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Savings. TechNet Subscriptions. What could be better?

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 Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:59 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Hey bozo! You're running out of time to save $100!

"Who me?" Yeah, I'm talking to you!  You're a bozo ** if you don't already have a TechNet Subscription .  But here's your chance to fix that... May 31st, 2008 is fast approaching, and that's the end of our current promotion on TechNet Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:18 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

PowerShell 2.0 - Gonna be SWEEET

A friend and board member of a local user group pointed me to a recent article in BetaNews , talking about some cool new capabilities in the next version of Windows PowerShell .  According to the CTP 2 download page (yes, you can download a Community Read More...
Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 2:05 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Breaking News: Virtual PC 2007 SP1 RTW Today!

(RTW = Released to Web) Yessir!  VIrtual PC 2007 has an upgrade available.  Service Pack 1 (SP1) for that product was released and made available today. For more information, see the Release Notes .  And also the Virtual PC Web Site . Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:20 PM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

Free Exam-Cramming Sessions

In the MCP Flash e-mail I received at 1:39AM this morning, the top item is about three FREE webcasts devoted to helping people get ready for three different certification exams.  "Which ones?" Here is the text from the e-mail: Walk in to Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:40 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Breaking News: Microsoft Essentials Server Solutions Announcements (Wanna know how much SBS 2008 will cost?)

Multiply your power!  Today Microsoft announced newly available Public Previews, plus the pricing details, for Windows Essential Server Solutions . "What is that?" For those of you not aware of it - this is what we're calling the options Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:00 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Breaking News: A big day for updates!

A couple of big switches were flipped at Microsoft today.  And the status of two big updates changed as a result: Windows Vista SP1 - Now available via automatic update. Windows XP SP3 - RTM (Released to Manufacturing) "Hey Kevin.. wasn't SP1 Read More...
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 9:32 PM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments

Breaking News: Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1 are RTW!

(RTW=Released to Web) This is huge!   Now finally you can administer your Active Directory.. your DHCP, DNS, NPS... Group Policy (again) .. all from a Windows Vista workstation. The RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) are already a part of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:37 PM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Breaking News: Hyper-V "RC0" Now Available

Those of you tracking the progress with great enthusiasm (as I am) of the new Hyper-V virtualization in Windows Server 2008 will be excited to learn that we've just released Release Candidate 0 (RC0) of Hyper-V.  Installation Instructions can be Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:03 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Breaking News: Windows Vista SP1 now available to the world!

Anyone and their mother-in-law can now upgrade their Windows Vista installation to SP1.  Check out the announcement here. "So, will it just start coming down as part of the auto-update?" No.  Auto-Updates won't happen until Mid-April.  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:40 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Kevin's Windows Server 2008 Resources for {heros}

TechFuse - February 26, 2008 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Kevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussion http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde Feedback e-mail to my boss: Rich Russell– richruss@microsoft.com Read More...
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 10:29 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Next Version of SBS ("Cougar") Now Has A Name

Microsoft announced some new details about the next version of Windows Small Business Server .  Previously codename "Cougar", the new name was also announced. I learned the name last week while at an internal training conference in Seattle.  Read More...
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 3:50 AM by KevinRemde | 6 Comments

Windows Live SkyDrive is RTW.

How would you like some free file storage space up on the Internet? That's what the new Windows Live service called " Windows Live SkyDrive " is all about. SkyDrive has been in beta for several months, and just the other day it was announced that it is Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:41 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Breaking News: Happy Valentine's Day - Here's your Windows Vista SP1 download!

Happy Valentine's Day! The product team decided to give you TechNet and MSDN subscribers a little Valentine's Day gift by making SP1 available for download. Go to the http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/default.aspx page.  Notice the "Top Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:53 AM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

I can't do WHAT?! Why can't I create my own slipstreamed installation of Windows Vista SP1?

"Can I slipstream Windows Vista SP1 into an existing install image?" Nope.  Well, not directly, anyway. "Um.. but when I get SP1, I want to upgrade my deployable .WIM images with the new bits.  I can't do that in an offline way Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:46 PM by KevinRemde | 42 Comments
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