Rod Trent at myITforum.com : myITforum.com Party

…day 2:

…day 3:

…day 3:

…day 4:

…day 5:

…day 6:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 5 days

…day 7:

…day 8:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 4 days

…day 9:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 3 days

…day 10:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 2 days

…and if you’re really hungry for MMS memories, walk through our photo album from the past 13 years (over 1,250 photos)!

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 2 days #mms2011

rodtrent — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:27:27 GMT

Pining for MMS to just start already, I was sifting through old MMS photos and thought it would be great to share these with all of you. With only 2 days until MMS 2011 starts, I’m posting a few MMS photo memories each day. See if you can guess the year, the location, and possibly even the people in each photo.

Click each photo for the full size view.

Take a look at day 1:

…day 2:

…day 3:

…day 3:

…day 4:

…day 5:

…day 6:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 5 days

…day 7:

…day 8:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 4 days

…day 9:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 3 days

…and if you’re really hungry for MMS memories, walk through our photo album from the past 13 years (over 1,250 photos)!

http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/mms/entry155730.aspx

myITforum.com Party at MMS 2011 #mms2011

rodtrent — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:51:47 GMT

This doc download contains everything you need to know about the myITforum.com party at MMS 2011.

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 4 days #mms2011

rodtrent — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:17:02 GMT

Pining for MMS to just start already, I was sifting through old MMS photos and thought it would be great to share these with all of you. With only 4 days until MMS 2011 starts, I’m posting a few MMS photo memories each day. See if you can guess the year, the location, and possibly even the people in each photo.

Click each photo for the full size view.

Take a look at day 1:

…day 2:

…day 3:

…day 3:

…day 4:

…day 5:

…day 6:

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 5 days

…day 7:

…and if you’re really hungry for MMS memories, walk through our photo album from the past 13 years (over 1,250 photos)!

This year’s myITforum.com Party at MMS 2011 button #mms2011

rodtrent — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:30:24 GMT

Here it is! This is what you’ll need to get into the myITforum.com party at MMS 2011. Stop by the booth on Monday night to pick one up.

Read up about the party (includes location, menu, how to get a ticket, etc.)

Like the slogan? See how it came about.

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 5 days #mms2011

rodtrent — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:35:52 GMT

Pining for MMS to just start already, I was sifting through old MMS photos and thought it would be great to share these with all of you. With only 5 days until MMS 2011 starts, I’m posting a few MMS photo memories each day. See if you can guess the year, the location, and possibly even the people in each photo.

Click each photo for the full size view.

Take a look at day 1:

…day 2:

…day 3:

…day 3:

…day 4:

…day 5:

…day 6:

…and if you’re really hungry for MMS memories, walk through our photo album from the past 13 years (over 1,250 photos)!

Partner Highlight–App-DNA at MMS 2011 #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:58:01 GMT

Be among the first to hear the news: on April 19, the world of enterprise application management will change.

Typical vendor hype? Come along to the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) March 21 - 25 in Las Vegas and judge for yourself.

App-DNA will be unleashing AppTitude 5.0, a big release and a big step for enterprise IT departments, too.

The big idea: Application Intelligence™
Thanks to unique 'application DNA' technology, AppTitude has always been the first name in application compatibility software, streamlining and accelerating major migrations.

Now, App-DNA has multiplied the power of application DNA data by integrating technical, business and user information to model and automate every change to your application portfolio.

We won't spoil the launch, but let's just say that Application Intelligence will delight any overworked IT department (hint: business impact modelling, powerful 'forward path' insight, and faster, more accurate decision-making to support every move you make).

Going to MMS?
If you're going to MMS, stop by App-DNA booth 507 to learn about the Application Intelligence vision – and the software behind it – from the people who developed both.

App-DNA live theatre presentations at MMS will share the vision- see the schedule here along with a bit more on Application Intelligence.

Not going to MMS this year? Watch the App-DNA website for the big news.

So check your schedule and reserve some App-DNA time when you hit Las Vegas.

http://www.app-dna.com

Twitter at MMS 2011 #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:30:24 GMT

Here’s some quick info on Twitter use at MMS 2011. We’ll go over all of this at our Tweetup on Monday, too, but it’s always good to be prepared.

First off, the official Twitter hashtag for MMS 2011 is: #mms2011

When tweeting about specific sessions, use #mms and then add-on the session indicator. For example, the following would be the complete session hashtag for the “BJ02 Top 10 Quickest, Easiest Ways to Get System Center Support for Free!” session:

#mmsBJ02

Other important items:

Read about the 1st Annual MMS Tweetup and the Twitter Army

Read about how to Keep track of Community gatherings at MMS 2011

Specops at MMS 2011 #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:23:07 GMT

Though not participating in the MMS 2011 expo, myITforum partner Specops will still be on hand.

First, Specops will be present at the myITforum.com party this year to give away an XBOX Live Gold pass to a lucky party guest.

Second – you’ll see Specops running around the myITforum.com booth this year, sporting a cool T-shirt. I’ve not seen what the T-shirt looks like yet, but someone hinted that it might have a myITforum logo on it!

Congratulations to the winner of the free MMS 2011 pass–and, as always, a great community story #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:45:45 GMT

If you’ve been following at all, you know we recently held a contest to help us determine the myITforum.com party ticket slogan for MMS 2011. Basically, we took 50 or so submitted slogans, boiled them down the top 5, and then the community voted for the winner.

Incidentally, the winning slogan that will grace this year’s myITforum.com party ticket is:

myITforum: They've got the tools, we've got the talent!

And, the winner of the free pass to MMS 2011 this year is Eric Groff. Eric is the owner of the winning slogan. Congrats, Eric!

OK…so here’s the good part of this story, and one of the reasons why this community is simply the best in the world.

Since Eric’s employer was already sending him to MMS 2011, Eric offered up the free MMS 2011 conference pass to anyone in the community who was not able to attend this year.

Josh Searles (picture here) was not able to attend this year and was already starting to feel the effects. He was fine, able to push down his feelings, until we decided to get a group together to visit the Pawn Stars shop. That was the last straw, and it broke down his MMS defenses.

Well, I’m happy to say that Josh is now the proud owner of a free conference pass to MMS 2011!

So, congratulations, Josh! Good job, Eric! See you both at MMS 2011!

1st Annual MMS Tweetup and the Twitter Army #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:54:55 GMT

We’re starting another piece of MMS history this year, at MMS 2011. Over the past 3 years at MMS, Twitter has become a significant communication tool for the community and event organizers. This year we will help to officially kick-off the conference by having a short session in the Community Lounge on Monday, March 21st at 9:30am.

We welcome one-and-all to this Tweetup and meeting. If you are interested in attending just drop by the Community Lounge. When you register you will be given a conference map which will include the location of the Community Lounge.

Martin Dey (Microsoft) will be on hand to welcome you to MMS by going over some key pieces of social media for MMS, including special session hashtags and other things.

By combining our forces, and putting together our “Twitter Army”, we can help others at the event get the most out of it, but also help those who cannot attend this year to still be part of the community fun and event happenings.

And, if this is not enough to entice you to join the Twitter Army, we will be gathering your Twitter handles at the event so we can effectively track your participation for a special prize!

We’re not going to announce the participation prize here. You’ll have to actually be at the Tweetup to hear more.

Anyone who has monitored MMS for the last few years knows that I am the Twitter King. So, yes – sadly, I will be unable to win the prize due to my involvement with this. That means someone has to step up!

UPDATE! All those who attend the Tweetup will also receive a special “MMS Twitter Army” lapel pin!

MMS Photo Memories–T-minus 6 days #mms2011

rodtrent — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:24:12 GMT

Pining for MMS to just start already, I was sifting through old MMS photos and thought it would be great to share these with all of you. With only 6 days until MMS 2011 starts, I’m posting a few MMS photo memories each day. See if you can guess the year, the location, and possibly even the people in each photo.

Click each photo for the full size view.

Take a look at day 1:

…day 2:

…day 3:

…day 3:

…day 4:

…day 5:

…and if you’re really hungry for MMS memories, walk through our photo album from the past 13 years (over 1,250 photos)!