by kevin kaminski | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog, MVP, MVPBuzz, Office365, Windows 10
Categories: Office365Tags: ADMX, Group Policy, MVP, MVPBuzz, OneDrive, windows 10Well, it looks like this simple question created some confusion and I thought it was worth pointing out. Usually, I look for updated ADMX/ADML files on the Microsoft Download Center when...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Microsoft Ignite, MVPBuzz, MVPHour, Storage Spaces Direct, Windows Server 2016
Emile is a local Cloud and Datacenter MVP I work within the Calgary area, he has spoken multiple conferences and co-authored several books. I take a moment to discuss Microsoft Ignite in general and some of his thoughts around Windows Server 2016. source...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 31, 2017 | App-V, Blog, MSI, MVPBuzz, MVPHour, Project Centenial, SoftGrid, Universal Windows Platform
Tim has been a mentor of mine; he helped get Microsoft to recognize my community contributions when App-V was still referred to as SoftGrid. We developed an App-V master’s class together though he is the one that is laser-focused specifically on App-V. I thought...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, FSLogix, MVPBuzz, MVPHour, Office365, VDI
Kevin Goodman goes way back to when VDI was referred to as server based computing, he has a development background and founded RTO Software which was later acquired by VMware. I take a moment to catch up with him and talk about where he is at with FSLogix. source...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 31, 2017 | App-V, Blog, Desktop Bridges, Flexera, MSI, Project Centennial
Bob Kelly is a long time member of the application packaging world where he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP, written books and has done public speaking engagements. He is currently over at Flexera, and I take a few minutes to catch up with him and discuss the...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 31, 2017 | AWS, Azure, Blog, Cloud, MVP, MVPBuzz, MVPHour, VDI
In this episode I catch up with fellow MVP Ruben Spruijt who has taken a CTO position over at Frame which is a cloud based virtual desktop vendor. Join me as I find out what Ruben and Frame have been up to in the VDI space. source...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 22, 2017 | App-V, Blog, Flexera, MSI, MVP
Categories: MVPTags: AdminStudio, App-V, Flexera, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft MVP, MSI, MVP, Virtually There with Kevin KaminskiIn this episode I sit down with Bob Kelly who has been a long time member of the application packaging and the setup and...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog, MVP, VDI, Windows Server 2016
Categories: MVPTags: Citrix, Citrix CTP, Microsoft MVP, MVP, NVidia Grid Community Advisor, Ruben Spruijt, VDI, Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski, VmWare vExpert, Windows Server 2016In this episode, I catch up with Ruben Spruijt who recently transitioned to Frame as...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog
Recently I took an in-depth tour of SupTool which is a cloud-based solution for ensuring Configuration Manager client health along with some other specific health checks for Windows Update using an architecture that mainly resides in the cloud. In the blog article...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 11, 2017 | Azure, Blog, SCCM
Categories: SCCMTags: Azure, Configuration Manager, Monitoring, sccm, SupTool, Windows Enpoint HealthAre you one of the few remaining administrators who double checks that the Configuration Manager client has been completely deployed to all endpoints? Despite there...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 10, 2017 | Azure, Azure Pack, Azure Stack, Blog, IaaS, System Center
Before Microsoft Ignite I had an idea that I should bring a camera with me and interview different personalities in the IT business that I know and add them to my currently very small YouTube channel. The channel started with a couple of popular App-V videos, but I...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 10, 2017 | Azure Stack, Blog, MVP, MVPBuzz, System Center
Categories: MVPTags: Azure Stack, Calgary, Calgary Microsoft User Group, Interview from Ignite, MCT, MVP, MVPBuzz, System CenterThe Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski series is a concept where I interview various people in the industry that I’ve come to know over the...
by kevin kaminski | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog
On Monday, Microsoft finally announced the rollout of the capability to manage a Windows 10 device with Intune MDM and the Configuration Manager agent. This long-sought-after capability has been requested by many of my Enterprise customers after they’ve embarked on...
by kevin kaminski | Jul 28, 2017 | BIOS, Blog, Secure Boot, Security, UEFI, Windows 10
If you have some older video cards in your environment,you might not realize until deployment time that some of your systems will fail to display video or Windows will simply not use the card at all. The root cause of the is due to older video cards not being Secure...
by kevin kaminski | May 12, 2017 | Blog
I’ve entered into a new venture into IT user group communities by helping form the Citrix User Group Community for Calgary headed by Rod MacCormack. We saw the need to get the local Citrix community reestablished so that Citrix professionals could get together...
by kevin kaminski | May 2, 2017 | Blog, FSLogix, Office365, Security, VDI, VMware
Since July I have been writing a newsletter for VirtualizationAdmin.com, and I figure it is about time I let’s all my other social media readers know about it. I know, sometimes I suck at self-promotion, but I will post the summary each month to the blog going...
by kevin kaminski | Apr 24, 2017 | Azure, Azure Cloud Service, Azure Resource Manager, Blog, PowerShell
April 22, 2017, the Calgary Microsoft User Group held its first Azure Global Bootcamp event by holding a hands-on event about creating virtual machines. We had a well-attended event having over 30 people in the room.The focus was about deploying Windows and Linux...
by kevin kaminski | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, Windows 10, Windows 10 Creators Update, Windows 1703
The Windows 10 Creators Update has hit current branch but will not be available via Windows Update until April 11, 2017. What this means for customers/enthusiasts that want to start using this release of Windows 10 they need to go out to the Windows 10 download site...
by kevin kaminski | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, DragonBoard, IoT, Microsoft, MinnowBoard MAX, Rasberry Pi, Windows 10
Today Microsoft has released a set of images for running Windows 10 IoT core on the Rasberry PI, DragonBoard, and MinnowBoard MAX. The announcement had me interested in what the capabilities of the platform would be since I usually end up managing devices through...
by kevin kaminski | Mar 30, 2017 | 5nine Software, Blog, Cisco, HPE Avnet, HyperGrid, Igel, Microsoft, Microsoft Community, Microsoft MVP Summit, MVP, MVPDays, Nexsan, Nimble Storage, Nutanix, TriCon Elite, Unidesk, Veeam, Workspot
Alan Rafuse, Crystal and DaveRecently I finished the latest tour of MVPDays in Western Canada and it was a great time reuniting with fellow MVPs and IT professionals. In case you haven’t been to an MVPDays event yet you should keep track of the dates, news and...
by kevin kaminski | Mar 30, 2017 | App-V, AWS, Azure, Azure Cloud Service, Blog, Immidio, MVPDays, RES, Unidesk, VDI, VMware, Workspot
For the latest set of MVPDays events in Western Canada, I had the opportunity to speak about VDI. The MVPDays team was really on the ball this time around to record some of the presentations, so I had the opportunity to have my video posted to Microsoft’s...
by kevin kaminski | Jan 3, 2017 | Blog
In this video, I show how to enable the App-V client and load an App-V sequence side by side with an older version of the same application that is installed traditionally. I explore the differences between an App-V application and the locally installed version so you...
by kevin kaminski | Dec 30, 2016 | App-V, Blog, Sequencing, Windows 10
The holidays are almost over, but I have been busy with many little side projects. I’ve meant to produce some instructional videos for years, and I finally got around to making something. I’ve been teaching App-V since the SoftGrid days and maintain a set...
by kevin kaminski | Oct 6, 2016 | ActiveSync, Blog, Office365
I had a situation where I needed to get some device information about what was connected to my customer’s current Office365 ActiveSync environment. Luckily after searching the Internet, I found this process to be rather simple, and I thought I would put my...
by kevin kaminski | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Over the years I’ve generally stayed with a specific piece of advice when performing driver injection when deploying Windows images using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or System Center Configuration Manager. You start with the expanded driver files and import...
