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CPU Performance and Monitoring is one of the most important aspects for what we do in computing...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/25/2013
For those of you have taken part in the recent IT Camps, you know that we attempt to cover a LOT of...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/22/2013
This week we kick off a new series of IT Camps in the Western US. We still have a handful of seats...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/11/2013
Question – How do you determine how much memory to assign to a virtual machine? Real Answers from...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/06/2013
Yesterday, Kevin Remde posted the 2nd in our March series of blog posts on Virtualization. Kevin...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/06/2013
First of all, YOU have made our blog series from January and February very successful! We...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/04/2013
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/04/2013
One of the Technologies we introduced with Windows 7 was AppLocker. AppLocker presented a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/28/2013
Windows 8 gives us the awesome Windows Store where we can find and install Windows 8 applications...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/27/2013
A few weeks ago, I made a post on using Oracle VirtualBox to run Windows 8 in a Virtual machine on a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/26/2013
This past week Brian Lewis has been working on building a student lab in Azure. The idea is that as...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/25/2013
Part 14 - System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: App Controller for VM and Cloud Service Deployment – Now Live!
Yung Chou posted the next piece of our series last week. In this article, he explains the role-based...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/25/2013
Part 13 - App Controller as a Single Pane of Glass for Delegating Cloud Management, A Primer–Now Live….
To employ App Controller as a self-service vehicle for migration and deployment, a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2013
In Part 12 of our February Series on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Upgrade and Migration,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2013
Windows Azure. When most people hear this, they think of it as a platform for running web based and...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/19/2013
Hyper-V is making great strides with new features and improvements in Windows Server 2012. For those...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/15/2013
With Windows Server 2012, we introduced and update to the Server message Block protocol. In Server...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/14/2013
Download the FREE Cloud OS product evaluations and test your knowledge with trivia for a chance to...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
We are super excited to announce the Windows 8 Student App Madness Challenge. Create and publish a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
Summary - Over the years, Microsoft has released hundreds of tools to make working with Windows...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
Good Day Folks! I know I have a summary post listing all of the posts we make in the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/12/2013
In January, the US IT Pro Technology Evangelists post a 31 Day Series on Azure IaaS. You can...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/04/2013
You're invited. Select a date below to register online or call 1-877-MSEVENT...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/28/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Introduction to Windows Azure Add-Ons from the Windows Azure Store….
For this installment in the 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud, I want to spend some time introducing...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/28/2013
What the!!??!?!? “Hey Chris! Aren’t you a Microsoft employee??? Why are you running a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/27/2013
Hiya folks! You probably know that I am a Technology Evangelist (TE) on the US...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/25/2013
I recently interviewed Principal Security Architect Man Nguyen for TechNet radio to discuss how...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/10/2013
Good Day Folks! In an effort to re-connect with the community after the holidays and kick off...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/10/2013
Hello Folks! I am sure many of you know the name Harry Brelsford and of his SMB Nation Community....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/09/2013
If you have some downtime over the holidays and you want to show off mad programming skillz...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/13/2012
Hello Salt Lake City! Thank you all for you time and patience today during...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/29/2012
With the recent release of Windows 8, I have started getting lots of questions about...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/14/2012
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
Hiya Folks! For several years I have been sponsoring the Windows Networking User Group...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
You’re Invited! Please join us for the Windows AzureConf community conference, which will be an...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
Good Day Folks! Here is a link to the slides for all of the sessions I have delivered at...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/09/2012
I always get asked when is the next IT Pro in-person event taking place. I want to give everyone a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/24/2012
I know this is more of a developery sort of thing, but developers write the cool stuff that runs on...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/17/2012
Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/29/2012
Good Day Folks! I recently did a series of Bootfests and Installfests in the Western US. At these...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/28/2012
Abstract: In today’s episode J. Seymour, Jim Clark and Chris Avis discuss the new...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/13/2012
I apologize for the short notice on these events folks, but I have some cool hands-on meetups that I...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/06/2012
I am now covering NorCal and I will be in the area at least once a month going forward. For my first...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/03/2012
Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across from...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/24/2012
Some time ago, I sat down with Alan Sugano, President for ADS Consulting Group, Inc., to talk about...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/17/2012
I had an opportunity to sit down with Jeremy Moskowitz, Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, Inc. and...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/16/2012
LIMITED SEATING REMAINING – Register today to guarantee your spot!! There is...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/14/2012
A couple months back, I attended the Windows Connections conference in Las Vegas. I had the pleasure...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/14/2012
This Wednesday, Jun 6th 2012, we will have our monthly Windows Networking User Group Meeting at...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/04/2012
Thank you very much to everyone that came out to the Mountain View, CA IT Camp today! As...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/17/2012