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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.
- Windows Server – Backup, File Sharing, Hyper-V, and Storage features
- Windows Storage Server – purpose-built and OEM’d filer
- System Center – Data Protection Manager (DPM) and OpsMgr
- Also authored game recommendations on Xbox.com
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DPM 2007 has a really simple licensing model: DPM Server – for the back-end platform(s) Standard DPML – for file protection Enterprise DPML – for file and application platform There aren’t any Open File managers, library agents, etc. You don’t have to buy # Exchange Agents, # SharePoint agents, # SQL Server agents, etc. –…
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Hi folks, Sorry to have been unplugged – but my posts will restart this week. In the meantime, check out the new “Storage Blog at Microsoft” – where some of our storage-saavy exec’s, as well as other storage experts will weigh in. The blog kicked off earlier this week with a post from our General…
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You know its a good day when two of your favorite universes collide. Peanut Butter and Jelly Steak and Red Wine Star Wars and Video Games (usually) Dungeons & Dragons and Video Games And now … Comic Books and IT Professionals Yes – as part of the Windows Server 2008 / SQL Server 2008…
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One of the common questions that we hear around DPM is “What hardware should the DPM Server be run on?” I can offer a couple different answers. Start with the Official Answer — please consult the hardware requirements list on the DPM website There is also the “engineering” answer – which is “It depends …”…
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For many environments, simply providing reliable backup and recovery of key workloads like SQL Server and Exchange is enough. For larger enterprises, distributed branch-office environments, and those with mandates for off-site protection — DPM 2007 can also be used for multi-tiered data protection to deliver disaster recovery or business continuity preparedness. When Microsoft began looking…
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In case you are of the very few IT professionals who haven’t heard yet, Microsoft has an exciting launch coming up next month: Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Visual Studio 2008 And I am very jazzed to get to attend the global launch event on February 27, 2008 in Los Angeles — manning the…
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