Tech.Ed Live Austalia

When Level 300 is Level 100…

It’s been disappointing over the last few days to walk in to a number of sessions to find that it was a level 300 session, only to be delivered level 100 – 200 content. We’re here for good rich technical information and that is what we should be delivered 100% of the time. No sales [...]

Last Day!

Like all good things, today is the end of TechEd AU for another year. Last night many enjoyed the celebrations at Dreamworld enjoying not only the food but also the rides and free booze.  After which it seems many returned to Jupiters various bars to continue the drinking.  I know that one guy came up [...]

Confession… I use a MacBook (with Windows 7)

Yes, as pointed out by Corey Hynes, I now own a MacBook – but it does run Windows 7 Ultimate! You see, I used to own a Dell XPS M1530, nice machine, it took some rough treatment (see below), but I didn’t survive my fall back in June 2008. So RIP Dell XPS M1530, and [...]

Greg gets fingered…fish fingered

Well you’ve all heard or seen the movie Freddie Got Fingered from 2001. Well last Night Rosemary Stark, Microsoft Product Manager for Windows Servers decided to play with my dinner when it landed in front of her and she thought it might be fun to poke at it only to realise, it wasn’t hers…… Apologies [...]

#auteched Reaches #1!

Yes, you read it! The Twitter tag “#auteched” has hit the number 1 tag position today! 1 #auteched 2 #HappyBirthdayPink 3 #wheniwaslittle 4 #4320SYD 5 #job #auteched #HappyBirthdayPink #wheniwaslittle #4320SYD #job

SBS 2008 Beyond the wizards talk done!

Just a quick thanks to the 200+ people that came to my session today. There was standing room only with around 20 standing at the back of the room! Wow.  I’ve been saying to Microsoft that SBS really DOES have a place here at TechEd and that we simply MUST provide better technical training to [...]

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Now Released

Get ready to deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the final release of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Click here to download MDT now. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159061) As you prepare to deploy Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2, get a jump start with Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010. Leverage this Solution Accelerator to achieve [...]

Geek Dinner

Last night we had a relaxed dinner at the Sage Restaurant.  Food was yummy and the company was great. Many had the chance to meet Rosemary Stark – the Aussie Windows Server product manager which includes SBS and EBS.  Keira McIntosh (our SBSC PAL) was there too trying to connect with other SBSers from interstate [...]

A few things missing

After what I thought was a “technically dull” Tech.Ed last year, I thought we can look at a few aspects of this year not just technically but as an event to see what’s missing. Food - This morning morning tea and lunch efforts have been some what interesting. The catering staff don’t have the event session [...]

Windows 7 Now On Floppy Disks!