Office 365 vNext lab Build Out – Part 1
With the GA release of Server 2012 and now the ability for TechNet subscriptions to download the RTM versions of…
Auto restarting the VMMS and SCVMMAgent services using OpsMgr service monitoring and recoveries (#SCVMM, #SCOM, #SYSCTR)
In my lab environment I am running Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V systems and managing them with System Center Virtual Machine…
A computer geeks lessons learned while installing an attic antenna
This isn’t my normal OpsMgr type blog post so for my OpsMgr colleagues out there feel free to skip past…
First Look At SurfaceRT
Today I got a chance to take my first hands-on look at the new Windows 8 tablet from Microsoft the…
What are the hardest problems to solve?
IMHO, The hardest problems to solve are those that are intermittent in nature. We need to reproduce a problem in…
Catapult Systems to the Rescue!
A data loss prevention company recently engaged a Microsoft partner for an Office 365 implementation. Unfortunately for the client, the…
Lync 2013 Beta Funny
Today I was joining a Con Call on Lync 2013 (which is awesome BTW) and I noticed that while…
Building an All-In-One OpsMgr 2012 environment on Windows Server 2012 (#OpsMgr, #WindowsServer, #SYSCTR)
The following are the steps and links associated with building an all-in-one OpsMgr 2012 environment. This blog post specifically was…
Removing a Windows Server 2012 domain controller (#WindowsServer)
I recently blogged on the process to install a new domain controller in Windows 2012 (available here). As part of…
Office 2013 RTM, Surface RT Pricing and Windows Phone 8
It has been a busy several days for Microsoft and more busy days on the way. On October 11th Microsoft…