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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

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

    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

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

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