Yesterday, the Dutch Networking User Group organized the Tablet Day at the Reehorst in Ede, the Netherlands. Dave and I presented a 45-minute session on device management through ActiveSync. The whole day was packed with sessions from many speakers and it was a great success with good drinks and a dinner afterwards. Some people took pictures ...

I just received confirmation on speaking at the UK Virtual Machine User Group (VMUG) Meeting in the Hilton Doubletree hotel in London on Tuesday May 21, 2013. I will be delivering my session on virtualization-safe(r) Active Directory and Domain Controller Cloning. The same session I have been delivering for the past year at numerous events, ...

At the Dutch Microsoft TechDays, my employer introduced ICT Expert Talks: a professional film booth, where we interviewed speakers, attendees and staff. You can find these interviews on YouTube in the ICT Expert Talks channel. In this blogpost, I’ll provide a peak behind the scenes of these interviews, the people involved, technology we used and ...

Last week, Microsoft Netherlands organized the 2013 TechDays at the World Forum in The Hague, where both Developers and IT Professionals enjoyed two days of sessions, networking opportunities and catering. On March 6th, I visited the event space, together with Raymond Comvalius. We explored the venue, checked out the film booth my employer had ...

As you might know, I work together with the fantastic people at the Dutch Microsoft subsidiary in a team to help them achieve the maximum amplification of their IT Professionals content. One of the goals we set, was to get people to use the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA).  Microsofts Virtual Academy allows you to get up to speed fast with ...

I’m very excited to announce I’m listed to speak on the TechDays event, hosted by Microsoft Netherlands on March 7 and March 8, 2013 at the World Forum in The Hague.   About TechDays NL 2013 TechDays is an international series of Microsoft events, hosted by Microsoft subsidiaries around the world. Microsoft Netherlands, this year, has ...

Millions of Windows PCs are infected by scareware each year. Often, this kind of software fakes to be an anti-malware program. These rogue virus scanners convince Windows users their PC is infected and they need to pay to clean it. Microsofts free Security Essentials with its 10-15% market share, ForeFront Endpoint Protection, System Center ...

As announced in an earlier blogpost, I hosted a Microsoft Netherlands Datacenter Virtualization IT Camp with Tony Krijnen on December 11, 2012. We had a lot of fun and in this blogpost I’ll try and share some of the fun. During the Datacenter Virtualization IT Camps, IT Pro attendees, work their way through a series of exercises to explore a ...

Microsoft has been hosting Datacenter Virtualization IT Camps globally for the past few months. These no cost, hands-on technical training events for IT professionals have been a great success around the world. Microsoft subsidiaries over the world have created their own event template and approach, ranging from invite-only and online-only to ...

Yesterday, Microsoft Netherlands organized a free event for roughly 800 members of the Microsoft Partner Network, where they launched Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, together with Ingram Micro, Copaco, Actebis and Tech Data, and a lot of their OEM Partners like Dell, Samsung, HP, Asus, Acer, Toshiba and Fujitsu. As I posted earlier, I was ...