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Did you miss MMS this year? Well here is you change to see the highlight! (aka Put your head in the cloud)   When: Friday, May 6 Where: Microsoft Canada Headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario Registration Details: http://www.microsoft.com/canada/events/event_details.aspx?event_id=1032484234

It’s There! Both in a single standalone x86/x86 install ISO and integrated ISO. It popped up around noon PST or so – I can almost hear the internet pipes buzzing as people Technical Professionals around the world download this anticipated update. What are they most excited about? It has to be Dynamic Memory and Remote FX. I won’t cover their ...

My good Friend Jeff Alexander over on the other side of the world down under (he’s THE infrastructure evangelist for Australia) posted up this nifty link and tool. It’s part of the big glob of stuff called Springboard, whenever something cool and useful bubbles up I want to make sure you know about it. It really comes down to “How do I know – ...

If you get this error while trying to connect to the mobile internet stick Error 711: Cannot load Remote Access Service Connection Manager. Check to make sure that the following services are not configured to Disabled.   Telephony Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Access Auto Connection ...

I was having an IM conversation with Brian at CMS Consulting about some deployment work and how IT departments support the desktops computers in their environment.  A few days later Jason Cotton, a senior consultant at CMS Consulting Inc., sent the following in.  It is a great article with useful information to help you improve your ...

Well this morning I did it. I became a MCITP: Windows 7 MCITP Enterprise Desktop Support Technician. I wrote the upgrade exam (70-682) which is based on 70-680 MCTS: Windows 7, Configuring and 70-685: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician   This is an exam that I have be “working” on for a while, it all started ...

Over at the Windows team blog – Stephen Rose wrote about the new RTM update of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 to what’s known as Update 1. For those of you familiar with MDT already – this shouldn’t be a surprise to you – it’s an incremental update that has been in the works for a while. For those of you who ...

I have decided that the forums on www.SMSUG.ca are not being used and due to some SPAMMER populating the membership list, I have closed them down. This is a good thing as it means I will arrange for the site to be convert to a blog only site. With the new site will come a new look a feel. (wait for it)   If you are looking ...

There are a lot of webcasts, videocasts and resources available for those planning, piloting, deploying or managing Windows 7 at the Microsoft Springboard site.  There are case studies and stories of deployment success and while still relevant they are typically based around US customers and scenarios.  But we’ve got something totally ...

During the recent Deployment Deep Dive on Windows 7 Community Tour there were a few questions on how best to tackle an application compatibility problem.  There are a number of ways you can go about it from new apps, to shims to virtualization.  The other day Microsoft and ChangeBASE announced a partnership that will allow you to asses ...