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A technical Exchange for IT Pros on Microsoft's Core Infrastructure platform
Techstravaganza NYC 2014 Registration Open
The New York City Techstravaganza is a one-day grassroots technical conference for IT Pros that is...
Date: 03/18/2014
The Next Chapter
After nearly four fun-filled and awesome years of fulfilling the role of IT Pro...
Date: 11/13/2013
Enterprise Cloud Storage Event Resources
As a follow up to today’s Enterprise Cloud Storage event with CommVault, EVault and StorSimple, I...
Date: 11/04/2013
Virtualization IT Camp Slide Deck and Lab Guide
As a follow up from the previous Virtualization IT Camp, I wanted to post the slide deck and lab...
Date: 11/04/2013
Free eBook–Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals
We are happy to announce a new free ebook – Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals by Mitch...
Date: 10/17/2013
Step-by-Step –Windows Azure Websites and MySQL
As I start the process of evaluating Windows Azure as the next platform for my blog, I’ve had some...
Date: 09/18/2013
Windows Azure IT Camp Resources–Slide Deck and Hands-on-Lab
Following yesterday’s highly successful and very well-attended IT Camp, I wanted to post both the...
Date: 09/18/2013
Latest round of IT Camps announced!
We’ve just announced the latest set of IT Camps for the New York City area, check out...
Date: 09/05/2013
UPDATED FAB4 Links for IT Pros!
To update my previous FAB4 download link page with the latest and greatest download links for my...
Date: 08/27/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM, General Availability and FREE Eval Downloads
Windows Server 2012 R2, the follow up to the hugely successful release of Windows Server 2012 has...
Date: 08/27/2013
NYC IT Architects Meetup and weekly Office Hours back on
After a summer hiatus, the NYC IT Architects Meetup which doubles as my weekly office hours will...
Date: 08/26/2013
Upcoming event: Exchange 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Integration
As you know, Exchange 2013 is a very popular enterprise messaging application used in over 90% of...
Date: 07/16/2013
Video - Windows Azure IaaS Presentation to the June NY Enterprise Technology Meetup
Just recently made available is the video of my overview presentation on Windows Azure to the NY...
Date: 07/01/2013
Automated Deployment of SharePoint 2013 in Windows Azure
As I have been getting deeper and deeper into Windows Azure and deploying workloads to Windows...
Date: 07/01/2013
NYC Azure Users Group tomorrow – Building Large Server Farms via PowerShell
Tomorrow night at the NYC Azure Users Group my colleague Jim Priestley (NYC Azure Technology...
Date: 06/18/2013
Windows Azure IaaS Presentation for the June NY Enterprise Tech Meetup
This month I have the awesome opportunity to present on Windows Azure IaaS to the NY Enterprise...
Date: 06/12/2013
IT Camps at New Horizons–registration now open
I will be delivering four more IT Camps that are taking place in the NY Metro area on June 25th...
Date: 06/10/2013
Windows Azure Primer for IT Pros
The recent Windows Azure for IT Pros webcast series I’ve been delivering contains technical guidance...
Date: 05/30/2013
Windows Azure IaaS online and in-person event series resources
As I write this blog post, the current set of upcoming events is focused on the features in Windows...
Date: 05/20/2013
Windows Azure Online Event Series, Session 2 begins Monday 5/20 – sign up today!
Join me for this three-part Webcast series focused on Windows Azure designed to help you understand...
Date: 05/17/2013
Windows Azure Hybrid Networking with IaaS Whitepaper
My colleague Jim Priestley recently helped author an incredible whitepaper on Windows Azure Hybrid...
Date: 05/14/2013
New Windows Azure IaaS In-Person Hands-on events announced
Windows Azure events focused on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) features of Windows Azure...
Date: 05/09/2013
Azure IaaS Online Event Series Announced, first event Wednesday 5/8
The latest round of IT Pro Events has been officially announced and these events will focus on...
Date: 05/06/2013
My first Windows 8 app, Squish-a-Fruit arrives in the Windows 8 Store
After several hours of coming up with a concept, working with my colleague Maria Naggaga, and using...
Date: 05/03/2013
Windows Azure IaaS reaches General Availability
Today marks the next major release of Windows Azure, the General Availability (GA) of the...
Date: 04/16/2013
System Center 2012 SP1 download now available
The System Center 2012 SP1 Suite is now available to download at the short URL...
Date: 04/03/2013
TechNet Radio: Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 – Simpler By Design
Just how easy is it to use SMB 3.0? That’s the topic for today’s show as Jose Barreto and I discuss...
Date: 04/02/2013
Virtualization Storage–SMB (20+ Days of Server Virtualization - Part 6 of 20)
As we move through the 20+Days of Server Virtualization Series, the next topic we’re covering is...
Date: 03/27/2013
Next NYC IT Architects session this Thursday 3/21
The next NYC IT Architects Meetup is scheduled for this coming Thursday, March 21st in the Microsoft...
Date: 03/19/2013
Last chance to register–Techstravaganza NYC 2013 almost sold out!
As I write this there are only approximately 22 tickets left for this coming Friday’s...
Date: 03/18/2013
Virtualization Storage–Definitions (20+ Days of Server Virtualization - Part 5 of 20)
As we move through the 20+Days of Server Virtualization Series, the next topic we’re covering is...
Date: 03/11/2013
TechNet Radio: Windows Server 2012 File Server Tips and Tricks
Jose Barreto and I continue our Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 series and in today’s...
Date: 03/09/2013
Techstravaganza NYC 2013 Registration Open
The 3rd annual Techstravaganza NYC 2013 Event is taking place on March 22nd. Registration for...
Date: 03/09/2013
Microsoft Day at Kutztown University
For the Microsoft Day at Kutztown University, I wanted to make all of the presentations available...
Date: 03/08/2013
IT Camp and IT Lab Event Content
Thank you for those who have attended the most recent IT Camp or IT Lab sessions. As promised,...
Date: 03/05/2013
IT Lab Dates and venues announced on Windows Server 2012, System Center SP1 with Azure and Windows 8 Deployment–Register today!
Due to the overwhelming demand for attendance at the IT Camp events that we have been running, we’ve...
Date: 02/27/2013
Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations (Part 9 of 19)
One of the most compelling features of Windows Server 2012 that customers are looking to implement...
Date: 02/14/2013
Latest round of IT Camps Registration Open–Register today!
The registration for the Winter/Spring series of IT Camps is now open for registration. For...
Date: 02/14/2013
Installing the Migration Tools (Migration and Deployment–Part 8 of 19)
Matt Hester introduces us to the Windows Server 2012 migration tools with his post Installing the...
Date: 02/13/2013
Upgrade Implications for Active Directory - (Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012)( Migration and Deployment–Part 7 of 19)
Blain Barton gives us part seven in the Migration and Deployment Series where he points out Upgrade...
Date: 02/13/2013
Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation (Part 6 of 19)
Windows Server 2012 was made Generally Available (GA) back on September 4th, 2012 and offers a...
Date: 02/11/2013
Migration and Deployment How To Migrate or Transfer Files And Settings To Windows 8 From Windows 7, Vista or XP (Part 4 of 19)
My Boston-area counterpart Dan Stolts offers up the latest post in the Migration and Deployment...
Date: 02/08/2013
TechNet Radio: Hyper-V Local vs. Hyper-V over SMB 3.0 Performance
Jose Barreto and I continue our SMB3 series (https://aka.ms/SMB3Series) and in today’s episode we...
Date: 02/06/2013
Migration and Deployment Blog Series
As introduced in the previous post, we’re doing an Migration and Deployment series this month,...
Date: 02/06/2013
5 Steps to Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Migration and Deployment - Part 3 of 19
Keith Mayer gives us the third post in this month’s Migration and Deployment Series covering 5 Steps...
Date: 02/06/2013
Free Tools for Windows Deployment (and a light touch deployment demo) - Migration and Deployment (Part 2 of 19)
Kevin Remde is back with another post in the Migration and Deployment series with his post on Free...
Date: 02/06/2013
Upgrade and Migration: Requirements for a fresh install of Windows 8 (Part 1 of 19)
Harold Wong gets the Migration and Deployment Series series kicked off by giving us the post Upgrade...
Date: 02/06/2013
New Blog Series for February–Migration and Deployment
My colleague Kevin Remde introduces the nineteen part blog series for February – Migration and...
Date: 02/04/2013
Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Authentication and Access Architectures – Discussion (31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the Cloud – Part 31 of 31)
https://aka.ms/IaaSSeries is where you can catch up or review the previous posts in the 31 Days of...
Date: 01/30/2013
Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines to Learn: Remote Desktop Services (31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the Cloud–Part 30 of 31
Don Noonan gives us his third guest post of the month in the 31 Days of Windows Servers (VMs) in the...
Date: 01/30/2013