Conrad Agramont's Blog

Webcasts: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Forefront and more...

agramont — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:05:28 GMT

In order to help customers get a better understanding of the value of some of our newly release products, we have created a series of webcasts to help bring some introductions to those products. Below is a list of the sessions. Click on the link to find...(read more)

DemoCorp Update: Musical Virtual Servers

agramont — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:24:40 GMT

As noted in a previous post , I deployed a demo environment leveraging Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. While this worked pretty good, I wasn't able to run all of the virtual machines at the same time due to insufficient memory (yes, even 8 GB wasn't...(read more)

Weekly Update: March 3, 2008

agramont — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:21:29 GMT

Each week there are a number of interesting questions that I get from my own internal Microsoft team, our Microsoft Partners, and even our customers. Many of these responses I send through the tunnels of communication like Email, Instant Messaging, phone...(read more)

Webcast: Still undecided about Vista?

agramont — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:47:52 GMT

This looks like a great webcast to attend. I have it on my radar to attend! Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March...(read more)

DemoCorp: Building a Lab/Demo Environment

agramont — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:50:00 GMT

One of the challenges of being a good technical sales resource for Microsoft is staying fresh with the technology. Many times we get some great resources (Hands On Labs, Demo VM's, and On Demand Live Meeting technical sessions) within Microsoft corporate...(read more)

My first book: How to Cheat at IIS 7 Server Administration

agramont — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:04:45 GMT

I was fortunate enough to be asked to contribute to a new book focused on IIS 7.0. I thought this would be a great way to dive deep into the product which would in turn help me sell the platform as Windows Server 2008 comes out (although the book focuses...(read more)

Now Available: Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007

agramont — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:11:00 GMT

There has been much advertisement around the new System Center brand and all of the great things the suite of products will provide to customers, but one of those products has quietly shipped. System Center Essentials 2007 (SCE) is a new product focused...(read more)

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Eval to RTM

agramont — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:30:00 GMT

System Center Operations Manager 2007 will NOT be available via MSDN or TechNet download. An evaluation version of OpsMgr 2007 is a currently available for immediate download. If you're interested in purchasing the product, you can upgrade from evaluation...(read more)

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Upgrade for T-Mobile Dash

agramont — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:22:00 GMT

T-Mobile has now made Windows Mobile 6.0 available for upgrade for those of you who have a T-Mobile Dash device. http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/ Here is a great video on Channel 9 that shows off some of the new features of Windows Mobile 6 on the T...(read more)

Windows Server code-named “Longhorn” Beta 3

agramont — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:52:00 GMT

Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 is now publically available! You can download it directly via TechNet or MSDN . Both methods require you to logon within your Windows Live ID (formerly Passport) and register to download the beta. You can also request a...(read more)

Windows Vista Search and Preview Pane

agramont — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:19:00 GMT

One of my favorite features within Windows Vista is the new built-in Search. Sure there has been "Search" in previous versions of Windows AND there were even some indexing features, but Windows Vista provides a much richer experience to the...(read more)

Microsoft Partners: Using that magical hidden resource, "Demo Showcase"

agramont — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:00:00 GMT

For many Microsoft Certified and Gold Partners out there, they often overlook a very useful resource that is made available to them as part of their "Partner Box" which they should get each quarter. That resource is the " Demo Showcase...(read more)

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is now available

agramont — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:58:04 GMT

Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003. This Service pack can be used for R2 and non-R2 versions of Windows Server 2003. Below are some items that I find quite interesting in this service pack: RIS out and WDS in – Remote Installation...(read more)

Microsoft Home Server

agramont — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:26:00 GMT

Recently Microsoft announced a new consumer product called "Home Server" which, as its name implies, is a server for the home. Home Server isn't the typical server as one would use at an office or school. Instead it's more of a data...(read more)

Windows Server Virtualization Video

agramont — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:22:00 GMT

There is some great innovation going on in Windows Server code-named Longhorn for Virtualization. There is now a video on MSN Soapbox that shows off some of the cool new features. In this demo you will see: Windows Server Virtualization running on a Server...(read more)