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Have you gotten your IE9 Download yet?
What’s holding you back? Here is the main download page with links to all the versions you need....
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 03/15/2011
Analyzing Candidates for Virtualization
Almost all workloads are now supported on one virtual platform or another. There is a...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy–# 28, March 2011
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2011
Virtualization Certification–with benefits
I am a big advocate of certification – putting your money where your mouth is – and have been for...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 03/04/2011
Supporting your Skills Development–TechDays.ca Online!
A little something snuck out last week, besides Service Pack 1 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2011
Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in TechNet DL
It’s There! Both in a single standalone x86/x86 install ISO and integrated ISO. It popped up around...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy–# 27, Feb 2011
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 02/08/2011
IPocalypse Now
Some time this week the last of the public IPv4 addresses will be distributed. You read that...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2011
Make Windows 2008 R2 roar like a performance machine…
Hello Folks, I meet a lot of you during the last TechDays season. And a few of you asked me if...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/19/2011
Windows Phone 7 - IT Pro Resources
I’ve been doing Windows Mobile for quite some time now and hooking devices up to Microsoft...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/19/2011
Free Tools: Taking stock of what’s in house with MAP 5.5
It’s January, start of a new Calendar year and typically time for regular folk to take a personal...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2011
SharePoint your thing? SharePoint Summit 2011 - Jan 31–Feb 2nd.
If SharePoint is your thing – you gotta be at the SharePoint Summit 2011 running January 31st to Feb...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2011
Are you supporting Dev projects? Jump In to the WebMatrix later today.
Yesterday I called out a video explaining something called WebPI yesterday and introduced you to...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2011
Web Platform Installer (WEB PI) explained!
Let me introduce you to Lucas. He’s a Web Designer / consultant who’s setting up webservers the OLD...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/12/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy–# 26, January 2011
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 01/11/2011
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy - #25, December 2010
Our Apologies for having this one published a later then normal. Been on the road, sick and out of...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/16/2010
Cloud for the IT Pro – Give Azure a try
During my session at TechDays Calgary about Cloud for the IT Pro, I “challenged” the Technical...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2010
Forewarning - A little Holiday Treat on TechNet
I’m still trying to keep it funny and light hearted for a Friday post. I found about about a special...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2010
TechDays Winnipeg has Wrapped up….
It’s hard to believe my team started TechDays 2010 in Vancouver WAY BACK in September! This has been...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/09/2010
$25.00 for your Usergroup… just for learning and sharing feedback on Window Azure!
If you are a member of a usergroup (UG) in Canada you already know the value it brings to you: the...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/09/2010
Donate to the Food Bank at TechDays Winnipeg, Get a Free T-Shirt!
We Microsoft Canada evangelist types love a good cause, and we can’t think of a better cause than...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2010
Concerns about Security when considering Cloud technologies
I’ve been attending CloudCamps that have been hosted in the various TechDays cities (disclaimer: we...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/02/2010
Freaked out about Deployment of Win 7 and where to start?
My good Friend Jeff Alexander over on the other side of the world down under (he’s THE...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2010
How To: Security Enhancements with Windows Server 2008 R2
One of the internal notification emails I get is from a group that writes up TechNet articles on...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/18/2010
Moving on…
It seems like yesterday that I wrote this post introducing myself as the newest member of the...
Author: Rodney Buike Date: 11/10/2010
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy - #25, November 2010
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2010
TechDays gives Back–Halifax is Feed Nova Scotia
As you know, the team is rolling along across Canada – hitting the Eastern destinations now with...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2010
TechDays Halifax: November 2 - 3
TechDays, Microsoft Canada’s cross-country technical conference for developers and IT pros, heads to...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2010
Weston Foods Goes Virtual
I was catching up on some reading and found this article at the Microsoft Momentum portal talking...
Author: Rodney Buike Date: 10/18/2010
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy - #23 - October 2010
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2010
TechDays Edmonton–We’re ready, are you?
Comment to the team in real time - Use Twitter with the hashtag of #techdays_ca.
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/04/2010
MS10-070 - Now available via Windows Update.
On September 28th, Microsoft is released an out-of-band security update. This bulletin,...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 10/01/2010
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy–September 28th - Out Of Band
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2010
Out Of Band Security Update for ASP.NET
Today, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to protect its customers with security updates and...
Author: Rodney Buike Date: 09/28/2010
Reminder: IE6 on XP to IE8 on Win7 Virtual Roundtable Discussion–09/30/2010
You are not alone . There are many organizations that have to keep IE 6 kickin’ around because they...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2010
Scenes from TechDays Vancouver, Part 1
(originally appears on Canadian DevBlog) Hello from Vancouver! I’m here at the first stop of...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2010
Leaving on a Jet Plane… TechDays Vancouver (T-4 days)
We’re heading to Vancouver! TechDays 2010 is about to start. (…intro sappy music) All my bags are...
Author: Rickster-CDN [MSFT] Date: 09/10/2010
Desktop Image Consolidation–Notes From the Field
I was having an IM conversation with Brian at CMS Consulting about some deployment work and how IT...
Author: Rodney Buike Date: 08/20/2010