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My employer is organizing an event to lead the way in modern social tooling for online collaboration, knowledge management and intranet: the Social Tooling Experience.

As you might recall, Raymond and I delivered a session on Windows Server 2012 R2 at Ngi-NGNs ‘Systems Management: beyond Control’ event on June 24, 2014. Jeff Wouters (PowerShell MVP) uploaded five videos he shot during this event to YouTube. You can watch them here: Note: All these videos are in Dutch.

Microsoft has posted the 80-minute video of PCIT-B341 Upgrading Active Directory the Safe Way: Using Virtualization Technologies, the session Mike Resseler and I presented on Friday May 15, 2014 at Microsoft TechEd North America 2014. You can watch this session free of charge over on Channel 9, regardless of whether you’ve attended TechEd North America … Continue reading "The video of my presentation at TechEd North America 2014 is now available"

Yesterday, the Dutch Networking User Group (NGN) and Dutch Platform for IT Professionals (Ngi) hosted their ‘Systems Management: Beyond Control’ event at the former Cenakel Monastery, part of the Kontakt der Kontinenten Conference grounds in Soesterberg.

Today, I realized I’ve been blogging here for the last eight years.

Eighteen months ago, I purchased a Nokia Lumia 920. It has been my loyal companion for the biggest part of that time, until it recently got stolen. I needed to replace the phone. Luckily it was insured under the circumstances it was stolen, so I had ample budget to look around for a new phone.

Working at a Systems Integrator (SI) has its perks. I get to discuss interesting technologies with interesting customers and interesting partners. Sometimes, my playing field feels like an ecosystem where manufacturers, partners and customers think and act like one. One of the partners we’re working closely these days and gives me that special feeling is … Continue reading "I’ll be speaking at the Datacenter Group’s Partner Event"

I’ve been associated with the Dutch Networking User Group (NGN) for almost five years now. I’ve been speaking at their events and have helped others achieve the same goal. NGN has recently joined forces with the Dutch Platform for IT Professionals (Ngi), and an old tradition has been dusted off: We’re organizing a Windows Server-themed … Continue reading "I’ll be speaking at Ngi-NGNs ‘Systems Management: Beyond Control’ event"

In the past few weeks, Raymond and I have presented on Bring Your Own (BYO) and Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM). You might recall the announcement of our session for NGN’s and NGi’s first joined event Mobiel Werken 2013. Also, our two sessions at Experts Live 2013 were fun. Now, Raymond and I have planned our … Continue reading "I will be speaking at NIC 2014"

In my previous post in this series, I explained how to convince your boss to attend the tech conferences, that help you to make the most out of your job. Of course, not every tech conference helps you to be 25% more efficient. So, here’s a list of Microsoft tech conferences you should aim at … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 8"