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System Center Data Protecton Manager (DPM) and Essentials (SCE) dude ... as well as Husband, Father, Gamer, Geek, Scout leader, Christ follower and Microsoft marketeer
Xbox Family Game Recommendation – Crash of the Titans
In my opinion, Crash is one of the less appreciated kid-gaming characters out there. Sure, we've all...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/16/2009
Xbox Game -- Rise of the Argonauts
I must admit that I have been looking forward to this game for a while. Of course, I am big fan of...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/09/2009
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Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/01/2009
Now available for download - Infrastructure Planning & Design (IPD) guide for DPM 2007 SP1
We are just a few days away from releasing Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007, and part of the release is...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/10/2008
Xbox Dad -- where did you go?
It's actually a rhetorical question -- effective December 1st, Xbox.com has retired the 'Xbox Dad'...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/01/2008
What is new for protecting SharePoint with DPM 2007 SP1 -- TechNet EDGE Video
Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007 is coming -- and it is coming soon (December)... I just finished...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 11/24/2008
NXE is here - and my kids are loving the Avatars
Most of you know that aside from my vocational passion around Data Protection and Storage Solutions...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 11/19/2008
TechNet Radio -- Total Wine success story with System Center
Earlier this week, I sat down with my friends at Total Wine to talk about how they are using System...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 10/16/2008
How to protect SQL SERVER with DPM -- new Technet Webcast starting soon
We're starting in about an hour -- 9:30 AM Pacific Time on Friday,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 09/26/2008
SEARCH and GIVE ... a new way to 'search' and 'give'...
There are a few things that I truly love about the Microsoft culture: Philanthropy -- Bill G has...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 09/04/2008
What would you ask the DPM developers ?
In just a few weeks, I am flying to India to visit with the parts of the DPM Development Team that...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 08/14/2008
Live from TechEd 2008 - Jason and Devin !!! (video)
Devin Ganger, my friend, Exchange MVP and author of "Mastering Data Protection...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/17/2008
What one Xbox Dad got for Father's Day
This weekend was Fathers’ Day in the US – and I have three loving children (and a wife) who know...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/16/2008
Podcasts on DPM 2007 - protection and recovery demonstrations
Greetings from Tech-Ed 2008 / IT Pro week - one of the biggest and busiest IT Pro technical training...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/11/2008
XBOX DAD post -- the power of Windows Home Server with an Xbox 360
As you may have seen in some of my other gaming posts, I love it when my favorite things overlap -...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/05/2008
Why does DPM 2007 use the Recovery Storage Group for Exchange?
Hello friends, Just posted over on the DPM Product Team blog on this --...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 06/05/2008
What do the Fantastic Four, Harry Potter and DPM 2007 have in common ?
Answer - I wrote about all of them today. But since I am publishing in different places, I am...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/13/2008
I am an Xbox Dad !
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that the only thing I enjoy more than Data...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 05/01/2008
Webcast -- what is coming next for DPM 2007 ?
Its been about 6 months since DPM 2007 became generally available in the market, so we starting to...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/22/2008
Why is Windows Server 2008 called SP1 ?
If you go to the 'about' for Windows Server 2008, you'll see the box to the right, showing Windows...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 04/03/2008
Please vote for DPM 2007 as product of the year
We were recently informed that DPM 2007 has been named a finalist for 'Product of the Year' for...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/25/2008
Family Game Recommendation -- Cooking Mama
For those of you who follow my gaming recommendations, you've heard lots about my two sons,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/25/2008
The best kids' game that I know of -- LEGO Star Wars
These have been out for a while, so this recommendation is a little late -- but as I have...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/24/2008
Video interview -- where does DPM 2007 see itself in the backup market
This interview is actually a few months old - recorded at IT Forum in November 2007, but I recently...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/05/2008
Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has died -- Gary Gygax 1938-2008
source : https://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885383-7.html?tag=nefd.only Gary Gygax, co-creator of...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/04/2008
Family Game Recommendation -- Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer
My sons are 7 and 9 -- and we are routinely looking for 3-player games. We've done...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/04/2008
New video - DPM LICENSING details
DPM 2007 has a really simple licensing model: DPM Server - for the back-end platform(s) Standard...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 03/03/2008
Game Recommendation - Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves - the Scene It? Lights,...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/29/2008
I am going to miss HD DVD
Farewell friend -- we hardly knew ye. Yes, with the news that Toshiba is pulling out and Microsoft...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/25/2008
A new storage blog ... THE Storage Blog at Microsoft
Hi folks, Sorry to have been unplugged - but my posts will restart this week. In the meantime, check...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/19/2008
Heroes Happen Here -- Comics !!!
You know its a good day when two of your favorite universes collide. Peanut Butter and Jelly Steak...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 02/01/2008
Are you looking for a DPM server -- try a Data Protection appliance from Dell
One of the common questions that we hear around DPM is "What hardware should the DPM Server be run...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/31/2008
How to do Disaster Recovery with DPM 2007 -- new streaming video
For many environments, simply providing reliable backup and recovery of key workloads like SQL...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/28/2008
HEROES happen here
In case you are of the very few IT professionals who haven't heard yet, Microsoft has an exciting...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/25/2008
My Xbox 360 has its own blog
Everybody is blogging. I've been blogging myself (here) at Microsoft for almost a year -- with my...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/25/2008
DPM 2007 awarded "Product of the Year" for protecting Virtualized Environments
For folks that have heard about DPM's protection capabilities around virtual servers, this will not...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/14/2008
How to protect SharePoint with DPM2007 -- new podcast
Happy Monday, everyone. As promised, I am trying to be more frequent (weekly) with these posts - and...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/07/2008
Personal blog started
As one of my New Years' resolutions, I am trying to journal more. This blog will continue to be...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 01/01/2008
New podcast - Where does DPM fit in the Windows backup market
Last month, I was interviewed on some key DPM position questions like: Why is Microsoft in the...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/31/2007
Go make a Snowflake - and other Christmas gadgets worth checking out
I love the Internet gadgets that come out around the holidays. My favorite so far has to be...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/21/2007
DPM 2007 in the heterogeneous enterprise
One question that I hear frequently is "I love what Microsoft is doing for backup of my Windows...
Author: Jason Buffington Date: 12/18/2007