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Musings about Marketing and the Microsoft IT Academy program....
Harold Wong interview with Mike Pfeiffer – Exchange, PowerShell and More!
Join Harold Wong Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft and Mike Pfeiffer Director Unified...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/09/2012
How Microsoft IT Uses File Classification Infrastructure to Help Secure Personally Identifiable Information….
Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of how Microsoft IT Uses File...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/07/2012
Last Chance!–Free IT Camps just a few weeks away!
LIMITED SEATING REMAINING – Register today to guarantee your spot!! We had...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/07/2012
Windows Networking User Group (WNUG) Meeting tonight!
Session Details Our guest speaker will be Greg Lindsay. Greg is a technical writer for the Windows...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/02/2012
Michael Murphy talks about Microsoft Certifications….
My good friend Michal Murphy (former Microsoft IT Evangelist now with Skillsoft) recently posted a...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 05/02/2012
Bytes by TechNet: Paul Thurrott and Chris Avis…
Join Chris Avis Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft and Paul Thurrott Editor, Windows IT Pro as they...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/25/2012
TechNet Radio: Cert Talk – Calling all Microsoft Subject Matter Experts!
About This Video Do you consider yourself an expert on one or more Microsoft technologies? If so,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/23/2012
Register today for the Microsoft Private Cloud Summit….
The daylong Microsoft Private Cloud Summit is coming to New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles this...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/19/2012
FREE Training at a Windows Phone and Windows Games Unleashed Events!
#WPUnleashed Windows Phone Unleashed All Day of Hands on Programming, B.Y.O. Laptop! Windows Phone 7...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/16/2012
Bytes by Technet: Harold Wong interviews Scott Guthrie….
My good friend and co-worker, Harold Wong and I spoke at the Windows Connections conference a few...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/13/2012
Microsoft IT Uses File Classification Infrastructure to Help Secure Personally Identifiable Information….
Microsoft IT Uses File Classification Infrastructure to Help Secure Personally Identifiable...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/13/2012
Monitoring Applications via Windows Phone 7.5 Devices and the Cloud….
Monitoring Applications via Windows Phone 7.5 Devices and the Cloud Volume Licensing IT Monitor...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/13/2012
New IT Camps scheduled for May and June–Register Today!
We had great success with the IT Camps we started in March! Thank you all for the support of the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/06/2012
April WNUG Meeting this Wednesday….
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 04/02/2012
IT Campers–How to clean up your boot loader entries with VisualBCD….
Good Morning Folks! For those of you that have attended the IT Camps here in the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/20/2012
The All Up IT Camps Resource Page….
Here are all of the IT Camps resources bundled into one page. I will get the .VHD file...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/19/2012
Veeam Resources from the Redmond/Bellevue and Portland IT Camps…
First, I want to give a BIG thank you to Eric, Brian, and Chris from Veeam for taking part in the IT...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/16/2012
How Microsoft Deployed System Center Operations Manager 2012
Microsoft IT uses System Center Operations Manager 2012 to provide the monitoring of their...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/15/2012
April WNUG Meeting Info….
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/14/2012
IT Camps – Supplemental Information and Links
Hello IT Campers! (and everyone else too!). I have compiled a brief list of resources for...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/13/2012
Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 7a
Some Network Considerations For this post, I am going to address a variety of networking features...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/12/2012
Last Chance to get registered for the Bellevue IT Camp!
Next week is our Bellevue IT Camp followed by Portland a couple of days later! This is going...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/07/2012
Windows Server “8” Preview available for download!!
Windows Server “8” Preview is now available to download! The next release of Windows Server, Windows...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 03/01/2012
I am live streaming today!
Once every 4 years, we get an extra day in February. I have always found the hoopla around that...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/29/2012
Profile Picture Update…. 1982!
Reference Post – Echoes of Me…. A few weeks ago, one of my peers, Michael Palermo, dared me to swap...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/24/2012
Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 6
Exploring .VHD configurations and why/when to use them. When it comes to Hyper-V virtualization, the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/24/2012
Science and Technology at the Oscars–Recognizing the Nerds….
The 84th Academy Awards – “The Oscars” – will be on TV this Sunday. Most people are familiar with...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/22/2012
Download….Learn…and pick up a $20 MS Store Coupon and a chance at a killer Lenovo laptop!
In the US, we are holding a promotion that has two very easy steps and then you receive $20 to use...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/22/2012
Office365 Saturday this weekend at the Redmond Campus!
Join us in Redmond for the inaugural Office365 Saturday event! On Saturday, February 25th you...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2012
Get involved with the Reference Architecture for Private Cloud Wiki….
I just stumbled on this site last week while I was on vacation. It looks like Tom Shinder, long time...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2012
All done with vacation….
I took some vacation time last week which is why there has been a gap in my 70-659 exam...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/20/2012
IT Camps–Hands on Learning!–Coming to you!
In the West Region, Harold Wong and I are hosting a set of events in the March and May / June...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/14/2012
Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 5 – I’m a developer! Why Virtualize?
Virtualization is not just for production work loads. Developers can benefit as well….if they just...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/10/2012
TechNet Radio: How to Transition from GroupWise to Office 365
About This Video In today’s episode, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist Chris Avis welcomes Chad Lindley...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/09/2012
TechNet Webcast: Complete a Seamless Transition from GroupWise to Office 365 (Level 200)
Are you considering or planning a migration from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Office 365? Do you...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/07/2012
Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 3
First things first – If you do not already have a test machine, build one! - Download a trial...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/07/2012
Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 2
First things first – If you do not already have a test machine, build one! - Download a trial...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/06/2012
Echoes of Me….
My team – West Region Developer and Platform Evangelism Team – recently had an off-site meeting. The...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/03/2012
Private Cloud Toolbox all in one blog post – (2012 Update)….
You know you want to get your hands dirty. Well as dirty as us geeks can get them in this...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/02/2012
Writing my first Windows Phone app (I hope!)
As an IT Evangelist, I like to make fun of developers from time to time. We live in different worlds...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/01/2012
Building an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Using Windows Server 8….
With the run up to the beta of Windows 8, I am fielding a LOT of questions on the Windows 8 Server...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/01/2012
February WNUG Meeting Tonight!
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 02/01/2012
TechNet Radio: Cert Talk - New Private Cloud Certification Exam and 20 Year Anniversary of the MCP….
It’s the 20 year anniversary of the Microsoft Certification Program, and in today’s...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/31/2012
Beta Exams coming up for Microsoft Private Cloud Certifications….
If you head over to the Microsoft Training and Certification site, you will find that we are...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/29/2012