Managing Microsoft
Kerrie Meyler, MVP, MCSE, MCTS, MCT, is an independent consultant and trainer with over 15 years of experience in IT. While at Microsoft in Field Technical Sales for four years she focused on infrastructure and mangement, presenting at numerous product launches. Kerrie has presented Operations Manager 2007 at TechEd 2007, MMS 2009, MMS 2011, and internal Microsoft conferences, receiving company recognition and awards including a SPAR MGS award.
It was 20 years ago today ...
20 years ago Microsoft released Windows 95, and the world lined up for it. 20 years later, things have changed.
Deal of the Day, May 7-8
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed eBook featured by InformIT
Inateck BK1002/3E Wireless Keyboard
Bluetooth devices such as a keyboard can make using smaller form factor devices stress-free. Inateck's Bluetooth keyboard goes a long way towards making life easier.
Microsoft and the Windows Phone
Microsoft's steps with the Windows Phone had one wondering if, as John Dvorak questions, Microsoft believes it is going to die.
To Be UNLEASHED: System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, Service Manager 2012
Technical Deep Dives of two System Center Components
The Difference Between End of Mainstream Support and End of Extended Support
Microsoft announces end of mainstream support for Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2
MMS: Back to the Basics?
MMS; System Center, user group conference
Midwest Management Summit to be held November 10-12
Twenty five years ago today...
It was 25 years ago today (well, this month - March 12, 1989) that Tim Berners-Lee introduced the idea of the World Wide Web in a proposal for an information system, although until 1995 there was limited practical commercial access....
What's New with Configuration Manager in System Center 2012 R2
Previous posts here and here discussed changes to several of Microsoft's System Center 2012 components with the R2 release, that being Orchestrator and Operations Manager, respectively.The changes to Configuration Manager, beginning...
What's New with Operations Manager in System Center 2012 R2
System Center 2012 R2 adds some new capabilities and changes to Operations Manager. These include:Fabric Monitoring: Closer integration with Virtual Machine Manager. The Virtual Machine Manager R2 management pack introduces...
Does Orchestrator Change in System Center 2012 R2?
With the System Center 2012 R2 release just around the corner, a big question for many is what's changed in the various components. The answer for Orchestrator: not much.Orchestrator is still 32-bit. The consoles are not updated. The...
MMS 2013: In the Cloud
It is cloudy in Las Vegas today, but even if the sun was shining, Microsoft is definitely "in the cloud" when it comes to System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012. That, of course, could get a little interesting when your demos are...
System Center Advisor now free of charge
Without much fanfare on March 6, Microsoft announced System Center Advisor will be free for Microsoft customers in supporting countries (a list of countries is available here).System Center Advisor, originally code-named "Atlanta,"...
Unappreciated Software Installations
I don't know about you, but I try to be aware of what software is installed on my home computer. This makes it somewhat annoying when I go to install an update to Adobe Reader (or other software) and suddenly discover that along with...
InformIT - Author of the Week
Had a nice surprise in my inbox this morning - one of my coauthors for the upcoming System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed book sent me an email congratulating me on being the Author of the Week on InformIT.com (it's there this...
Microsoft's Software Battles (some of them, anyway)
With Microsoft's vast reach in the marketplace, it seems the company regularly has an area where it is trying to be better than the competition or has a challenger to one of its many products. This is nothing new, its been going on...
Google vs FTC: Google 1, FTC 0
About 6 months ago, Google made the news for bypassing Apple's Safari browser settings for guarding privacy. Google, of course, claimed it would never do anything nefarious, that it was only reversing Safari protection for users who...
The Downside of the Microsoft Marketing Machine
CIO Insight tells us consumers are holding back on buying PCs - either awaiting the arrival of Windows 8 devices or buying tablets and smartphones. IDC reports that anticipation of Windows 8 devices has (predictably) led to sluggish...
Microsoft's Lost Decade and Server Management
Andy Patrizio, in this blog post, continues discussing his thoughts on the Vanity Fair article, "Microsoft's Lost Decade." This last article mentions some things Microsoft has done right!One thing he mentions is the growth of Windows...
