Random thoughts from a Backup-dude … Husband & Father … Christ-follower & Scout-leader … Gamer & former-MSFTie & former-ESG Analyst … now at Veeam
If you saw the official blog on the DPM blogsite, you’ll notice that this post has more exclamation marks. This is a really exciting day for all of us at Microsoft, particularly those who have been preparing DPM 2007 to come to market. With the RTM (release to manufacturing) milestone, we are now just weeks … Read more
I just finished a very busy week at the SQL Server Users’ Conference (http://www.sqlpass.org/). We started with the first public viewing of an early DPM 2007 “Release Candidate” (yes, you heard right) for around 2000 customers, partners and vendor-folk… where we demonstrated DPM protecting SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. It was very cool, … Read more
On August 30th, I finally get to talk about two of my favorite technologies in the same session – data protection and virtualization. For the past several years, two areas of computing continually get hotter and hotter – storage and virtualization. And if I wasnt a “backup guy”, I would most certainly be a “virtual … Read more
Just because you know how DPM 2006 works … you don’t know DPM 2007. That statement is a little bold, since many folks know both products — but lately, I have heard a surprisingly large number of assumptions from people on how DPM2007 does what it does — or what its capabilities actually will be … Read more
OK, serious gamers … he hasn’t beaten yours. But he does have a 1440 … and he’s six. It is amazing to me how Achievement Points have affected gaming in my family. Here are a couple of examples: We already owned Star Wars LEGO II for Xbox … having played the first one all of … Read more