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2010 myITforum Donation
Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:39 PM
With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation of $250 USD to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a past User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca , I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is small in comparison to MIF! Our network traffic... Read More...
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Harrah’s short cut
Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:00 PM
There is a short cut from Harrah’s to the Sands expo. 1. Starting at the Reception desk , exit Harrah’s Turn left 2. Go to the Bus area 3. Near the end of the Bus area, look for the ramp to the Sands Expo (there is a sign) 4. Like this 5. Walk through the parking garage. 6. Take the elevator to the 3 rd level 7. You end up near the blue star 8. Go down the Escalator... Read More...
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myITForum Donation
Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:23 AM
With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca , I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is extremely small compared to MIF! Our network traffic is nothing... Read More...
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1st Anniversary
Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:30 AM
Well today is 1 st anniversary of me taking steps to upgrade my certifications to Windows 2003 / Windows 2008. As many of you know I have blog about my experiences with all the exams. So this blog post is designed to talk about a few things. Which exam I write and pass? Which certifications did I achieve? What exam tips can I give you? Which exams did I write... Read More...
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Job posting
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:47 PM
Make sure that you stop by the OWSUG Job forums. There have been 10 new posting within the last month with more that half of them for Microsoft! Read More...
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SQL and virtual technologies
Friday, November 14, 2008 3:48 PM
Last night I was at the Ottawa SQL Group event helping out and I found out an interesting tidbit. This tidbit is only for production environments only, in Dev or in test labs, anything goes. SQL 2000 are NOT supported under at virtualization product! Now some people are going to asked about SQL 2005 & 2008, yes it is supported HOWEVER there is only one supported... Read More...
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Tip of the Day!!! How to make CHM files readable!
Monday, October 20, 2008 1:46 PM
How to fix the font issue with CHM files!!!! This has been bugging me for a while so much so that I begged one of the docs team member to help me fix the issue!!! Notice that the text above is unreadable!!!! Fix: 1. From the CHM Menu click Options 2. Click Internet Options 3. From Internet Options window click Accessibility button 4. Check box Ignore font size... Read More...
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TechDays - Ottawa
Monday, September 29, 2008 3:15 PM
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Buy your ticket to our first Tech·Days training event in your city Tech·Days: The rich learning experience of Tech·Ed, without the travel. You've probably heard of Tech·Ed, the annual technology education and networking... Read More...
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What is Goal 8?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:46 PM
Well, this morning I passed this exam 70-652 and this put me one step closer to becoming a "Microsoft Certified Non-Professional in AOS: Server Virtualization"! I hope they change the title of that certification! Well I have set a personal target of passing 15 exams by Dec 10th 2008, that date will be 1 year from when I started to updating my certifications... Read More...
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How would you like to become a Microsoft Certified Non-Professional?
Monday, September 22, 2008 10:48 AM
lol sure I wouldn't mind becoming a How would you like to become a Microsoft Certified Non-Professional in AOS: Server Virtualization! Read More...
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Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Executive Overview
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:39 PM
Darwin Sanoy post this tidbit, to quote from his blog . Virtual machines can be a security risk because they don't get updated when you push critical security or virus updates and then they are fired up six months after that... Microsoft has a solution for their virtual machine environment. The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool turns on VMs, updates... Read More...
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What Exam should I choose?
Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:01 AM
I get this question a lot, so here is the basic answer I gave to someone else. (emails has been edited) From: Ottawa Windows Server User Group Sent: June-05-08 10:11 AM Subject: RE: 70-299, 640, 642, and 643 self-study group Information and Schedules There is no right answer to this. However I will say, this is what I use to for determining which exam to do next... Read More...
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Bad news or is it good news?
Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:46 AM
Last night I was check replying to a email from Reed before shutting down my PC for the night, when I caught a glimpse of a new blog posting from Trika, I took quick look at it. Trika Blog basically says that the 70-402 Exam aka cert name MCITP: Operations Manager (I never did like that name) has been put on hold for now. Well that is sort of good news as of... Read More...
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Microsoft Management Summit 2008 Highlights Session - Toronto
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:27 PM
The Microsoft Management Summit 2008 Highlights Session is your opportunity to learn more about the latest developments in the Microsoft System Center suite of solutions. At the recent Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, technology partners and customers got the chance to learn about the many new features of the seven new System Center solutions released... Read More...
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Hyper-V Clustering Step-by-Step Guide
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:14 AM
Ben posted a note about this guide, many of you don't subscribe to Ben's blog so I thought that I would post it here. http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/05/13/hyper-v-clustering-step-by-step-guide.aspx We recently published the Hyper-V Clustering Step-by-Step guide here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CD828712... Read More...
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