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January 2009 - Posts

• MMS 2009 Session Catalog is Live!

  Filter on presenters or other criteria here: http://www.mms-2009.com/public/sessions.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 8:07 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Day of Days - BOTH submitted MMS 2009 presentations are in!!!

  I am stoked!  BOTH the VMM and DPM submission candidates for 2009 made it into MMS 2009! Dear Bradley First of all, many thanks for the breakout session topic(s) you proposed for this year’s MMS 2009 event.  I am pleased to tell you that Read More... Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:40 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Weird Issue When Ripping CD Collection into Zune

  I have been putting off writing this post for some time now.  I figure if someone sees this and it helps them, great! My wife got me a monogrammed 16GB Zune for Christmas which is a fantastic gift for a "techie" husband, I highly recommend Read More... Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 4:49 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Simulating a Disaster Recovery Scenario while transitioning laptops

  I recently received a new Dell E6500 laptop.  As any ITPro knows, transitioning the primary machine is never easy...  Lots of settings, program issues, backup data, etc... In my case, this was finally my official jump into 64-bit from Vista Read More... Posted Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:35 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Transition to Consulting - Swimming with the Sharks, the Year in Review

  In October 2007, I made the decision to leave my former full-time employment with the University of Ottawa for a far more risky venture, independent consulting.  I have a good deal of experience in IT and had run my own company for almost 3 years Read More... Posted Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:48 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Banged off 2 new certifications in the 1st week of 2009!

  This week, I completed the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: Configuration (70-656) and the Virtual Machine Manager: Configuration (70-403) certifications.  2009 is looking like it will be a productive year! For great, in-depth, technical training Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 10:23 AM by Brad Bird | 1 Comments

• Old School Dual Boot Configured on my Dell Latitude E6500

  I have not had a reason to use dual boot in years.  Right now, out of all the systems that I own, my Dell Latitude E6500 is the most powerful. I use my laptop as my primary machine and have for 4 years now.  I have no other systems right now Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:39 AM by Brad Bird | 4 Comments

• I made Microsoft MVP - Management Infrastructure

  I received a really interesting E-mail this morning from Microsoft.  Here is the message: Dear Bradley Bird, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community Read More... Posted Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:43 PM by Brad Bird | 4 Comments