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• Remote Administration of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 from Windows 7

  I’ve been asked numerous times about how one would manage Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 servers from a Windows 7 client computer. Evidently, we (Microsoft) have not done a good enough job in getting the word out that there are a set of tools – Remote... Posted Apr 06 2011, 03:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Group Policy, Management, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Service Pack, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Cloud Series for the IT Pro

  I’ve been meaning to put together a Blog Series on Cloud Computing for the IT Professional.  I did get my first post out with my Cloud Musings on January 32st.  I was planning to follow that up with more details on Windows Azure and all the... Posted Feb 26 2011, 11:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Cloud, Azure

• Pass a Microsoft Virtualization Exam and get a Free TechNet Subscription

  I just found out about a promotion that is going on that is of benefit for IT Pros out there who care about certification and thought I would pass this along. If you pass any Microsoft Virtualization exam between March 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011, you will... Posted Feb 23 2011, 11:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Certification, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 4 of 4)

  The final step of the upgrade process was to decommission all the old servers. The first thing I did was power off all the old servers to make sure nothing else in the environment was still referencing them. I had my friend test everything that they would... Posted Feb 18 2011, 08:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 3 of 4)

  The third phase of the upgrade involves Exchange. As with most small companies, Tailspin Toys uses a single Exchange server as well as Public Folders. They had been using the IMF along with the different filtering options available with Exchange 2003... Posted Feb 17 2011, 09:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• First Hand Experience with Upgrade (Part 2 of 4)

  Once the workstations were working decently well, we tackled the server side of the upgrade. Since we were only working during the weekends while I had time, we decided to break this into two components – Active Directory and File & Print Servers... Posted Feb 16 2011, 01:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Exchange Server, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Cloud – Harold’s Musings on Public, Private and Dedicated Clouds

  On January 24th and 25th, I delivered the “Cloud” portion of the TechNet Event Presentation that took place in Irvine, CA and Los Angeles, CA.  Based on the questions before and after the session, I thought it would be very useful to put up a blog... Posted Jan 31 2011, 04:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet Events, Management, Virtualization, Technology Speak, System Center Configuration Manager, Just for Fun, Hyper-V, BPOS, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2

• TechNet Events Follow Up from September 9 – 11, 2009

  I’m sorry that I’m a bit behind in posting my follow up from the TechNet Events that I delivered in Southern California from September 9th through 11th. I had only three questions that came up during the presentations and they are as follows: What happens... Posted Oct 03 2009, 06:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, TechNet Events, Virtualization, Technology Speak, Just for Fun, Windows 7, Screencast, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows Networking User group (in Seattle area) is holding their first meeting!

  Back on October 8th, I posted about a new User Group getting ready to start up in the Seattle area ( http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2008/10/07/seattle-windows-networking-user-group.aspx ).  Well, Zubair has finally been able to work... Posted Nov 06 2008, 04:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Exchange Server, System Center, TechNet Events, Virtualization, User Groups, Technology Speak, MVP, Just for Fun, office Communications Server, Windows Server 2008