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Happy New Year to ZTP 3.1

Yes, it's true. The Microsoft Services Managed IP solutions group has been working for the last few months to package up ZTP 3.0 with current fixes and updated documentation to release as ZTP 3.1. Ironically, this is about the same place we were with Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:20 PM by daclark | 1 Comments
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Provisioning 4.0 on Windows Workflow Foundation

A common question around Zero Touch Provisioning has been, why use BizTalk Server and Human Workflow Services? Answer: We started ZTP in 2003, when BizTalk Server 2004 was in pre-beta and HWS was one of the premier features of the release. We made a big Read More...
Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 8:49 AM by daclark | 1 Comments

Provisioning 4.0 FAQ

At TechEd and via email, I've had many questions about the future of Zero Touch Provisioning. Here's some information in an FAQ form: 1. Is it true that ZTP v3.0 is the last version? Why is Microsoft passing over this solution? Answer: v3.0 is likely Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:51 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

My session is done

After feverishly rebuilding my demo (literally up to the last minute) and trimming slides (based on feedback), I finished my presentation in 50 minutes (of 90). Ahh! I guess I should have kept a few more slides. Also, I had to change the demo’s I showed Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:52 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

Long time, no blog

Have you noticed that many folks blog in spurts? I guess it's human nature to address things immediately in front of us. For instance, I hadn't looked at my blog in so long that I didn't even know when I last posted. And now, I notice that I haven't posted Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:04 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

Working at Tech Ed 2007

Another year, another Tech Ed. This year, I'm presenting Using Zero Touch Provisioning in the Architect track (session ARC312). Like many speakers, I'm currently working on my slides and demos to best meet the demands and expectations of attendees. Unfortunately, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:53 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

My apologies to Sweden

Zero Touch Provisioning v2.0 is used by multiple partners at many customers in Sweden. Unfortunately, there's been confusion with contracts and some problems with engaging Microsoft Services to provide partners with access and redistribution rights to Read More...
Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:18 AM by daclark | 2 Comments
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Blogging again, thanks to Word 2007 B2TR

I haven't blogged in a while because I'm too distracted to go to my blog and endure the process of posting. However, I installed Office 2007 Beta 2 Tech Refresh today and Word 2007 has a "publish to blog" feature. It's fairly simple to use and I hope Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:20 PM by daclark | 0 Comments
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Future of ZTP

Lately, I've been asked from multiple customers and partners about the future of Zero Touch Provisioning. ZTP is still alive and growing. As a reminder, ZTP has been an MS Services solution from the beginning (starting in 2003), but version 2.0 became Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:58 AM by daclark | 1 Comments

Zero Touch Provisioning 2.5 is Available!

Well, after many months, ZTP 2.5 is generally available through an MS Services engagement. We'll maintain source (features and bug fixes) through a Services engagement model (requiring Consulting Services for initial deployment or Premier Services for Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:28 PM by daclark | 1 Comments

MSF in VSTS

There are some interesting features in VSTS for use in Agile Development, but the new VSTS view of architecture is a little confusing. I'm not confident the leading and trailing shadow concept will shed light on the benefit (pun intended). Read more at Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:58 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

Do you WF?

Though a goofy name, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a powerful development framework to enable in-application worfklows. From base approval process to means of leveraging useful design patterns without building your own infrastructure from sratch. Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:25 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

Using .NET with >4GB RAM

then you should definitely check this out: FIX: Generation 1 garbage collections and generation 2 garbage collections occur much more frequently on computers that have 4 GB or more of physical memory in the .NET Framework 1.1 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=89336 Read More...
Posted Friday, August 12, 2005 9:20 AM by daclark | 2 Comments

History of Zero Touch Provisioning

In early 2003, Tony, a Director in Microsoft Services who branded Zero Touch, asked Brandon and I to review a prototype tool in development called DEAPS and determine if it was viable as a self-service provisioning application for an outsourcer. It was Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:04 PM by daclark | 1 Comments

.Net Framework 1.1 hotfix rollups to check

If you're using the .NET Framework and seem to have strange exceptions or hangs that you can't track and resolve, you need to consider the following .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix Rollups (by querying support.microsoft.com for: framework 1.1 hotfix rollup Read More...
Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 3:44 PM by daclark | 1 Comments
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