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Happy Friday!
As I sit at the Artisano Bakery Café in Oakville (yes, the one where I essentially lived for a couple of years!) writing, I noticed that it is raining. No, not just raining… pouring. Thunder and lightening, the whole nine yards. In short, it is wet! It has been an extremely hot week in southern…
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Hyper-V to the Rescue!
I stopped into the Microsoft Store today in Yorkdale. I overheard a customer talking about a Surface Pro, worried that he would not be able to run a legacy Windows XP app that he needs. I love talking Hyper-V because it is truly the best hypervisor on the market, but I am usually discussing it…
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Happy Independence Day America!
In honor of your national holiday south of the 49th Parallel I am not only spelling HONOR wrong, but I am also going to share with you a video that showcases a new collaborative effort between Xbox and Nokia! –M
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Vancouver Helping Calgary
The news is ablaze with stories of the terrible flooding in Calgary. As I wrote in an article yesterday (Leaving Calgary…) I got out before the worst of it, but only barely. The rivers are overflowing, entire neighborhoods are under water, and the news is not getting better. At least two dead, and people are…
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Airport Insecurity…
I arrived at the airport (Toronto’s Pearson International) on time – 90 minutes before my flight, with plenty of time to check in, clear security, and get some breakfast in the Maple Leaf Lounge. I had my NEXUS card out to get into the ‘right’ line at security, and as I was taking my laptops…
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Try the Cloud, Win an Xbox Bundle!
Pierre Roman posted this announcement on the CanITPro.net blog, and I figured I would share it with you here. One caveat though… the contest is only open to residents of Canada. Good luck! Hello folks, We know by experience and through conversations with IT Pros that getting your hands on the bits, having hands-on experience…
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The One Inch Punch Revisited…
“Mitch, you cheated!” I was astounded… Within hours of posting my video yesterday of my One Inch Punch I received dozens of likes and comments, both privately and in public. However one person responded that I had cheated… not only had I straightened my fingers (giving me 4” from tip to knuckle), but I also…
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TechEd 2013: Call For MCTs!
Are you a current MCT? TechEd wants you! The Call For Staff for TechEd, including Hands On Labs, MCT Ambassadors, and Certification Prep is open, and I am hoping to see a few Canadian MCTs throw their name into the Goblet of Fire! Ok, it’s not a goblet, there’s no fire… but you do get…
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Microsoft Store Yorkdale
I am back at the Microsoft Store in Yorkdale again this evening… my son’s keyboard stopped working. The staff here helped him out and got us on our way in no time flat! I just wish that Emily was here so that I could have done an impromptu presentation in the theatre 🙂
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Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro: It’s Here!
For most of the months of October through December, while I was on tour talking about Windows 8, the new Office 2013 & Office 365, and Windows Server 2012 the most common question I heard was not about any of these products… it was something like ‘So where’s your Surface? Why don’t you have a…
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My First Surface Article
Ok, so maybe it is not my first article on Microsoft Surface, but it is the first article that I am writing from one. A friend here was kind enough to loan me one for a few weeks, and even though my EliteBook is within arm’s reach I decided to spend my morning on this…
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Shared Nothing Live Migration: Goodbye Shared Storage?
This article was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection. Many smaller companies and individuals with home labs see shared storage – usually a SAN (Storage Area Network) device as the impediment to Live Migration. In April of 2011 Microsoft released the iSCSI Software Target 3.3 as a free (and supported) download. At the…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 100,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that…
The World According to Mitch 