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Windows Server 2012 Haiku
In 2009 there was a contest to write haiku about Windows Server 2008R2. On Monday I was in a meeting with a colleague who reminded me of this, and I went back to my blog to see if I could find my original entries (A Windows 2008 R2 Haiku!). It got me thinking… what would…
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Saved by Jabra: how my Bluetooth earpiece made my life easier this week.
In May I posted about the genesis of my relationship with Jabra products (see Jabra Who? Jabra GO!). Since then (and not strictly because of them) I have changed the way I do business in a lot of ways. The Jabra devices I have in my arsenal have made a lot of those changes a…
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Exciting Software–Thou shalt evaluate!
As I sit on board the Via train on my way to Montreal I am thinking about what a great way to travel this is. For one thing, I don’t have to drive; I also have relatively decent Internet connectivity, which means I can use my time efficiently, and not have to worry about the…
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Server Manager: Manage multiple servers just got easier.
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/. One of the things I love about Windows Server 2012 is the ability to manage multiple servers from the same Server Manager console. In this video I will perform the following steps: Add a second server…
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Following My Own Advice: New DCs at SWMI
Earlier this year I published an article in which I told you that it was okay to virtualize your domain controllers; however in the piece I opposed the idea of doing a P2V (physical to virtual) migration of them, or to upgrade them from one version of the OS to another. This weekend I followed…
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In interesting survey from VMworld…
I have a lot of conversations with people about virtualization… it’s what I do (well, among other things). While most people agree that I am technically knowledgeable on both Microsoft and vSphere virtualization, sometimes my analysis and commentary strike people as skewed and unrealistic based on my relationship with Microsoft. For the past couple of…
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What Does Being an MVP Mean to ME?
This month I will be speaking at the SMB Nation Fall Conference. My main presentation will be on what IT will look like for small- and mid-sized businesses in what I call the ‘Post-SBS Era.’ I will be discussing Private Cloud, System Center, Virtualization, Office 365, Azure, and Windows Intune. I have also been asked…
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When I’m Sixty-Four… TERABYTES!
Okay, I am asking for a show of hands: How many of you remember 100MB hard drives? 80? 40? While I remember smaller, my first hard drive was a 20 Megabyte Seagate drive. Note that I didn’t say Gigabytes… Way back then the term Terabyte might have been coined already as a very theoretical term,…
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From Server Core to GUI to… MinShell?
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro. In Windows Server 2008 we were introduced to a revolutionary way to install Windows Server: Server Core. Server Core may look boring – there’s nothing to it except the command prompt – but to an IT…
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A humbling accolade
A year ago I was in Phoenix, Arizona when I found out that my blog, The World According To Mitch, was selected by BizTech Magazine as one of their 50 IT blogs you must read. It was quite an honor to be recognized by my peers. I was in Montréal, Quebec this year when I…
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A Banner Day!
In 2007 I was asked to write a guest blog post for the Canadian IT Pro Connection. Over the course of the next few years I wrote several articles for them, many of which were cross-posted to or from this site. However it was last month when I joined the team I went on a…
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A new Server Means New Books… where should you start?
With the recent launch of Windows Server 2012 comes a new slate of books. Many IT pros will automatically reach for the updated version of the book they liked for the previous iteration of the OS, and there are many to choose from. I doubt there are too many successful books on Windows Server 2008…
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Thank you!
Over the past few months I have been astounded to see the growth in this site’s readership. One of my goals over the past year has been to make this site as relevant as possible to as many IT Pros as possible, and I can tell that it has worked. The site has received a…
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MCT Regional Lead
Today a new program was announced by Microsoft Learning. The MCT Regional Leads will be a liaison between the Microsoft Certified Trainers in their region and MSL. a call for applications went out in August, and the Leads were announced today. Melissa Bathum and Veronica Sopher asked me to record a short video for the…
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Launching Windows 8 in Halton!
I expect that by now you will know that next month (October 26th) Microsoft is making Windows 8 available to the general public (GA). This is very exciting for us in the Microsoft ecosphere. In November, 2009 Cameron McKay and I hosted a Windows 7 Launch Event in Oakville, and it was a resounding success…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 