The second keynote of MMS 2012 focused on users and their connected devices. Specific points from the keynote include the following items: Announcements: MMS 2013: New Orleans in June Brad Anderson said Microsoft will be providing "Deep integration with Windows, IOS and Android" Windows InTune Pre-Release announced GeekNotes: InTune: All lab systems at MMS 2012…
I have an auto-generated entity framework Entity Data Model Designer File (edmx). And while I am using Data Annotations for validation purposes, there are times when retrieving the maxlength of an entity property programmatically would be very useful. In some cases, I may want to simply truncate the value, rather than throw an error if…
The second keynote of MMS 2012 focused on users and their connected devices. Specific points from the keynote include the following items: Announcements: MMS 2013: New Orleans in June Brad Anderson said Microsoft will be providing “Deep integration with Windows, IOS and Android” Windows InTune Pre-Release announced GeekNotes: InTune: All lab systems at MMS 2012…
A Texas state agency has engaged Catapult Systems to assist them in planning, designing, and implementing a Unified Communications (UC) solution based on Microsoft Lync. Already using Office Communications Server 2007 for IM and presence, the agency wishes to enhance their existing environment by upgrading to Lync Server 2010. Catapult has designed a Proof of…
Deployment gurus Michael "Knowledge House" Niehaus and Johan Arwidmark are on stage now for a discussion on incorporating drivers within your operating system deployment process. One of the biggest challenges with operating system deployment today involves correctly deploying drivers for all models of machines in your organization. The issues that stand in the way include…
Headed down to registration around 0800 – HOLY COW, the line was long! It took about an hour to get through registration. The Shwag is pretty nice: The shirt is a gray Nike polo, the bag is pretty understated and functional – good stuff. I started my day first thing with SD-IL306 System Center…
Paul Mestemaker presented a solid session today on System Center Advisor at MMS. The following is my summary from the session: System Center Advisor: Microsoft support sees common underlying root causes. Advisor is designed to identify these root causes – what is the issue and how to resolve it in a cloud based solution. Available…
Many folks consider Operations Manager to be a monitoring solution for server systems. But it’s also very interesting and helpful to know that Operations Manager provides a nice gambit of tasks for monitoring and administrating the desktop. Here are just a few ideas things that you can do with your existing Operations Manager environment to…
I’ve built the technical aspects of my career on combining technologies from Microsoft, that are easy to sell into enterprises that require the confidence that comes from their extensive support contacts and huge market footprint, with open source technologies that steer the direction of technology ahead of the enterprise curve – eventually to be embraced…
Paul Mestemaker presented a solid session today on System Center Advisor at MMS. The following is my summary from the session: System Center Advisor: Microsoft support sees common underlying root causes. Advisor is designed to identify these root causes – what is the issue and how to resolve it in a cloud based solution. Available…
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