This week I had a chance to sit down with Brad McCabe, the product manager for DaRT (Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset). DaRT has been a favorite tool for many IT Pros, dating back to its days as part of Winternals Admin Pack. DaRT has continued to evolve since then but it’s still focused on helping IT...

Today’s post is from AJ Smith, MDOP Product Manager Each time I go to the home improvement store, I look at the multifunction tools—you know, the all-in-one tools that have a screwdriver, pliers, a bottle opener, and everything else attached. It’s a strange obsession that I’m sure a therapist would be...

Last week, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) team announced the new version of the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT), one of the most popular tools in MDOP. In case you missed the announcement, the Beta has been released for download . If you have not heard about the DaRT 7 Beta release...

Thanks again to all of you who attended our Springboard Series Tour events. Many of you asked for the decks we used on the tour so you could go back through the information at your own pace. Here are all the decks we presented. If you have any questions on any of these decks or the tour content, feel...

Today’s post was written by Virtualization MVP Ruben Spruijt. Today, Microsoft has released the latest version of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), MDOP 2011, containing Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 SP1 and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V...

The upcoming tour will kick off May 2, 2011. In two weeks, we will announce what cities we will be visiting. In the meantime, bookmark The Springboard Series Tour site and make sure to follow us on Twitter @ springboardtour to learn more!

Since we announced that Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) was going to be added to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and I posted the  Q&A between A.J. Smith and I , we have gotten the chance to talk with a lot of organizations and IT Pro’s about how it can...

The Springboard Series Tour is back! Here are the upcoming tour stops. May 2nd – Toronto, Canada May 4th – Detroit, Michigan May 6th – Chicago, Illinois May 9th – Indianapolis, IN May 11th – Dallas, TX May 13th – Columbus, OH and then it’s...

With only 1085 days remaining till Windows XP reaches end of support, many people are asking the question, Is XP still good enough? Join us for a deep dive discussion into the reasons why XP no longer makes sense for many IT pros and their companies. We discuss the many tools and resources available...