The World According to 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 Space sessions on the first day, and a plethora...

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.  And of course Microsoft looked up at the PC...

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 SharePoint Server without having to purchase several...

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 – but that is where the appropriate use of...

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 its TechNet Canada Team, has been sponsoring user...

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 up on line and decided that he and his co-host...

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 have chiefly been on vacation. I am moved in and my...

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 address! http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadian_mvp...

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: Windows Server - Customer Experience . At the summit...

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 for questions I hesitated for a minute before taking...