Category: Virtualization
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CanIT! (Pro)
For years I have followed, worked with, and looked to the IT Evangelism team at Microsoft Canada for guidance and direction. My first encounter with them probably dates back to 2003 (before there was an actual team), but I really started to get to know them in 2005. When Rick Claus came to speak to…
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Hey Vancouver IT Pros!
If you are an IT Pro in Vancouver, we have an event for you! On Friday, February 10th and again on Saturday, February 11th Microsoft Canada’s Evangelism team is bringing the IT Virtualization Boot Camp to you! Damir Bersenic will be hosting the event, and I will be his trusty sidekick for two days of…
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Virtualization Lessons–Both Positive and Negative!
As I sit in the back of the room for Microsoft Canada’s Virtualization Boot Camp Challenge today I see that the lab environments that we are providing to the attendees actually mimics the setup I use for my Virtual Partner Technology Advisor (vPTA) sessions. As such, I am seeing a lot of potential for attendees…
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Advances in Technology: It is vital to stay current, even when remembering the past.
I guess I am on another one of these kicks… traveling back down memory lane. I dug up this article from the archives, and I remember sitting down to write it the first time I ever checked into a hotel in Redmond, Washington. What is more fun about this article is that it took me…
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IT Virtualization Boot Camp
Hey folks! The IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto and Microsoft Canada are getting together to bring you this amazing opportunity! This Saturday (January 21st) and next Monday (January 23rd) we are doing a full-day Virtualization Boot Camp! The cost is only $25, with Damir Bersenic (Senior IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada) leading the way…
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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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Layer 1 or Layer 2 Hypervisor? A common misconception of Hyper-V, and a brief explanation of the Parent Partition
In the world of Server Virtualization, there are two types of hypervisors: Layer 2 hypervisors are installed as an application (or service) on an existing operating system (such as Microsoft Windows). Layer 1 hypervisors are in and of themselves operating systems that are installed on the ‘bare metal’ – directly on the hardware. The hypervisor…
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Hyper-V: Survival Guide–A Wiki!
If you are interested in Hyper-V, this is for you! The TechNet Social has a wiki page on Hyper-V that is constantly growing, and you should bookmark it and refer to it as needed. The link is: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/125.aspx
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Mitch on RunAsTechNetRadio!
This has been a busy week for me on the Internet airwaves! On Wednesday my interview with Richard Campbell for RunAsRadio.com went live… In Show #242 Richard and I discussed System Center Essentials 2010, which brings the power of the System Center family to small and mid-sized business. This was my fifth appearance on RunAs…
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10215A–Your last chance this year!
If you are a Microsoft Partner in the Greater Toronto Area you might have heard that the Microsoft Partner Network offers subsidized courses on topics such as Server Virtualization. Well due to overwhelming demand, they are doing it one more time. The week of December 19th (Monday through Thursday) I will be teaching Course 10215A:…
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The Dawn of a New Community
I had no idea when I was scheduled to come to Buenos Aires that I would be here to watch such a momentous event. A month ago Elias Mereb, a fellow MVP from Venezuela, found out I was coming down and introduced me to Daniel Levi, a DPE at Microsoft Argentina. Daniel told me that…
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Virtualization Infrastructure: Which platform is right for you?
Over the past year as a Virtual Partner Technology Advisor for Microsoft Canada I have heard a lot of people say a lot of things about Hyper-V, and not all of it has been from people who work for (or are otherwise strongly invested in) VMware. Some of those arguments are reasoned, others emotional, but…
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vPTA: What NOT to take away from my 1-day virtualization training!
As a Virtual Partner Technology Advisor I have a really cool job… I go to Microsoft Partners across Canada and demonstrate not simply the virtualization component of Hyper-V, but the entire environment that the partner could leverage to architect a virtualization solution for their customers. When we developed the program last year we had several…
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Microsoft Virtualization Learning Resources
It is amazing how many people ask me what resources are available for someone who wants to learn Microsoft Virtualization and then get certified with either the MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) or MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional). After all, they are all over the place. The first place to look is Microsoft. According to…
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