Welcome to the Krewe Blog Challenge 2014! The purpose of this is get more people into blogging. With the popularity of twitter and facebook, there are many important things that get lost in the noise of the Internet due to the volumes of content being created every second. Our facebook page is a great example. There are a number of…
Author: Michael Bender
Surface Pro 3: Just what I was looking for
Like many of you, I spent the morning watching and tweeting about the Surface Pro 3 announce at the Surface Event in NYC. Many people were expecting a Surface mini to be released, but in hindsight, Surface Pro 3 makes much more sense from a customer standpoint and sales standpoint. With the lukewarm acceptance of Surface RT, a 8″ tablet…
My Two Cents on TechEd Retirment – Repost
Repost of a previous blog post from my now-dead wordpress site so formatting may be poor… On Monday, I received a email (see below) from Microsoft telling me about the discontinuation of TechNet, even though I knew about this hours before via Twitter. As a long time TechNet subscriber/user, I have a lot of thoughts on this. Personally, I am disappointed…
Drinking the PowerShell Kool-Aid…Repost
This is a reposted blog from my now dead wordpress site so formatting may be poor… So I’ve recently drank the kool-aid and I’m all in on PowerShell. After TechEd this year and speaking with lots of IT Pros & Industry folks, I knew it was time for me to get up to speed on PS or be left behind.…
Windows Server Administration Fundamentals course is LIVE!
Greetings True Believers, After a number of long months, I finally released my first video course with Pluralsight. It covers Windows Server Administration Fundamentals and is based around the Microsoft MTA exam, 98-365. It is based on Windows Server 2008 R2, and I it’s a great foundation course for those new to IT or needing basic knowledge of servers. This…
My Schedule at TechEd 2014
Greeting True Believers, I had a chance to give some insight to my pal, Microsoft Senior Evangelist Rick Claus, about my schedule for TechEd 2014 and how I built it. Check out Rick’s post here… They also publish schedules from two other friends, Jared and Harjit. Enjoy…Mike
7 Reasons you should learn PowerShell
Greetings True Believers, My friends at Pluralsight gave me the opportunity to blog my thoughts on why IT Pros need to learn PowerShell. You can check it out here… Till next time…Mike
back on blogger
My wordpress site catastrophically failed and was unrecoverable. Only lost a year of work. At least I can blog again… Till then…Mike
Welcome to the SpringBoard Technical Expert Panel
Greeting True Believers, Got some great news a few months ago while at the MVP Summit. I was invited to join the SpringBoard Technical Expert Panel by Stephen Rose. The panel is made up of Windows experts from around the world. As described on the Springboard website, the “Springboard Series Technical Expert Panel (STEP) program delivers on our promise to…
My thoughts on 70-410
Good Afternoon, So it’s been a few weeks since we last talked. In that time, many of us have passed exams and moving towards our goal. For those that haven’t taken their first exam, it’s a good time to get it scheduled and on the books. Having the schedule exam creates a finite goal that will help motivate your progress.…