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Performance Management: Monitoring CPU Resources….
CPU Performance and Monitoring is one of the most important aspects for what we do in computing...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/25/2013
Current IT Camp Resources….
For those of you have taken part in the recent IT Camps, you know that we attempt to cover a LOT of...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/22/2013
Last Chance to Register for FREE IT Camps!
This week we kick off a new series of IT Camps in the Western US. We still have a handful of seats...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/11/2013
Monitoring Dynamic Memory in Windows Server Hyper-V 2012….
Question – How do you determine how much memory to assign to a virtual machine? Real Answers from...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/06/2013
Part 2 of 20–Virtualization: You Want to Hot Add What?!….Now Live!
Yesterday, Kevin Remde posted the 2nd in our March series of blog posts on Virtualization. Kevin...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/06/2013
March Blog Series - 20+ Days of Server Virtualization….
First of all, YOU have made our blog series from January and February very successful! We...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/04/2013
Upcoming Jump Start Course: Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration….
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/04/2013
Part 19 of 19 - Migration and Deployment: A look at Windows 8 AppLocker….Now Live!
One of the Technologies we introduced with Windows 7 was AppLocker. AppLocker presented a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/28/2013
Upgrading and Updating Windows 8 Applications (Part 18 of 19)
Windows 8 gives us the awesome Windows Store where we can find and install Windows 8 applications...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/27/2013
Configuring Mac for Windows 8 Development and Windows Phone 8 with Boot Camp 4….
A few weeks ago, I made a post on using Oracle VirtualBox to run Windows 8 in a Virtual machine on a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/26/2013
Part 15–Building Student Hands-On Labs in Azure for Free!–Now Live!
This past week Brian Lewis has been working on building a student lab in Azure. The idea is that as...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/25/2013
Part 14 - System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: App Controller for VM and Cloud Service Deployment – Now Live!
Yung Chou posted the next piece of our series last week. In this article, he explains the role-based...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/25/2013
Part 13 - App Controller as a Single Pane of Glass for Delegating Cloud Management, A Primer–Now Live….
To employ App Controller as a self-service vehicle for migration and deployment, a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2013
Part 12 - How Windows Azure Plays Into the Equation….
In Part 12 of our February Series on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Upgrade and Migration,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2013
Part 11 - Migration and Deployment: Windows Azure as a PaaS….Now Live….
Windows Azure. When most people hear this, they think of it as a platform for running web based and...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/19/2013
Part 10 - Migrating Hyper-V Virtual Machines from Server 2008R2 to Server 2012….Now Live….
Hyper-V is making great strides with new features and improvements in Windows Server 2012. For those...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/15/2013
Part 9 - Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations….Now Live….
With Windows Server 2012, we introduced and update to the Server message Block protocol. In Server...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/14/2013
Join the Microsoft Cloud OS Trivia Challenge!
Download the FREE Cloud OS product evaluations and test your knowledge with trivia for a chance to...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
The Windows 8 App Madness Challenge!
We are super excited to announce the Windows 8 Student App Madness Challenge. Create and publish a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
Part 8 - Migration and Deployment: Installing the Migration Tools….Now Live….
Summary - Over the years, Microsoft has released hundreds of tools to make working with Windows...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/13/2013
Part 7 of February Blog Series is Live…..
Good Day Folks! I know I have a summary post listing all of the posts we make in the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/12/2013
New Blog Series for February! – Migration and Deployment
In January, the US IT Pro Technology Evangelists post a 31 Day Series on Azure IaaS. You can...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/04/2013
New IT Camps scheduled for West Region!
You're invited. Select a date below to register online or call 1-877-MSEVENT...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/28/2013
31 Days of Servers in the Cloud: Introduction to Windows Azure Add-Ons from the Windows Azure Store….
For this installment in the 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud, I want to spend some time introducing...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/28/2013
Installing Windows 8 into Oracle VirtualBox running on Mac OS X
What the!!??!?!? “Hey Chris! Aren’t you a Microsoft employee??? Why are you running a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/27/2013
The 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud using Azure IaaS….
Hiya folks! You probably know that I am a Technology Evangelist (TE) on the US...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/25/2013
TechNet Radio: How Microsoft IT Streamlined PCI Compliance….
I recently interviewed Principal Security Architect Man Nguyen for TechNet radio to discuss how...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/10/2013
New Office Hours for me…..
Good Day Folks! In an effort to re-connect with the community after the holidays and kick off...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/10/2013
CloudNation.co goes live!
Hello Folks! I am sure many of you know the name Harry Brelsford and of his SMB Nation Community....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/09/2013
Stuck at home? Bored? Home for the Holidays? Want to write an app?
If you have some downtime over the holidays and you want to show off mad programming skillz...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/13/2012
Slides and HoL manuals for Salt Lake City….
Hello Salt Lake City! Thank you all for you time and patience today during...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/29/2012
Windows 8 Group Policy Round Up….
With the recent release of Windows 8, I have started getting lots of questions about...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/14/2012
Special guest speaker and great prizes at the upcoming SITPUG meeting!
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
WNUG is now……SITPUG!
Hiya Folks! For several years I have been sponsoring the Windows Networking User Group...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
Windows Azure Conference…..YOU are invited!
You’re Invited! Please join us for the Windows AzureConf community conference, which will be an...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2012
Slides for NorCal and PacWest It Camps on Virtualization….
Good Day Folks! Here is a link to the slides for all of the sessions I have delivered at...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/09/2012
IT Camps taking place in the West Region (everything West of the Rockies!)….
I always get asked when is the next IT Pro in-person event taking place. I want to give everyone a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/24/2012
Register for the Silicon Valley Code Camp–See Scott Guthrie and the Microstang!
I know this is more of a developery sort of thing, but developers write the cool stuff that runs on...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/17/2012
September WNUG User Group Meeting….
Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/29/2012
BootFests - Creating Bootable USB sticks….
Good Day Folks! I recently did a series of Bootfests and Installfests in the Western US. At these...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/28/2012
TechNet Radio: Cert Talk: New Microsoft Certifications for Windows Server 2012….
Abstract: In today’s episode J. Seymour, Jim Clark and Chris Avis discuss the new...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/13/2012
BootFests and InstallFests Coming Soon (like…..REAL soon!)
I apologize for the short notice on these events folks, but I have some cool hands-on meetups that I...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/06/2012
Covering NorCal now and will be at PacITPros next week….
I am now covering NorCal and I will be in the area at least once a month going forward. For my first...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 08/03/2012
August WNUG Meeting at Lincoln Square….
Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across from...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/24/2012
Bytes by TechNet–Interview with Alan Sugano
Some time ago, I sat down with Alan Sugano, President for ADS Consulting Group, Inc., to talk about...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/17/2012
Bytes by TechNet - Interview with Jeremy Moskowitz now live!
I had an opportunity to sit down with Jeremy Moskowitz, Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, Inc. and...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 07/16/2012
Salt Lake City–FREE Windows Server 2012 Virtualization IT Camp next week!
LIMITED SEATING REMAINING – Register today to guarantee your spot!! There is...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/14/2012
Bytes by TechNet interview with Mike Crowley–Exchange and Office 365….
A couple months back, I attended the Windows Connections conference in Las Vegas. I had the pleasure...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/14/2012
WNUG meeting this Wednesday! (Free Food)
This Wednesday, Jun 6th 2012, we will have our monthly Windows Networking User Group Meeting at...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 06/04/2012
Slides for Windows Server “8” Hyper-V Virtualization IT Camp….
Thank you very much to everyone that came out to the Mountain View, CA IT Camp today! As...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/17/2012