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Take Your Microsoft Certification Exams from Home – Now in Canada

Jun 9, 2015 | Certification | 0 |

Yes it is official everyone!! I received an email from Microsoft Certification earlier today. In Canada from your Home! You can now write Microsoft Certification Exams from the comfort of your own home or office!...

Microsoft to Open Azure Data Center in Canada in 2016

Jun 5, 2015 | Azure | 0 |

This is huge news everyone!! Microsoft will open it’s first Canadian Data Centers in Toronto and Quebec city in 2016. Here is a little snippet from their press release: Press Release From Microsoft: MICROSOFT CLOUD TO...

Black Belt Session – Troubleshooting Hyper-V Performance – MVP V Conf

Jun 3, 2015 | MVP, Speaking | 0 |

I am so happy to share this session that I did at the MVP Virtual Conference in May 2015. Over 5000 + people registered for this great event and it was an amazing success. Please feel free to view my session below....

MVP Virtual Conference 2015 Sessions are now online

Jun 2, 2015 | MVP | 0 |

Great news everyone you can view all of the sessions for the amazing MVP’s that presented at the MVP Virtual Conference in May 2015. Click the link below to view any / all of them....

MVPDays 2015 is coming back to Western Canada

Jun 2, 2015 | MVPDays | 0 |

I am so pleased to announce the MVP Days will be coming back to Western Canada this year. We are going to be visiting the following cities: Vancouver – September 21, 2015 Calgary – September 23, 2015 Edmonton – September 25,...

MVPDays 2014 Sessions are now Online

Jun 2, 2015 | MVPDays | 0 |

Great news everyone the sessions from MVPDays 2014 are online and available. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKwKwTExLTHMn69hLNM03-w Don’t forget to register for this year’s roadshow at www.mvpdays.com We also...

25 Steps that will save your bacon when migrating from Windows 2003 to 2012 R2

Jun 2, 2015 | Step-by-Step, Windows Server | 1 |

Are you still struggling to get rid of your existing Windows 2003 Servers? Did you forget that July14, 2015 is the END? For more information you can go to:...

Microsoft Intune Step by Step for Small Businesses with Office365

Apr 30, 2015 | Intune | 0 |

Many organizations today struggle with securing the plethora of devices that are used for business purposes, regardless of their size. Even users that have company-provided computers and phones will often still use their...

Register for the MVP Virtual Conference Today

Apr 28, 2015 | MVP, Speaking | 0 |

Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference I wanted to let you know about a great free event that Microsoft and the MVPs are putting on, May 14th & 15th. Join Microsoft MVPs from the...

Setting up Azure AD Connect Public Preview

Mar 31, 2015 | Azure | 0 |

QUICKPOST…. Hey there I wanted to write up a quick note on a new way to connect your on premise Active Directory to Windows Azure. It is called Azure AD Connect and can be is now available for download....

Taking Hydration to the Next Level – Part 4 – ViaMonstra SCCM Post Configuration

Mar 7, 2015 | 1E, SCCM, ViaMonstra, Videos | 0 |

During the process of building the outline for our book Advanced Windows Deployments using 1E...

Taking Hydration to the Next Level – Part 3 – ViaMonstra SCCM Post Configuration

Mar 6, 2015 | 1E, SCCM, ViaMonstra, Videos | 0 |

This is the last video that will cover the ViaMonstra Post Configuration tasks required to get the...

Taking Hydration to the Next Level – Part 2 – Reporting Services and Discovery

Mar 5, 2015 | Hyper-V, SCCM, ViaMonstra, Videos | 0 |

In the next BlogCast of this series, Dave and I start performing some post-installation tasks in...

Taking Hydration to the Next Level

Feb 28, 2015 | 1E, Hyper-V, SCCM, ViaMonstra, Videos | 0 |

For a number of years now, Johan Arwidmark has been publishing Hydration Kits from his...

Installing System Center Configuration Manager 2012R2 Cumulative Update 4 Step by Step

Feb 7, 2015 | SCCM | 0 |

The first step to install Cumulative Update 4 is to download the actual CU4 update binaries, which can be acquired by going to https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3026739 and clicking on the Hotfix Download Available link,...

System Center Configuration Manager 2012R2 Cumulative Update 4 PowerShell Fixes and Additions

Feb 4, 2015 | SCCM | 0 |

Cumulative Update 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager included many additions and changes to the PowerShell cmdlets that are used to manage the environment. Here is a list of all the additions, fixes, and changes...

System Center Configuration Manager 2012R2 Cumulative Update 4 Released!

Feb 2, 2015 | SCCM | 0 |

Cumulative Update 4 for SCCM 2012 R2 was release by Microsoft on January 29, 2015. Along with issues fixed by the previous Cumulative Updates, CU4 provides support for App-V 5.0SP2 and specifically addresses the following:...

Top Level Limiting Collections for Configuration Manager 2012

Dec 23, 2014 | SCCM | 0 |

Having been through quite a few CM07 to CM12 migrations over the past few years, one of the things that I have seen heavily used in previous versions is nested collections, which had a similar functionality in SCCM as nested...

Dynamic Server Collections for Managed Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager 2012

Dec 8, 2014 | SCCM | 0 |

One of the reasons why I really like System Center Endpoint Protection is its ease of management. This goes double when we’re using it to manage servers, as we get to leverage all the stuff that Configuration Manager has...

Patching Images in Configuration Manager 2012 to Reduce Deployment Time

Dec 1, 2014 | SCCM | 0 |

In my previous post, we went through the process of using Automatic Deployment Rules to create a fully automated patching process, complete with a pilot period, ideal for SMB customers. We’re now going to take those same...