Category: Ask the Expert

• Surface Pro 3: Two weeks later

  Are there problems with it?  Yes. Do I absolutely love it? I love my kids and my dogs… but I suppose I do like it as much as I have ever liked a laptop or tablet… and I have had quite a few of them over the years! What are the problems? There is really only […]

  Mitch Garvis

  October 2, 2014

  Article, Ask the Expert, Hyper-V, IT Pro, Laptop, MIcrosoft Surface, Tablet, Windows 8.1

• The Wonder that is TechEd

  The quiet of the Exhibitor Hall is disturbed by the sounds of preparation.  To my left there is a crew frantically working to fix something with a carpet.  There is some hammering, more yammering, and the sounds of carpet tape being unfurled. To my right there are two security agents talking, but they are too […]

  Mitch Garvis

  May 17, 2011

  APP-V, Ask the Expert, Blog, Certs, Deployment, Hyper-V, IT Pro, IT Security, MCP, MDOP, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Office, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, TechEd, TechNet, User Group, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2

• IT Pro Connection & the TechNet Flash

  A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released Microsoft iSCSI Software Target for download, and I was thrilled.  I immediately decided to write about it, but before publishing what would end up the first of three articles, I decided to ping my buddy Rick Claus, IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft Canada, and ask him if he […]

  Mitch Garvis

  April 18, 2011

  Article, Ask the Expert, Blog, CanITPro, Clustering, Community, Hyper-V, iSCSI Software Target, Microsoft Canada, SANs, Software iSCSI, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, SWMI Consulting Group, TechNet, TechNet Flash, Virtualization, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Get on the Bus!

  For the third year in a row the Springboard Bus Tour will hit the road leading up to TechEd.  If you have never met the bus you are missing out, because it delivers expert advice, great learning, and huge career benefits to IT Pros.  It delivers answers to questions you may have been having about […]

  Mitch Garvis

  April 14, 2011

  App Compat, APP-V, Article, Ask the Expert, Bus Tour, Community, Deployment, Energized Tech, Garvis.ca, Get on the Bus, IT Pro, MDOP, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Office, Ontario, Sean Kearney, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, SWMI Consulting Group, Toronto, Travel, User Group, Windows 7

• Creating a Multi-OS Deployment Point with MDT!

  Hey folks, I know for months you’ve been on me because the screen shots in my Multi-OS Deployment Share post were lost. Today I am glad to say that I have created a video of it for the DPE team, and am glad to share it with you here! Remember, this video creates the deployment […]

  Mitch Garvis

  April 12, 2011

  Article, Ask the Expert, Blog, Bootable USB, Deployment, Garvis.ca, Hewlett Packard, HP, IT Pro, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft MVP, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, SWMI Consulting Group, Windows 7, Windows PE

• A Do-it-Yourself SWMI? No sweat!

  Ok, let’s be honest.  We all know that we need to secure our Active Directory infrastructures, but many of us are not entirely sure how.  You may even know that Group Policy is a great tool to do it centrally, but with literally thousands of Group Policy settings available in Windows Server 2008 R2, where […]

  Mitch Garvis

  February 3, 2011

  Article, Ask the Expert, Cyber Crime, Cyber Police, Deployment, Garvis.ca, GPO, Group Policy, IT Security, SWMI

• Creating a Bootable USB Key

  It seems that some of my articles got chopped during the move to WordPress.  Doh!  Here are the simple instructions to create a bootable USB key: Open a Command Prompt session with Administrator privileges. Run the Disk Partition utility (diskpart.exe) Type List Disk to see a list of drives on your computer.  Determine which is […]

  Mitch Garvis

  February 3, 2011

  Article, Ask the Expert, Bootable USB, Deployment, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, USB Key, Windows 7, Windows PE, Windows XP

• HP Experts Day!

  From January 11th to the 12th, HP will be hosting an “Expert Day” event on its forums. This is focused on HP desktops, notebooks, Windows and printers. HP experts will be joined by Microsoft MVPs helping HP users around the world.  It is really a great opportunity to get help for your systems.  They will […]

  Mitch Garvis

  January 8, 2011

  Ask the Expert, Hewlett Packard, HP, Microsoft MVP