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John Weston and Michael Niehaus join us for today’s show as they discuss the latest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and how this free tool can help enterprises deploy Windows Server 2012 as well as earlier versions of Windows Server...

Become a Lifesaver Today! Please support me. I am walking in the Heart Walk for the American Heart Association in Dallas on September 9 th . Follow This Link to visit my personal web page and help me in my efforts to support American...

Microsoft MVP Mitch Garvis is back for today’s show as he and John Weston dissect what’s new in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012 and how it compares to VMware. Tune in for another “just the facts” no holds barred discussion on how Microsoft’s private cloud...

HASMUG July 2012 Join us on Thursday, July 26 th 2012 for an exciting and informative half-day event! HASMUG welcomes you to join us on Thursday, July 26 th for sessions presented by Microsoft, RES Software/Pileus, FyrSoft, and members of the HASMUG community...

All – please use this link to register: https://app.e2ma.net/app2/survey/1404047/213004648/3225e03a04/ Share This: You're Invited... To the Dallas Fort Worth Systems Management Users Group July Meeting When: Friday, July 20th Location: 1st Floor Large...

Yesterday in Dallas we did a great Cloud Summit.  I did the session on What is new in Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V. Here are my slides:

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 Now Available Get ready for Windows Server 2012 with MAP 7.0! The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 is now available for download.  ...

  This morning at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto the Windows Product group announced Release to Manufacturing (RTM) and General Availability of Windows 8 the 1st week of August and Late October respectively. Check out the post: Windows...

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on how the integration services work in SQL Server 2012. In this lab you’ll walk through a series of exercises where you’ll explore, deploy and manage...

Microsoft to Acquire Yammer June 25, 2012 We released this press release on our Acquiring of Yammer. Microsoft extends cloud services with best-in-class enterprise social networking. REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — June 25, 2012 — Microsoft Corp....

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on T-SQL improvements made in SQL Server 2012. In this lab you’ll walk through a series of exercises where you’ll learn how to create sequence numbers...

About This Video In today’s Virtual Lab Insider, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on SQL Server 2012 and how you can create a tabular BI model with PowerPivot. TechNet Virtual Labs allow you to quickly and...

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on how to develop a SQL Server 2012 tabular BI model using Visual Studio. In this lab you’ll walk through a series of exercises where you’ll learn...

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on how to manage rich unstructured data in SQL Server 2012. In this lab you’ll walk through two exercises where you’ll learn how to use SQL Server...

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on how to work with availability groups in SQL Server 2012. In this lab you’ll learn how to configure a Windows Failover cluster, configure and manage...

About This Video In this Virtual Lab Insider, John Weston previews for us the latest TechNet Virtual lab on how reporting services, specifically PowerView works in SQL Server 2012. In this lab you’ll walk through a series of exercises where you’ll learn...

Irving, TX Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:00AM – 5:00PM Irving Convention Center 500 W Las Colinas Blvd Irving, TX 75039 FREE EVENT Seating is limited, so register today. NOTE: To participate in the Hands-on sessions during the day, please plan to bring your...

  I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these.   More info on http://surface.com

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate DataCenter is now available get it here:  http://aka.ms/win8server   Enjoy!  

TechNet Webcast:  Running a Small Business on Office 365 Download: WMV | WMA Learn how your business can be more efficient and save costs with Microsoft Office 365 and the cloud. In this webcast, you hear about Office 365 and how you can use it for...

Download: WMV | WMA In this session, we take a look at the end state of managing a private cloud with Microsoft System Center, including the Cloud Services management pack. The sessions that follow this session describe how to go from bare metal to a...

Announcing the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow We’ve put a lot of work into Windows Server 2012, and are happy to see the positive feedback from press and those who’ve downloaded the beta . We look forward to presenting Windows Server 2012 at our...

  Here is my schedule for June, looks like fun!   June 7th  Dallas New Horizons  SpecTechular  free event.  http://spectechular.com/dallas/index.html I will be doing several sessions, come check them out. June 7th DFW IT...

Deploying the infrastructure for a private cloud is just the first step. In today’s episode Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, John Baker previews for us the “Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring” Virtual lab. Learn how you can use System Center...