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Microsoft TechEd Spiced Up for 2013, New Orleans Style!

May 24, 2013 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

I don’t know about you, but I am really pumped for this year’s Microsoft TechEd. All the new technology coming out of Redmond, the improving economy and of course, the interesting location of New Orleans, means that I can’t wait to get down to Louisiana in June!

Exchange 2013: New Features and Changes, Part 1

May 21, 2013 Boris Gigovic Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Microsoft recently released Exchange Server 2013, an improved messaging platform that provides quite a few interesting features at various levels. There are major changes, and organizations will have to rethink the way they plan to maintain or integrate messaging in their infrastructure. The level of changes is not as dramatic as those seen between 2003 and 2007, but as you will see, certain things are dealt with differently. As of now, very few organizations have Exchange 2013 running, so it is certainly going to be interesting to see how this iteration of the product will interconnect with existing messaging solutions soon.

The End of the MCITP Certification

April 17, 2013 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

With the flurry of new technology and certifications coming out of Microsoft in 2012, one very important announcement was lost in the mix, the retirement of the MCITP designation. Buried on the Microsoft Learning web site, you’ll see quite a few asterisk’ed certifications and exams highlighting these changes that are right around the corner.

5 key points to making a good PowerPoint Presentation

April 14, 2013 Unipro2013main Featured Articles, microsoft powerpoint training

With the latest developments in Microsoft PowerPoint software we now have a key Business tool to be used in creating[…]

Windows Server 2012 Features: Server Manager and Groups, ReFS, and Storage Spaces

March 4, 2013 Randy Muller Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

The Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 has been redesigned, received a new interface, and has new and increased functionality. With Server Manager, you can easily manage multiple remote servers. Using Windows Server 2012 Server Manager, you can remotely provision roles and features quickly on a server from a central computer. You can use the new Server Manager dashboard to view, install, and remove server roles and server groups (or you can use PowerShell Install-WindowsFeature or Remove-WindowsFeature. Prior to this you had to either use a Remote Desktop Connection or physically access the computer to provision new roles. You can also install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 8 and use a Windows 8 computer to manage Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, and even Windows Server 2003.