Matt Hester's WebLog
Candygrams for the IT Pro on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server, System Center 2012, Azure, Windows 8, PowerShell, Cloud and Office 365
Kinect: Augmented Reality..Amazing
The Kinect sensor is a pretty amazing device allowing you to be the controller and has potential...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/16/2012
It’s Official I am in the 20th Anniversary of Walt Disney World Marathon!
So who is with me just got the email today: Registration Confirmation for: 2013 Walt Disney World...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/10/2012
VOTE NOW: Peoples Choice Awards for Imagine Cup
Make a difference and vote for your favorite today: VOTE NOW
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/04/2012
Microsoft Exchange Conference - registration is now live
Register now @ https://www.mecisback.com/register.aspx.
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/03/2012
In Like a Lion out Like a PowerShell!!! Register Now!
In the month of March Ed Wilson is going to be running a PowerShell Webcast series and if you are at...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/07/2012
Attention Students Your Last Chance for Round 1: Quiz #6 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge Today
Quiz #6 (the last quiz, your last chance to get into the challenge!) opens today at 8:01 p.m. EST...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/25/2012
Free Training: Are you ready for the Microsoft Private Cloud?
On February 21 & 22 there is a 2-day virtual training event to learn about the upcoming...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/23/2012
Get It Now: System Center 2012 RC now available for download
Go get it @ https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9796988. Here’s some bedtime reading while you watch the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/18/2012
Cool, I got to post on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog
I was asked by Ed Wilson to talk about, what else PowerShell! In the article I talk briefly...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/17/2012
Attention Students Quiz #5 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge Today
Quiz #5 opens today at 8:01 p.m. EST (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01 p.m MST, 5:01 p.m. PST Are you up for the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 01/08/2012
Attention Ohio Area IT Pros, Register Now for Dayton IT Pro Camp Wed., Jan., 18, 2012
The Dayton IT Pro Camp is a FREE, daylong Camp for IT Pros featuring Microsoft Cloud Technologies....
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/16/2011
Get an Early Christmas Present from Veeam: NFR license for Veeam Backup & Replication™ v6!
Everyone loves to get an early Christmas present well this year, Veeam has a great gift you can...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/14/2011
Attention Students Quiz #4 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge Today
Quiz #4 opens today at 8:01 p.m. EST (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01 p.m MST, 5:01 p.m. PST Are you up for the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/13/2011
New Virtual Labs on System Center 2012!
System Center Operations Manager 2012: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 12/12/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 30 of 30: Certification Tips To Get Your Career Ready For The Cloud
One of the things that can help provide a differentiator in your career is certification. ...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/30/2011
Attention Students Quiz #3 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge Today
Quiz #3 opens today at 8:01 p.m. EST (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01 p.m MST, 5:01 p.m. PST Are you up...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/30/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 29 of 30: How Do I Get to Hyper-V?
In today’s post we have Net/IQ talk about how do you get to the cloud. Hopefully during this...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/29/2011
What’s on Your Christmas List? For me: Ultimate Battlefield 3 Simulator!
If anyone has a spare $650,000k laying around, I would like one. Full article here:...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 28 of 30: Cloud PowerShell
Welcome to my personal favorite part of the series, part 28! Really the series would have been...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/28/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 27 of 30: Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials and the Cloud
Today we are going to take a look at another example of a hybrid cloud. In a few of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/27/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 26 of 30: Office 365 Will Not Get You Fired
As a Microsoft Certified Trainer I have had the privileged to meet and work with some fantastic...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/26/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 25 of 30: Windows Intune
In today’s post John takes a look at one of the newest cloud technologies, Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/25/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 24 of 30: Hybrid for Public Cloud
In today’s post John takes another look at the hybrid cloud. This time he takes a look at...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/24/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 23 of 30: Windows Azure for the IT Professional
Today Kevin got to talk an interesting topic for an IT Pro: Windows Azure. Now I know what...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/23/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 22 of 30: My Private Private Cloud
In today’s post Kevin takes a fun look at his private cloud. Wait not just his private cloud,...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/22/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 21 of 30: Setting up an inexpensive SAN
In today’s post Brian takes a look at how he has setup his current environment. Brian wanted...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/21/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 20 of 30: San Antonio Data Center Have you Seen a lot of H20?
One of the best trips I got to take this year was to the Microsoft San Antonio Data Center. ...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/20/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 19 of 30: All About the Networking
As cool as writing and working with this series has been. I love to talk about technology,...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/19/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms part 18 of 30: Lessons learned from Private Cloud build out (Stupid cold!)
As you can see from the last two posts from Kevin and Brian, we are sharing some of our own personal...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/18/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 17 of 30: Lessons Learned from our Private Cloud Build Out
In today’s post Brian starts to share some of his insights and experiences he has had on building...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/17/2011
Cloud on Your Terms Part 16 of 30: Where should the DC go?
In todays post, and for the next 4 posts we are going to share with you our experiences in building...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/16/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 15 of 30: Hybrid for Private Cloud
Good day everyone! In today’s post John takes another look into the Hybrid cloud but this time...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/15/2011
Happy 10 Year Anniversary Halo!
What were you doing 10 years ago, I was taking a day of vacation and saving the planet! Looks...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/15/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 14 of 30: System Center Orchestrator 2012
Conducting today’s post is the musically talented Kevin. He really is an awesome singer. ...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/14/2011
Attention Students Quiz #2 of the IT Imagine Cup Challenge Today
Quiz #2 (sorry I missed quiz one I was OOF) opens today at 8:01 p.m. EST (7:01 p.m. CST, 6:01...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/14/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 13 of 30: System Center Operations Manager
Today John takes a quick tour of System Center Operations Manager. He takes a quick tour of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/13/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms part 11 of 30: SCVMM and Virtualization a Love Story
In today’s post Brian takes a look at SCVMM and a lot of the many reasons why this tool is so...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/11/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms part 9 of 30: What hardware is needed for a Data Center? Lessons learned from a software company.
In today’s post Brian takes you on a quick tour of what is in the Microsoft datacenters. He...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/09/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 8 of 30: Installing Hyper-V Screencast
In today’s post we welcome the 4th and final member of our blogging group, Brian Lewis. He is...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/08/2011
Fun Video for the Day, Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - The Vet & The n00b
Enjoy!
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/07/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 7 of 30: Hyper-V for the VMware Professional
One of the common tasks we perform as IT Pro evangelists is the art of using synonym’s. Not...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/07/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 6 of 30: What Cloud Goodies Can I Find in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
If you have been running Windows Server 2008 R2 (W2K8R2) you may have upgraded to SP1. You may...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/06/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 5 of 30: Are your Servers Ready For the Cloud?
In our last few posts we have taken a look at some of concepts and technologies behind the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/05/2011
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 4 of 30: What does System Center 2012 offer “The Cloud”
Happy Friday everyone and welcome to Part 4, where we welcome the talented Mr. Kevin Remde to the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/04/2011
The Cloud on your Terms Part 3 of 30: Getting Ready for The Cloud
Today you can find part 3 on John Weston’s blog again. John does a great job of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 11/03/2011