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TechEd Europe 2009 - Win7

josh.hilliker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:24 GMT

At TechEd Europe 2009, Microsoft's Keith Mayer outlines how manageability can be achieved with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Intel's Westmere-EP.

How vPro proved it’s value even to me

josh.hilliker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:06 GMT

Here’s the situation, I recently purchased an ATOM set top box for my TV. I purchased this ATOM based box so that I could play my movies, audio and have an internet device for the TV for the family to leverage (facebook, shopping, checking out sites as a family). I was updating the OS, patching, configuring and ended up rebooting it a few times and then of course throw in a few HARD boots in the middle of it all. I then went to boot it on and this popped up ..

Error: "Corrupt file - NTOSKERNEL.exe"

My first comment was “ah bummer”, then I said okay I’ll just do an IDE-R/SOL and just copy the NTOSKRNL.exe file, no big deal. Oh but wait, it wasn’t a vPro system and at that very moment I realized how key vPro is even to me. I then spent 10+ hrs throughout the week at nights, lunch, etc.. building bootable USB’s, CD’s that would replicate vPro functionality, with little success and trust me I was asking everybody for input, thoughts and help. At the end of the week I just pulled the drive, copied the file and then it was back to good again.

Would I have paid for vPro in this box prior, Probably not, would I now pay extra for it, that would be a YES!. if it fails again I’m going to just pull the drive, but seriously what a distraction that was to unhook cables, take out the drive, hook up to another system, copy file, replace, rehook, power up.

So now as I explore more devices in the home, I’m thinking more about “What if?” it needs to be remotely managed – what would I do, what is my baseline requirement.

vPro used for all the wrong reason's

josh.hilliker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:22 GMT

Thewebsiteisdown.com gives us a new installment. While I agree this is possible from the admin standpoint, I don't encourage you to try it at this scale.

Connect with us on myitforum.com about Microsoft & Intel vPro Technology

josh.hilliker — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:36 GMT

It's been way to long since I did a video, so here's a quick one.. I highly encourage you to subscribe to the vPro lists on myitforum.com. Here's a quick video of me showing you how..

One week without social media really does have an impact

josh.hilliker — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:04 GMT

Over the last week I decided to take a journey, one without social media and interacting with folks online. What I learned is the following:

Took longer to do my job (it’s true!!)
Missed out a few key interactions that would have helped me – it’s true, I am now combing back through to look a few posts – example: Spiceworks just announced a new plug in capability that is leveraging vPro
Realized I was not sharing as much as I could have – I was working on win7 & vPro for SMB, defining the ease of use of both technologies in the 3-5 PC space. I missed sharing this information out to the team and group.
Had a few dialogues around me missing something online – a few folks ping’d me throughout the week if I had seen certain things (from technology to people movement inside Intel)

So why does this matter to vPro? Well, I believe part of the success of realizing your vPro value is to use our community, interact with us on twitter and be a part of the technology adoption and usage. I also realized that usage of our technology is not confined to how we believe it will help you, but also how it will be used in different situations, location’s, and relevant to your business.

If you want to connect with us, here’s who’s on twitter for vPro? Here’s a few accounts.

IntelvPro twitter.com/intelvpro

SmartchickPdx twitter.com/smartchickpdx

Joshprostar twitter.com/joshprostar

I also missed the interactions online that I usually participate in throughout the week.

Call for Topics - Intel vPro

josh.hilliker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:37:58 GMT

HI all,

Internally we are cooking up a # of topics that we would like to share from Use Cases, BIOS versions, form factor's, etc.. However we wanted to ask you first as a community, what would you like to hear more on? What piece of vPro do we need to show more?

Let us know.. leave a comment or shoot me an email josh@intel.com.

Thank You

Josh H

Remote PC Assist Technology & AT&T

josh.hilliker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:25:07 GMT

One of the key announcements that came out during IDF was AT&T Tech Support 360 supporting vPro & specifically the Remote PC Assist Technology. Here's David Tuhy explaining.

Meet Trevor Sullivan - vPro Expert

josh.hilliker — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:47:40 GMT

vPro Booth Shout out's from Michele & Trevor Sullivan

josh.hilliker — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:28:38 GMT

Enjoy this shout out..

Small & Medium Businesses: How to Deliver Intel vPro Technology - PROS004 class highlights

josh.hilliker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:16:08 GMT

Abdul kicks us off with the core message - SMB is important, Talking about SMB, MSP & Mesh.

Teri McFaul - Talking about MSP’s and her work w/ the SP’s. 3 major IT service task SP’s perform area: HW maintenance tasks, sw/anti-virus updates, hwupdates/remediation.

2 Options for provisioning for Service Providers

#1. Manually Provision in SMB Site

go to SMB Talk

#2. Pre-Provision before shipping to SMB

Now onto Ylian talking about two innovative concept ideas:

*Use IDE-r on the internet

*using Intel AMt in a mesh configuration

Teaser - Booting a minimal Linux* kernel

* use 2Mg disk image to boot a small kernel

* create a beach front: serial, disk and network

* User serial for control, disk for caching, network to download more tools

He will show how to build a linux kernel.

Mesh time

- Provisioning intel AMT in a mesh.

This was by far the best session for IDF for vPro that I was in. I will put a link here to the material as soon as possible.

Class Highlights: PROS002 Increasing Client Manageability w/Intel vPro and Microsoft ConfigMgr 2007

josh.hilliker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:46:02 GMT

PROs002 class overview

Wired/wireless & Indepent of OS / Power state

*today is the announcement of SCCM SP2

Extending the wireless capabilities of SCCM

Config Mgr 2k7 features:

*setup & config

*discovery / inventory/audit

*remote console

* power control

*Bring vpro scenarios to your groups & collections – just making it part of your daily cycle’s.

“huge extension” in the out of band scenario

Power Management:

(site configuration, client relationship, collection based management). Ability to do specific targeting to the client.

Help desk efficiency

· remotely restart computer

· interactive remote boot

· remotely interact with bios

· review core system HW inventory and audit info

3 Key messages for SCCM SP2

*Automate deployments

Increase Deployment reliability

Extend remote deployment scenarios to inpocrporate (reboot via id-r-reboot to PXE services.

Service pack 2 – MS SCCM

- vPro integration

- win7 enablement

- Better together keeps ringing thru.

Here's what we have been waiting for.. SCCM SP2 - RC ready to go.

Paul Talking vPro @ IDF 09

josh.hilliker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:34:48 GMT

Here's a good showcase from Paul on vPro and the new features, including anti-theft. Also what is very cool is the example of a MID in the enterprise that can kick off the kill pill for a stolen laptop.

More to come in the classes and highlights from the team. Stay Tuned for more. I'll also put on a higher res version post IDF.

Microsoft & Intel working together on an IDF class - SCCM SP2 & vPro

josh.hilliker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:19:31 GMT

Check out Jeff Wettlaufer and Matt Royer talking about their upcoming class and partnership.

Key in the class is the integration elements and what we (Intel & Microsoft) have been working on. PROs002 is the class code for the session.

IDF - Getting Started

josh.hilliker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:09:52 GMT

As the Journey begins @ IDF I have an opportunity to talk with the vPro team to hear more about what they have been working on. This includes a quick preview of Paul's key note.

Let's start with Brian, Matt & Dan.

Then onto Matt Royer talking about Paul's keynote.

Keep checking back for more video's over the next 3 day's..

IDF vPro courses - 2009 SF

josh.hilliker — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:02:06 GMT

PROS001 Technical Overview of Next Generation Intel® vPro™ Technology
PROS002 Increasing Client Manageability with Intel® vPro™ Technology and Microsoft* System Center Configuration Manager 2007
PROS003 Client Virtualization and Intel® vPro™ Technology
PROS004 Small and Medium Business: How to Deliver Intel® vPro™ Technology
PROS005 Thieves Beware: Intel® Powered Notebooks Will Turn Into Bricks When Stolen!
PROP001 Interactive Panel on Benefits of Intel® Anti-theft Technology (Intel® AT)
PROP002 Deploying and Managing Intel® vPro™ Technology in Enterprise Environments
PROL001-002 Extreme Programming with Intel® vPro™ Technology: Pushing the Limits with Innovative Software
PROQ001 Intel® vPro™ Technology Deployment Best Practices in Enterprise Environments
Additional info in the Intel® vPro ™ Technology community – Showcase, 1st floor
Book on topic: Active Platform Management Demystified: Unleashing the Power of Intel® vPro™ Technology (Intel Press)