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Friday, July 18, 2008 8:39 PM

Enjoying the MMS 2008 conference, again

Summary: my copies of the DVDs arrived today. It's a chance to enjoy the conference again (and in some ways for the first time). Many of us have received the MMS 2008 DVDs this week, and others will...
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Friday, May 02, 2008 11:20 PM

MMS 2008 - update

Summary: now that we're home, it's time for general observations and other follow-up. Actually, I've been meaning to do that for at least a week now, but it's been busy times around here...
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Friday, May 02, 2008 7:28 PM

MMS 2008 - Friday

Summary: home again. And thanks again for the opportunity to talk with you (if you were at the conference)! Fridays at MMS are usually relatively useless but this one was much better. I got to breakfast...
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Friday, May 02, 2008 12:11 AM

MMS 2008 - Thursday

Summary: It was another good day of client health meetings. Some very interesting thoughts, some of which will be reflected in postings next week. Otherwise a relatively quiet day for me, which was much...
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:24 AM

MMS 2008 - Wednesday

Summary: client health, baby! :-) It was another very busy day, with a variety of meetings and one-on-one discussions about client health. Everyone acknowledged client health was a crucial issue that they...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:54 AM

MMS 2008 - Tuesday

Summary: this is the first serious day, and it went well. The BobMu keynote was inspirational, and while intersting was very datacenter-centric. I suspect I'll relate to tomorrow's keynote more...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:35 AM

MMS 2008 - Monday

Summary: activities got a little more 'official', and the community events were great. Now that we're all settled, I had a few private meetings. All were very constructive and gave good food...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:53 PM

MMS 2008 - Sunday

Summary: we're off to a great start. We're ready to get serious... The whole point of arriving Sunday is to get settled and catch up with old friends. Both were done in grand fashion. The trip...
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Monday, April 21, 2008 6:53 PM

MMS Bound, again

Summary: MMS 2008 is less than a week away! It's time to finalize the preparations. The excitement is palpable around here. We've got 13 people coming from my team this year (what might be thought...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:47 AM

Update on my MMS 2008 sessions

Note that the rooms for my presentations at MMS have been upgraded. We now have capacity for 1,130 people in each session! So rather than being in Titian 2303 and Murano 3201A respectively, we're now...
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Monday, April 07, 2008 9:41 AM

MMS 2008: Large Environments - Let's talk

Summary: organizations with large numbers of SMS or ConfigMgr clients have special challenges. Why don't we talk at MMS, informally and confidentially, to share our solutions to those challenges? My...
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Saturday, February 02, 2008 8:41 PM

MMS 2008 - here I come!!

Actually, I was going no matter what, but I get to be a speaker, which is a huge honour. Rod reports that the first (main) round of session details have been released. From the list, I see I get to do...
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Monday, April 02, 2007 1:47 PM

MMS 2007 Follow-up

Summary: in the last week of March, at MMS 2007, we talked about a huge number of subjects. Some needed some follow-up, and I'll use this posting to give general updates (personal updates have been...
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Saturday, March 31, 2007 1:55 PM

MMS 2007 - Friday

Summary: Friday has to be the most emotional day of the conference. It's subdued because a lot of people are sleeping in or have left, but the die-hards have a last chance to get some more and to say...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:01 PM

MMS 2007 - Thursday

Summary: good sessions, good conversations, good times. What more could a techie ask for? I was especially inspired by the SMS SDK session. Today's keynote didn't do much for me, but I haven't...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:48 PM

MMS 2007 - Wednesday

Summary: another wonderfully exhausting day, including doing my presentation. Service Desk and 1e were highlights for me, and the great conversations continued. The keynote was well received. A fair bit...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:09 PM

MMS 2007 - Tuesday: TechSexy!

Summary: the real activities began on Tuesday. It was another great day at MMS 2007 for me, but I also learned a few things, got inspired in various ways, and observed that our computer management industry...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:56 PM

MMS 2007 - Monday

Summary: Getting settled. Meeting and greeting. Booth work at the Microsoft booth. It is always wonderful to see so many old friends and faces. Overall it was a great day for me but most of it was not...
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Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:27 PM

MMS 2007 - Sunday

Summary: I'm here at the conference and have registered. So here's a quick summary of the attendee swag bag, and other trivia. Spoiler alert: I go into a bit more detail than another rambling SMS...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:39 PM

MMS bound

Summary: we'll soon be at MMS 2007. Here's my advice for how to make the most of the event. A recent good thread on the SMS mailing list at myITforum.com was entitled "MMS bound" and...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:51 AM

MMS here I come! (for the 10th anniversary)

Summary: I got confirmation (well, close enough - it's posted at mms2007.com ) that I'll be speaking at MMS again this year. You can call it pathetic, but the highlight of my year for the last...
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