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Vacation!
In two hours Theresa and I will board our cruise for a much needed vacation. I will be disconnected during that time, but rest assured I will be writing. When we return to dry land you can expect a series of posts based on the cruise… A travelogue if you will. I want to thank…
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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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The World According to Mitch: 2011 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 24,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many…
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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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A response to a recent blog response
Yesterday a gentleman named Cameron wrote a very insightful response to an article I write back in July (Certifications Alone do not Make the Pro, July 20, 2011). He points out that as he has been in IT for 26 years, he actually pre-dates most certifications. Please read his comment, but this is my response. …
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Skills Measured: Improving your chances of passing certification exams
I have a friend who has been using Hyper-V since it was released with Windows Server 2008. I know that because at the time I did some consulting for his company, and was given a tour of his environment. That is why I was a bit surprised to hear that he recently failed his certification…
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Free License for NetCmdlets!
Register and get the license, it’s free until Christmas! Use it, but first, get the license! It’s free until Christmas. It’s not an MVP thing, it’s a promo. You can share with everybody!! http://www.powershellinside.com/promo/xmas/?utm_source=PowerShellInside&utm_campaign=d243a54cf2-PowerShell_NetCmdlets&utm_medium=email
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Have a Cup of Coffee (or two!) on us…
What a great deal… Microsoft Canada has posted a link to download the Release Candidate editions of System Center <fill in the blank> 2012, which are all in pre-release and ready to test (and are fully upgradeable to the final RTM versions!) directly. However because the total package is about 6GB, it will take a…
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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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Why we need a backup…
This is a story about IT Security. It is hard to believe that within three weeks we have had our Kia Rondo. However it is easy enough to gauge… we brought it home (used) on New Years Eve, December, 2009… When I drove Theresa to the hospital to deliver Gilad it was still on its…
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Leaving LATAM… In one piece!
For those of you who have been following along, my South American tour (more accurately my Latin American Tour, I suppose) is over. I am at the Red Carpet Lounge in Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport, waiting to board Air Canada flight 990 direct to Toronto.It will be wonderful to be home. Please do…
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Updating the Dell ‘Customer Service’ issue
For those of you who are keeping track, it has been 10 days since Dell’s ‘Customer Care’ department assured me that they would call me back three days later… and three days before the day I told them I would write my article. As I am out of the country until the 8th, I will…
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Windows Intune Sessions
If you attended one of my Windows Intune sessions this week across Canada, and have asked me for the session content, please send me an e-mail and I will give you permissions on my SkyDrive.
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A Backhanded Compliment
I was in a meeting the other day with some people who were discussing how I could work with the team, and one of the people said to the group ‘Look, he has to be really good at what he does. Look at him – there’s no way that he gets by on his looks!’…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 