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• 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

• Cloudy TechNet Events (“Cloudy April” - Part 13)

  Just a short post today to remind you of two previous posts that I made recently regarding our TechNet Events happening in the Central Region of the US and all around the United States. Here my post on our schedule of events for the Central Region. ... Posted Apr 13 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet, Windows Server, TechNet Events, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• 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

• Nashville, TN Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-1-2011)

  Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Nashville!  I hope everyone had a good time.  As promised here are some resources and the Q/A from the event. I will also be placing the slides here: TechNet Slides: Transforming... Posted Apr 11 2011, 10:32 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, Hardware, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, Windows Server 2008, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), Cloud computing, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Event Resources

• Imagine Cup Finalists teams in the Central US voting ends April 9th

  As you have seen in a few post’s my team have been heavily engaged with student teams participating in Imagine Cup .  A number of these teams have been selected to participate in the Imagine Cup US finals .    Going to the finals is... Posted Apr 06 2011, 05:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, Fun and Family, Cloud computing, Azure, Event Resources

• Get 15 Months on a TechNet Professional Subscription for the Price of 12 Months with TN3MNA06 until June 30, 2011

  We have a new promotion for TechNet Professional Subscriptions from now until June 30, 2011 purchase a new TechNet Subscription Professional and receive an additional three (3) months of service at no extra charge. By using TN3MNA06 you can receive the... Posted Mar 31 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, IE, Windows Vista, Events, Office 2007, System Center, TechNet, Windows Server, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, 2007 Office system, IT Pro Resources, System Center Data Protection Manager, Powershell, Small Business Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Server 2008, SQL 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MAP, IE 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, Office 2010, Event Resources

• Columbus, OH, Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-24-2011)

  Thanks for everyone for coming out to the Columbus event on the 24th.  Thanks for all of the great questions and feedback from the event.  As promised here are some resources and the Q/A from the event. I will also be placing the slides here... Posted Mar 30 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Events, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, Small Business Server, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Event Resources

• Cleveland, OH Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-22-2011)

  Thank you to everyone who attended the event in Cleveland, I had a great time and a lot of great conversations, here is the Q/A and resources from the event. I will also be placing the slides here: TechNet Slides: Transforming IT from Virtualization to... Posted Mar 29 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, Events, System Center, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, migration, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Event Resources

• TechNet Slides: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud

  Here are the slides for the TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud.  I will also be placing the slides here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/matthewms/p/tnslides.aspx   To download a copy of a slide deck: Click on the bottom... Posted Mar 28 2011, 06:37 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, System Center, TechNet, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Event Resources

• TechNet Event Resources: The Transformation of IT– From Virtualization to the Cloud

  March-May, 2011 Follow Kevin on Twitter: http://twitter.com/KevinRemde Technical Question E-mails: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Positive Feedback E-mails (my boss): Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com "WAG" = Windows... Posted Mar 21 2011, 08:35 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Exchange Server, System Center, TechNet, TechNet Events, Training, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Windows Live, online services, Cloud computing, IT Manager, BPOS, Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Lync, Event Resources, Office 365

• Detroit, MI Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-17-2011)

  Thank you to everyone taking time out of your St. Patricks day celebrations to spend 4 hours with my talking about the cloud and Microsoft’s offerings, I had a great time and lot of fun.  I hope everyone did as well.  I look forward to seeing... Posted Mar 20 2011, 10:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, SCVMM, Windows Server 2008, Cloud computing, Cloud, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 365

• Grand Rapids, MI Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-15-2011)

  Thank you to everyone who ventured out to Grand Valley State last Tuesday!  Thank you for making the drive more importantly thank you for all of the questions you asked during the event!  I have put together the Q/A from the session.  If... Posted Mar 19 2011, 10:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, SCVMM, Hyper-V, Cloud, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 365

• TechNet Events Presents: Meet Windows PowerShell – No Matter Who You Are

  Wow, I know the month of March so far seems like a month of “advertising” and “marketing” from me, but that is not my intent.  I do need to get the word out on the May series of TechNet Events that will be hitting 5 cities in the West Region. ... Posted Mar 16 2011, 02:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Active Directory, Books, Exchange Server, System Center, SQL Server, TechNet Events, Powershell, Technology Speak, MVP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

• TechNet Live Events – East Region: “To Manage and Deploy: Take control of your critical infrastructure with the Microsoft Management Stack”

  Coming to a city near you!!  TechNet Events presents: To Manage and Deploy: Take control of your critical infrastructure with the Microsoft Management Stack . Move from crisis mode to enhanced IT control with the Microsoft management stack. Join... Posted Mar 07 2011, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, System Center Operations Manager, TechNet Events, Management, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Essentials, FireStarter

• TechNet Events Presents: System Center Essentials 2010 Windows Intune–April

  Good news!  I just received the live registration links this morning for the 7 city TechNet Events tour that Chris Avis will be delivering in the month of April.  Here’s the full descriptions (Abstracts) with the list of Cities and Registration... Posted Mar 02 2011, 01:51 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet Events, Management, Technology Speak, Cloud, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Update to Blog to Expose Upcoming West Region Events and User Groups better

  I made some updates to my blog configuration yesterday in the hopes of making it easier to find information about Upcoming Events in the West Region and User Groups in my specific territory of Arizona, New Mexico, Las Vegas, Southern California and Hawaii... Posted Mar 01 2011, 10:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet Events, Technology Speak, Just for Fun

• Upcoming TechNet Events in West Region

  I don’t have the registration links just yet, but I do have word that we will have a series of TechNet Events in the West Region during the months of April and May (working on June). The month of April will be delivered by Chris Avis and will center around... Posted Feb 28 2011, 10:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet Events, Management, Powershell, Technology Speak, Cloud, BPOS, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office365

• 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

• Register Now TechNet Events Present: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud

  If you are a developer, you've probably heard plenty about the cloud. But if you're and IT professional, what have you heard about it? How does it intersect with the datacenter? How does it make your job easier – or harder? Is it something that... Posted Feb 21 2011, 03:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, TechNet, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, Live Events, IT Pro Resources, free training, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Cloud, Windows Azure, Azure, Windows Server 2008 R2, IaaS, Event Resources

• Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud

  If you are a developer, you've probably heard plenty about the cloud. But if you're and IT professional, what have you heard about it? How does it intersect with the datacenter? How does it make your job easier – or harder? Is it something that... Posted Feb 15 2011, 11:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, TechNet, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, IT Pro Resources, free training, Hyper-V, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure, IaaS, Event Resources

• US Central Region TechNet Events are Here!

  How will your IT organization consider using “the cloud”?  Is there even an option for you; and if so, what does it look like? Next month we start our new series of events focusing on how IT is being transformed into a dynamic, service-based resource... Posted Feb 15 2011, 09:23 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, TechNet, Fun Stuff, TechNet Events, IT Pro Resources, free training, IT Manager, Event Resources

• 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

• Last Chance Students: Tonight Take Quiz #8 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge

  This is the Last Call, Quiz number 8 Opens tonight at 8:01p.m. est! Quiz 8:  January 31, 2011 January 30, 8:01 p.m. EST  (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01 p.m MST, 5:01 p.m. PST)  Click here to register: http://imaginecup.com/register If you are not... Posted Jan 30 2011, 05:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, Live Events, migration, ForeFront, Data Protection Manager, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010

• Attention Students: IT Imagine Cup Challenge Overview

  Here is a quick overview of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge.  This was done  by my boss Martin  and he gives you a quick overview on the 3 rounds of the competition.  The last quiz for for round 1 is coming up.   function onSilverlightError... Posted Jan 24 2011, 07:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, migration, ForeFront, Data Protection Manager, Screen Casts, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010

• Attention Students: Tonight Take Quiz #7 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge

  Quiz number 7 Opens tonight at 8:01p.m. est! Quiz 7:  January 14, 2011 January 13, 8:01 p.m. EST  (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01 p.m MST, 5:01 p.m. PST) Click here to register: http://imaginecup.com/register If you are not familiar with the challenge... Posted Jan 13 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Active Directory, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, Live Events, migration, ForeFront, Data Protection Manager, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010