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As mentioned in an earlier post, the tour of the Windows Server 2012 V1 #CANITPRO Camp has now completed and we are currently working on creating version 2 of the camp.  Further details regarding version 2 will be forthcoming, however I wanted to ensure that the labs that took place during the camp were shared with the ...

In October, 2011 I posted an article called vPTA: What NOT to take away from my 1-day virtualization training!  It was only partly tongue-in-cheek on the environment that I have been using for several years to demonstrate server virtualization from a pair of laptops.  A few months later Damir Bersinic took that list and made some ...

Hello folks, On January 25th 2013, Chris Di Lullo had announced a new set of camps for IT pros focusing on Windows 8. The first 2 camps were very well received. During this day long camp we cover the following: Windows 8 overview Windows 8 deployment in the enterprise Using MDT 2012 Using System Center 2012 SP1 ...

Many of you are familiar with and have even attended one of the many Windows Server 2012 IT Camps we ran from September through December.  We've had a great turnout and amazing feedback!  Needless to say we'll be continuing with IT Camps in the new year. We still have a few more Windows Server 2012 IT Camps to come, as well as plans for ...

Since the last few Windows Server 2012 IT camps a few discussions have sprouted regarding “Thin provisioning” in Storage Spaces. a new feature of Windows Server 20912.  Those discussions mainly revolved around 3 things: What is Thin provisioning? How will that bring me value? And, Why should I care? Thin Provisioning and Storage ...

In November I posted the first of several post that covered building a lab at home.  Then I followed up with Windows Server 2012 IT Camp – Lab #1 . This is third one in this series and it will cover the following: Details of the import virtual machines process in Hyper-v Virtual Machines Dynamic memory    The import ...

In November I posted the first of several post that covered building a lab at home.  Here is the second of that series.  We will also cover the first Lab exercise in the Windows Server 2012 IT Camp we have been running across the country. We have our 2 physical machines: If you want to configure a boot from VHD on the 2 physical hosts, ...

We’ve been criss-crossing this great country of our for a couple of months now delivering IT camps and Windows Server 2012 launch events. You can see the details here and here. So far we’ve delivered: 15 IT Camps with a few more to come A 5 city launch tour for Windows Server 2012 7 Windows 8 community events (in collaboration with the ...

Feedback is central to much of what we do at Microsoft Canada.  We use that feedback to make sure we're focused on the right way to help YOU by providing resources, answering questions and generally trying to help set you up for success with Microsoft-based solutions. Twice a year, through something we call the Global Relationship Study ...

This is a really exciting season for IT Pros across Canada.  Last week Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 to the public, and on October 26th they will release Windows 8.  As an IT Pro you are going to want to test these out, whether that be in your own environment at home or at the office, or at an IT Camp or install fest like the ...