As I am coming off a great 20 miles this last weekend. I am reminded of an important topic and that is hydration. Especially as the weather gets cooler, I know a lot of you think you can forgo water and hydration. While you may not be losing your fluids...

I had the privilege to speak at Dallas TechFest last week and I delivered one of my favorite sessions on cloud computing! To Cloud or Not To Cloud is my session and here is the description: Cloud computing is emerging as a promising IT service delivery...

I am excited to announce the partnership between SCU and Channel 9, allowing for all SCU content and the live SCU US event feed available via Channel 9.

SCU 2015 US will take place 2/4/15 in Dallas, TX. This year’s event includes two live tracks, one of which will be featured on Channel 9 live, the day of the event and the other streamed live through www.systemcenteruniverse.com. This partnership will allow for the content at SCU to be even more accessible to the community. Additionally, we are pleased to announce that ALL of the content from SCU 2014 Europe will be hosted on Channel 9 after their very successful event this past September

Happy Monday everyone! Another P.R. and another week closer to Disney! Before I talk about Damn Half, you may be thinking, wait a second Matt…your planned called for 17 last weekend not 13.1. You would be correct my plan did call for 17. In reality while...

Happy Training week 14! Here are 3 more songs I love to run to. Enjoy! Too Close by Alex Clare Come With Me Now by Kongos How You Like Me Now by The Heavy (fun video from the 2013 draft) Here is my schedule for this week: Monday, October 13, 2014 Cross...

Jennelle Crothers and myself give you a sneak peak into what we are going to be discussing on our upcoming Microsoft Virtual Academy event – “ Modernizing Your Data Center ” on Tuesday, October 28th . Tune in for part 1 of this MVA Live Event teaser and...

Two letters: P. R. This Sunday I ran the Tyler Rose 1/2, this was the last race in my four seasons challenge. It was by far the hardest course of the 4. 25 hills and 524 feet of gain. I know some of friends who live in the PacWest are laughing but for...

Sorry for another delay, another fun few weeks of travel on the horizon for me. I am about 4 months away from running in Disney and I have to tell you, it cannot get here soon enough. Not only am I looking forward to running with my friends. I am looking...

In part 6 of our “ Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud ” series, Blain Barton and Tommy Patterson discuss how to get started migrating server workloads to Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure. Tune in for this great session on server...

I write this post as I am on the road this week (this is why you get the bonus day). This gave me the idea for this post and running while traveling. Most of the runners I talk with usually pack for at least 1 day of running for their trip. Some are like...

In part 5 of our " Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud " series, Yung Chou and Keith Mayer demonstrate ways in which you can manage and automate your hybrid cloud environment. Tune in for this demo heavy session as they showcase...

Are you interested in the benefits of Microsoft virtualization with Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2, and how they compare to VMware virtualization with vCenter 5.5? Watch Microsoft's Matt McSpirit, as he provides an overview of several...

Happy Monday, welcome to the 2nd version of songs that get me going while running and working out. The songs this go around are the ones I use for speed or up tempo training. Enjoy! 1. Love Runs Out by OneRepublic 2. Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore &...

In part 4 of our “ Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud ” series, Blain Barton and Keith Mayer tackle the topic of virtualization in a Hybrid Cloud environment. Tune in as they discuss how virtualization is no longer constrained to the physical...

Kevin Remde and Keith Mayer continue our series on “ Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud ” and in today’s episode they discuss various options for networking. Tune in as they go in depth on what options are available for hybrid cloud networking...

Happy NFL season everyone! I hope this year will be better than last year’s predictions which you review here: 5 Bold Predictions for the NFL 2013 . So how did I do, bad, and I mean really bad as in worst year yet. For the first time, I even deducted...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great long weekend. This past week was actually a nice recovery week after the 1/2 last weekend. You can read about that here: Walt Disney World Marathon Dopey Challenge 2015 Week 7 Training- Hottest Half Race Recap...

In today’s part of the series I take you on a quick tour of one of the key building blocks in any successful hybrid cloud environment, and that is Virtual Networks. Now instead of writing about how to create these key features I thought I would should...

In today’s post in the modernizing your infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud series, I am going to talk about Hyper-V over SMB, which we introduced in Windows Server 2012. It is also important to note that you can use storage spaces to house your SMB share...

In this part of the Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud, we are focusing on of the great solutions we introduced with Windows Server 2012 and improved in Window Server 2012 R2, Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces Overview: In Windows Server 2012...

I had a solid week of training this week! My long run for the week was supposed to be 9 miles, but I had already signed up for a 1/2 marathon in Dallas prior to knowing my training schedule. The race is called was the hottest half. Overall I was happy...

Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue our series on “ Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud ” with an overview on how to plan for a hybrid cloud storage solution using Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure. Tune in for this lively discussion...

In this episode Keith Mayer and myself kick off a special 6 part series on “ Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud.” Tune in for Part 1 where they discuss the importance of planning for your organization’s move to Windows Server 2012 R2 and...

Happy Monday! Week 5 was a solid week of training even with a very busy schedule. During training, I know all of you have had weeks where it seems you cannot get the time or place to run. This is where I found myself coming into this week. I knew it would...

Happy Monday! The training so far is going really well, and had a great 7 mile run last week with my good friends Dan and Michelle. It was great having company along and I was amazed how fast the run went on a very humid morning. Overall I am happy where...