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Windows 7 post SP1 patch relief
I've been getting this question a lot lately. is there a rollup for Windows 7 Post...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/12/2013
New Windows 8 Camps announced.
Hello folks, On January 25th 2013, Chris Di Lullo had announced a new set of camps for IT pros...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/12/2013
Windows 8: From an enterprise point of view
Some of us get to live in the world of cool. We are on the leading edge of software (and...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/12/2013
Windows 8 & System Center 2012 SP1 - The Complete Solution
It has been an exciting couple of weeks delivering the Windows Server 2012 camp alongside Mitch...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/11/2013
Converting VHDs to VHDX and other questions…
Many of the articles I write for both The World According to Mitch and the Canadian IT Pro...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 03/05/2013
Windows 8: More beautiful, more flexible and more secure
Hello folks, Windows 8 has been since October 30th 2012. And a lot has been said about it. Some may...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 03/04/2013
Step-By-Step: Upgrading SCSM 2012 and Orchestrator 2012 Environments to SP1
System Center 2012 SP1 was recently released. You can now download and install it for all System...
Author: MVP Brad Bird Date: 03/04/2013
New Virtualization User Group in Calgary
Hello Folks, I wanted to introduce you to a new User Group in Calgary. This group is focusing on...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 02/25/2013
Deployment & Management of Windows 8 Utilizing System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager
MSDN Channel Nine has recently released a short video touching on the deployment and management of...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 02/25/2013
Step-by-Step: Building a FREE System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Lab
As mentioned in an earlier blog post, System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Intune and the BYOD...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 02/21/2013
Windows Phone: Built for Business
During a recent Edmonton Microsoft User Group meeting covering how Microsoft's System Center...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 02/19/2013
Office 2013 Quick Start Guides
In my last role as a Technical Account Manager supporting large corporate and public sector...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 02/18/2013
My IT Guy was Hit by a Bus!
I have known Sharon Bennett for a couple of years now, and enjoy her daily tech tips on Twitter...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 02/04/2013
USB Keys Certified for Windows to Go Use
A great question was asked at during today's #CANITPRO camp by an attendee: "Which USB keys...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 02/01/2013
System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Intune and the BYOD Revolution
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUwspFrD98s] The term “Bring your own device” or...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 01/30/2013
My Return to Microsoft as An IT Pro Evangelist
Why hello esteemed audience of the Canadian IT Professional blog. My name is Anthony Bartolo and I...
Author: Anthony Bartolo Date: 01/28/2013
Plan your Windows 8 deployment with the Map Toolkit.
We recently announced the release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.0. The...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/28/2013
System Center 2012 SP1– Backing up Applications with DPM 2012
Hello Folks, I’ve said it before… I’m always looking for individuals in the Canadian IT pro...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/23/2013
System Center 2012 SP1– Overview
System Center 2012 SP1 has been on most of our radars since Windows Server 2012 was released. ...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/21/2013
Migrating a Production Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Cluster to a Server 2012 Production Hyper-V Cluster
Hello Folks, I’m always looking for individuals in the Canadian IT pro community that have expertise...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/10/2013
Failover Clustering: Let’s spread the Hyper-V love across hosts!
Some veteran IT Pros hear the term ‘Microsoft Clustering’ and their hearts start racing. ...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 01/09/2013
Help Protect Your Friends And Family From Phone Scams – Part deux
Last May, Chris Di Lullo posted a great note regarding a phone scam that had been going around....
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 01/07/2013
iSCSI Storage in Windows Server 2012
Storage is one of the most important aspects of our IT infrastructure. In this day and age of...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 01/07/2013
Shared Nothing Live Migration: Goodbye Shared Storage?
Many smaller companies and individuals with home labs see shared storage – usually a SAN (Storage...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 01/03/2013
A Quick Tip for Hyper-V Users: Product Keys
I keep telling people that the best way to activate your servers and desktops is to have a Key...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 01/02/2013
Blog Roll, Please!
Happy New Year! Ok, not quite yet… or depending on when you read this it might be old news. ...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 12/31/2012
Are you an Influencer who blogs? Tell us!
It is amazing what you come across when you are not looking for it. I was poking around this...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 12/27/2012
Getting Started With Hyper-V in Server 2012 and Windows 8
You all know by now that I am a huge Hyper-V fan… I have been using it since 2008, but with the...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 12/26/2012
Windows Server 2012 IT Camp – Lab #3 - Thin vs. Fixed provisioning… That is the storage management question.
Since the last few Windows Server 2012 IT camps a few discussions have sprouted regarding “Thin...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 12/20/2012
December 21, 2012 – The End of the World?
Depending which camp you sit in, you may, or may not believe Friday, December 21, 2012 will be the...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 12/20/2012
Storage Pools… Dive right in!
Storage Pools are a new feature in Windows Server 2012 that at first glance (at the terminology) may...
Author: Mitch.Garvis Date: 12/13/2012
Windows Server 2012 IT Camp – Lab #2
In November I posted the first of several post that covered building a lab at home. Then I...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 12/11/2012
Windows Server 2012 tuning guidelines
Hello Folks, Following an IT camp a few weeks back, I was discussing tuning options in Windows...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 12/10/2012
Windows 8 & Windows 8 Devices
This post was taken from a TechNet Flash Editorial written by Pierre Roman.I picked up my Microsoft...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 12/05/2012
The “SQL Guy” Post # 30: How to Recover from a Lost SA Password in SQL Server 2012
Working at Microsoft provides many opportunities to receive pearls of wisdom from individuals at...
Author: DamirB Date: 11/26/2012
Best Practices for Implementing Identity Management Solutions - Seminars
Avaleris and Microsoft will be hosting a seminar series on Identity Management & Secure Access...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 11/20/2012
Winning by having your head in the Cloud.
As a child, my mom always told me that I had my head in the clouds. Many, many years later, it’s...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 11/05/2012
Faced with choices. I must evaluate!
As an IT professional this is a concept you know very well. This is why most of us got in the...
Author: Pierre Roman Date: 10/31/2012
Get the jump on Windows 8
There has been a lot of excitement over the launch of Windows 8 in the consumer space and the launch...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/30/2012