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Tell Bob Kelly what to do
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rodtrent
Bob Kelly, owner of Appdeploy and KACE prod mgr, has a poll setup so you can tell him what to do. I thought it was a hoot how the poll is worded. The poll can be accessed on the web site’s start...
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Tomorrow is SysAdminDay
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rodtrent
Any thoughts as to what your boss is going to get you? Flowers? Candy? A new Wii controller? http://www.sysadminday.com/ Also don’t forget The 2008 OpenDNS SysAdmin Awards
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Nico coming to myITforum.com…
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rodtrent
Nico is on his way: http://nicosienaert.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#1192319039951165754
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Welcome to new myITforum.com blogger Jason Sandys!
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rodtrent
Jason has now moved his blog to the myITforum.com , already providing some great information! Read his announcement about the move: http://ihaveablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/we-are-moving-we-are-moving...
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Is the Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group still alive?
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rodtrent
Marco says it is, and he’s laid out some cool things he’s planning for this fall, winter, and early next year. http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com/2008/07/windows-powershell-virtual-user-group.html We just need...
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Take a gander – the MMS 2008 DVD set is safely in my hands
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rodtrent
The MMS 2008 DVD set was sitting in my mailbox today. As the saying goes: “if there’s no pictures, it didn’t happen” so here’s my pictures: Check it out…someone actually got the myITforum.com spelling...
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Like to talk about ConfigMgr 2007? Here’s an opportunity for you…
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rodtrent
An organization is looking for 7 to 10 customers with 35,000+ seats of ConfigMgr 2007 deployed. The company and individual’s names will not published – you will just need to be available to talk to an...
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PowerGUI.org gets a facelift
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rodtrent
Hopes to improve your PowerShell community experience. Did they succeed? http://powergui.org
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Virtualization Theme at the next NY System Center Users Group Monthly
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rodtrent
Start: 7/31/2008 5:30:00 PM End: 7/31/2008 7:30:00 PM Read the agenda and grab the sign-up link: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/calendar.asp?eventID=199&caldate=2008-07-31
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Intel announces their new vPro email discussion list
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rodtrent
http://communities.intel.com/openport/blogs/proexpert/2008/07/21/community-updates-couple-of-updates-from-josh
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One way to separate padded stats from real stats
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rodtrent
I've seen in several instances where web sites will show a really neat graph of site stats, displaying a huge amount of traffic, yet you have to pull back and scratch your head because there seems...
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Potential New TechNet Subscribers save 15%
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rodtrent
http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2008/07/18/are-you-a-technet-subscriber-use-tmsam09-and-i-can-save-you-15.aspx
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Sites that provide active content *only* by pulling in information from other places
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rodtrent
Have you seen this? I’ve seen a lot of it, lately. To increase Google ad exposure, show activity on a site, increase site stats, and/or appear to be a more active site than it is, some sites...
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New myITforum.com email discussion list: Intel vPro
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rodtrent
Our partnership with Intel has really taken off over the past couple weeks, with Intel investing heavily in resources and time to make the partnership work extremely well. Today, we’ve unveiled a new email...
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The MMS 2008 DVDs are on their way!
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rodtrent
Dear MMS 2008 Attendee, This e-mail serves as confirmation that your MMS 2008 DVD set has been shipped and you should be receiving it within 1-2 weeks (International locations may take longer). The...
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Schuff is one winner of the System Center Solutions Contest
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rodtrent
Congrats to our own Jason Scheffelmaer as the first category winner for the System Center Solutions Contest for submitting a SCCM Roles Wizard over at the SC User Group site: http://systemcenterusergroup...
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Advice for creating online communities
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rodtrent
From a recent study by Deloitte and others, here’s 8 areas to focus on when creating a community… 1. Start with the end in mind: “Start with a business strategy, defining carefully what you want to accomplish...
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Tools for Intel® vPro and Centrino Pro
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rodtrent
Just updated today by the folks at Intel - centrally located on the myITforum.com Wiki. Link: http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/Tools%20for%20Intel(r)%20vPro%20and%20Centrino%20Pro.ashx RSS...
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myITforum.com
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Intrinsic or Intrinsiq?
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rodtrent
Similar names, very different services. I don’t know why I think this is so funny. Founded in 1997, Intrinsic Technologies is a privately held company headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. Intrinsic...
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LinkedIn Groups gets a search engine – but somebody isn’t communicating
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rodtrent
LinkedIn has rolled out Search for their newly public Groups areas, but delaying a search feature has definitely been at a cost. Right now, I’m a member of 1 MVP group, with 2 memberships pending. ...
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Internet
Thanks to Intel for the myITforum.com mention!
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rodtrent
During today’s BlogTalkRadio Intel publicly announces the myITforum.com/Intel partnership… Listen to the PodCast on SCE/SCM and vPro, and make sure to listen at 27:09. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/openport...
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ConfigMgr 2007
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vPro
Turning an MVP award into a Press Release
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rodtrent
I’ve seen this happen before and I’m not comfortable with it. The MVP award a community award not a business or marketing prospect. To me, it seems more appropriate to get a pat on the back...
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Bob Kelly receives MVP award!
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rodtrent
Bob Kelly is a great individual and definitely deserves to be awarded a Microsoft MVP for his years of labor at AppDeploy.com . Congratulations, Bob!
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Will the real TechCenter please stand up…
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rodtrent
I think the word “TechCenter” is starting to become popular. Most of you know about the “ TechCenters ” that Microsoft recently unveiled on TechNet… But, did you know that Dell also has a “TechCenter...
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What is your favorite scripting language?
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rodtrent
The stats so far: AutoIT (6.88%) Batch (8.91%) VB Script (50.61%) WinBatch (5.26%) Windows PowerShell (21.86%) Other (please comment)... (6.48%) Participate here: http://www.myitforum.com...
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Microsoft Survey: Data Warehousing
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rodtrent
Answering these 10 questions will help Microsoft determine your needs and requirements, and Microsoft’s direction for Data Warehousing… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutepm/polls/datawarehouse.asp
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OpsMgr 2007
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ConfigMgr 2007
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Despite a few hiccups, MMS 2008 DVDs should ship soon
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rodtrent
Hiccups along the way has delayed the DVDs (now a 2-disc set) somewhat. The DVDs are being duped now and are expected to begin shipping Wednesday or Thursday of next week (July 16th or 17th). ...
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vPro Expert Center moves out to myITforum.com – the Intel announcement…
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rodtrent
Kelsey outlines the Intel vPro move to myITforum.com in her blog post over the Intel communities… http://communities.intel.com/openport/blogs/proexpert/2008/07/07/vpro-expert-center-moves-out-to-myitforumcom
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Some of you are cheating the FRAP!
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rodtrent
Great stuff to see all the folks who have Frapped themselves on myITforum.com today. Some included photos of themselves, some photos of others things…and some – NO PHOTOS AT ALL! You’re cheating...
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Winners of the June 2008 Jalasoft/myITforum.com Drawing
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rodtrent
Thanks to Jalasoft for donating four copies of ' Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed ' by Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, John Joyner and Andy Dominey to the June 2008 myITforum...
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myITforum.com
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