RicksterCDN
RicksterCDN
Dude - I'm an IT Geek.
I am one of those "Regular IT Guys" who currently works for Microsoft in my dream job as a Technology Evangelist. My technical background comes from being self taught (first computer was a Sinclair ZX-81) with no formal university / college training in computer science. I've earned my living collecting a salary full time for 20+ years in the IT field as an admin guy, consultant, trainer, coach, mentor – focusing on infrastructure technologies – mostly in the Microsoft world.
I live by my curious nature of figuring out how things work – breaking things and putting them back together (most of the time). I learned very early in life that you can always turn things off and start again if things weren't working quite right. Besides stuffy corporate technologies – I also geek out with consumer tech gadgets and online services – wondering how I can make things work together – while trying to maintain the "Wife Acceptance Factor".
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Advice from Alumni sharing their TechEd Schedule: Michael BenderIn honor of TechEd being less than a month away, we here at the TechEd team decided to ask some friends and TechEd Alumni if they would be willing to share their schedules and selection methodologies with the rest of the world. We've got three posts lined up with some possible IDEAS that you can use...
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Advice from Alumni sharing their TechEd Schedule: Harjit DhaliwalIn honor of TechEd being less than a month away, we here at the TechEd team decided to ask some friends and TechEd Alumni if they would be willing to share their schedules and selection methodologies with the rest of the world. We've got three posts lined up with some possible IDEAS that you can use...
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TechEd Countdown Show: The One About NewbiesOnly 1 Month to go until TechEd North America invades Houston Texas (May 12-15). It's time for one of Rick and Joey's favorite episodes... NEWBIES!
If you are new to the TechEd experience or perhaps even a seasoned attendee, Joey and Rick cover off some of the most frequently asked questions including:...
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TechEd Countdown Show The One About Newbies
Its that time again - Rick and Joey's favorite episode of The Countdown Show - All sorts of information for TechEd Newbies (and alumni alike).
If you are new to the TechEd experience or perhaps even a seasoned attendee, Joey and Rick cover off some of the most frequently asked questions including:
- What...
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Start Your Week at TechEd 2014 with Foundational SessionsWhile planning your session agenda for TechEd 2014, don't overlook the value of Foundation Sessions, held on Monday, May 12, 11:00am – Noon, following the Keynote.
Foundational Sessions help you make the best use of your time at TechEd, by providing key insights that will allow you to get more out of...
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TechEd Countdown Show: The One About Day One
With only 5 weeks remaining until TechEd North America in Houston Texas (May 12-15) Rick and Joey get into the details of the day one schedule. It all starts with making sure that you are all checked in to registration on Sunday so you can grab some breakfast and head into the Keynote.
Following the Keynote...
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Ping 203: Live from Build!This week we come to you from San Francisco, live from Build 2014! We took a break from our behind-the-scenes work to record a show on the Channel 9 Live stage and get you the news that Microsofties have been pinging each other about:
[03:28] Windows Phone 8.1 and the debut of Cortana...
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TechEd Countdown Show: The One About Evening EventsOnly 6 Weeks left until TechEd North America in Houston May 12-15th! This week Rick and Joey go to the forums and answer your questions about Parties... When are they and how do you get invited.
Of course you all should be aware of the attendee party that is Thursday night at Minute Maid Park (catch that...
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Edge Show 96 - Ned Pyle on when to use Scale Out FIle Server vs File Server ClusterIn this episode Rick took the opportunity of a "captive" audience with Ned Pyle from his previous interview to ask him the age old question: "When should I use a Scale Out File Server vs a Traditional File Server Cluster". Ned chuckled and conceded that he gets asked this question...
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Storage Spaces: What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Modern Datacentre
- Breakout Session
- Level 200
- TechEd New Zealand 2013
- MDC205
- September 10, 2013 from 11:55AM to 12:55AM
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Introduction to Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Modern Datacentre
- Breakout Session
- Level 200
- TechEd New Zealand 2013
- MDC201
- September 10, 2013 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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Introduction to Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Modern Datacentre
- Track Session
- 200
- TechEd Australia 2013
- MDC211
- September 4, 2013 from 8:15AM to 9:30AM
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Storage Spaces: What's New in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Modern Datacentre
- Track Session
- Windows Server
- 300
- TechEd Australia 2013
- MDC331A
- September 6, 2013 from 8:15AM to 9:30AM
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Upgrading Windows Server
- Rick Claus
- Channel 9 Live
- Channel 9 Live
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- C9-11
- June 4, 2013 from 1:00PM to 1:30PM
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What's New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
- Rick Claus
- Channel 9 Live
- Channel 9 Live
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- C9-07
- June 4, 2013 from 9:45AM to 10:15AM
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Storage Changes in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Channel 9 Live
- Channel 9 Live
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- C9-14
- June 5, 2013 from 9:45AM to 10:15AM
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What's New in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Rick Claus
- Channel 9 Live
- Channel 9 Live
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- C9-06
- June 3, 2013 from 4:15PM to 4:45PM
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Why Server Core
- Rick Claus
- Channel 9 Live
- Channel 9 Live
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- C9-17
- June 5, 2013 from 12:30PM to 1:00PM
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TechEd 101 - An Introduction to TechEd
- Richard Campbell, Rick Claus, Joey Snow
- TechEd 101
- TechEd 101
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- TE101
- June 2, 2013 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM
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TechEd 101 - An Introduction to TechEd (repeat)
- Richard Campbell, Rick Claus, Joey Snow
- TechEd 101
- TechEd 101
- 200 - Intermediate
- TechEd North America 2013
- TE101-R
- June 2, 2013 from 4:00PM to 5:00PM
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Upgrading the Platform - How to Get There! Part 1: Reimagining and Migrating Your Active Directory
- Rick Claus, Joey Snow
- Windows Client, Access & Management
- Breakout
- Windows Server, Breakout, Access & Information Protection
- 300 - Advanced
- TechEd Europe 2013
- WCA-B336
- June 28, 2013 from 12:00PM to 1:15PM
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Upgrading the Platform - How to Get There! Part 2: Reimagining and Migrating Your Active Directory
- Rick Claus, Andrew McMurray
- Windows Client, Access & Management
- Breakout
- Windows Server, Breakout, Access & Information Protection
- 300 - Advanced
- TechEd North America 2013
- WCA-B336
- June 6, 2013 from 10:15AM to 11:30AM
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WS2012 IP Address Management (IPAM)
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 (Advanced)
- TechEd Australia 2012
- WSV324
- September 12, 2012 from 1:45PM to 3:00PM
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WS2012 File System Enhancements: ReFS and Storage Spaces
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 (Advanced)
- TechEd Australia 2012
- WSV316
- September 11, 2012 from 5:00PM to 6:15PM
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WS2012 NIC Teaming and Multichannel Solutions
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 (Advanced)
- TechEd Australia 2012
- WSV321
- September 12, 2012 from 8:15AM to 9:30AM
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Using the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager for Remote and Multi-Server Management
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 - Advanced
- TechEd New Zealand 2012
- WSV311
- September 7, 2012 from 1:55PM to 2:55PM
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Windows Server 2012 File System Enhancements: ReFS & Storage Spaces
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 - Advanced
- TechEd New Zealand 2012
- WSV309
- September 6, 2012 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM
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What's New in Active Directory in Windows Server 2012
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 - Advanced
- TechEd New Zealand 2012
- WSV310
- September 5, 2012 from 3:10PM to 4:10PM
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iSCSI: Getting Best Performance, High-Availability and Virtualization
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server (SVR)
- 300
- Tech·Ed Australia 2011
- SVR-VIR308
- August 30, 2011 from 8:15AM to 9:30AM
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Diagnosing the Diseases of DNS
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server (SVR)
- 300
- Tech·Ed Australia 2011
- SVR305
- August 30, 2011 from 11:30AM to 12:45PM
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Get Out of Dodge: Migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server (SVR)
- 300
- Tech·Ed Australia 2011
- SVR307
- August 31, 2011 from 9:45AM to 11:00AM
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Get Out of Dodge: Migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
- Rick Claus
- Windows Server
- 300 - Advanced
- Tech·Ed North America 2011
- WSV310
- May 17, 2011 from 1:30PM to 2:45PM
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Turbo Charge Your Active Directory Implementation
- Rick Claus
- Tech·Ed North America 2010
- WSV330
- June 10, 2010 from 2:15PM to 3:30PM
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Staff
Here is a list of Channel 9 staff members.
Ping 200: The Show 200 Spectacular!
Mar 20, 2014 at 2:37 PM@Jason818: regarding specifics on the office interiors - they were real offices, decorated by each individual. MSFT employees get assigned blank offices (with windows if you have seniority on the team) that have standard equipment of corner desk, small worksurface, large worksurface, standard office chair, hanging bookshelf, hanging whiteboard and hanging corkboard. Once you take possession - you can equip / decorate / organize as you see fit with personal items. Some go so far as putting down area rugs, custom desks / chairs, treadmills, standing desks, couches, leather chairs - whatever!
Regarding the first Q you have (numbers on the wall) was to a race Mark was in a while back. Why extra shirts in Mark's office - he keeps spare ORANGE shirts just in case he needs to shoot a #pingshow.
As for ArtWork on the wall of Simons office - those are personally curated comic graphics he had mounted and hung on his wall. They arrived in his shipping container from the UK a couple of weeks back.
FYI: I have a comfy leather couch in my office and a "lounge" recliner chair next to my standing desk with dual monitors.
TechEd Countdown Show: The One with Certification
Mar 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM@RallyJoe:you can drill your own hole if you needed to... ;)
TechEd Countdown Show: The One with lots of odds and ends
Mar 12, 2014 at 3:14 PM@RallyJoe:You're welcome!
TechEd Countdown Show: The One with lots of odds and ends
Mar 12, 2014 at 3:14 PM@UtahStu:Looks like someone answered you in the forum. Go back into your registration and change your selection there.
Were you able to do this?
Edge Show 92 - Ned Pyle and changes to DFS in Windows Server 2012 R2
Mar 05, 2014 at 8:12 AM@SimonT:At the time we recorded the news segment, there was no official news about SP1 that was public or hadn't already been published.
TechEd Countdown Show: The One with the Content Catalog and Session Builder
Mar 03, 2014 at 10:28 AMHey @LeeBerg @Vlad360:
Hang in there - the bits are flying, servers being updated. It'll be up and fully functional in under 24 hrs.
Stay tuned!
Edge Show 92 - Ned Pyle and changes to DFS in Windows Server 2012 R2
Feb 28, 2014 at 1:48 PM@LeonMeijer:glad you liked it!
Edge Show 83 Behind the scenes of TechNetV-Labs with HOL systems
Dec 06, 2013 at 10:01 AM@SimonT: I'm an Ottawa Senators fan myself...
Edge Show 83 Behind the scenes of TechNetV-Labs with HOL systems
Dec 03, 2013 at 12:26 AM@Daniel Buchanan: it is on... you never said "what" would be cool...
Ping 193: Surface 2 Tips, Unified developer registration, Xbox One highlights, Windows 8.1 features
Nov 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM@cbae: HA! good one!
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