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At least he gave me credit this yea r . At the bottom. Next year, I expect a general pronouncement of my greatness at the top of the document. It's the least you could do. :) MMS 2008
In the spirit of Las Vegas, I present Casino News! I'm not terribly surprised. We walked past the Tropicana last week and it looked like it had gone down-hill a lot since my first MMS. The owner of...
I'm glad to see everyone made it home safe and sound. I have a couple of funny things to post later, but for now, it is time to sleep. The conference was great this year, especially the 'Advanced...
Presented by Jason Leznek and Lilia Gutnik. Props to Lilia for mentioning XKCD . She seems almost as sarcastic as the comic. Not that I know anything about sarcasm. What are group policy preferences? Acquired...
The official title is "Unfogging the future - Making Windows Vista application compatiblity, testing, mitigation, and packaging more predeictable with effective project management" Presented...
Presented by Johan Arwidmark. This session was very lite-touch deploy focused. The previous content from the Advanced OS Deployment sessions might be of more value to you. No technical reason for having...
Presented by Michael Niehaus Continued from part 3 . Start in part 1 . Why be dynamic? Computer differences User expectations Simplify administration - minimize the number of task sequences How? - Gather...
Presented by Mike Niehaus and Tim Mintner. Continued from part 2 . Start in part 1 . Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT 2008 - use the method that works with what you have Created by the...
I'll be working the MyITForum booth from 1:00-2:00; right after the mad book signing rush. Stop by and say hi if you're in the neighborhood. MMS 2008
Vice President - Global Foundation Services - Runs datacenters and networks Software + services The cloud is not a cloud - the cloud is just a series of datacenters Global Foundation Services Live Search...
Presented by Michael Kelley. Some guy decided to answer his phone in the middle of this session. If you were him, stop it. It's rude. Continued from part 1 . Multicast Multicast of OS images to PE...
Presented by Michael Kelley Task Sequence Structure Old PC stuff - Capture files and settings, validation, add other save actions WinPE - Partitioning and install OS, custom BIOS. RAID, deploy to other...
Brad Anderson is doing the second keynote of the week. I missed him at the State of the Union yesterday. He did a good job a couple of years ago The Dynamic Desktop Stop thinking of the client as a device...
Why does energy matter? Gartner estimates that energy is 4%-7% of IT budget Energy costs continue to increase 60 billion KWh went to commercial datacenters in US, 1.5% of total, more than all color TVs...
Presented by Wally Mead. I carbed up for this at lunch. Maybe he slows down at lunch. Supported client platforms Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 and SP3 (upcoming) Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 Windows...
Presented by Wally Mead, also known as Speedy Gonzales. I'm sorry for the sloppy notes. Wally was moving pretty fast. Prerequisites for SCCM 2007 Updated schema Platform support - Virtual Server R2...
The State of the Nation address by Bill Anderson should be the highlight of any SMS administrator's trip to MMS. Top ten list: Unique things done with SCCM 10) Use inventory to find what music you...
MMS is about to begin! The Ventian seems larger than I remember it. I know they've added on some things, but I don't remember the convention center being as large as it is now. I was just discussing...
I'll be helping Warren out for this, so stop by and say hi. I believe enough in this session to make my new guy go as well. It is well worth the time and is a nice warm-up for the 5:30 mad dash to...
I'm starting to get excited about MMS! I was amazed to hear that it sold out for the first time, but that just means that everyone knows what the regular attendees have known from the beginning: MMS...
My trip to MMS 2008 was approved today. I'm glad I get to keep the seven year streak alive. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you again! MMS 2008