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Drinking From a Fire hose by Mitch

One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open...

A Simple Explanation of Microsoft Essential Business Server by Mitch

So what is Essential Business Server (EBS) ?  In simple terms EBS is a complete corporate network for mid-sized companies in a box, or rather in three or four boxes depending on the version.  Let me explain: In the beginning there was the PC...

Essential Business Server: Coming soon to a mid-sized company near you! by Mitch

For years I have been saying that Small Business Server was the best solution for small businesses that did not have huge IT budgets; it allowed them to take advantage of the same enterprise-level tools such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and...

Exclaimer Mail Utilities 2007 by Mitch

Near the beginning of 2006, while I was administering my own mail server, I discovered a great little utility called Exclaimer Mail Utilities. I call it a “little” utility because of the size – it was less than a 20-megabyte download...

Innovation Awards... Nominate someone today! by Mitch

One of the things that has impressed me about Microsoft since I started paying attention is the lengths that it goes to with regards to encouraging IT Pros, both with community building and with helping individuals to succeed. Microsoft Canada, through...

Save the Environment! by Mitch

You probably know that I have always been a great proponent of donating used computer equipment to charity, and my reasons for that are twofold: There are a lot of people who would consider your three year old computers to be a godsend. Charities abound...

RunAs Radio – Mitch Discusses BDD by Mitch

I have known Richard Campbell for some time now and every time we meet up we have the same discussion that I should do a segment for RunAs Radio (Once upon a time it was for .NET Rocks Radio) but we just never seemed to follow up. This week-end we caught...

Coming soon to a city near you! by Mitch

Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I...

Canada Takes Over the Summit by Mitch

As you may know last week Microsoft hosted the MVP Summit in Seattle and Redmond. In total ninety-seven Canadians were there, and we were a force to be reckoned with. Check out our pictures page, and notice the sea of red hockey jerseys at the keynote...

Kudos to Canada by Mitch

Most Microsoft MVPs are awarded in a specific technology. There is one group however that does not fall into any specific technology group, and that is the User Group Leader, and to fit us into their framework Microsoft created a competency called MVP...
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A Question for Bill Gates by Mitch

I am at the MVP Summit in Washington and this morning was a real thrill - Bill Gates delivered the keynote address. He really is a most impressive man, and when Richard Kaplan (Vice President, Customer Service, Partners and Automation) opened the floor...

Community Support by Mitch

In one way or another I have been supporting the IT Pro community for several years now - often on what seems like a full time and professional basis. It is because of that I am a Microsoft MVP. Well from time to time those of us who do the supporting...

Giving Back to the Community - From the newsgroups by Mitch

I thought this was an interesting post for you all to read. I have benefited a thousandfold from giving back to the community but I do it because of passion. Let me know what you think! > Guys, > > I want to start giving back to the IT Community...
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