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Windows 10 Online event posted.. watch it now…

The event is now posted online, watch it now. https://news.microsoft.com/windows10story/

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/21/2015

Article – Setting up an application within the Azure Active Directory APPLICATION GALLERY

When I talk to most people that are new to Microsoft Azure, they believe that our cloud is all...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/20/2015

G-series virtual machines available for West US, now these are big VM’s, check it out….

There are now G- Series virtual machines that can offer up to 32 cores, 448 GB Memory, Disk Size of...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/19/2015

Join us at Starter Space in Gainesville Jan. 15th, 2015 for a BizSpark Startup Experience!

Microsoft has some great resources to support startups. Did you know you can get free operational...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/09/2015

Happy New Year! – The MCP Second Shot is Back for a limited time to take your certification exam a second time for free. read on…

Get a free Second Shot on your MCP exam Welcome to 2015! Have you set your sights on achieving a new...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/08/2015

Important SharePoint event. – Joe Homnick at the Microsoft Innovation Center – Jan 12th, 2015

This is an important event around SharePoint whether online or on-premises. Taming the SharePoint...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/07/2015

Happy Holidays – Get some time off and enjoy the holidays with your family!

I’m getting ready to go on vacation and holiday leave until the new year, but wanted to wish...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/15/2014

ITPalooza at Nova University is tomorrow 12/3 – Not too late to sign up and attend!

ITPalooza is around the corner so if you have not registered for this great IT event you can still...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 12/03/2014

Every Entrepreneur has a story, share yours for a chance to win $20,000.. Read on….

Cindy Bates blog is below, Join the contest here…...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/26/2014

D-Series VM’s for Microsoft Azure, read more….

I’ve been getting some questions from customers about the D-Series VMs so that I would report this...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/21/2014

Angelbeat event in Miami – November 21st

Join Rob Gerber, myself and others at the Angelbeat event in Doral Florida. I’ll be talking about...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/14/2014

Florida IT Server Group Meeting Weds Nov 12th, 6pm with Adnan Cartwright – Microsoft Innovation Center

The User Group is giving free tickets to the Miami VS. Buffalo game at Sun Life Stadium - Nov 13th...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/10/2014

Tickets still available for Dolphins VS. Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium

IT Pro Camp Inc. still has tickets for the game to win them you can go to https://aka.ms/go-mva and...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/04/2014

Attention ticket holders for Nov. 13th Dolphins vs. Bills game – Please RSVP for the TechTailgate party

Attention ticket holders of the Nov. 13th Dolphins vs. Bills game: with proceeds of...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 11/04/2014

TechNet Radio: (Part 3) BYOD and Design Considerations

https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TechNet-Radio-Part-3-BYOD-and-Design-Considerations...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/30/2014

Tech Weekend @ the Dolphins tomorrow Oct 25th and 26th, hope to see you there!

Sponsored by Citrix and Microsoft, Grand Prizes will be awarded for the use of the Podio API,...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/24/2014

Microsoft Ignite is our commercial technology event that brings together our audiences, May 4th – 8th 2015 in Chicago! Read more…

Microsoft Ignite is our commercial technology event that brings together our audiences, content and...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/16/2014

US Imagine Cup 2015 Kicks off! Check it out!

This year you can choose when you want to compete. The 2015 US Imagine Cup Competition offers two...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/16/2014

Imagine Cup Champs Meet Bill Gates…Read on…

Our 2014 Imagine Cup World Champions, Team Eyenaemia from Australia, made a triumphant return to...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/15/2014

Matt Hester and Jennelle Crothers join us for today’s show as they discuss their upcoming Microsoft Virtual Academy event – “Modernizing Your Data Center” on Tuesday, October 28th. Tune in for Part 1

Matt Hester and Jennelle Crothers join us for today’s show as they discuss their upcoming Microsoft...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/15/2014

Register Now! – Modernize Your Datacenter Online IT Camp! Check it out! October 28th!

If you are an IT Pro looking ahead to next year’s Windows Server 2003 end of life, sign up for this...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/14/2014

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 is now available for download

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 is now available for download. I had this is a recent...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/14/2014

Reminder - Tampa IT Pro Camp still open – October 18th at Keiser University in Tampa! Sign up here,

Registration for the IT Pro Camp in Tampa is now open for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors! This is...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/06/2014

Windows 10 Technical Preview Download is here, read more….

Windows 10 Technical Preview is up on MSDN. If you are an IT Professional please join the Windows...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 10/01/2014

FinTank 2014 at Dolphins Stadium Oct 24th and 25th – Hackathon and IT Sessions

Sponsored by Citrix and Microsoft, Grand Prizes will be awarded for the use of the Podio API,...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/30/2014

Reminder – Tampa IT Pro Camp October 18th at Keiser University still open – sign up here!

Registration for the IT Pro Camp in Tampa is now open for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors! This is...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/30/2014

Registration Open – Tampa IT Pro Camp at Keiser University in Tampa

Registration for the IT Pro Camp in Tampa is still open for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors! This...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/29/2014

Step-By-Step - Migrating Application Servers to Windows Server 2012 R2

Today’s opportunities to move from on-premises to the Cloud is greater than ever. In the past...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/26/2014

Join us at the Dolphins Stadium for FinTank 2014 – Hackathon and IT Sessions

Sponsored by Citrix and Microsoft, Grand Prizes will be awarded for the use of the Podio API,...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/26/2014

Step-By-Step: Migrating Web Servers to Windows Server 2012 R2

In many of my IT Camps over the last 13 years I ask how many people have an updated topology map?...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/25/2014

James Quick and Shahed Chowdhuri - Promoting MVA Construct 2 Video Tutorial- MSDN Channel 9 Video

Interested in developing games with Construct 2? Check out a promo video of my colleague James Quick...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/23/2014

TechNet Radio: (Part 6) Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud - Introduction to Migrating Server Workloads to Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Azure

[4:13] What does end of support for Windows Server 2003 mean? [5:23] Migration vs. Upgrade. Which...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/22/2014

Get the entire up-to-date “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” Series here -

For the entire “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” Series go to:...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/20/2014

Part –25 – Kevin Remde walks us through #PowerShell DSC for Configuration Management

About today’s article: “Make it so! Traditional configuration management of server and application...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/18/2014

TechNet Radio - Part 5 of our "Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud" series, Yung Chou and Keith Mayer

In part 5 of our "Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud" series, Yung Chou and...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/15/2014

Step-By-Step: Using Custom VM Images and Resource Groups in Microsoft Azure – Blain Barton

Part 21 - Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Using Custom VM Images and...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/12/2014

New MSN look and feel – Nice Dashboard… take a look…

I really like the new MSN front-end, it’s modern, easy to navigate, lively and love the...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/10/2014

Step-By-Step: Migrating Physical Servers to Virtual Machines - Blain Barton -

Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud – Migrating Physical Servers to Virtual Machines...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/09/2014

Tampa IT Pro Camp – Seats still open for the event at Keiser October 18th – Signup here!

Registration for the IT Pro Camp in Tampa is still open for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors! This...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/08/2014

Microsoft Innovation Center @ Venture Hive – Miami - Microsoft Azure Intermediate – Sept 9th 6-8:30pm

Microsoft Azure - Intermediate Level - Sponsored by BizSpark Tell a friend Share Tuesday, September...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/05/2014

In part 4 of our “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud” series, Blain Barton and Keith Mayer

https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TechNet-Radio-Part-4-Modernizing-Your-Infrastructure-w...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/05/2014

TODAY in Hybrid #Cloud series: Step-by-Step Cross-Prem Connectivity & MORE w/ #Azure Site-to-Site VPN & @KevinRemde ▸ https://aka.ms/ModernCloud

TODAY in Hybrid #Cloud series: Step-by-Step Cross-Prem Connectivity & MORE w/ #Azure...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/04/2014

· TODAY in Hybrid #Cloud series: @KevinRemde & @KeithMayer demo cross-prem networking w/ #Azure VPNs & ExpressRoute ▸ https://aka.ms/ModernCloud

· TODAY in Hybrid #Cloud series: @KevinRemde & @KeithMayer demo cross-prem networking w/ #Azure...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 09/01/2014

Live! TechNet Radio: (Part 3) Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud - Planning Hybrid Cloud Networking

Kevin Remde and Keith Mayer continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 08/29/2014

Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud, check it out!

Kevin Remde and Dan Stolts continue our series on “Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 08/22/2014

Registration Open for Tampa – IT Pro Camp, October 18th at Keiser University – Speakers and Sponsors needed!

Registration for the IT Pro Camp in Tampa is now open for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors! This is...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 08/18/2014

Transform the Datacenter MVP Roadshow – MVP Adnan Cartwright, MVP Telmo Sampaio, MVP Max Trinidad, Join Us.

Monday, September 22, 2014 9:00 AM-  1:00 PM MPRs Treasure Island/Siesta Key 5426 Bay Center...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 08/14/2014

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