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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).
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Category Archives: Server
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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TechEd Foundation Session: Modernizing Your Datacenter resources
Greetings! As the curator of the TechEd Modernizing Your Datacenter foundational session, I have compiled a one stop resource to complementary sessions about the technologies we demonstrated during the event. You can click on the links to view the session … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Microsoft, Server, TechEd, Windows Server 8
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Free (as in beer) Windows Server 2012 training
I’ve been working with Windows Server “8” since last September when it first peeked outside of the internal deployment servers at the Build conference. Because I was not part of the engineering group or product team – I had the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Microsoft, Presentations, Server, Windows Server 8
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Windows Server “8” demo lab hardware setup
After mulling things around for a while, consulting anyone who had an opinion on the topic and consuming various beverages over time – I finally sat down and planned out my portable demo lab for Windows Server”8” things. I’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in How To, Microsoft, Presentations, Server, Windows Server 8
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Screw Following your dreams–CHASE THEM!
For those of you who know me – I’m a very passionate person. Be it technology, skills development, fatherhood, Microsoft, mobile devices – whatever. I tend to be someone who jumps in with both feet. Sometimes I do it on … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Personal, Server
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