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Need Help With Software Licensing? Read On…
I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and two others) for you. Please feel free to provide any feedback, but I hope the resources and information are useful! -Mitch Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end…
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Desktop Virtualization Debate!
I’ll be there… will you? VDI is important, and this session from Citrix and Microsoft is a must see for you if you are thinking about it! -M REAL TALK FEATURING CITRIX AND MICROSOFT Live, uncensored and truly unplugged discussion of the merits of desktop virtualization. March 20, 2012 | 2:00pm – 3:15pm EST Click…
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…and I WILL Walk 500 More!
Many of you probably know that I am overweight… but like my wife likes to say, I am a slim man trapped in a fat man’s body. I am pretty active – I worked hard to earn my Black Belt in Taekwondo two years ago, and am currently in training hoping to test for my…
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Windows Server 8: Busting the limits in Hyper-V, and comparing the numbers to VMware vSphere 5.0
It’s here! Ok, what I should say is that it’s BETA edition is here! Windows Server 8 is going to be a game changer for all sorts of reasons. However for those people who have been saying that Hyper-V is not ready for prime-time (it has been for a while) the new limits are going…
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Oakville.com
Hey folks! For those of you who have been asking about my Tech Tuesdays column in Oakville.com, I wanted to reassure you that it is coming. In fact, it has been submitted and approved, and is scheduled to run on Tuesday, March 20th. This was due to my missing a deadline (those of you who…
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Aaron’s Mission Trip
In December I reached out to some of my friends, family, and colleagues about a fundraising effort for my son, Aaron. Aaron is a student at Meadow Green Academy in Mississauga, Ontario. Every year the school sends students from their Grade 8 class on a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic to do charity work.…
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The Great Debate: Virtualization Experts Butt Heads
On March 5th ZDNet hosted an on-line debate between two industry experts on server virtualization (http://www.zdnet.com/debate/hyper-v-or-vmware/6348000). Jason Perlow (cleanly on the Hyper-V side) and Ken Hess (squarely and religiously in the VMware corner) are both recognized industry experts for whom I have a great deal of respect. I did not watch the debate live, but…
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Report from the Summit
A few days ago my ‘Report from the MVP Global Summit’ was posted on-line (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/03/05/from-the-mvps-one-more-report-from-the-mvp-global-summit.aspx). I am glad to say that they have revised it to include the pictures… including a bunch of great friends! M
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A Report from the MVP Global Summit
The week before the MVP Summit I got an e-mail asking me if I would be interested in blogging about the Summit for Microsoft Press. As I was planning on blogging anyways I agreed… and rather than posting several smaller articles here, I sent one giant article to Microsoft; it was published today at blogs.msdn.com,…
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Hanging With HP at MVP Nation!
This weekend I am having a blast geeking out in Redmond. Friday and Saturday I am at MVP Nation, which is being billed as the world’s first conference entirely on Windows 8. Raymond Comvalius and I gave a talk this morning, and will do another tomorrow morning. in between I am hanging with my HP…
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Some pictures from the first few days at MVP Summit!
I am writing a blog article about Summit, but it is being reserved for later. For now, here are some pictures! –M
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Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboards
So I am thrilled to post my first blog article on Windows 8, at least from the Consumer Preview. This will be the first tip of many I am sure. I am doing my best to stick to the tablet experience, even though I have the full keyboard on my HP EliteBook 2740p. As such,…
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Under the Wire Revisited… Another exam deadline leads to success!
I don’t mind deadlines; they are great for enforcing discipline for tasks that I have to get done in order to get paid. However when it comes to taking certification exams I hate them. I do not like studying, and even though I have taken myriad of exams they are usually on technologies that I…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
