The Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector (ACT Connector) assists administrators with collecting the necessary computer and application compatibility information to help plan for a Windows deployment. In order to install the ACT Connector, a prerequisite is The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 (ACT 5.5), now replaced by a newer version, ACT 5.6. I have seen…
While working on kinlighten, a side business I am starting up that runs on ruby on rails, I used a popular open source ruby framework for generating objects to use in tests. There are many frameworks available for rails that are popular including factory_girl, machinist, and fabrication. These frameworks assist with the creation of objects…
Anyone who knows me knows that the activities and interests of my young child often dominate conversation in our household. Growing up one of her favorite Disney shows was the Imagination Movers. You might ask yourself why a “30-something” year-old would admit to watching a kitschy, musical TV series for pre-school and elementary age children…
So I am taking a quick detour from all things Office 365 to check out and play with Server 8 Beta. I have been running Windows 8 Beta on my Acer Iconia Tab and like it. Takes a little bit to get use to no start button but the touch interface with the Metro Start…
There is a lot of excitement around the upcoming RTM release of Microsoft System Center 2012. One of our Austin clients has just engaged us to assist with a Proof of Concept of System Center 2012 Operations Manager, beginning with an agent installation on about 20 servers. Upon completion of the POC and the RTM…
I normally don’t blog about an article someplace else but this one is a must read. It’s very important to keep you data in at least two places if not more. http://lifehacker.com/5893278/how-to-protect-your-data-in-the-event-of-a-webapp-shutdown-and-prevent-the-problem-in-the-future
Great news for everyone, the price of the cloud is dropping! Microsoft has cut the prices for the Enterprise Suite of Office 365. The E1 plan was $10 per user per month is now $8; the E3 plan was $24 and now is $20! Microsoft attributed this price reduction to the cost efficiencies of having…
Cameron Fuller has put together a really great summary from the Windows 8 presentation earlier this week. Read his full blog post here.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sccm-guru-webcast-series/id491938468 BDNA has made available the replays of the Guru webcasts on iTunes, so you can watch the presentations again on your iPhone and iPad. Very cool!
Loryan Strant (@thecloudmouth) A Office 365 MVP and all around great guy, has developed a Mobile App for Office 365 Administration. I have been using this to administer my Office365Evangelist.com Office 365 environment and really like it. This is V1 of the app and currently can only administer Online Only Accounts but Loryan is working…
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