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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…
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A Double Double for your Trouble!
NOTE: This post was originally posted on the Canadian IT Pros Connection (Double Double for your Trouble). It is being cross-posted, unedited, here. -M This is the season of new classes and teachers, of harvest and giving thanks, of ghosts and goblins and witches. The days are getting shorter and your To Do list is…
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Two Factor Authentication for Office 365!
NOTE: I did not write this article; in fact, it is copied word for word from an e-mail I received from Scorpion Software. However it is a solution I do believe in. I am not selling for Scorpion Software, nor do I receive any benefit from their sales, nor are the links herein set to…
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The Shoemaker is No Longer Barefoot!
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/13/the-shoemaker-is-no-longer-barefoot.aspx. For years I have been espousing the need to and value of locking down client workstations in a corporate environment. Part of the SWMI Story – the secure, well-managed IT infrastructure for which I named my…
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Windows 8 Enterprise: What’s What?
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/12/windows-8-enterprise-what-s-what.aspx Since the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 8 I have had a lot of people ask me the differences between the Pro SKU and the Enterprise SKU. It is a fair question, because ever since…
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What’s this new Cert? MCSA: Windows 7!
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/12/what-s-this-new-cert-mcsa-windows-7.aspx. In April of this year Microsoft Learning announced its new generation of certifications. Many of us who had previously earned certain MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) credentials were automatically ported into a new certification category, the…
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Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V 3.4
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/11/linux-integration-services-for-hyper-v-3-4.aspx. Microsoft has been taking tremendous steps to prove that Hyper-V is not simply the best hypervisor for Windows users and administrators, it is also a viable option if you have Linux servers as well. Last week…
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Default File Locations in Hyper-V
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/11/default-file-locations-in-hyper-v.aspx. Note: This article applies equally to the server-side and client-side hypervisor. Although some scenarios may not apply to older versions, the technical steps apply to all versions of Hyper-V released to date. A virtual machine in…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 