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• 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

• NEW: Microsoft P2V Desktop Virtualization Beta Tool

  Just announced we have a new tool to work for P2V desktops.  Simply put this tool will allow you to desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.The tool works with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and... Posted Sep 10 2010, 12:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtual Server, Windows 7, Hyper-V

• OFFICE 2010, SharePoint 2010 Launch events REGISTER NOW, seating is limited!!!!

  We are coming to a city near you and we want to see you at the events!  We are going to talk about Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.  Come out and spend some time hearing how these products can rock your world!  Here are just a small sampling... Posted Apr 15 2010, 09:29 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Hardware, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Social Media, Windows 2003R2, SXSW, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, Football, IT Pro Momentum, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Health and Fitness, IE 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Social Marketing, Writing

• It’s Not That Important

  We have all been there, your driving, you hear your cell phone ring, ding or beep, trust me it is not that important and here is why (please take a minute to read the article): Child killed in 3-car accident in Columbia Heights It is probably like hundreds... Posted Mar 20 2010, 07:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Hardware, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, PHP, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Social Media, Windows 2003R2, SXSW, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, Football, IT Pro Momentum, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), SQL 2008, Screen Casts, Apache, Windows 7, Hyper-V, MySQL, Health and Fitness, IE 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Social Marketing, Writing

• Disk2vhd utility now available for download

  I know this is not VMM specific but it’s a pretty cool tool that I’m sure you’ll find help when working with Hyper-V or Virtual PC.  Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of... Posted Oct 08 2009, 09:47 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtual Server, download, Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, Disk2vhd

• Disk2vhd Released!

  Now this is a cool tool that gave me some massive loving recently. I was in a situation that i needed to repro a customer issue and wanted to take it away with me for further testing, obviously i could not take there PC ……. or could i :o) Mark Russinovich... Posted Oct 08 2009, 06:23 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Tools, VHD, Virtual, Justin Zarb, Hyper-V

• Announcing the availability of the updated Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Virtualization and System Center

  Microsoft has a comprehensive portfolio of technologies when it comes to Virtualization ranging from Presentation Virtualization with Remote Desktop Services to Server Virtualization using Hyper-V with many more in between as below. · Server Hardware... Posted Sep 24 2009, 09:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, System Center, Management, Virtualization, Virtual Server, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Virtualization Management, virtual machine, VMM 2008, integrated virtualization, Live Migration, VDI, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtual Desktop Architecture, Virtuallization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Tool

• Do you want to be a TechNet Subscriber? Use TMSAM09 and you will save 20%

  Happy Friday Boys and Girls!  Due to the continued success of the program, it is back again this year and the savings have been increased to 20%!!!!! Just Use TMSAM09 when ordering your new subscription. Click here to get your TechNet Subscription... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:54 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, SQL 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, IE 8, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Thrive Live with the GM of the Server Platform!

  Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of the Server Platform group for the U.S. subsidiary, is going to be the guest of Kevin Remde at Thrive Live and IT Manager Community Talks in September. Shanen is responsible for overseeing strategy for the Microsoft... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtual Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Sever 2008 R2 Technical Overview

  Thank you to everyone who attended the webcast I delivered on July 2.  We chatted about some of the new AD features in R2.  You can watch the replay of the webcast here: Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:37 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Active Directory, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, WebCast Question Logs, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Virtual Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Data Protection Manager Virtual Labs Now Live

  My buddy Jason has just posted a great little link for the Data Protection Manager (DPM) labs here: Try DPM 2007 SP1 – with just a web browser If you have not seen DPM it is a rocking product.   There are 3 labs posted today with one coming... Posted Apr 01 2009, 11:48 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, TechNet Events, Virtual Server, Data Protection Manager, Hyper-V

• How Microsoft Does IT – Deploying Virtual Machines using Hyper-V

  Again another great set of materials showing how we do Virtualisation and the potential value of this technology.  Microsoft IT virtually deploys more than 80% of new servers using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. To ensure optimal performance, Microsoft... Posted Apr 01 2009, 02:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtualization, Virtual Server, SCVMM, SCCM, Windows Server 2008, Virtual, Microsoft IT, Andrew Bennett, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V

• Internet Explorer 8 Virtual Labs Live now!

  I was doing some checking and there are some really cool virtual labs on IE 8 that just went live check them out here.  The top 7 labs in the list are developer focused but cool to walk through.  The last two talk about application compatibility... Posted Mar 25 2009, 09:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, IE, TechNet Events, Virtual Server, Hyper-V, IE 8

• What is the best developer laptop on the planet, and why?

  I’ve been discussing various aspects of the developer world with Andrew Kass lately and as you know I am not short on opinion.  So I thought I would ask you a couple of questions.  I know a lot of you are either developers, used to be developers... Posted Feb 25 2009, 09:47 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Hardware, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, World Wide Web, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Linux, OS X, development, Unix, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Utility Spotlight: VMC to Hyper-V Import Tool

  Creating virtual machines (VMs) with Hyper-V is very easy, and installing operating systems and applications in a virtual machine is as transparent as in the physical world. But what if you have existing VMs tha t were used with Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual... Posted Feb 24 2009, 01:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Tools, Virtual Machine Manager, Utilities, Free, Hyper-V

• IT Pro Momentum Program: Still Accepting Applications

  As I blogged last month: Want Some Help on Piloting Microsoft Technologies like Windows 7? The program is still looking for people like you to take part, so if you answer yes to any of the following questions send me an email at mhester@microsoft.com... Posted Feb 17 2009, 10:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, Exchange 2007, 2007 Office system, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, IE 8

• Webcast: Managing the Virtualized Test and Development Environment (1-23-2009)

  Thank you for attending the 3rd part of the webcast series and thank you to Keith Combs for all of his help with questions!  You had a lot of great questions here is are the answers.  My teammates are presenting several other parts but I will... Posted Feb 01 2009, 08:45 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Windows Vista, WebCast Question Logs, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Webcast: Virtualizing Test and Development Environments (1-21-2009)

  Thank you for attending part 2 of the webcast series, again we had some great questions. thank you to Keith Combs and Dan Stolts for helping out with the questions. On a side note I made a comment about not wanting to have virtual disks over 100GB in... Posted Feb 01 2009, 08:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, SQL 2005, 2007 Office system, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Webcast: Selecting the Right Candidates for Virtualization (1-16-2009)

  Thanks for attending part 2 of the webcast series and talking about how to pick the right systems to be virtualized. A huge thank you to Kevin Remde and Harold Wong for their help on the webcast! Thank you to everyone for asking a lot of great questions... Posted Feb 01 2009, 08:04 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, WebCast Question Logs, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• The 4GB Maximum Laptop Myth

  One of my blog readers just sent me a message about a recommendation for a machine. Let’s talk about the current state of the market.  It’s a pretty interesting time to be buying a machine.  Here’s the message I received: how is it going..Love... Posted Jan 22 2009, 09:40 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Windows Vista, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Free MS Press E-Book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

  Just learned you can get this free book on Virtualization here: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Share this post: Read More... Posted Jan 16 2009, 08:12 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, TechNet Events, Fun and Family, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Virtualization Webcast Series Announced – Part 1 of 20 this week !!!

  Click the pic or see http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2009/01/12/20-part-webcast-series-on-microsoft-virtualization-solutions.aspx for all of the details. Share this post: Read More... Posted Jan 12 2009, 02:57 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, TechNet, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps, Windows 7, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Want Some Help on Piloting Microsoft Technologies like Windows 7?

  As I have posted in the past we have a great program called Momentum that will help you with piloting Microsoft Technologies. (My previous post: Looking to gain Momentum for a Pilot of Microsoft Technologies? ) Well I am going to ask the same questions... Posted Jan 09 2009, 09:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, SQL 2005, TechNet Events, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Hyper-V, IE 8

• Thanks for attending the USA Virtualization Tour - eBook download

  Great eBook download.  Go get it @ https://www.getvirtualnow.com/usevents/education/download/693371eBook.pdf Share this post: Read More... Posted Dec 19 2008, 01:29 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtual PC, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Hyper-V

• How much Green can you save by being Virtualized?

  I wanted to share with you our recently launched tool at www.hyper-green.com. The tool creates a report that will let you know the cost savings and CO2 reductions that can be made via Microsoft virtualization technologies.  These tools are designed... Posted Dec 09 2008, 08:10 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Hardware, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, Virtual Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Server 2008