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Demystifying Microsoft’s Virtualization Stack: #3 Disk Subsystems
Dave Kawula knows his stuff when it comes to Virtualization. When I asked him to put together some...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/08/2011
Have Many Kinds of Devices and Need to Manage Them All? We Have a Tool for That…
Over the last few months while out visiting many communities through TechDays and other events, I...
Author: DamirB Date: 12/07/2011
Get your SystemCenter 2012 Groove on! New TechNet Labs LIVE!
Hot off the press! Get yourself setup with some hands on experience while you are DOWNLOADING the RC...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2011
Demystifying Microsoft’s Virtualization Stack: #2 Node Configuration
Dave Kawula knows his stuff when it comes to Virtualization. When I asked him to put together some...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2011
Demystifying Microsoft’s Virtualization Stack: #1 Planning Hyper-V Installs
As I mentioned yesterday in the introductory blog post about Dave Kawula – he knows his stuff when...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2011
Knowledge is Power–Free Resources to Keep Your Skills Updated
As someone who works in the IT industry, you know that things are always changing. At the same...
Author: DamirB Date: 12/06/2011
Canadian IT Folks–Dave Kawula–demystify’er of all things virtual
(I know that word doesn’t exist – but I had a mental block and didn’t know what to use, so it stuck)...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/05/2011
We’ll be right back after this break…
Hello folks, Today started very very early, we were leaving the hotel for the conference center a...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 11/29/2011
De retour après la pause….
Salut, La journée a commencé de bonne heure ce matin… 5 :30am. voici la vue de ma...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 11/29/2011
TechDays 2011–Keynote for Montreal
Each big conference attendee who’s signed up for conferences is looking for a Keynote. TechDays...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2011
TechDays Montréal 2011–Présentation principale
Chaque conférence qui se respecte a un “keynote”, une présentation principale. TechDays Montréal n’y...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2011
Techdays Montreal 2011–Something New, Hands On Labs!
Yes – you can have this feeling of accomplishment these two guys are feeling when we took this...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2011
TechDays Montréal 2011 – Du nouveau avec les laboratoires pratiques
Vous aussi vous aimeriez avoir cet effet d’accomplissement que l’on peut voir sur la photo de cet...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2011
TechDays 2011 Montréal – Construisez votre horaire personnalisé
Après avoir eu le plaisir de discuter technologies avec les gens de Toronto et de Vancouver, c’est...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/23/2011
RunAs Radio podcast Episode #238–Diagnosing DNS
{ This article also appears on The Regular IT Guy } I sat down with Richard Campbell from RunAs...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2011
TechDays day 2–all the EXTRA STUFF
One of the things that goes on while we’re in town for TechDays are “extra” events that are...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2011
Getting the goods!
Hello folks, This is my compilation of some of the online resource available to you in December....
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 11/16/2011
TechDays Day 1–MidDay update
WOW oh Wow. it has been a fun ride here in Vancouver – and the first day is only half over! ...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2011
TechDays Vancouver T-1–Setup Day
The event known as TechDays takes quite a bit of pre-planning and setup in order to pull off...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2011
TechDays Vancouver, T-2 to Go Time.
As I was packing up this afternoon – I decided to snap a photo of what was mostly going into my...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2011
TechDays_CA Vancouver. TAKE An Instructor Lead Lab!
In case it got missed in the communications to you about TechDays Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal –...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2011
Everything You Need for TechDays Vancouver
With just under a week to go before TechDays Vancouver, I know that the team here is going...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/09/2011
The Story of the TechDays Vancouver Keynote
You’re probably wondering what the PowerPoint slide is all about. Well let me tell you. This is the...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 11/08/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy #35, November 2011
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/08/2011
An Offer you CAN’T refuse. Career advice AND Free stuff/Contest
I’ve been talking about the resources available to you at some of our sites for a while now. I...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/08/2011
Continuing your Journey of learning after TechDays 2011
Welcome to your one stop shop for links to all the online resources and references from a TechDays...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2011
SQL Server Roadmap to Denali Webcast Series
SQL Server 2012 (previously SQL Server code-named “Denali”) has, so many great features for...
Author: DamirB Date: 11/07/2011
TechDays 2011 SQL Server and Data Platform Track Resources
A few days ago I posted the resources for the TechDays 2011 Communications and Collaboration...
Author: DamirB Date: 11/06/2011
TechDays 2011 Virtualization Content Area Resources
So you attended TechDays in one of the cities OR you have teleported back from the future where...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2011
TechDays 2011 Communication & Collaboration Track Resources
TechDays 2011 in Toronto featured a myriad of sessions on Communications and Collaboration...
Author: DamirB Date: 11/04/2011
Resources for Retention
You can attend all the conferences, seminars, and training courses that you want, but just watching...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 11/01/2011
IT Camp–something for SysAdmins, LanAdmins, Tech Pros and IT Junkies
OK – it’s not what you think. There are no formal presentations. It’s not death by PowerPoint. It’s...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2011
Everything You Need for TechDays Toronto
There’s always lots to do when it comes to getting ready for a conference (especially if...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/23/2011
How I preserve that new PC smell.
While participating in a discussion on LinkedIn (https://linkd.in/r3WJPl) where we were discussing...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 10/21/2011
Reason # 42 to Attend TechDays 2011: Hands-On Labs
One of the elements added to TechDays 2011 that I am most excited about is the addition of...
Author: DamirB Date: 10/19/2011
TechDays 2011: Security, Identity and Management…Oh Yeah!
TechDays is THE conference for technical training in Canada and it’ll be hitting these cities...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/09/2011
Reason #11 To Attend TechDays–The Data Platform Content Area
We’ve revealed the keynotes, the Windows Client and Phone Track, the Developer Tools, Languages and...
Author: DamirB Date: 10/07/2011
Help Us Improve the Way We Help You
Twice a year, every autumn and spring, we send out a survey called the Global Relationship Study to...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/07/2011
WestCoast Virtualization Swing - Session resources
I was out West the other week, attending the itech summit (in Calgary and Vancouver) and paying a...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2011
Don’t Miss Out on Great Keynotes and Sessions at TechDays 2011
Time moves quickly! Hard to believe that we are only a few weeks away from the first TechDays 2011...
Author: DamirB Date: 10/02/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy #34, September 2011
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/13/2011
Vote for Your Favourite Session to be Included in TechDays 2011
WOW! That’s all I can say to the response we received to our open call for sessions for...
Author: DamirB Date: 09/12/2011
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 now in RC.
This one slipped through the cracks with all the Hyper-V in Windows 8 client hoopla of late. For...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2011
Windows 8 client – Hyper-V Virtualization now included
It came out yesterday – a blog post that gave the world a smidge of information about Windows 8...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/08/2011
Get Out Of Dodge–Migration Resources
{ This article also appears on The Regular IT Guy } As part of the TechEd Session I did at TechEd...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 08/30/2011
Register Now for TechDays 2011!!
It’s here! It’s live! You can now register for TechDays 2011 in Toronto, Montreal, and...
Author: DamirB Date: 08/30/2011
“The SQL Guy” Post #5: SYNONYMously Reference SQL Server Objects
Continuing on a topic that includes some more content aimed at DBAs and developers, this week we’ll...
Author: DamirB Date: 08/23/2011