Category: System Center
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The Least Spooky Thing to Come Out This October
This post was originally published on the Canadian IT Pros Connection.. Think the release of Windows 8 means there’s toil and trouble brewing for desktop deployment specialists and IT project managers? Not so! It’s really not that spooky and here are 3 reasons why: There’s lots to like about Windows 8 for organizations. From AppLocker […]
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A Response to VMware’s ‘Get the Facts’ page comparing vSphere to Hyper-V & System Center
For the sake of full disclosure, in case you did not know, I am not only a Microsoft MVP, I am also a Virtual Partner Technology Advisor for Microsoft Canada, and work very closely with that company’s Evangelism Team. I hold most major IT-Pro focused certifications from Microsoft Learning that come close to pertaining to […]
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Get Your Head in the Cloud!
In case you missed it, Microsoft released the System Center 2012 bundle a few weeks ago. Well after the incredible success of Microsoft Canada’s IT Pro Virtualization Boot Camp we have decided to do it again! Starting this week Microsoft Canada, the IT Evangelism Team, and a select group of MVPs will be presenting two […]
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Let’s Get Real: Virtualization Talk on TechNet Radio
Last month I sat down with John Weston for another TechNet Radio segment. John is a Senior IT Pro Evangelist with Microsoft (South Central District). He and I have a lot of things in common, the newest of which is that we are both VMware Certified Professionals on vSphere 5. We were discussing it and […]
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How to get a head start on the NEW Management and Virtualization Competency
Normally when I find an interesting and relevant article I will retweet it or possibly post a link to it here. However since so many of my Microsoft Partners and students have either achieved or are striving to achieve the MPN Virtualization Competency, I asked Eric Ligman for permission to re-publish his very clear article […]
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Have a Cup of Coffee (or two!) on us…
What a great deal… Microsoft Canada has posted a link to download the Release Candidate editions of System Center <fill in the blank> 2012, which are all in pre-release and ready to test (and are fully upgradeable to the final RTM versions!) directly. However because the total package is about 6GB, it will take a […]
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Logon Failures with SCE
I like to practice what I preach, even if it inconveniences me a little bit. So as annoying as it was last week when my user account password expired and I had to select a new one. It was more annoying because my System Center Essentials stopped working at the same time. It reminded me […]
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Green is GOOD, Red is BAD, Yellow… look both ways!
It has taken a lot of managing and work, but today I can see the fruits of my labour – an entire environment of GREEN checkmarks. When all systems are healthy, this IT Admin is happy! Of course, a few of my virtual machines are off, and my laptop is configured to get updates from […]
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HP Insight with System Center Essentials
I have been working on this tour for HP Insight with System Center Essentials 2010 for a few months, and I am glad to have overcome a lot of pitfalls that I discovered along the way with regard to the installation process for the product. As one of the people involved quipped (after a relatively […]
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System Center Essentials: Microsoft monitoring and management for SMBs
Most of you know that Microsoft’s System Center family of products are the leading solutions for IT systems management. They have come a long way in the past seven years, to the point where it is a rare company that does not have at least one System Center product installed in their organization. Although there […]
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System Center Essentials: Installation Gotchas
A few months ago I received HP’s branded System Center Essentials (HP Insight with Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010) to prepare for my current tour. As with any server-based application, the best practice is to make sure that your host operating system is patched with the latest Service Pack, Security Patches, and Critical Patches. Additionally […]
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