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Congratulations to MVP Awardees (and re-awardees) »

First, since this is the first day of October - this is the time for the annual MVP awards (and re-awards).  Congratulations to all.
Sadly, this year does not include me.  I wholeheartedly agree with the decision and have been expecting it.  I am trying to rectify it and hopefully will rejoin the ranks sometime within [...]

Thanks to the Windows Networking Team »

I also wanted to insert a general thank you to the members of the Windows Networking team that we (as MVPs) interacted with at the summit sessions on Friday and Saturday, and the Wireless Roundtable/PG Dinner Thursday night. It was an enjoyable and worthwhile experience (and a bit overwhelming).

IPV6 and Longhorn/Vista »

Continuing on my series posting from the network portion of the MVP Summit (sorry for the delay in posting but I am still in Seattle - this time on vacation - and I have been in non-stop activities), I will post some about the improvements in IPV6 included in Windows Vista.
A lot of the “goodies” [...]

Today’s Summit Highlight: NAP and IPSEC »

The highlight of the network drill-down day 1 for me was all of the discussion of how IPSEC can be used with NAP (Network Access Protection) to protect networks, even without using 802.1X and DHCP… There was an article posted by Matt with the EEC (which, BTW, is an awesome place to visit if [...]

Live in Bellevue… »

Well, I’m up here in Bellevue (WA) for the 2005 MVP Summit which starts tomorrow (Wednesday) at Microsoft HQ in Redmond…
Today, I took part in the R2 Tech Beta tour with several presentations and quite a few tours. I can’t discuss things that we saw or did, unfortunately, due to the NDA we needed [...]

MVP Summit Day 1 Summary »

OK, so much for the day-to-day summary (or blow-by-blow account) of the MVP Summit from my vantage point. We had WAY too much to do and I don’t think I have had less sleep than when I was in college… Now that it is over, I have some time to set aside (+ [...]

MVP Summit Day 0 News »

Today was the first official day of the 2004 Global MVP Summit (registration and product fair). In general, not much happened today other than picking up our registration package and general networking (of the social variety) with other MVPs. There have been social gatherings, lunches, and dinners all over downtown Seattle the past [...]