Brad Anderson gets a Twitter account

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In Homework for MMS 2013 and TechEd from Brad Anderson, Brad (VP of Management and Security Division, Microsoft Corporation) spoke to all of you, giving you some guidance on new resources he believes are valuable for you to understand what’s coming from Microsoft in relation to their Cloud vision.  One of the resources he gave was his own personal blog...

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Checking Service Status for Microsoft Cloud services

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I know many of you are either long time Microsoft services users, but also that many of you have started migrating your Google accounts and services to Microsoft, primarily due to the lack of consumer trust in Google.  I’m one of those.  To me, Google is just not a trustworthy steward of my data. As more and more people start...

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Microsoft Download site gets a smoke test

Posted in Miscellaneous Ramblings

Just saw this in passing and thought it interesting enough to share.  I could let it go, but it’s just one of those odd things you can’t pass up.  Kind of like people who crawl by a car accident because they just can’t help rubbernecking. Microsoft is testing the download center by posting up a fake download:   Here’s the...

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What does Microsoft's Software Assurance program provide for Windows 8?

Posted in Licensing, Software Asset Management

Microsoft has released a highly useful overview chart, showing the benefits of their Software Assurance program.  It has been updated for Windows 8.  The chart gives evidence that Software Assurance provides a lot of value for organizations.  The first page of the chart shows the usual checkmark comparison matrix which is great for a quick glance, but the second page goes...

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System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack (MP) Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012 for System Center 2012 Operations Manager (SCOM2012) available !!!

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Hi all friend, Great news, System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012 is available for download !!! Overview System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012. This version of Monitoring Pack for File Server 2012 includes the following changes: DeDuplication – Stay current FSRM Support for clustered...

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Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Configuration Manager (SCCM2012 SP1 Beta) – Clients for Additional Operating Systems (UNIX AIX , HP-UX , Solaris and Linux RHEL,SLES ) available for download !!!

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Hi all friend,   Great news the Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Configuration Manager – Clients for Additional Operating Systems (AIX , HP-UX , RHEL Solaris ,SLES ) is available for download !!! Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Beta supports the management of Linux and UNIX servers. The clients for Linux and UNIX extends the...

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Worlds Apart: A Microsoft Store and an Apple Store

Posted in Miscellaneous Ramblings

I was in the Seattle area the week of September 3rd, 2012, doing some filming in the Microsoft studios for the Windows Server 2012 launch.  My hotel was in downtown Bellevue and one night that I actually had to myself I was able to go on walk-about – get dinner at a local Thai noodle place and see the sights.  Checking the area, I...

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Big changes coming to Microsoft's community resources, here's the first step

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There’s some interesting things coming down the way from Microsoft pertaining to their community support services.  I’ll be able to share more in the next few weeks, but here’s a start… Today, Microsoft announced the release of their new Tech Affiliate Program which serves to replace some of their previous community offerings, such as for User Groups.  And, keeping with the...

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