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Every once in a while, I get a chance to visit a facility that can be categorized as “pretty cool”. A couple of weeks ago, I had such an opportunity and thought I would do a quick blog post on it (meant to get this out sooner). I had a chance...
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On February 21st, I wrote a post about Backup Strategies for File Servers and Exchange ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/haroldwong/archive/2011/02/21/backup-applications-and-strategies-for-exchange-and-file-servers.aspx ) where I promised to evaluate some...
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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...
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Work happens to pay for my Verizon 3G service so that I have Internet access whether I’m at home or on the road. The service has been pretty decent and usually much better than what the airport or hotel has to offer from a speed / bandwidth perspective...
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I just realized that I never posted about the upcoming Tech Ed 2011 in Atlanta, GA from May 16th through May 19th. How could I have done that? Either way, it is coming up fast and is the largest Microsoft led IT Pro conference that we put...
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The next Licensing model I will cover is Lync Server 2010. Just like Exchange Server 2010, Lync Server 2010 also has a Server License and a Client Access License (CAL) model. Server Licensing For organizations that don’t need high availability or load...
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I had installed IE9 during the early beta (very early) and had to uninstall it due to some issues with internal websites and applications. I decided to wait until IE9 fully released before installing it again. Since IE9 Released to Web on Monday, March...
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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. ...
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Last Monday or Tuesday, I received a call from my wife that an email she had sent to harold.wong@microsoft.com had bounced due to an invalid recipient. She wanted to confirm that I hadn’t been fired without being informed and to verify that I was...
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In the past, the TechNet Subscriptions team worked with the IT Evangelists in the United States (that’s me and my peers) to offer discounts for new TechNet Subscriptions. We were able to offer discounts for about 2 years. Last year, the discounts...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Back on February 17th, I posted that Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was available for TechNet and MSDN Subscribers. As I was doing some work on one of my home machines, I received the notification that I had some updates...
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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...
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I’ve had quite a few people ask me for help understanding the Microsoft licensing mechanisms for some of our Server products. Since these requests are coming from IT Pros, I thought I would start a series of blog posts where I cover some of the...
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On Monday, February 21st, I posted a blog about Backup Strategies for File Servers and Exchange Servers . Here’s my first follow on post based on my experience with Backup Exec 2010 R2. This is not a super detailed “review”, but my first impressions...
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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...
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Over the years, I’ve had many a discussion on Backup applications as well as strategies for how often to backup. As a follow up to the series of posts I did regarding upgrading to current Microsoft technologies, I thought I would put forward my...
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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...
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I needed to grab an ISO real quick from the TechNet Subscription download site this morning and what did I see? Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1!!!! Just for giggles and laughs, I also logged into my MSDN Subscriber portal to check that it was...
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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...
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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...
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Last year during CES 2010, Ceton announced a quad tuner PCI card with a single cable input. Since I have been using 2 ATI USB Digital TV Tuners with Cable Cards for the last couple of years and have encountered situations where I really could have used...
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I recently helped a friend of mine update his office network environment from some older outdated stuff to newer stuff. What am I referring to, you may ask? I helped them get from Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP Professional and...
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