Month: April 2010

Decision time for my new laptop/ work PC – MacBook Pro or a HP 8540W ? I’ve seen a few techies running Windows 7/ 2K8 R2 on MacBooks and just wondering what the REAL reasons are for this (other than a MacBook is shiny and looks cool), or whether there…(read more)

Well I delighted to say I sat and passed this exam today. I used the free MS Press Book Microsoft sent me to help prepare for this (see this post for details) which was a GREAT help especially the searchable eBook that comes on the CD included with the…(read more)

As announced by Brad Anderson at MMS 2010 the R3 Beta is now available for download from the Microsoft Connect Site. To download R3: Goto https://connect.microsoft.com/site16 Sign in to the site (you won’t be able to access the download until you do)…(read more)

To summarise some information given by Jeff Wettlaufer on the best places to go to keep up with what is happening at MMS 2010: The MMS website: https://www1.mms-2010.com/public/home.aspx – News, announcements, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Twitter – Look on…(read more)

I saw this 20 ish minute posted on the TechNet Edge site and thought I’d share it here. Basically in this video Jeff Wettlaufer talks about the big ConfigMgr announcements at MMS 2010. If you don’t want to know what they are “ STEP AWAY FROM THE MONITOR…(read more)

Well MMS 2010 is up and running and here’s the first details from Brad Anderson taken from the Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Hello from Las Vegas, where we just kicked off the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2010. This year’s theme is Manage…(read more)

If you want to catch Bob Muglia’s MMS 2010 Keynote “ Managing Systems from the Datacenter to the Cloud ” then head on over to the following link at 08:30 PST: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/infrastructure/LiveEvent.aspx…(read more)

Ever wondered what it’s like backstage behind the Wizard of Oz’s curtain? Well in this series of videos Jeff Wettlaufer takes us behind the scenes and shows us some cool stuff: http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/04/19/back-back-back-stage…(read more)

The timing of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland couldn’t have come at a worse time for MMS. My thoughts are with all those wishing to attend MMS who now face cancellations and even the possibility of not being able to attend, as…(read more)

To help beef up my deployment skills and demonstrate to the outside world I know the difference between LiteTouch and ZeroTouch and all of the supported technologies/ scenarios, I decided to have a go at the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Exam 70…(read more)