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With Windows Server 2012 now in RC, Mitch Tulloch has released a free Windows Server 2012 e-book. It can be found here: Windows Server 2012 E-Book

Well they are live. TechNet Forums now have System Center 2012 Configuration Manager topics. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/configurationmanager I’m sure the rest are not far behind. Getting really close to the official launch.

While surfing the partner network I came across this little gem: Looks like System Center 2012 has RTMed. It is available for download on the MS Partner Network, if you are a member. Get it while its hot and have fun.

For those of you out there thinking of doing the Windows Server 2008 exam track, the exams have been updated with R2 content. What does this mean? Well if you have the old training kits, you might have to do some digging to familiarize yourself with  the changes. But not all hope is lost. MS [...]

The Microsoft Get on the Bus tour is coming to Canada. Well kind of. There is only one stop in Canada and it is going to be in Montreal on May 21, 2010. The rest will be in to states. The agenda is going to include Windows 7, Office 2010, and MDOP 2010. Find all the info [...]

Microsoft Learning has updated the info for obtaining the Virtualization Administrator certification. Basically one needs to pass 3 exams. Below is the chart from the MSL Born to Learn website/post. Requirement Exam Status Desktop Virtualization [...]

Looks like MDOP 2010 has been released with a refresh on April 1. MED-V 1.0 SP1 RTM has been added and now fully supports Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. The server components now support being run on Windows Server 2008 R2. APP-V 4.6 has localized client versions and supports additional languages. Only down side: the docs are [...]

As of this post, I am a part time student while looking to get back into the workforce. Just something to do to keep busy. I run into a lot of 1st year IT students while I’m there. I try and start conversations with them and see how they like their program and the courses that [...]

November 12th Evening Event: Increase Performance of your SQL Server Applications - Performance Tuning for Developers and DBAs, Michelle Gutzait Speaker: Michelle Gutzait Date: Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Venue: Microsoft Ottawa Office RSVP: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=142866 Session: Performance ...

Well this will be my first post for my blog. I have always wondered what other IT pros have up their sleeves, or in this case, in their toolkits. I keep my toolkit on CD/DVDs and USB flash drives personally.   On Flash drives I have: - all of the current Microsoft Solution Accelerators (and keep them [...]