UK TechDays Online 2013 On Demand Content now available

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Simon

If you missed our UK TechDays Online event a couple of weeks ago then don’t be sad, the content is now online, on demand.
You’ll need to register to view the content, but if you already registered for the event the registration engine should recognise who you are and let you.… The post UK TechDays Online 2013 On Demand Content now available by Simon May first appeared on Devices, Services, Life: Simon May's Blog ….(read more) UK TechDays Online 2013 On Demand Content now available

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How to write a great blog post

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Simon

This post explains how to blog. Great blog posts have a few things in common, notably they are readable, interesting to read and discoverable. Why am I mentioning this? We’ll I’ve been blogging for a number of years now and I keep getting…(read more)

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Join the UK TechNet Team at TechEd Europe for Free

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Simon

The keynote speakers list for TechEd Europe has just been announced and the line up is terrific as always! Brad Anderson, Mark Russinovich, Jeffrey Snover and Mark Minasi to name just a few. Of course you’ll want to be there and what better way…(read more)

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PowerShell to rename a Hyper-V VM’s hostname from the Hyper-V host

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Simon

PowerShell v3 in Windows Server 2012 opens up way more stuff than ever before for automation. I like my VMs to have a host name that matches the name I give the VM in on the Hyper-V host – that way when I write a PowerShell script to build [...] Continue Reading…

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Week Note 004: Holidays, Family Time and Blog Themes

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Simon

This past week has been mainly about being on holiday and spending time with the family, something I really needed to do after the TechDays Online week. That little week required five 12 to 14 hour days pull off and it reminded me somewhat of being “on call” back [...] Continue Reading…

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Week Note 003: Better late than never, TechDays Online

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Simon

Well Matt was right, it doesn’t take long to slip. This Week Note is being posted part way through the week because the end of last week was a mad dash over the line with UK TechDays Online 2013 – but a good time was had by all. Anyway [...] Continue Reading…

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Week Note 002: Tech.Days Planning, IT Camps, Videos and Bring Your Daughter to work

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Simon

This week is inspired by the thought of proving Matt wrong and actually getting a second week note out the door. This week I’ve been mainly: Delivering a Windows 8 IT camp in Southampton, Chris who attended wrote up a trip report for the IT Camp on his [...] Continue Reading…

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