Jason Buffington .com

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I served as a Product Manager for a variety of Microsoft products — acting as primary evangelist, GTM planner, feature stakeholder, and field enabler — from 2005 to 2011. Here is an archive of my blogs, articles, and projects as part of my role at Microsoft. 

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  • Why SP1 for DPM 2007 is cool

    For the official announcement of SP1 — please check out Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007 is now available on the DPM Product Team blog (yes, I wrote that one too). Here are some good links on Service Pack 1 What is new in Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/SystemCenter/DataProtectionManager/en/us/WHATs-NEW.aspx     DPM 2007 SP1 x86     http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125991…

  • New Sales Promotion — get DPM Server licenses when you purchase System Center SMSE’s

    For those that are unfamiliar with DPM 2007 licensing, I just recorded a licensing podcast on Edge.Technet.com This is the 3rd of many installments on point topics over DPM 2007 SP1 – and I will continue to blog here as new ones post every week or so.  Check out the series of podcasts on Edge.…

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  • What is new for protecting SharePoint with DPM 2007 SP1 — TechNet EDGE Video

    Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007 is coming — and it is coming soon (December)…   I just finished recording the 2nd in a video series on the new features for DPM 2007 Service Pack 1. The first installment aired two weeks ago – during IT FORUM in Barcelona, as an overview of the features…

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  • DPM 2007 SP1 – what is coming soon

    Hey folks, Now that IT Forum in Barcelona is over, I can start sharing more details on what all is included in Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007.  We are feverishly trying to get all of our content updated to talk about the new capabilities, but there is still more to do – as every…

  • TechNet Radio — Total Wine success story with System Center

    Earlier this week, I sat down with my friends at Total Wine to talk about how they are using System Center.    It’s one of the first times that I’ve gotten to talk about technology and ‘wine’ instead of ‘whine’.  In fact, as part of my research to be fully prepared for the TechNet Radio interview,…

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  • How to protect SQL SERVER with DPM — new Technet Webcast starting soon

            We’re starting in about an hour — 9:30 AM Pacific Time on Friday, September 26th What better way to start the weekend than being sure that your data protection solution ‘has got your back‘ (pun intended) for your database server farm?   So, grab some coffee, find a comfortable chair and…

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