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Passing the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Exam (70-659) – Part 1
You have seen a lot of messaging from Microsoft as well as others in the tech industry regarding...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/28/2012
MCT presentation on Cloud Computing
Thank you to everyone that stuck around for the presentation Private Clouds that I delivered to...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/23/2012
Private Cloud gets real! - System Center 2012 Announcements….
As you may have heard, there have been some big announcements regarding System Center 2012....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/18/2012
TechNet Radio: Cert Talk - Virtualization 101 with Edwin Yuen….
Today we’re talking Virtualization with Microsoft Director of Cloud and Virtualization Strategy,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/18/2012
Free TechNet Webcast - Career Progression: Getting Ready for the Cloud….
My buddy Dan Stolts is delivering a webcast on January 18th - Please Register...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/12/2012
CES: Watching Steve Ballmer’s Keynote….
Steve Ballmer will be keynoting at the Consumer Electronics Show this evening at 6:30pm...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/09/2012
My expanded coverage area….
Starting today, I have picked up two areas of coverage on the west coast. I will be covering...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/09/2012
April 1st is coming…… be ready!
Kind of a weird title for a tech blog post….. I spoke at my Windows Networking User Group this past...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/06/2012
Technet Subscription Discount until February 29th, 2012….
Wow! All kinds of great news today! I just found out about a discount...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/04/2012
Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud….
I literally just heard about this upcoming webcast a few minutes through my co-worker, John Weston....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/04/2012
WNUG Meeting tonight!
We are having our monthly Windows Networking User Group meeting this evening in Bellevue at the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/04/2012
Live Webinar on Group Policy with MVP– Jeremy Moskowitz
Group Policy MVP, Jeremy Moskowitz is delivering a FREE Webinar on Group Policy TOMORROW!!!...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/03/2012
Pressing the Reset Button….
The New Year is here! And I am back from a much appreciated vacation. I think that was the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/03/2012
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Cheers!
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 01/01/2012
TechNet Video: (Part 2) Interview with Jeremy Moskowitz – Cool Technology
TechNet Video: (Part 2) Interview with Jeremy Moskowitz – Cool Technology Jeremy Moskowitz is a long...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/14/2011
TechNet Video: (Part 1) Interview with Jeremy Moskowitz – Overview of the PolicyPak application
TechNet Video: (Part 1) Interview with Jeremy Moskowitz – Overview of the PolicyPak application...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/12/2011
New System Center 2012 Virtual Labs posted to Technet site!
Good Day Folks! I just learned that we have some brand new virtual labs on the Microsoft Technet...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/07/2011
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 is available for download…
Here are some of the new features made available in the new service pack Exchange 2010 Service Pack...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 12/05/2011
Microsoft’s Private Cloud Solution Hub….
Good Morning Folks! I am ramping back up after lots of travel and the holidays to get some...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/29/2011
TechNet Radio: Microsoft Certified–Cert Talk (Episode 1)
Hiya Folks! Somehow I managed to talk the Microsoft Learning and Certification team into...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/15/2011
Slides: The Journey to the Cloud
Last Deck! We also had some special guests in to deliver a brief session on Cloud Computing,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/15/2011
Slides: Private Cloud 201
Here are the slides from the second session I delivered in Bellevue on November 14th. Again, a lot...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/15/2011
Slides: Virtualization-Get ready for Tomorrow….Today!
These are the slides from the Virtualization session I delivered on Bellevue on November 14th. As I...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/15/2011
How Microsoft Ensures the Integrity of its Certification Program….
Way back in August, I wrote a blog entry entitled – The New Wave of Industry and Microsoft...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/10/2011
Slides: Hyper-V and Dynamic Memory
Slides from my Windows Connections Session on Hyper-V and Dynamic Memory Dynamic memory View more...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/10/2011
Slides: RemoteFX and Remote Desktop Enhancements
Slides from my Windows Connections Presentation on RemoteFX RemoteFX and VDI View more presentations...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/10/2011
Slides: Management on the Cheap–Free and Built-In Tools to manage your Infrastructure
Good Day Folks! Lots of requests for the slides I presented at Windows Connections this year. Here...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/10/2011
More Science Fiction and Magic becoming reality….
My daughter got married this past weekend and I felt like I had aged another 10 years. I watched...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/09/2011
Only 11 days left to get registered for our free events: The Pathway to the Private Cloud
Good Day Folks! On November 14th, I will be in Bellevue, WA to deliver two sessions on how to get...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/03/2011
More Private Cloud Love….
Yesterday I posted about the “Single-Click” Download of all of the System Center 2012 Beta/RC...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/02/2011
Grab all of the System Center Beta’s to build a Private Cloud with 1 Click…..(sort of)
Good Day Folks! If you look at my How to Build a Private Cloud for Free post and my Private Cloud...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 11/01/2011
Science Fiction now…..Reality tomorrow…..
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/27/2011
Working on our Private Cloud project this week…
This week I am in San Jose working on a very cool project. The US IT Evangelist team has been...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/24/2011
IT Camps for Seattle (Bellevue) and Portland!
Two days ago I posted about the Technet Events that are coming to Bellevue and Portland in November....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/20/2011
Free Technet Events for IT Professionals on the West Coast
We have a series of events coming to some cities here in the west that are focused on Private Cloud....
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/18/2011
November WNUG Meeting Reminder
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Lincoln Square Center in...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/17/2011
How to get started with System Center Operations Manager…
I recently installed SCOM 2007 R2 and SCOM 2012 beta on my home network as a lab for learning,...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/14/2011
TechNet Video: How to Enable Editing of Company Knowledge in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
TechNet Video: How to Enable Editing of Company Knowledge in SCOM 2007 R2 Download WMV Download |...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/14/2011
Seattle Interactive Conference is only a couple of weeks away!
Technical Content, Technical Experts The Cloud Experience track at SIC is for experienced...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/13/2011
TechNet Video: (Part 1) Managing Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Finding and Importing the Management Packs
TechNet Video: (Part 1) Managing Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 using System Center...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/11/2011
Making changes to my blog site….
Please bare with me folks over the next few days while I am working on my blog site. I have had the...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/10/2011
Seattle Givecamp is only a couple of weeks away!
Seattle GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/07/2011
Technet launches Private Cloud hub for IT Professionals….
TechNet has a new home for IT architects, implementers, and managers looking for information and...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/06/2011
Unable to RDP to TMG Server - Error - A connection was abortively closed after one of the peers sent an RST packet....
I have run into this pesky problem a few times now since moving from ISA 2006 to TMG2010. I just ran...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 10/03/2011
Your Private Cloud Toolbox all in one blog post….
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: 09/27/2011
Reminder for our October WNUG Meeting…..
Our monthly User Group meeting will be held at the Lincoln Square Center in Bellevue, across from...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/27/2011
TechNet Video: Learning to do the Basics in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
TechNet Video: Learning to do the Basics in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Download WMV...
Author: Chris E. Avis Date: 09/24/2011