October 01, 2020
We are getting deep and will wrap up the Modern Collaboration blog series by tying all of the products we...
September 15, 2020
We are getting deep into the Modern Collaboration blog series. If you haven't read the previous articles, I'd strongly recommend...
September 10, 2020
I hope you are enjoying the Modern Collaboration blog series. If you haven't read the previous articles in the series,...
September 07, 2020
The time has come in my Modern Collaboration blog series to start diving deep into the how-to. We started this...
August 06, 2020
I've recently worked a lot with the Microsoft Cloud, specifically around productivity and Modern Collaboration. I decided to start a...
August 03, 2020
Modern Collaboration, Collaboration Transformation, Technology Revolution, Technology Transformation; I'm sure you have heard one or more of these terms before....
July 09, 2020
Microsoft Teams officially rolled out Virtual Backgrounds back in March, around the time COVID-19 went crazy in the United States....
July 06, 2020
All growing and/or large organizations will experience this. We have all of these Distribution Lists, but does anyone even use...
June 18, 2020
In the last few months, I've spent a lot of time organizing and planning. Most of this time was spent...
June 05, 2020
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, heck before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. I started working 100%...
November 08, 2018
As businesses grow, it becomes challenging to keep up with business processes. To keep up with a constant flow of...
November 01, 2018
[]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/10/msteams.png) I ran into a scenario where I wanted to use Microsoft Teams more. I am...
August 06, 2018
In the last few months at work, we have been concentrating on integrating different cloud-hosted systems with our on-premise systems....
June 06, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I made a post on the study materials I planned on leveraging to learn how...
June 03, 2016
it's been over two weeks since my last post; however I have an excuse! It may not be a good...
May 19, 2016
As I continue my adventure of learning how to program for the HoloLens, the first step is actually learning how...
May 16, 2016
I've started my adventure of learning how to program for the Microsoft HoloLens. If you haven't heard about this new...
May 13, 2016
I'm back!!! It's been almost a year to the day! I previously had claimed I was going to become much...
May 18, 2015
I know I am late to the game, Ignite ended over a week ago! I would just like to share...
September 26, 2014
Recently I presenting at the Indianapolis PowerShell User Group and talked about Desired State Configuration. The presentation was 100% demonstrations,...
September 25, 2014
Recently I worked with a client to validate that if a user account were to be disabled that it wasn't...
June 19, 2014
This evening I've decided to add additional functionality to the GriffinMonitor Module. I noticed that I am filling up my...
June 01, 2014
The Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview was released in early April, and an update to it was posted during Microsoft...
May 26, 2014
There have been times in the past (more than I like to remember) where I've had a hard drive fail,...
May 21, 2014
TechEd has come, and TechEd has gone... there were some cool announcements and some disappointments in the overall conference. Let's...
April 28, 2014
My second session of the PowerShell Summit 2014 covered Automating the installation of SharePoint 2013 SP1 using multiple community based...
April 28, 2014
This morning I presenting PowerCLI - Automating Your VMware Environment Reporting at the PowerShell Summit 2014. Below is the PowerPoint...
January 09, 2014
Hello everyone! Long time no post; more details surrounding that will be coming! Tonight I would like to share the...
October 10, 2013
In every IT office I have worked in, pulling pranks co-workers has been a standard. They tend to be low-tech;...
October 10, 2013
Last week I presented to the Indianapolis PowerShell User Group about PowerShell Pranks. I will be doing a much more...
October 09, 2013
I have had a goal over the last two years to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). I was already...
September 17, 2013
This week I am attending the MCT Summit in Bellevue Washington. After today I am going to be an MCT!...
August 25, 2013
Lately I have been putting a lot of my time into developing useful PowerShell scripts for managing Windows environments. While...
July 26, 2013
Last week I had a client reach out to me, asking for a count of all documents in their SharePoint...
July 25, 2013
Today I presented Intro to PowerCLI at the IndyVMUG Conference. As promised I am posting the PowerPoint slides that were...
July 01, 2013
During my time at Microsoft TechEd many new things were announced. My all time favorite announcement was PowerShell v4. There...
June 28, 2013
**Note: Article Written on Server 2012 R2 Preview Build, the functionality may change when released.** ** meeting and I was tasked with getting the survey for...
February 10, 2013
So I recently had to rebuild my Server 2012 virtual server. I had storage spaces setup and after I finished...
February 06, 2013
Hello Everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting but this is super important! Tech Ed 2013 registration will be opening...
December 29, 2012
As a follow up toĀ [Backups are Important! Here is How I do it!](http://mattblogsit.com/oob/backups-are-important-here-is-how-i-do-it "Backups are Important! Here is How I...
November 24, 2012
I have always loved the Windows Operating System, but their phones were a joke back it the day, and their...
November 09, 2012
After about a week of excitement and playing around with features, I decided it was time to start optimizing and...
October 27, 2012
While recently blogging about using my Surface to share media from my desktop to my Xbox it occurred to me....
October 27, 2012
In the last 2 days the biggest questionĀ I'veĀ heard is what makes this device good for me? The best responseĀ I'veĀ had for...
October 26, 2012
Today was a big day for Microsoft. Today was the release of Windows 8 and of the Surface RT. I...
October 20, 2012
I personally have been using Windows 8 off and on since the Developer Preview was released over a year ago,...
June 19, 2012
TechEd was an extremely busy week, and it was a ton of fun. There were many challenges throughout the week...
June 19, 2012
ā**The Krewe**Ā is a group of hard working/fun-loving IT Pros and Developers. We gather every year at Microsoft TechEd North America,...
June 13, 2012
Day 2 was a rough start, every day you progress through TechEd the more exhausted you feel in the morning....
June 11, 2012
Day 1 is coming to a close as I write it sitting pool side using the Samsung Series 7 Slate....
June 11, 2012
The drive from Indianapolis to Orlando wasn't as bad as I anticipated. I arrived within 16 hours and got registered...
June 11, 2012
Today is the day that I was hoping to call myself an MCSE, I am thrilled to hear that some...
June 08, 2012
Ever since last year when I first attended TechEd I knew I wanted to come back. I decided to wait...
June 05, 2012
If you read my post on [Important Resources](http://mattblogsit.com/2012/05/30/tech-ed-2012-important-resources/) for TechEd you will notice that I mentioned building your schedule, and...
May 30, 2012
Hello All! We are a mere 10 days until Tech Ed Day 0, with that in mind Iāve began throwing...
May 28, 2012
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April 20, 2012
On April 15th **[@MichaelBender](http://twitter.com/#/MichaelBender)** challenged the readers of MS LearningāsĀ **[Born To Learn](http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/)** blog. The challenge is to complete...
February 04, 2012
This week at work I was informed that I was approved to go to TechEd 2012! Last year was my...
January 22, 2012
Back when Windows 8 was shown off at the Developers conference someone I work with mentioned it in a meeting,...
September 14, 2011
Tonight Windows 8 was released (LEGALLY) at least the Developer Preview edition was! You are able to get your own...