Just a quick update on the MMS 2013 Extended Lab subscription. Promised 1 week after MMS 2013 ended, access to the Extended Lab subscription is being delayed by a day due to a technical billing issue.  I’ve already seen some communications come through asking about the status.  Hopefully, Microsoft will update the subscribers over email about the issue, but if...

The very last session of MMS 2013 was a suggestion and comments session, with emphasis on MMS 2014.  Attendees were able to give direct feedback about MMS 2013 and suggest improvements.  Wielding my Surface Pro, Pen and OneNote, I jotted down all that we discussed to make sure that everything is highlighted and on the table for MMS 2014. There...

Normally, during the keynote for MMS, the keynote speaker will announce the following year’s location and date.  This year, that didn’t happen, causing all sorts of ruckus and rumors.  But, Brad did say, during his keynote and also during a pre-conference meeting that MMS is his favorite event and that this specific community is hugely important to Microsoft’s System Center...

UPDATE, April 16th 2013:  Phil Pritchett has modified the original script to include PPTX, MP4, and WMV files.  The news script is here:  MMS 2013 Download Scripts Stefan Roth produced a great script for downloading all the MMS 2012 content last year, and he’s followed that up with another simple way to download all of the MMS 2013 sessions so...

As we prepare to post up our pictures from MMS 2013, we’d like to share the specific locations for the MMS 2013 events’ pictures that Microsoft posted up.  All of the pictures were posted directly to their Facebook photo gallery.  Not a great solution, particularly since they didn’t enable picture tagging, but sometimes Microsoft is not as social savvy as...

A blue, pin-striped interior with a European design, the MMS 2013 conference bag was a mixed bag (*ahem*, pun intended).  Some loved it, while others seemed to be happier carrying around the bag they brought with them.  And, still others (myself included) had the bag yanked from their hands by their wives upon arrival home because it seemed overly feminine. ...

We announced it, officially, at the closing party for MMS 2013, but for those that either missed the announcement, or didn’t get to attend a wonderful event, the votes were tallied and the mascot has been named.  So, while Henry Wilson missed his first MMS in 11 years, he was there in spirit!

Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Windows Server & System Center has rolled out his own personal podcast series.  The series is being made available for listening in on the “In the Cloud” blog. Here’s the first two episodes.  Pay special attention to the 2nd one where Brad talks all about MMS 2013. Episode 1: Introducing the “In the Cloud” Podcast...