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System Center 2012 Virtual Labs just released
Today Microsoft has made 4 new free virtual labs available. This gives you a great opportunity to...
Author: jweston Date: 12/08/2011
Problems with my Lync recordings SOLVED!
I use Lync all the time, huge fan of it. Recently I have used it a bunch to record my presentations,...
Author: jweston Date: 12/07/2011
Windows 8 Introducing Windows Store for Developers
Yesterday in San Francisco we had an event called Windows Store Preview. Antoine Leblond revealed...
Author: jweston Date: 12/07/2011
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 Journey to the Cloud
Simplify cloud migration planning with MAP Toolkit 6.5 The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to...
Author: jweston Date: 12/06/2011
Bsides DFW 2011 last 2 videos
I finally got the last two videos rendered Track 1 3PM Name: Michael Gough Talk: You've Been...
Author: jweston Date: 12/05/2011
Calculators for Hyper-V
I ran across a couple of great tools on the web to help you with Hyper-V. The first is a...
Author: jweston Date: 12/05/2011
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 released
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 has been released to the web. It can be downloaded here. A quick...
Author: jweston Date: 12/05/2011
Local Dallas MCITP Training
I always get asked where can I get training on Microsoft Technologies. There are many ways,...
Author: jweston Date: 12/05/2011
Bsides DFW 2011 more videos
Track 2 11AM Part of the session: Name: Michael Gough Talk: The BIG ONE!!! How will you react? no...
Author: jweston Date: 12/02/2011
BSides DFW 2011 Session Videos Track 1
BsidesDFW 2011 Was held at the Microsoft Dallas offices on November 9th, 2011. Over 180 people...
Author: jweston Date: 12/02/2011
BsidesDFW 2011 Session Videos post #2
BsidesDFW 2011 Was held at the Microsoft Dallas offices on November 9th, 2011. Over 180 people...
Author: jweston Date: 12/02/2011
TechNet Virtual Labs
TechNet Virtual Labs TechNet Virtual Labs enable you to quickly evaluate and test Microsoft's newest...
Author: jweston Date: 12/02/2011
Lync Turns 1 today!
I was reading on Kirk Gregersen’s blog about celebrating that Lync 2010 is a year old today. WOW how...
Author: jweston Date: 12/01/2011
Big Data, the new Cloud thing
Big Data is a new term you hear all the time now about the Cloud or Cloud Computing. When you think...
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 30 of 30: Certification Tips to Get Your Career Ready for the Cloud
Wow, we made it, 30 blogs in 30 days! What a team effort by Kevin Remde, Matt Hester, and...
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
Do you have an idea for something using Kinect? Want $20K?
How does $20K investment to get your idea off the ground? Add in all the tools you need, and even 3...
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
System Center Central
With the Private Cloud being so new, finding resources is always good and I want to share. Lately I...
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
Cool new SkyDrive features released yesterday
Here is a video showing off some of the new features in Skydrive we announced Yesterday. Enjoy!!
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
More Cloud Resources Yung Chou
My Co-worker Yung Chou has done a bunch of work lately online about Cloud Computing. I...
Author: jweston Date: 11/30/2011
Hey Students IT Imagine Cup Challenge Quiz #3 tomorrow
Are you up for the Challenge? If you answered yes, and if you are you a student, do you know...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
Cloud Assessment Tool
Are you ready for the Cloud? Are you working with a Microsoft Partner? Do you need a tool that...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
Where to see John Weston Present in December 2011
December 1st DFW IT Professionals 6PM at Microsoft offices Dallas(Las...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
The Cloud On Your Terms part 29 of 30: How do I Get to Hyper-V?
In today’s post we have asked Net/IQ to talk about how to get to the Cloud. Ready to try the Cloud...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
Chris Avis and Mark Minasi
My co-worker Chris Avis (does what I do but in Washington State area) did a great interview with...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
A blog here A blog there, every where a blog
Yes this is my main blog https://blogs.technet.com/b/jweston Approaching 45 post this month, it’s...
Author: jweston Date: 11/29/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 28 of 30: Cloud PowerShell
In today’s part of our series Matt Hester talks about PowerShell, yep his favorite subject. He has...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 27 of 30: Windows Small Business Servers (SBS) 2011 Essentials and the Cloud
ok, a little catching up here. I was on vacation last week for a long Thanksgiving week. My post as...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 26 of 30: Office 365 Will NOT get you fired
ok, a little catching up here. I was on vacation last week for a long Thanksgiving week. My post as...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 23 of 30: Windows Azure for the IT Professional
ok, a little catching up here. I was on vacation last week for a long Thanksgiving week. My post as...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 22 of 30: My Private Private Cloud
ok, a little catching up here. I was on vacation last week for a long Thanksgiving week. My post as...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 21 of 30: Setting up an inexpensive SAN
ok, a little catching up here. I was on vacation last week for a long Thanksgiving week. My post as...
Author: jweston Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 25 of 30: Windows Intune
What in the world is this thing called Windows Intune? Windows Intune is PC management &...
Author: jweston Date: 11/25/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 24 of 30: Hybrid for Public Cloud
In part 2 of this 30 part series we introduced the topic of Hybrid Cloud. That is the...
Author: jweston Date: 11/24/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 20 of 30: San Antonio, have you seen a lot of H20? Data Center
Back in September the team I am on got to visit our “Cloud” Data Center in San Antonio, Texas. ...
Author: jweston Date: 11/20/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 19 of 30:All about the Networking
Today Matt Hester talks about Networking when you are building your Private Cloud in his great post...
Author: jweston Date: 11/19/2011
Office 365: Free Ebook Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere
On the MSPress blog I was readying...
Author: jweston Date: 11/18/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms part 18 of 30: Lessons learned from Private Cloud build out (Stupid cold!)
So day three now of lessons learned within this blog series. Kevin started us out with his lessons...
Author: jweston Date: 11/18/2011
Cloud on Your Terms Part 17 of 30: Lessons learned from our Cloud Build Out
In today’s article Brian Lewis talks about the things he learned while we build out our private...
Author: jweston Date: 11/17/2011
Xbox at 10: a Decade of Gaming
As most of you know I am not much of a gamer. Even working for Microsoft I didn’t have an Xbox for...
Author: jweston Date: 11/16/2011
Cloud on Your Terms Part 16 of 30 Where should your DC go?
Today’ entry is from Kevin Remde. He talks about our build out of Private Cloud in a data center and...
Author: jweston Date: 11/16/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 15 of 30 Hybrid for Private Cloud
If you remember back to part 2 of this 30 part series, we defined Hybrid Cloud as just about...
Author: jweston Date: 11/15/2011
Cloud on Your Terms Part 14 of 30 System Center Orchestrator 2012
Kevin Remde brings us part 14 of our series with a Monday report on Orchestrator part of System...
Author: jweston Date: 11/14/2011
Slides for Angelbeat.com events
Over the next few weeks I am doing several events with www.angelbeat.com. They include cities...
Author: jweston Date: 11/13/2011
Cloud on Your Terms Part 13 of 30 System Center Operations Manager
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, Microsoft’s end-to-end service-management product, is your...
Author: jweston Date: 11/13/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 12 of 30: One Big Happy Private Cloud
In part 12 of our 30 part series we have invited a Microsoft Partner Veeam to join the fun. Veeam...
Author: jweston Date: 11/12/2011