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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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  • SEARCH and GIVE … a new way to ‘search’ and ‘give’…

    There are a few things that I truly love about the Microsoft culture: Philanthropy — Bill G has truly modeled a spirit of giving back, and that every one can help — and that spirit of generosity really seems to be permeated in the mindset of Microsoft management at all levels. Tenacity — While some…

  • What would you ask the DPM developers ?

    In just a few weeks, I am flying to India to visit with the parts of the DPM Development Team that are based in Hyderabad. Am excited about this trip for a few reasons: 1)  I’ve never been to India 2)  We are going to connect around the final feature set for DPM 2007 Service…

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  • Video – Technical Introduction of DPM2007 … from Tech-Ed 2008 US

      From July 2008 in Orlando — this was the first of three breakout sessions on DPM2007. This session covers: – Installing the DPM Server – Configuring the DPM Server disk and tape – Deploying DPM agents from the administration console – Setting up Data Protection – Recovering Data Click here to watch – Technical…

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  • Live from TechEd 2008 – Jason and Devin !!! (video)

      Devin Ganger, my friend, Exchange MVP and author of "Mastering Data Protection Manager" recently joined me at TechEd in Orlando last week to talk about DPM and Exchange protection. Check out the video — ‘Making backups cool with DPM" For more information about Devin’s book, please visit www.MasteringDPM.com   Thanks for reading…

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  • Podcasts on DPM 2007 – protection and recovery demonstrations

          Greetings from Tech-Ed 2008 / IT Pro week – one of the biggest and busiest IT Pro technical training events in the world. My glamorous travel week so far has been: Monday — Fly from Dallas to Miami, wait on aircraft trouble, and finally arrive in Orlando around 8PM – upload VHD…

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  • XBOX DAD post — the power of Windows Home Server with an Xbox 360

      As you may have seen in some of my other gaming posts, I love it when my favorite things overlap – e.g. Star Wars and Video Games. In this month’s Xbox Dad article, my Windows Home Server hooked up with my Xbox360 and effect was beautiful (literally), as my family photos and video, along…

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