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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:27 PM

Free-as-in-Beer Snacks from TechNet

TechNet recently launched free-as-in-beer "learning" snacks . Learning Snacks are short, interactive presentations about popular topics created by Microsoft Learning experts. Each Snack is delivered by using innovative Microsoft Silverlight technology
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Friday, November 14, 2008 1:03 PM

I Want My Hyper-V TV

Back in the day, we use to sing "I Want My MTV". Hyper-V TV is here: Video: All Hyper-V Video This search brings you all the video tagged Hyper-V across: MSN, AOL, MTV, Hulu, ESPN, YouTube, MySpace, Dailymotion, Metacafe. To search other video use http://search.live.com/video
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:17 PM

SIR V.5 In the Wild

Splogbane : If you are reading this on a blog other than http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso, why not stop patronizing a splog and come over to the original? The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) - Version 5 - is live. Good video ( The Bret
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:49 AM

Hyper-V How To: Manually Configure Hyper-V Pagefile

Hyper-V automatically configures your pagefile settings, but if, for some troubleshooting purposes, you may want to change them manually. Here's how: 1. To check current pagefile stats, from the command line type: wmic pagefile get /format:list 2. To
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:53 PM

I'm Warning You, I Have a Smartphone and I Am Not Afraid to Use It

Think of it as fire-and-forget ammo for those afflicted with "I am my brother's keeper" syndrome. Splogbane: If you are reading this on a blog other than http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso , why not stop patronizing a splog and come over to the original?
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:27 PM

Hyper-V How To: Script VM Functions

Check out the TechEd video Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Scripting & Programmatic Management for Fun & Profit (VBS & PowerShell ) by John Kelbley , and Alexander Lash. Some of John's example script are newly posed in the Official Scripting
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:54 AM

How Community Content is Supposed to Work

There is something interesting going on WRT "community content" at Microsoft. See the example over in Official Scripting Guys forum : A customer asked for scripting help to check the OS version on his XP client machine and install patches . The next day
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:39 AM

Springboard Blog

The Springboard content series on TechNet has a blog . AFAIK this is the first time a content series has started a blog, as opposed to a product group. Check it out and keep an eye on it around the PDC timeframe for announcements and information about
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:48 AM

Virtualization Twitter Feeds

Twitter http://twitter.com/Virtualpath http://twitter.com/govirtual http://twitter.com/STBNewsBytes http://twitter.com/latelier http://twitter.com/TechmemeFH http://twitter.com/MacReeg
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Monday, October 20, 2008 11:07 AM

Hyper-V ResKit

Provides in-depth technical guidance and best practices on how to deploy, install, configure, administer, and support Hyper-V, along with drilldown into advanced configuration options; development and testing tools; migration, management, and scripting
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:41 PM

GTD: Take a Penny Applied to Outlook

You know those little dishes beside cash registers marked " Give a penny, take a penny "? It is one manifestation of the " pay-it-forward' meme. I give an extra penny from my transaction change now when I don't need it, and I take one later when I do.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:12 AM

Free-as-in-beer 10MB Silverlight Streaming Media

I am currently the pathfinder for Windows Server UA checking into "alternative media for IT Pros" - alternative meaning "other than text on the web". I have been doing some podcasts (check out the latest podcast on TN Social Platform ), and will soon
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:22 AM

IT Pros Get a Bailout Offer From Microsoft

Microsoft's Second Shot program let's you retake a certification exam you failed for free-as-in-beer. From October 15, 2008, to December 31, 2008, if you pass a Microsoft Certification exam on your first try, you get a 25% discount on a different exam.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:02 PM

What is the value of social bookmarking to IT Pros?

I recently recorded a podcast with TechNet's Social Platform team , discussing the social platform, and the new TN social bookmarking in particular. Listen to the podcast, and then leave feedback here. Some points to think about: Build authority: I'd
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:34 PM

IT Value for Money

In the coming months it will be even more important for IT to show how it adds value to the company. One way to add value is to shave costs, Microsoft can help: Get Virtual Now - Reduce server hardware acquisition and maintenance costs with Windows Server
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