All Backed Up
System Center Data Protecton Manager (DPM) and Essentials (SCE) dude ... as well as Husband, Father, Gamer, Geek, Scout leader, Christ follower and Microsoft marketeer
Backing up the Internet – with DPM 2010
Here in DPM land, we are always excited to hear when an expert customer or partner is able to...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/01/2010
DPM Support Services Rock !!
I’ve been with MS for 4.5 years now, having come from some smaller data protection companies like...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/31/2010
Are you in Chicago? DPM and I will be April 8-9 with Iron Mountain
Last month, I was so excited to work with my friends at Iron Mountain around DPM and CloudRecovery...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/12/2010
Is your Tape Drive certified to work with DPM?
No – it isn’t certified for DPM. But not for the reasons that you might think....
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/19/2010
New Whitepaper – How to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010
Over the next several weeks, we are pre-releasing several whitepapers...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/15/2010
Data Protection Manager 2010 Release Candidate – now available
I could say a lot of fluffy marketing stuff, but the most important thing to say is – COME AND GET...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/09/2010
Jason is headed to Boston to amp up Iron Mountain on DPM and the Cloud
Hey everyone, We have seen some really good excitement around the partnership of pairing Microsoft’s...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/08/2010
MCP certification business card
Every once in a while, I find a clever applet that I’d like to share. This one is the “MCP...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/03/2010
Frustrated with Backup and Management? Don’t bang your head into the wall.
David Mills, another Product Manager in System Center, recently recorded this video. I will confess...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/01/2010
New Book - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference
Huge Congratulations to my friend, Matt Hester. Matt is a one of the folks that taught me how to...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/30/2010
Happy Data Privacy Day … from System Center
originally posted on Yes, it really is an established day. Check out...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/28/2010
Are You A Collaboration Basket Case?
originally posted on As an old-school backup guy, one of my favorite sayings is: “If you are putting...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/24/2010
TechTarget write-up on DPM 2010
Hi DPM Fans !! Yesterday, we did a TechNet webcast on what is coming in just a few weeks with the...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/15/2010
Xbox Family Game Recommendation : Cars Race-O-Rama
If you liked the first Cars game from Disney and THQ, then you ought to really, really like this...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/11/2010
TechNet Webcast : DPM 2010 Release Candidate preview
DPM 2010 is getting sooooo close !! For months, it seemed far away, but with the calendar now...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/11/2010
A Kingdom for Keflings on Xbox Live Arcade (and on-sale thru Jan.10)
This is a really clever game that has captured my family’s heart. In fact, I think that it is...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/05/2010
Family Game Recommendation -- LEGO : Rock Band
A big hat’s off and ‘thank you’ to the folks at LEGO and Harmony for a great game in LEGO: Rock Band...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/04/2010
My book is now available for preorder – Data Protection for the Virtual Data Center
There is something very surreal in finding your name on Amazon.com … so I just had to share...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/21/2009
Microsoft “gets” Small Business
repost from Because It's Everyone's Business This week, a new report from Compass Intelligence...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/10/2009
When does an email signature look like a race car ?
When you start putting a whole bunch of advertizing graphics on it. This is a relatively...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 11/20/2009
DPM and Jason are coming to London this week
As a warm-up for Microsoft Tech-Ed IT Forum happening next week in Berlin, I am headed over a few...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 11/02/2009
The Evolving Data Protection Landscape in a Windows World
At Storage Networking World 2009, I delivered a session that wasn't specifically about DPM, SCE,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 10/14/2009
Three new DPM whitepapers
Just because DPM 2010 is now in beta – doesn’t mean that we’ve stopped driving good stuff for DPM...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 10/05/2009
Announcing the beta for DPM 2010
YEP! It’s here! For those that have been waiting all Summer … it is finally here and we are...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 09/29/2009
Announcing DPM eLearning is now online
It’s HERE !!! And I am very, very excited !!! Of all of the things that I have worked on...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 08/28/2009
New DPM courseware and exam – NOW AVAILABLE
I have long believed that training’s primary purpose is as a deployment enabler. In fact,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 08/17/2009
Webcast on Thursday – Cheaper, Better Backups with DPM 2007
On Thursday morning (yes tomorrow), I’ll be delivering a webcast on reducing costs and improving...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 07/15/2009
Game Recommendation : LEGO Battles for Nintendo DS
As promised, I did receive LEGO Battles for Fathers Day – so I wanted to share my enthusiasm for...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 07/08/2009
DPM and I are coming to Africa !
This has been an exciting month for me and DPM on two fronts: First, for Fiscal Year 2010 (starting...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 07/07/2009
Dell announces a Windows Storage Server 2008 appliance
Congratulations to my friends at Dell for their launch of storage appliances that are powered...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/17/2009
Webcast today – how to manage DPM in large enterprises
Later today, we’ll be delivering a TechNet webcast on managing Data Protection Manager in...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/10/2009
Announcing the HP Windows Storage Server 2008 appliances – X1000 and X3000
This is a very good day to be in storage and a Windows network administrator – because HP just...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/09/2009
Why is Windows Storage Server only available through OEM’s ?
I get this question every once in a while – so I thought I would offer my perspective on this. To...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/08/2009
Announcing new DPM 2007 SP1 training course 50213A
I am very excited to announce the availability of a new classroom-based course on DPM 2007 SP1....
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/03/2009
Why a Windows Storage Server is like a Saleen Ford Mustang
For the record, I am not really a car buff. I am a “Buff”ington … and enjoy renting mustangs from...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/07/2009
Two Webcasts Today – Storage Server and DPM Disaster Recovery
As an updated reminder, we have two TechNet Webcasts today from Storage Solutions: Introducing...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/07/2009
Game Recommendation – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
If you have read the series – this is a ‘must play’. At least for a while… This...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/07/2009
Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 – WAA HOO !
I am really excited to announce the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Storage Server...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/05/2009
Get your First Look at DPM v3 – Tuesday, May 5
Happy Cinco de Mayo !! As a Texan, my friends and I already had plans to celebrate this occasion,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/04/2009
Two new ways to follow Jason on DPM and Gaming
Hello friends, First and foremost, thank you to all of those that read this blog. It’s been an...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/27/2009
LEGO Rock Band Announced
Earlier today, it was announced that: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/21/2009
Come learn about DPM at MMS 2009
The only thing more fun than Las Vegas in the Springtime has got to be the DPM sessions at the...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/17/2009
Xbox Live – Family Game Night - TONIGHT
Have you ever played Scrabble or Battleship with someone 1000 miles away? Me neither –...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/14/2009
DPM Disaster Recovery Webcast – April 15th
What better day to talk about...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/14/2009
Xbox Family Game Recommendation – Family Game Night by Hasbro
FINALLY !! Old fashioned family games -- on Xbox!! The classics -- Yahtzee, Scrabble, Connect Four,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/02/2009
Try DPM 2007 SP1 – with just a web browser
We are really excited to have recently launched 3 TechNet Virtual Labs (vLabs) on DPM 2007 SP1....
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/01/2009