Windows Server 8 Beta–managing it with ConfigMgr 2012 RC (#SCCM) and backing it up with DPM 2012 RC (#SCDPM)
II recently blogged on installing Windows Server 8 Beta as a guest operating system in my SCVMM environment, and attempting…
Windows Server 8 Beta & Operations Manager 2012 RC [#SCOM]
[Please note, I’m sure that this is a totally unsupported configuration]. The next thing I had to know is whether…
Deploying Windows Server 8 Beta in #SCVMM 2012 RC
With this week’s release of Windows Server 8 Beta, it seemed like a good idea to see how the server…
E-Mail vs. IM vs. Phone vs. In-Person Meeting?
A helpful time management principle is knowing when to pick up the phone instead of drafting a long E-Mail. New…
Uninstall Multiple Versions of an Application with One Script
I recently ran into a situation where I needed to uninstall Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 through SCCM. Normally this…
Event-based Retention in SharePoint 2010
(For an introduction to Retention Policies in SharePoint 2010, please see my earlier entry, "RM Basics: Retention") Out of the…
Dedicated Outlook Web Access (OWA) Trunk in Microsoft Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 not showing logon page unless user adds /owa to the end of the domain name.
I recently ran into an issue of a dedicated trunk in UAG not presenting the logon screen to end user…
Microsoft Community Contributor Award
Today I got a very nice email from Microsoft; I have been awarded a Microsoft Community Contributor Award for 2012!…
Office 365 Saturday Redmond Session
Just finished presenting my session for Office 365 Saturday here in Redmond. My session topic was Office 365 Hybrid Deployment…
Service Stories: Delivering High Availability
Some days, our Managed Services team fixes production errors or we show business users how to configure a content query…