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Join me and piles of others in the MVP vConference (online). See below for more details. Here is a high level overview of the event: World-class free online conference that features technical content presented by Americas’ region MVPs that is open to the public More technical content (Level 200, 300, 400), less marketing 5 tracks: …

New FREE eBooks from Microsoft. Full Details available here or see below. Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2Mitch Tulloch with Symon Perriman and the System Center teamJanuary 2014180 pages Get a high-level overview of System Center 2012 R2—and get a running start transforming your datacenter and cloud-optimizing your business. This guide introduces core features and …

I recently got a new Surface 2 (as an MVP, we were given an offer I couldn’t refuse), and much to my surprise, I quite like it. Leon has a great write up (below) about why he likes his, and quite frankly, I can’t say it much better. http://leontribe.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/review-surface-2-32g-why-i-am-shocked.html On final note – I got …

Great article on what’s new in the latest MS Operating System.  http://betanews.com/2013/10/16/heres-whats-new-in-windows-8-1/ Enjoy!

This morning I was getting this error message (in the title), both before and after rebooting, so I figured something was up.  After looking online, I found this article from MS http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_store/app-store-your-pc-isnt-connected-to-the-internet/97487893-5825-4b93-a413-9920696166db which describes that you can run a command line tool as follows. c:> wsreset.exe This resets the Windows Store App Cache and suddenly …

The leaks of the next generation of Windows are upon us.  Windows Blue, as it’s being called, is a milestone upgrade to the Windows 8/RT product line (not a new product, but a generational “half-step”), and has a number of changes – some minor, some major (like a new IE).  I’ve assembled a few links …

What’s that?  You hate apps?  I’m willing to bet that if you could only share a Windows 8 App’s workspace with the rest of your desktop, you’d actually find that many of them can be quite useful.  Well, stop dreaming about that day, because it’s here. The solution: ModernMix by Stardock (http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/). Yes, now you …

If after performing a system restore, many of the Apps on the Start page won’t open, and you’re getting the error message “Your Developer’s License has Expired. To Continue to use this App, Please Renew your License”, there’s 2 techniques that can work for you. Technique 1: Reinstall each app individually. This could take a …

This is a copy of a blog I posted internally at itgroove, I hope you’ll find it useful. 1. Security  This is BIG in 8 (and Server2012).  Lots of leveraging of built-in security in IPv6, much easier configuration of IPsec for both internal network communication encryption as well as external encryption.  AppLocker and BitLocker are …

I’ve just spent a week at a Windows 8 “Beta Teach” at Microsoft in Redmond.  It was gruelling, to say the least as the SME’s that attend a Beta teach are expected to provide a lot of feedback on the course material.  That feedback is used to sharpen and/or refocus the material so that it …