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HP BladeSystem Reference Architecture for Hyper-V R2

Posted Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:39 AM by mattmcspirit
For me, blogging on a Sunday is unheard of – the other/better half ensures it doesn’t happen, however, today is a travelling day (and she’s not here!) – I’m off to Athens to attend NetApp Insight 2009 (More on Microsoft and NetApp in another post) so Read More...
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Upcoming November Academy Live Sessions for Partners - Virtualisation

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:03 PM by mattmcspirit
A couple of useful upcoming Academy Live sessions, specifically aimed at Microsoft Partners, and particularly of use to those Partners in the SMB space: WES27PAL : Virtualization:  Defined.  Building your Virtualization Practice and Solution Read More...
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System Center Essentials 2010 Beta – Video Overview

Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:17 PM by mattmcspirit
Picked this little beauty up via the Virtualization Planet blog , and it leads on nicely from the introductory post I wrote a month or so ago around SCE2010 .  For those not familiar with System Center Essentials 2010, it’s Microsoft’s IT management Read More...
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Essentials for Hyper-V: Site Recovery Academy Live Webcast

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 6:49 PM by mattmcspirit
Earlier today, I wrote the first in a series of posts about the different options for Site Recovery around Hyper-V.  One thing I completely forgot to include was information about an upcoming webcast!  Doh!  You should know this bit already Read More...
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Site Recovery for Hyper-V #1 – Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
I’m going to try to make this a feature that rolls on and on in the future, as it’s an area I’m getting more and more questions about, and there are a number of options out there for Partners and Customers, so trying to centralise the info into one place Read More...
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Final IPD Guide for DirectAccess Now Available

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 10:27 AM by mattmcspirit
After a short holiday break, here’s a quick post to ease back into the blogging :-) A couple of months back, I chatted about the beta release of the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for DirectAccess and gave a brief explanation of the user experience Read More...
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Free eBook – Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:05 AM by mattmcspirit
Remember a couple of years back, just before Windows Server 2008 launched? Well, for me, I knew this was going to be one of my focuses for that particular financial year, however, I also knew very little about 2008 as a technology!  I was a Windows-Client Read More...
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System Center Configuration Manager SP2 Released

Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 5:50 PM by mattmcspirit
22nd October was a pretty significant day for Microsoft.  As most of you will be aware, it was the day Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were launched, and both are monumental releases for a number of different reasons.  Windows 7 is a fantastic Read More...
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System Center Service Manager Public Beta (2) – Now Available

Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:57 PM by mattmcspirit
A couple of weeks back (seems like ages now, but I’ve been moving house so I have an excuse!!) I blogged about Service Manager , and how it could be the next big thing in automating IT processes, workflows, and more, within an IT environment.  At Read More...
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WDS and SCOM Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Released…

Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:59 AM by mattmcspirit
For those of you who have been baffled by my title acronyms, WDS is Windows Deployment Services, which is a role of Windows Server, that enables network based deployment scenrios, and acts as a platform for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and System Read More...
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Optimising your Pinpoint…

Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 3:07 PM by mattmcspirit
A couple of weeks ago, I highlighted an improved service for Microsoft Partners and Customers, known as Pinpoint.  For those of you not familiar with what Pinpoint is, have a quick read of the previous post , and come back (we’ll wait for you!). Read More...
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Beta Alert: Infrastructure Management for the SMB – System Center Essentials 2010

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:57 PM by mattmcspirit
Again, I’ve lifted this from the SCE blog , and again, I’ll weigh in once I’ve pulled it down, and had the chance to try this bad boy out!  This one could be a little gem for the SMB space, who want the advanced capabilities provided by Hyper-V, Read More...
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Beta Alert: Zinger a.k.a DPM v3 a.k.a Data Protection Manager 2010 beta now available!

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:31 PM by mattmcspirit
I’ve pinched this straight from the release documentation, so apologies for that.  I’ll weigh in with my opinions once I’ve pulled it down and played with it, which, up to now, I haven’t had the chance to do.  Key thing for me in this release Read More...
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Introducing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for IBM

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 1:36 PM by mattmcspirit
For those of you ‘not in the know’, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is a free tool that makes it easier for Microsoft customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in their IT environment. Read More...
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Updated Virtualisation Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides…

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 1:20 PM by mattmcspirit
The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released two updated virtualisation guides: Windows Server Virtualisation (Hyper-V) and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. These guides, updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Read More...
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