Rob’s Ragg…. Tech Talk & Cool Toys for Grown up Boys & Girls

Something Cool: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta

rwagg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:07:00 GMT

I don’t know if you’ve heard of our Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) yet,we’ve had it around a while, but I haven’t really looked at it, until now… I have my own “Cool” category, and...

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Hyper-V – How do I Leverage What You’ve Talked About??

rwagg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:29:39 GMT

I got this comment to my screen cast series. I’ve heard this question before so I wanted to share my response with everyone. Thank you for the great screen casts. I have watched, and...

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So You Want to Get Started with Hyper-V? Start here! – Live Migration

rwagg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:11:44 GMT

So I’ve finally done it! Here’s a short screen cast on Live Migration. This one is only 5 minutes, so I won’t keep you too long, but you’ll be able to see it in action! I recorded...

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So You Want to Get Started with Hyper-V? Start here! What’s New in R2 -- Part 2

rwagg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:36:52 GMT

As I mentioned in my prior post, I split the screen cast into two parts and here’s the second part. I pick right up where I left off, so be sure to check out Part 1 first. If the...

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So You Want to Get Started with Hyper-V? Start here! What’s New in R2 -- Part 1

rwagg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:53:59 GMT

I’ve upgraded to the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2 and I wanted to share a little bit of what I learned. My intent was to do two R2 sessions, one to show you everything but Live...

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Everybody Needs a Break Every Now and Then

rwagg — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:11:00 GMT

In this “current economic environment” most people I talk to are concerned about what happens tomorrow, and what’s going to happen next week. People are losing their jobs faster now than I’ve ever...

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Everyone has an opinion… What's Kerfuffle???

rwagg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT

I’ve been watching an interesting “discussion” take place over the past few weeks via blogs, and honestly, I think it’s pretty funny. At the same time it is also pretty sad. More than a few years...

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Windows 2008 R2 ship dates and Hyper-V Improvements in R2

rwagg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:02:11 GMT

So this is probably old news by now, but if you haven’t heard, we’re shipping Windows 7 (client) and Windows Server 2008 R2 at the end of July. The will both be available for retail sale...

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FREE Hyper-V Training

rwagg — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:25:29 GMT

This is worth a copy / paste. If you’ve been on the fence on the 70-652 certification exam, here’s somthing that will help get you over the hump. Yes, this really is free, just use the...

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So you want to get started with Hyper-V? Start here! – In Summary

rwagg — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:51:29 GMT

By now you’ve seen my multi-part series on Hyper-V. So far I’ve just talked about the Server 2008 RTM version of Hyper-V, but my next discussions will be around the improvements R2 brings to...

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So you want to get started with Hyper-V? Start here! - Part 6

rwagg — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:10:00 GMT

A look at Quick Migration Now that we have our cluster set up, let’s take a look at how we can move a virtual machine from one host to another. In the current version of Hyper-V, if you want to move...

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So you want to get started with Hyper-V? Start here! - Part 5

rwagg — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:35:00 GMT

Placing Virtual Machines into a Hyper-V Cluster This screencast discusses the do’s and don’ts of adding virtual machines to a Hyper-V cluster. Just because you create a virtual machine on a host...

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So you want to get started with Hyper-V? Start here! - Part 4

rwagg — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:18:00 GMT

Setting up a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Cluster I spent some time in one of our Microsoft Technology Centers and was able to setup a Hyper-V cluster on some pretty impressive hardware. I had access...

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Who is NEI

rwagg — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:42:05 GMT

As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent last week and RSA and had a great time. It was incredibly educational for me, and I was able to work in the booth of our Microsoft Partner, NEI...

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I Spent the Week at RSA!

rwagg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:47:23 GMT

I’ll get back to my Hyper-V Series as soon as I can, but this week, I’ve been at RSA . If you don’t know about RSA, this is all about IT Security. I was asked to talk about Windows Server...

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