It’s been a few months of settling in at Pluralsight, and Microsoft Ignite is on the horizon, so it seems like a good time to chat about a question I’ve received from people over the last few months. And one I expect to hear in the more in the coming week. ‘So Michael, why did you leave Microsoft’ Well, there…
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The Krewe Code Of Contact
As many of you know, I lead up a user group called The Krewe. We are currently between websites (long story) but I wanted to get a copy of our Code of Conduct out so all members know what is expected especially with many gathering at Microsoft Ignite. Our group has always strived for being a welcoming community, and part…
Making Microsoft Ignite a Success – At the Conference
So you finally made it to Microsoft Ignite. Congratulations!!!! Now, what do you do? Whether it is your first time or you are a veteran, Microsoft Ignite is a weeklong marathon of information and networking. Having a plan going in and executing a successful week can take some work so I wanted to share my thoughts and tips for making…
Resources for Building a New Career in 5 Hours a Week
At TechMentor 20, I gave a presentation on Building a Better Career in 5 Hours a week. I referred to a number of resources so this is a listing of all the resources referenced along with additional resources. SMART Goals https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm Mission Statement https://www.andyandrews.com/personal-mission-statement/ Online Education Resources: eDx Microsoft Cloud Professional Program in Cloud Admin: https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-cloud Microsoft Virtual Academy: https://mva.microsoft.com/…
Guest Blog Post – Introduction to TechSnips w/ Adam Bertram
Note from Michael: Adam is a longtime friend and member of the PowerShell community. I have a lot of respect for Adam and the work he’s done over the years for IT Pros so I wanted to support his efforts. TechSnips is an excellent platform that serves two purposes: It allows people to share their knowledge, and it provides a…
New Home…
Greetings True Believers! It’s been some time since we’ve chatted… Just laying down a post on the new platform. I decided to, once again, move my blog over to WordPress and running on Azure.Hopefully, I’ll be able to get the content from the old site migrated without too much hassle. Stay tuned for lots of good stuff on PowerShell, Azure,…
The Equifax Hack and What You Need To Do
As many of you know, Equifax was hacked in late July and exposed 143 million people’s sensitive financial information. I’m not going to go into the details of what happen because it’s more important now for you to take steps to protect your credit. Who is ImpactedIf you are a US, Canadian, or UK citizen, you need to check below.…
PowerShell: Getting Started – Just Released on Pluralsight.Com
I just authored another course on Pluralsight that I’m very excited about. It’s called PowerShell: Getting Started, and it is part of Pluralsight’s growing IT Ops catalog. This course is specifically designed to teach entry-level IT Pros (Help Desk, Desktop Support) w/ no PowerShell experience how to use PowerShell in their day to day lives. While it is designed for…
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…