Category: Windows Server
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New solutions for small business customers!
Many small and midsize businesses today are considering the use of cloud-based software applications for the ease, accessibility, and cost benefits they can offer. At the same time, many still need an on-site platform for a range of needs from hosting applications, to print sharing, to storing sensitive financial data. As our valued Windows Server…
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Keeping Track of Versions
This week I find myself in the coastal city of Portland, Maine. I am teaching one of my favorite MOC (Microsoft Official Curriculum) course of all time, 10215A: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualization. It is likely my favorite because it is the one I have taught most often, but also because it was my…
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Are you excited? R2 is coming…
Sometimes i wish they wouldn’t do it… Once again Microsoft announced new product versions (Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2) at TechEd last week, but did not release anything. Yes, i am excited too, but please remember that while these are both going to be great new versions, the announcement of them should…
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure…
As many of you know I am not shy about sharing my opinions on the IT industry. So when Mitch Tulloch – an IT Professional and writer of great renown – asked me to write an editorial for his site www.wservernews.com I was not about to pass up the opportunity. Mitch asked me to discuss…
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If He Can Do It YOU Can Too!
I have been saying for the past couple of years that Microsoft’s Hyper-V is much simpler than vSphere, but I never imagined that I would see this: Caleb, a 5th grader, shows us how to create a virtual machine, install an OS, and even create a virtual switch. Not only was I impressed with how…
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Windows Fever… Catch It!
This morning we in the field of Information Technology awake to a new reality… A virtual reality if you will, but one that is quite real. On July 5th I posted an article in this space called A Response to VMware’s ‘Get the Facts’ page comparing vSphere to Hyper-V and System Center. In the four…
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The Demise of Windows SBS
On Thursday July 5th Microsoft made an announcement that shocked the small business IT world, although it came as little surprise to the SBS MVPs who had, I am told been informed (much to their communal displeasure) months ago. Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, a product that launched a thousand (and more) careers in IT,…
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A Brief Comparison of Features Between VMware and Hyper-V (Guest Blogger)
A few months ago Chris Childerhose, a consultant and MCITP with a local Microsoft Partner, impressed me when the afternoon of Day 5 of my class on Windows Server Virtualization (10215A) he sat the exam 70-659 and scored a perfect 1000. He has since gone on to pass the remaining exams to earn the certification…
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Windows MultiPoint Server 2011: The future of the classroom and so much more!
One of the things I love about coming to events like TechEd is that I am able to see and learn about new products, as well as meet new friends and reconnect with old ones. On the second day of TechEd 2011 I had the opportunity to do all three simultaneously! I interviewed Dean Paron…
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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…
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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…
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Is VMware Still the King? How long can that last?
Recently Computer Dealer News (www.computerdealernews.com) released a list of Microsoft’s top 12 rivals. If you read through the analyses on the list some of the companies listed should be keeping Mr. Ballmer awake at night. However one rival on that list – VMware – has a very different tune. It is folly to deny that…
The World According to Mitch 