Day in the life of

I often get asked, "What is it that you actually do for Microsoft?"  Well the short answer is that I am a consultant in the Managment, Operations, and Deployment space.  Unless they are IT savvy that usually generates a deer in the headlights look.  For the rest of you here is a sample of what my day consisted of today:

Morning:

• Conference call with one of my Vista TAP customers to discuss detailed testing plans and schedules for the different departments to start detailed testing of Vista
• Answered numerous customer questions on Vista
• Worked on debugging/modifying a VPN network quarantine script so that the checks are compatible with Vista and UAC
• Scheduled a meeting with another consultant to discuss Vista TAP engagements
• Answered Virtual Server questions from a co-worker

Lunch:

• Lunch with my wife (most important event of the day)

Afternoon:

• Ran into an old colleague and discussed new jobs and User Group information
• Met with another consultant to talk about how to start a Vista TAP engagement
• Received and responded to numerous email requests from an account rep regarding the status of a local client and their involvement with the SCCM 2007 TAP
• Sent an email to the SCCM product team to find out the information
• Had a brief phone call with a consultant who is starting a MOM engagement at a former client of mine
• Received information back from the SCCM product team and shared it with all of the account reps for that client
• Continued to debug/modify the VPN quarantine script
• Sent proposed changes to my client on the VPN quarantine script
• Tested new video drivers for Vista on my laptop...didn't work...had to roll back to a previous version of the driver
• Responded to numerous internal "community" email lists on BDD, SMS, and MOM questions

Well that is a sample of the type of work I do on a daily basis.  My time can be pretty hectic but I have to say that I still love my job and I wouldn't trade it for a standard corporate IT job any day.  :)