencasts

Hey IT folks, Back on July 30th, 2009, I presented what ended up being a pretty highly rated webcast on Windows Server 2008 R2 entitled “How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure” . And as I’ve done in the past, I promised that soon after Read More...

Posted Friday, September 04, 2009 2:38 PM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Webcasts, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Screencasts, Management, Longhorn Server, Video, Operations Manager, Training, Hyper-V, Networking, Cool or Geeky, PowerShell, Performance, IT Manager, Test Lab, Green IT

News: Free 90-Day Evaluation Copy of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is now available!

The Windows Team and the Springboard Series team have made a special evaluation edition of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition available for download. It’s a 90-day trial copy, just for IT Professionals who don't already have a Volume License or Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:01 PM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Filed under: IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Tech News, News, Could get me fired, Training, Breaking News, Cool or Geeky, IT Manager, Windows 7, Test Lab, Green IT, Evaluation

NEW Bigger Discount on TechNet Plus Subscriptions!

Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a little shocked Read More...

Posted Friday, August 21, 2009 10:07 AM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Security, Service Packs and Updates, Webcasts, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Exchange Server, ISA Server, Management, SQL Server, Virtualization, Windows Vista, Tech News, Longhorn Server, News, Could get me fired, Office, Operations Manager, System Center, IIS, Unified Communications, Search, Training, Breaking News, Hyper-V, Small Business Server, Networking, Cool or Geeky, PowerShell, Office Communications Server, Productivity, Performance, IT Manager, Release, Windows XP, Internet Explorer, Test Lab, Green IT, TechNet, Interoperability, IE

Were you wondering about volume-activating Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2?

Many of the questions I get asked have to do with licensing and activation. I just found out about a video that does a good job of summarizing what KMS Activation is and how it works in Windows 7 . It also mentions some of the changes and new functionality Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:41 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Management, Video, Training, Cool or Geeky, IT Manager, Licensing, Windows 7

TechNet Events Present: Real World Windows Azure

Come spend a day with us to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications – from a real world point of view! During this event, we’ll review critical lessons Microsoft IT has learned migrating internal Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:39 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: TechNet Events, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Beta, Training, Cool or Geeky, IT Manager, Windows Azure

Breaking News: Finally! Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SHIPPED! RTM, Baby!

RTM = Released to Manufacturing At 1:40pm Pacific (Redmond) time, the party started around the world, as both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 finally ship; that is to say, they are “RTM’d”. The bits are ready. They’ll be sent to OEMs, then made available Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:40 PM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Security, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Management, Virtualization, Tech News, News, Reliability, IIS, Deployment, Search, Breaking News, Hyper-V, Cool or Geeky, PowerShell, Productivity, Performance, IT Manager, Release, Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Life 2.0, IE

Sublime Maxxus: 70 Windows 7 Tips & Tricks

Nice! Sublime Maxxus has a lengthy but enlightening post on 70 tips and tricks in Windows 7 . I don’t care who you are; you’ll likely learn something new in this post. Sublime Maxxus: 70 Windows 7 Tips & Tricks Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:41 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Filed under: Cool or Geeky, Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 on Bootable USB?

Microsoft Windows 7 on USB: Two Reasons Why Good article.. and I do hope Microsoft decides to package and sell Windows 7 on USB sticks.. because on hardware that supports it, booting to USB and installing the OS from that is pretty cool.. and pretty fast. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:30 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Deployment, Cool or Geeky, Windows 7, Test Lab

Attachment(s): How to prepare a USB thumbdrive to boot and install Windows 7.docx

Breaking News: “Bing Zips Past Yahoo To Be Number Two in Search”

Hey Yahoo.. Bing this: Enterprise Software - Bing Zips Past Yahoo To Be Number Two in Search My take… As much as I love the news that Bing is now ahead of Yahoo! search, I’m not ready to celebrate just yet. Sure, it’s cool that Bing has moved into the Read More...

Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 7:40 AM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft Resources, Tech News, News, Could get me fired, Search, Breaking News, Cool or Geeky, Internet Explorer, Life 2.0

Breaking News: The sound of found is “Bing”

A few minutes ago I got an e-mail from Steve Balmer. Microsoft today announced the new name and new functionality of the new search engine. The new name is the sound I suppose I should hear when I find what I’m looking for. But I can’t help but thinking Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:32 AM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments

Filed under: IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Tech News, News, Search, Breaking News, Cool or Geeky, Release, Life 2.0