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Online FREE Training: Creating and Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start
Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and...
Date: 02/20/2012
TechNet Events Presents - IT Camp: The Future of IT
Private Cloud is the future of IT, and the future is now. Spend the day at our IT Camp and learn...
Date: 02/08/2012
TechNet Video: From Virtualization to Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager, a management solution for the virtualized data...
Date: 02/07/2012
TechNet Webcast: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat (Episode 4)
Have you built a private cloud lab with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and...
Date: 02/03/2012
TechNet Video: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat (Episode 3)
Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? Listen to our IT Live Private Cloud Chat...
Date: 02/02/2012
TechNet Radio: Virtual Lab Insider: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring with System Center 2012
Deploying the infrastructure for a private cloud is just the first step. In today’s episode Sr. IT...
Date: 02/01/2012
TechNet Radio: Virtual Lab Insider: Building a Service Template in Virtual Machine Manager 2012
About This Video In today’s episode I preview the “Building a Service Template” Virtual lab. Learn...
Date: 01/26/2012
TechNet Radio: Virtual Lab Insider: Building Your Cloud Infrastructure with Virtual Machine Manager 2012
In this episode I preview the “Building Your Cloud Infrastructure” Virtual lab. Learn how you can...
Date: 01/25/2012
Want to Know More About Private Cloud? Checkout the New Microsoft Private Cloud Website
Microsoft’s Server & Tools Business division leaders participated in a webcast, “Transforming IT...
Date: 01/24/2012
Build Your Own Private Cloud with Microsoft Technology
Begin Your Evaluation The Microsoft private cloud experience is only a few clicks away in the...
Date: 01/20/2012
New Jump Start! Microsoft Server Virtualization -- Get Certified!
Microsoft Learning is hosting a brand new class in the popular “Jump Start” series. We received rave...
Date: 01/13/2012
IT Camp: Free Hands-on Training - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012–Alpharetta, Georgia
What is an IT Camp? It’s a FREE, fast-paced, fun half-day on System Center Virtual Machine Manager....
Date: 01/09/2012
TechNet Radio: Turnkey Private Cloud - Datacenter Services (DCS)
About This Video In todays’ episode, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist John Baker welcomes Microsoft Solutions...
Date: 01/09/2012
New! Version 2 of the Security Compliance Manager (SCM 2) Tool is Now Available for Download!
SCM 2 provides ready-to-deploy policies and DCM configuration packs based on Microsoft Security...
Date: 01/06/2012
TechNet Radio: IT Time – Microsoft Virtual Academy - Private Cloud Scenarios, SQL Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Course Previews
In today’s episode, Alan Le Marquand discusses upcoming MVA courses on Private Cloud System Center...
Date: 01/05/2012
Just announced!!!! 15% discount offer for new TechNet Subscription
TechNet Flash Subscribers Take advantage of this offer and get TechNet Professional Subscription...
Date: 01/04/2012
TechNet Webcast: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat (Episode 2)
Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? If you attended one of our Live Private...
Date: 12/27/2011
Florida IT Pro Camps Update for 2012 – Win an XBOX Kinect and other SWAG – Come Join Us!!!
These community events are free with great food including BBQ in Orlando and Greek Gyros in...
Date: 12/22/2011
TechNet Radio: Virtual Lab Insider - An Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2012
About This Video In today’s episode I preview the latest System Center Configuration Manager 2012...
Date: 12/14/2011
Hyper-V Question of the Week: VMs Require Booting from Virtual IDE Drives, but isn’t SCSI Faster. Are we giving up performance booting from virtual IDE?
We know that Hyper-V virtual machines require booting from virtual IDE. Historically, in the...
Date: 12/09/2011
Troubleshooting a Failed Microsoft Security Essentials Install - Error Code 0x80070643
I was working on my daughter’s Windows 7 computer last weekend and one of the first things I noticed...
Date: 12/08/2011
NEW Systems Center 2012 Virtual Labs are Live!
Here's a great resource to get up-to-speed on the latest version of System Center 2012. ...
Date: 12/07/2011
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 RTM - Now Available to Download!!!
Overview The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 is an agentless, automated,...
Date: 12/07/2011
Download Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster
Overview If you’re prepping for a Hyper-V virtualization exam or you work with Hyper-V this is a...
Date: 12/06/2011
Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Jump Start
Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Jump Start This 1-day online accelerated...
Date: 12/05/2011
Whitepaper: Virtual Hard Disk Performance
In our Private Cloud roadshow event we have a session on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. We touch on...
Date: 12/02/2011
Webcast: Failover Clustering with Hyper-V: Designing a Highly-Available Infrastructure for the Private Cloud
More Free Training: Join Symon Perriman (Technical Evangelist for Private Cloud) and Elden...
Date: 12/01/2011
"Hands-on" IT Camp - Hyper-V - Free Training!!!
What is an IT Camp? This will be a fast-paced, fun half-day on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. We...
Date: 11/28/2011
“Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud” Event Slides
PDFs of presentations at the “Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud”...
Date: 11/18/2011
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 2 Now Available!!!
Beta 2 of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 is now available for download! New features...
Date: 11/18/2011
TechNet Video: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat (Episode 1)
Have questions about Microsoft's Private Cloud solutions? If you attended one of the Live Private...
Date: 11/17/2011
TechNet Radio: IT Time–Microsoft Virtual Academy - System Center 2012 and the Private Cloud Course Preview
Microsoft’s Virtual Academy Dean of students, Alan Le Marquand is back and in today’s episode he...
Date: 11/14/2011
Free eBook: TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows
This online book describes the fundamentals of TCP/IP in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows...
Date: 11/10/2011
Microsoft Learning Free Clinics: Exploring Microsoft Virtualization Technologies
Overview This collection of two 2-hour online clinics and an 1-hour online clinic provides IT...
Date: 11/07/2011
Free eBook: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization R2 Solutions
Learn about the latest Microsoft Virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Windows Azure....
Date: 11/04/2011
Bytes By TechNet: Interview with Mikael Nystrom, Deployment MVP
Hear from John Baker, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Mikael Nystrom, Sr. Executive Consultant...
Date: 11/03/2011
Download Microsoft System Center 2012 Pre-Release Products
System Center solutions help you manage your physical and virtual IT environments across...
Date: 11/02/2011
TechNet Webcast: Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chats
Register for the Private Cloud Chats: Episode 1 - Live! IT Time: Private Cloud Chat, 11/9/2011...
Date: 11/01/2011
Just Released!!! System Center Configuration Manager 2012 RC
Overview System Center 2012 pre-release products help your organization achieve IT as a...
Date: 10/28/2011
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Beta Now Available!!!
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Beta Beta review program now open! Join the MAP...
Date: 10/25/2011
TechNet Radio: IT Time–Microsoft Virtual Academy 6 Month Anniversary Update
The Microsoft Virtual Academy has turned 6 months old and for all you MVA students the Academy is...
Date: 10/11/2011
Just Added!! Two More Dates for Virtualization Exam 70-659 Training
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Date: 10/07/2011
TechNet Radio: IT Time–An Introduction to Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
Its IT Time and in today’s episode, Blain Barton and John Baker welcome Curtis Parker from the...
Date: 10/07/2011
IT Camp–Systems Management at the Microsoft office in Waltham, MA October 28th, 2011
At this IT Camp, the agenda is up to you! We will have professional speakers flying in ready to...
Date: 10/04/2011
(Updated Links) Want to Build Your Own Private Cloud, do some Hyper-V Virtualization Testing or Checkout Windows Server 2008 R2? Download Latest Evaluation software!!!
If you’ve been putting off doing any of the above because you don’t have access to the software,...
Date: 09/28/2011
TechNet Radio: IT Time–Tips and Tricks for setting up Windows Deployment Services (Part 3 of 3)
In Part 3 of our Tips and Tricks for WDS, Rhonda Layfield addresses the importance of integrating...
Date: 09/23/2011
Virtualization Exam 70-659 Training
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Date: 09/22/2011
TechNet Radio: IT Time–Tips and Tricks for setting up Windows Deployment Services (Part 2 of 3)
We’re here with Part 2 of our Tips and Tricks for Windows Deployment Services and in this episode...
Date: 09/21/2011