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09 March 2010 21:07
[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email
If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased...
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08 March 2010 07:30
[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available
From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule...
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05 March 2010 15:03
[ConfigMgr] Your chance to “Ask the Experts” at MMS
One of the Must Attend sessions at MMS each year is the ConfigMgr/ SMS Ask the Experts where a panel of Microsoft folks and MVPs are lined up ready to answer any burning questions you may have. This year Microsoft are inviting YOU to submit your questions...
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26 February 2010 22:33
[Announcement] A change to my blogging strategy
Those of you who have been following my blog (thank you), will see that I try to blog as much on the System Center suite and other topics that interest me and that I think will be of interest to you. However, the problem I’ve had for sometime is with...
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01 January 2010 15:44
[MVP] Congratulations 2010 Microsoft MVP!
Well Santa maybe a week late but I forgive him as he’s given me the best start to 2010 – I’ve been re-awarded as a MVP for the 7th consecutive, something I feel deeply humbled but also honoured about at the same time. 2010 is going to be a BIG year in...
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28 October 2009 10:38
[Events] SQLBits - Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st November, Newport, Wales
We are pleased to announce SQLBits goes West , the 5th instalment of SQLBits conferences. We are making it even bigger and better than last time, now spanning 3 days, and still keeping everything that has worked so well at previous events. The event will...
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16 October 2009 13:42
[WMUG] Wally Mead in London 6th November
I’ve been BURSTING at the seams for WEEKS now to tell you all that we are absolutely delighted to be able to announce today that Wally Mead, Senior Program Manager for System Center Configuration Manager has agreed to come back to the UK to spend a day...
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09 October 2009 13:55
[Events] UK Active Directory User Group meeting - 29th October, Cardinal Place, London
Just a heads up that the UK AD User Group will be hosting their next event on the 29th October where US MVP Brian Desmond will be talking Active Directory Design. Registration at http://adugnov.eventbrite.com
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08 October 2009 14:02
[ConfigMgr] SCCM Tools - A Cool Website from a Fellow ConfigMgr MVP
I just wanted to tell you about my fellow MVP Matthew Hudson’s website SCCM Tools which contains a number of really useful ConfigMgr-related scripts and tools that either Matthew has developed himself or others have submitted to his site for sharing with...
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15 June 2009 17:57
[MMS] Community Q&A with Larry Orecklin
By Adam Bomb: “ Larry Orecklin is a General Manager in the System Center organization at Microsoft. He dropped by the community lounge at MMS to answer questions, including his thoughts on the importance of community, where Microsoft is going with...
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22 May 2009 11:55
[WMUG] Next Meeting - Thursday 18th June 2009, Cardinal Place, London
I’m delighted to be able to announce our next meeting on Thursday 18th June at Microsoft’s office in Cardinal Place London where this time we'll be kicking off with an in-depth look at Windows 7 courtesy of Viral Tarpara and Andrew Driver from Microsoft...
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15 May 2009 10:21
[WMUG] Our Next Event - Coming June 2009...
Just a quick heads up to let you all know we’re just putting the finishing touches to our next event which will be held next month (can’t give you the exact date just yet but it will be either the second or third week of June). As soon as we have more...
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07 May 2009 09:14
[MMS] Call to Action - A Serious Poll with a Serious Outcome
Saw this on Rod’s blog which caught my attention and should also be of concern to anyone that uses the System Center products and has attended/ plans to attend MMS. Now I fully appreciate Microsoft like any business has to re-evaluate everything it does...
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21 April 2009 09:51
[MMS] MMS Alumni help needed at Freshmen Orientation sessions
My good friend Warren Byle has devised and been running a Freshman’s Orientation which is one of the very first sessions at MMS to help newbies (and oldies alike), get an understanding of what to expect at MMS, how it works, things to look out for and...
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18 March 2009 08:17
[Event] Next Meeting 19th March - 12 Noon CDT
Just a reminder that System Center Virtual User group are having their next meeting tomorrow at 12 noon central daylight time (CDT) as Pete points out below: “Just a reminder that next System Center Virtual User group meeting #5 will be Thursday, March...
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