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• Go Browns: Peyton Hillis wins the Cover of Madden NFL 12!

  Pre-ordering my copy now!  Go Browns! Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 27 2011, 04:17 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Football, Health and Fitness

• Microsoft readies new store in my birthplace of Houston, Texas

  Houston, Texas is getting a Microsoft Store at the world famous Galleria. Can I get a yeeee hhhaaaawwww?  Here’s to hoping Southlake Town Center, Texas is next. Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 27 2011, 12:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Store

• Earth Day - when gas hits $6 per gallon, what will you be driving?

  I switched to a small fuel efficient car several years ago. The new CIVICs are pretty nice looking. Time to get serious America. Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 22 2011, 05:34 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, automobiles, Unfun Stuff

• Want a portrait for your dog?

  It’s weird how you discover stuff. I was watching twitter while doing a restore for my wife’s laptop and this cool dog avatar scrolled by in the #idol stream of tweets.  I followed that to Ann Ranlett’s link to her website.  I like her work... Posted Apr 22 2011, 03:36 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff

• Vote NOW: For Peyton Hillis for the Madden NFL 12 Cover

  Four wins down. One to go. Browns running back Peyton Hillis defeated quarterback Aaron Rodgers of the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the semifinals of the tournament to be on the cover of Madden NFL 12. Prior to his win over Rodgers, Hillis... Posted Apr 20 2011, 10:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Football, Screen Casts, Health and Fitness

• Louisville, KY Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-13-2011)

  Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Louisville ! I hope everyone had a good time. As promised here are some resources and the Q/A from the event..  During the event one the folks in the room mentioned a tool on how... Posted Apr 19 2011, 11:25 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Events, TechNet, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Podcasts, Screen Casts, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Event Resources

• Join the Office 365 Public Beta Now!

  Join the beta program and explore Microsoft Office 365. When Office 365 is commercially released, beta accounts will be activated to trial versions, and you can easily continue using Office 365 beyond the 30-day trial period if you choose to purchase... Posted Apr 18 2011, 10:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Fun and Family, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure

• Want to see this on TV? Watch the YouTube version and help make it happen

  Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 13 2011, 11:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Cell Phones, Windows Phone

• Cincinnati, OH Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-6-2011)

  Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Cincinnati ! I hope everyone had a good time.  Again thank you for the patience with the projectors it turned out to be a crossed cable at the projector, but thank you for Thinking... Posted Apr 12 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, IE, Events, TechNet, Group Policy, SQL 2005, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Management, Podcasts, migration, Podcast, SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Event Resources

• But what about security? (“Cloudy April”–Part 9)

  Whenever I do a talk on “the cloud” or any of the products from Microsoft that involve (or revolve around) it, I always ask the folks in attendance, “What is your biggest concern about ‘the cloud’?”  And without a single exception in the dozens... Posted Apr 09 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Was it cloudy at MMS 2011? (“Cloudy April”–Part 8)

  Just last week (March 29) I had the pleasure of speaking to Chris Van Wesep.  Chris is a Group Product Manager in the Management & Security Product Group, and as such he is a key person at Microsoft responsible for many of the System Center management... Posted Apr 08 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure - the SQL! ("Cloudy April" - Part 7)

  What if you could run SQL Server , and get all the power of the best data management platform, but hosted for you in “the cloud”? “You mean like at a hosting provider?” Something like that.  Well… something and NOTHING like that.  Something... Posted Apr 07 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SQL Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure, SQL Azure

• No thanks. I'll PaaS. ("Cloudy April" - Part 6)

  Have you looked at Windows Azure lately?  It was announced a couple of years ago, released just over a year ago, and already it’s the most solid platform-as-a-service out there. You remember PaaS, right?  I introduced it back in Part 3 of this... Posted Apr 06 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Those stupid "To the Cloud!" Commercials ("Cloudy April" - Part 5)

  Disclaimer: Although I work for Microsoft , I don’t have to always agree with what other parts of the company are doing.  Okay.. proper disclaimer out of the way. Now… “Uh oh.. you gonna get yourself fired, Kevin?” Well.. if a person can get fired... Posted Apr 05 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Robots Evolve

  Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 04 2011, 12:30 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun Stuff

• Getting SAASy ("Cloudy April" - Part 4)

  (Note to self: Don’t ever do an image search on the word “Sassy” ever again.  Ever.) In part 3 you’ll recall that we outlined three delivery methods for Cloud-based services: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.  Today we’re going to go a little deeper into... Posted Apr 04 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.. Oh my! ("Cloudy April" - Part 3)

  These are probably not new acronyms to most of you. “Acronyms?  I thought you were just a really rotten spelller!” Yeah.. acronyms.  SaaS = Software as a Service PaaS = Platform as a Service IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service. These are the... Posted Apr 03 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• The Cloud Ate My Job! ("Cloudy April" - Part 2)

  Is ‘the cloud” making you concerned for your job?  And by that, I mean, are you primarily working with a product or technology that may soon be cloudified?  “Cloudified?” Okay.. I’m making up words again.  But I think you know what I’m... Posted Apr 02 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• “Cloudy April” Part 1: Full of I.T. with my head in the clouds

  Greetings!   Welcome to my 31-part series of articles all about this thing called “the cloud”. “Seriously, Kevin?  Is this some warped April-Fools joke?  Haven’t we heard enough about ‘the cloud’?” I’m going to answer that question with... Posted Apr 01 2011, 09:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Fun Stuff, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Could get me fired, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Slate or sushi anyone?

  More details on the event at http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2011/03/28/gallery-photos-from-the-jaw-droppingly-beautiful-miami-pc-showcase.aspx .  Looks like it was fun. Share this post: Read More... Posted Mar 28 2011, 01:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun Stuff

• Huzzah!!!! My Arrive Arrived!

  Oh let the joy of Windows Phone 7 finally begin!  I love making my buddy Keith jealous: Sprint HTC Arrive Reviewed   Share this post: Read More... Posted Mar 25 2011, 10:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Fun Stuff, Fun and Family, Windows 7

• Tony Lama Celebrates 100 Years of Boots

  Yes, you read that correctly.  $50,000 for a pair of boots.  Pretty cool, but sheesh. Share this post: Read More... Posted Mar 09 2011, 01:27 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff

• Windows Phone 7 Goes to Space

  This is pretty interesting.  Friday a Windows Phone 7 device took a 90mph ride on a balloon to an altitude of 18,235 meters (over 60,000 feet).  I don’t know if that’s technically space but it’s a lot higher than you can throw an iPhone 4. ... Posted Mar 07 2011, 11:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Cell Phones, Science

• Heartland IT Pro User Groups

  One of the great aspects of my job is I get to work with a lot of different user groups and meet lots of people from the IT Pro community.  Well I did my best to get a list of all the IT professional  user groups I work with in the Heartland... Posted Feb 25 2011, 10:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Hardware, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, Events, Office 2007, System Center, TechNet, Windows Server, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, Management, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, migration, Virtual Server, Podcast, Small Business Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, PHP, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Social Media, Windows 2003R2, SXSW, Windows Desktop Search, free training, TechEd, Windows Server 2008, Football, Tech Ed, IT Pro Momentum, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Apache, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MySQL, Health and Fitness, MAP, Cloud computing, IT Manager, IE 8, Featured, Cloud, expert, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Social Marketing, Office 2010, Writing, running, Matt Hester, Pages, IT Investigators, goofy, Event Resources, techent radio

• Memories Longer than the Road that Stretches Out Ahead.

  Yesterday I made some comments about Apple that some of you have taken to mean that I hate them.  It just isn’t the case.   Apple is one of the driving factors to innovation in the world of the PC.  What I dislike is the petty games... Posted Feb 25 2011, 01:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Fun Stuff, Apple, Videos, Windows 7