About Me
Rick Claus
Rick Claus engages with the worldwide Technical Community on behalf of Microsoft. Rick's role is to support platform awareness for Windows Server and skills development through special events targeting the broad community.
Technical areas of expertise from his 20+ years of experience in the IT Industry include: Windows Server, core infrastructure services, Virtualization technologies of all kinds, and systems management.
Unofficially, Rick is focused on spreading his enthusiasm, passion and excitement on all things technical to anyone who has the time for a coffee (or pint) and a chat (in English or français - naturellement).
Category Archives: Presentations
How To: Deliver Impactful Demos. Part 3 – Showing the Goods
In this continuing series I’ve covered the basics of setting up a good system from a “fit and finish” perspective so you are ready to go. I harped on some things that a lot of people don’t think about – … Continue reading
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How To: Deliver Impactful Demos. Part 2 – ZoomIt or loose It
Lets face it – we all do demos as IT Professionals. It doesn’t matter if you are a helpdesk guy/gal who has to help someone complete a task or do something more efficiently OR if you are in a pre-sales … Continue reading
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How to: Deliver Impactful demos. Part 1–machine prep
Part of my job involves creating and delivering technical demos / presentations with audiences ranging from small groups of individuals to large conferences / keynotes (both online and in person). It’s something I’ve been doing for many MANY years working … Continue reading
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Getting ready to Head DownUnder in NZ and AU
I am in the final days of prep work to get ready to head down to TechEd New Zealand and TechEd Australia. I had a great time down there last year and apparently they liked my stuff enough to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Presentations, TechEd, Windows Server 8
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guest IOps and network portability demos
I have the good fortune of working with some great folks here at Microsoft HQ – some of which I have been following for quite some time. Last week at TechEd NorthAmerica Jeff Woolsey was on the main keynote stage … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Networking, Presentations, Server, TechEd, Windows Server 8
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