Welcome to TechNet Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

Browse by Tags

All Tags » General   (RSS)
Because people still contact me on this blog, I thought I would put up a quick post regarding the PID / KEY for Longhorn Server that was included with the post event resources. There is a solution on how to get your key and it was not unique to our event Read More...
1 Comments
Filed under:
I just posted on the Canadian IT Pro blog the process to get yourself started on either downloading or ordering a copy of Windows Vista Beta 2 (32 or 64 bit). Here's the link to the post with the details . Read More...
I wanted to share the latest virtualization news around our announcement at LinuxWorld in Boston. Virtual Server 2005 R2 both 32 bit and 64 bit will be free for download and use in your production environments! Check out my post on the Canadian IT Pro Read More...
If you are considering purchasing new server hardware in the near future (if you plan on using E12 or not) and you have the ability to future proof yourself a bit – why not get a hold of some 64 bit hardware. You know that you are able to put a Read More...
I just posted the detailed hardware specifications of our “DemoBot” system on the blogs.technet.com/canitpro team blog site. I thought I would direct you there in case you are a bit of a hardware geek and wanted to know what sort of horsepower Read More...
I just posted a lengthy discussion around the question that comes up when one installs Small Business Server and what to call your Active Directory domain. This has been a topic of discussion with a number of my friends and IT pros I’ve met while Read More...
I am un-expectantly in Vancouver today en route to Victoria. I’ve been called up to help out with the first tour stop of the TechNet Build’06 tour. If you haven’t had a chance to check out more details about this tour – check out Read More...
1 Comments
Filed under:
I attended the Ottawa Windows Server User Group meeting last night to hear Rory McGraw talk about Monitoring AD Security with MOM 2005. I have a more detailed post on how the meeting went and the content over on the Canadian IT Pro blog ( http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2006/02/24/420468.aspx Read More...
So it's been over a year now that I have been working for Microsoft as an IT Pro Advisor. When people ask how I like working for Microsoft and how I like my job - I always respond "it's awesome!". Here I am, working in a position where I can connect with Read More...
2 Comments
Filed under:
I caught Chris on his Cell Phone as he was on the way back from spending some time down at the Microsoft Redmond campus learning about the next generation of Live Communication Server. He was between flights on his way back to his home in Calgary. Just Read More...
0 Comments
Filed under:
Martin was the third interview of the day. It was great chatting with him. Apparently it was a surprise nomination from a field tech that got him into the competition. Martin believes he's basically just a tech support guy compared to some of the other Read More...
0 Comments
Filed under:
For those developers that happen to read my blog (I know you are out there…) you might be interested in a newly hired colleague of mine on the developer side of the house – Mohammad Akif. He’s an Architect that came to us from SUN and is VERY well versed Read More...
Last week I was on a mini tour for a partner and as I always try to maximize my time while on the road, I hooked up with a couple of IT Pros who just happen to be user group presidents (and friends). I spent some time with Melvin Hart (Nova Scotia IT Read More...
2 Comments
Filed under:
I just wrapped up the eastern half of a partner event with IBM Canada storage group. I was asked to speak about Optimizing Exchange Performance at their 1/2 day information session on SAN storage solutions based on their DS4000 series SAN architecture. Read More...
The first Ottawa TechNet monthly session on Advanced Active Directory Design was well received by the crowd that made it in on the 25 th … I am glad to see the interest is still there (and growing) to continue to have these sessions within the timeslot Read More...
More Posts Next page »
 
Page view tracker