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Microsoft Early Experts is a free, online study group for virtualization professionals.. check it out!
What is Early Experts? Microsoft Early Experts is a free, online study group for virtualization...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/06/2014
Cloudwalker – IT Pros enter if you dare. Fight your way to glory and perhaps an XBOX One…
https://www.questofthecloudwalker.com/ Hark beleaguered IT Professionals! We know of the evils which...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/05/2014
O365 and Azure Integration Roadshow Jax 5/6 Orlando 5/7 and West Palm 5/8.. Register Now…
Integrate Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365! As we move into springtime, join Jeffery...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/05/2014
First U.S.-based Microsoft Innovation Center to debut in Miami
“The opening of the Microsoft Innovation Center in Miami signals our commitment to providing our...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/02/2014
Live! TechNet Radio Community Corner: An Interview with Jeff Mitchell from Bit-Wizards PLUS Updates on Microsoft Azure, BuildYourBiz.org, Office 365 and more!
Tommy Patterson, Dan Stolts, and Blain Barton welcome Jeff Mitchell from Bit-Wizards as they discuss...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/25/2014
Enhance your virtualization skills by checking out the Early Experts! Read on…
Join the Early Experts Program! In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/23/2014
Florida Spring Roadshow - Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Integration Technologies – Sarasota 4/30 –Hodges University– Registration Open
Roadshow is now over, thank you for attending! Spring into action by Integrating Windows Azure and...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/22/2014
Join Microsoft Early Experts and enhance your Virtualization Skills! – Register here!
Join the Early Experts Program! In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/21/2014
Are you ready to begin your Quest of the Cloudwalker?
https://www.questofthecloudwalker.com/ Hark beleaguered IT Professionals! We know of the evils which...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/16/2014
TechNet Radio – IT Time – Blain Barton Interviews Tim Raines around End of Life for Windows XP… Tune-in!
Support for Windows XP ends this month. No big deal you say? Well not so fast my friends. Tune in as...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 04/08/2014
I looked at the game GEEK TIME I developed – one year later - 280 free downloads, come on - get downloading’….
My friends have told me they can’t beat my timer. I said, take a look at the Windows 8 abstract and...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/31/2014
Microsoft Office is now available for iPad. – Microsoft CEO Sayta Nadella announces! Read on…
The Microsoft Office suite of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPad will be available starting at 11...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/27/2014
Office 365 and Azure Integration Roadshow – Sign up now!
This is a great series put on by Windows MVP Adnan Cartwright and Jeffery Mitchell from Bit-Wizards...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/27/2014
Microsoft CEO – Sayta Nadella talks about transforming data into action! – Tuesday, April 15th, 10am PDT – Put this on your calendar!
To meet today’s business challenges and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the cloud,...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/27/2014
Florida Community Roadshow – Windows Azure and Office 365 Integration Roadshow – MVP/Partner Event
Join the Florida Community Roadshow with MVP Adnan Cartwright and Bit-Wizards Jeffery Mitchell...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/21/2014
Article - Windows 8 Series for Business - Is the “Cloud” a really big deal? By Blain Barton
The other day I was talking to a medium business owner in Pensacola Florida right after they had an...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/20/2014
Windows XP End of Life coming April 8th, 2014 … Read on…
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/endofsupport.aspx Take a look at the 6-Part...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/13/2014
New Tampa Meetup - Global Windows Azure Bootcamp – Tampa FL – Saturday March 29th
Check out this brand new Meetup in Tampa and signup here:...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/12/2014
Office 365 IT Pro Network Now Available!
Corporate has launched the Office 365 IT Pro Network, a new Yammer group open to anyone with a...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/11/2014
Sarasota IT Pro Camp taking place Saturday March 22nd at Keiser University - Still Seats Open - Free
IT Pro Camp Sarasota – Saturday - March 22nd, 2014 – See the Schedule Register Here IT Pro Camps are...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/11/2014
Florida Roadshow – Spring Series – Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Integration – Jeff Mitchell and Adnan Cartwright – Open Registration
Spring into action by Integrating Windows Azure and Microsoft Office 365! As it begins to warm up...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/06/2014
Resources - Windows XP End of Life – Blain Barton’s “mini-series” in case you missed it… read on…..
As you think about the lonely ole’ Windows XP machines in your environment and as you look for how...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/04/2014
Oh Start menu, how do I miss thee…or do I? Learn how to get around in #Windows
Oh Start menu, how do I miss thee…or do I? Learn how to get around in #Windows...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/04/2014
Planning Disaster Recovery Capacity for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Replica
Here’s another good article from Keith Mayer… check it out!...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/27/2014
Kevin Remde discusses Offline Backups within the Disaster Recovery Blog Series. check out his blog article… Read more…
Kevin discusses Offline Backup and Recovery in part of the Disaster Recovery Series our group is...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/26/2014
Students Get Your Code On! – Windows 8 APP Madness Challenge – Check it out and your chance to Win!
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/25/2014
Did not know there was a fluffy the cat in Disaster Recovery? Read on…
Disaster Recovery: What about Fluffy the cat and saving your desktops?...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/21/2014
Just Released – Windows Azure Webinar Series – On Demand …
Windows Azure Webinar Series | View in browser If you missed our recent webinar series, here's...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/20/2014
@WindowsAzure #ITCamps are here. Attend a FREE expert-led, hands-on technical event near you
You CAN have the best of both worlds! With Windows Azure and System Center 2012 R2, IT Pros can...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/19/2014
Intro to Disaster Recovery Blog Series – Read more ….
This is post part of a 15 part series on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning by the...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/19/2014
TechNet Radio: IT Time - Valentine's Day Special! The 14 Things we LOVE about PowerShell with Ed Wilson and Blain Barton
TechNet Radio: IT Time - Valentine's Day Special! The 14 Things we LOVE about PowerShell It’s...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/17/2014
Video - Office 365 Identity Models – Jeffery Mitchell discusses O365/Azure identity models around ADFS and SSO technologies… Watch and learn ……
Office 365 - Identity Models Where do you start with Office 365? You must first decide which model...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 02/12/2014
TechNet Radio – IT Time: PASS Business Analytics Conference 2014 coming soon.. read more…….
Blain Barton welcomes Denise McInerney, PASS Vice President of Marketing and data engineer at Intuit...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/27/2014
Windows 8 apps of the week, check them out!
Apps to Promote – Week of January 20th 5-Minute Vacation Travel...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/22/2014
Article – Clearing the Jobs status out of Windows Azure Backup using Event Viewer
Here’s a quick way to delete the Jobs and Alert events that show up in the Windows Azure Backup....
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/13/2014
Article – Setting up Windows Azure Recovery Services – Backup Vault after reinstalling Windows Server 2012 R2 while using your existing Public Certificate from your CA Provider….
When reinstalling Windows Server 2012 R2 on bare metal I wanted to use the existing certificate I...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/09/2014
Windows Server 2012 R2 Video Driver for Lenovo W510
There’s a new released version of the Windows 8.1 drivers on Jan 6th, 2014. If you are having...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/08/2014
Alex Melching writes a Windows Phone 8 App for Tampa Bay Virtualization User Group – cool man!
Nice job Alex! To those of you in Florida, check out the app and find out about the latest...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/07/2014
ITTime Radio– Blain Barton discusses Windows Azure Websites… Tune in here…..
In this episode Blain Barton demos and discusses the features and functionalities found in the...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/07/2014
Yes I was born and raised in Seattle and still a Hawks fan, but this is good news to my new hometown here in Tampa… Read on….
I would Lovie you to come to Tampa FL man!
Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/03/2014
Article: Florida IT Server Group’s Adnan Cartwright writes on “Deploying an Internal PKI for Azure Recovery Services Prerequisite” read on….
Azure Recovery Services uses certificates to authenticate and encrypt connections to and from the...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/18/2013
MAP Toolkit 9.0 now available! Download it here…
Here’s the RTM availability of version 9.0 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit....
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/16/2013
ITPalooza was a great event! Read what went on here....
Last year, on 12/12/12, ITPalooza raised over $30,000 in charity donations from 1,200 members from...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/11/2013
Part 6 of 6 – Resources for Windows XP End of Life.. What can I do ?
You can take the steps to migrate off of Windows XP, here are some resources to help you -...
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/05/2013
Part 5 of 6 – Windows XP End of Life.. Why should I care? – Blain Barton
Security and threats have evolved and this is a list of what has went on over the past 13 years…....
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/04/2013
Part 4 of 6 – Windows XP End of Life.. What are the analysts saying? – Blain Barton
What are the analysts saying?
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/03/2013
Part 3 of 6 – Windows XP End of Life.. What are the risks with staying with Windows XP? – Blain Barton
What are the issues around the end of life for Windows XP?
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/03/2013
Part 2 of 6 – Windows XP End of Life.. What is the timeline history? – Blain Barton
Here’s the timeline….. Windows XP is going to be 13 years of age……
Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/02/2013