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Simon is an IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft UK, everything here is his own thoughts and opinion. -
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Some beyond-basic free tools for IT Pros
Andrew and I often get asked questions about some of the more basic elements of the job and a question that comes up time and time again is what are the best tools to use for doing X. For me I often get asked how you start to plan a migrati… Continue reading
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How do you support consumerisation of IT
Delivering an environment where people are able to bring their own devices into the office and use them is certainly one of the biggest trends of our time and it’s proving to be one of the hardest things to support. To quote Forrest Gump “y… Continue reading
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How do you support consumerisation of IT
Delivering an environment where people are able to bring their own devices into the office and use them is certainly one of the biggest trends of our time and it’s proving to be one of the hardest things to support. To quote Forrest Gump “y… Continue reading
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Notes from The Cloud Circle
Hi folks I’ve just jumped off stage and as promised here are a load of links about what I’ve just talked about, some of the companies I highlighted and other useful resources. After the links you’ll find a SkyDrive based copy of the….. Continue reading
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Notes from The Cloud Circle
Hi folks I’ve just jumped off stage and as promised here are a load of links about what I’ve just talked about, some of the companies I highlighted and other useful resources. After the links you’ll find a SkyDrive based copy of… Continue reading
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The week that was on the UK TechNet blog: 5 September – 9 September
It’s been a manic time here in TechNet HQ with all the handover that’s been going on. Nonetheless, better late than never here is your round up of last week’s action. September’s TechNet magazine is out now Meet your UK TechNet team SQL Server … Continue reading
The week that was on the UK TechNet blog: 5 September – 9 September
It’s been a manic time here in TechNet HQ with all the handover that’s been going on. Nonetheless, better late than never here is your round up of last week’s action. September’s TechNet magazine is out now Meet your UK TechNet team … Continue reading
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Why monitor Windows Azure with System Center?
One of the questions that I often get into when talking with folks normally have a dev head on around Windows Azure is why you’d want to be able to monitor a Windows Azure application with System Center and why you wouldn’t just build a bespoke mon… Continue reading
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Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2
One of the questions I get asked constantly is about the safety of placing your data into particular environments, so I was quite pleased when I noticed that we’d released the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2 which helps you to … Continue reading
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The future of IT for MSPs
Today I presentated to a group of about a thousand managed service providers about Microsoft’s cloud and what it means for the future of IT. I though I’d throw up this post to provide some extra resources like the deck embedded below that I u… Continue reading
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