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	<title>Welcome to the Funcave &#187; freebie</title>
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		<title>NEW Second Shot Vouchers Now Include Half Off Discount</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/04/new-second-shot-vouchers-now-include-half-off-discount.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just about to&#160;publish a wrap-up post about the results of the two previous voucher giveaways, and then this new development comes flying in over the transom&#8230;

For an EXTREMELY limited time, I can issue Second Shot vouchers for MS exams that also include a 50% discount on the cost of the initial exam. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And The Voucher Winners Are&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Wow! The Great Voucher Giveaway turned into a SMASH success! I&#8217;ll be posting some more detailed info and a few cool statistics, mainly for the math geeks to drool over.
But first I want to let everyone know who the five lucky winners were! These folks each won one voucher good for a free MS exam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hit Me For Your Second Shot</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/hit-me-for-your-second-shot.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m giving away Second Shot vouchers to&#160;ALL comers, good&#160;ANYWHERE in the world that MS exams can be taken. And if you hurry, you might win a FREE MS exam voucher!
What does&#160;Second Shot&#160;mean? If you fail to pass the exam on the first try, you get to take the same exam again,&#160;so long&#160;as you registered for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Kitty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when I thought my trip last Sunday couldn&#8217;t get any worse, upon arriving at the Silver Cloud in Redmond at 2a in the morning, I saw this at the far end of the check-in counter&#8230;
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First, I thought &#8220;Cool! Kitty&#8217;s finally getting his props.&#8221; Then I looked a little closer&#8230;


So, I&#8217;m re-posting the link to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS Exam Discounts Giveaway Held Open One More Day</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/ms-exam-discounts-giveaway-held-open-one-more-day.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/ms-exam-discounts-giveaway-held-open-one-more-day.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Lo and behold, the 20% off MS exam discounts were supposed to have ended as of today.
But they haven&#8217;t. At least, not yet. Here&#8217;s the reason why&#8230;
Basically, the &#8220;Gear To Get Your Butt In Gear&#8221; giveaway being held at the Funcave drove a whole heaping bunch of interest in the 20% off discounts. So much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/changing-the-future.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Last week, I had the good fortune to attend CMP&#8217;s XChange&#8217;09 event in Washington, DC. As a vendor-centric show, this kind of event gives solution providers like my company the opportunity to see new offerings from various vendors, give feedback, and forge business relationships that can mutually benefit our companies.
But this year, one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAST CALL: 20 Percent Off MS Exams Giveaway Ends TODAY</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/last-call-20-percent-off-ms-exams-giveaway-ends-today.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Today is the LAST day that the 20% discount for MS exam discounts will still be available for certain regions/countries. So if you want some, you MUST enter the giveaway TODAY!
Honestly, the response to the MS exam voucher giveaway has been nothing short of AMAZING! So much so that actually delivering the vouchers to people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>475 Exam Discounts Given Away, But The Clock Is Ticking!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/475-exam-discounts-given-away-but-the-clock-is-ticking.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Time&#8217;s running out for you to get in on the exam discount vouchers, folks.
All exam discount vouchers&#160;generated through the MCT Rewards program&#160;will flip over to 10% off starting on August 27, 2009, now and forever, instead of the current 20% off enjoyed by some countries/regions.
Current year vouchers generated BEFORE August 27, 2009, however, won&#8217;t expire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beta TS Exam for Exchange 2010 Available Now</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/beta-ts-exam-for-exchange-2010-available-now.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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If you want to try to get a seat for the beta TS exam for Exchange 2010, here&#8217;s the info you need&#8230;

The exam you want: 71&#8211;662 TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring
Registration code: E14J

Full details are available at Beta Exam Announcements.
And if you get in, then good luck!
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		<title>Gear To Get Your Butt In Gear</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/gear-to-get-your-butt-in-gear.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Good intentions don&#8217;t really mean much. Sure, you can vow to&#160;go rock-climbing, but if you&#160;never actually do anything about learning how to do it, and making sure you have the appropriate gear to help you learn, what happens? You&#8217;ll very quickly become a damp stain at the bottom of a rock face, that&#8217;s what.
In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY 2: 20 Percent Off MS Exam Vouchers Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-2-20-percent-off-ms-exam-vouchers-worldwide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Since August has been unofficially dubbed &#8220;Gear To Get Your Butt in Gear&#8221; month here at the Funcave,&#160;ALL the giveaways reflect some aspect of that idea. That idea being, basically, it&#8217;s time to get off your duff and get busy making whatever you want to happen actually happen, Cap&#8217;n.
And since there&#8217;s no time like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY: Now With Even More MSPU</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-now-with-even-more-mspu.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Lo and behold, the MSP University book giveaway just started, and now there&#8217;s even MORE MSPU goodness to be had!
In addition to the previously mentioned three copies of The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice, written by the incomparable Erick Simpson,&#160;I&#8217;m also giving away two copies of Erick&#8217;s&#160;The Best I.T. Sales &#38; Marketing Book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY: The Next Best Thing To Being At MSPU Bootcamp</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-the-next-best-thing-to-being-at-mspu-bootcamp.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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To commemorate the MSP University bootcamp being held right now, I&#8217;ve got a special giveaway for anyone who couldn&#8217;t make it out to California.
Three lucky winners will receive&#160;their very own copy of The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice (MSRP $99.95) written by none other than Erick Simpson, VP/CIO of MSP University.
To enter, simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Dirty With Windows Mobile 6.5</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/06/getting-dirty-with-windows-mobile-65.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry&#8230;this post is totally safe for work.

The release of the Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit&#160;earlier this month means folks can finally start digging into the latest release of Windows Mobile, long before it actually shows up&#160;on any devices.
Even if you&#8217;re not developing for mobile devices, there are a slew of insanely&#160;helpful reasons to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Your Fairy Godmother</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/meet-your-fairy-godmother.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or at least, the closest you&#8217;ll ever get to one anyway.

This is Marie. As in Marie McFadden.&#160;Her nickname has alway been her initials, which spell&#160;MOM. But after what I&#8217;m about to tell you, Marie will be turning your world upside-down in a way that should make you stand up and cheer. Which means her nickname&#160;from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Getting On The Bus!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/im-getting-on-the-bus.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s officially official&#8230;

MS Learning picked me as one of the six winners of a free trip to Tech-Ed 2009! Not only that, but I&#8217;m taking the road trip option. That&#8217;s right&#8230;cross-country via bus. Atlanta to L.A. in 11 days, with tons of stops in-between.
Here&#8217;s the current itinerary for the Career Express tour, straight from&#160;MS Learning&#8217;s&#160;kickass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-Minus 10 Hours And Counting</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/t-minus-10-hours-and-counting.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s not too late to sign up and attend the smokin&#8217; hot TechNet IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour stop tonight in Huntsville. There are still a few seats left. So if you want in, get off your keister and register now: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032406292&#38;Culture=en-US
I&#8217;ve been finishing up my prep for the two presentations I&#8217;m slated to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechNet&#8217;s Putting A Tiki Hut In Your Own Backyard</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/technets-putting-a-tiki-hut-in-your-own-backyard.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Next Monday, April 20, the IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour&#160;blasts off for the East region in none other than Huntsville&#8230;Alabama&#8217;s very own Rocket City. Spearheaded by Blain Barton,&#160;MS Evangelist Extraordinaire, this FREE tour will be visiting 10 different cities through June 4. The fact that Blain&#8217;s leading it should already be enough to pack the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Froggy Evening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Well, the presentation on System Center Essentials and Essential Business Server went off pretty smoothly, all things considered.
I was coughing like a 3 pack a day smoker, had just barely gotten my demo environment stood up in time, and (in the interest of full disclosure) was still about 3 slides from finished when it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Make-Or-Break Feature Of Essential Business Server</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/the-make-or-break-feature-of-essential-business-server.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Tomorrow night I&#8217;ll be delivering a webcast to the EBSUserGroup titled &#8220;Using System Center Essentials&#160;With Windows Essential Business Server.&#8221; This is a pretty bold statement, but&#160;I personally think SCE is&#160;THE make-or-break feature of EBS for anyone who wants to use, support, or otherwise make EBS a part of their business.
We&#8217;ll talk about why that is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slam Dunking The Mid-Market, 5W/50 Style!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/slam-dunking-the-mid-market-5w50-style.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Last Friday I gave a webcast as part of the 5W/50 Series for Microsoft Partners. Titled &#8220;Adding Windows Essential Business Server to Your Infrastructure Practice,&#8221; the talk was almost completely focused on the business value of Essential Business Server, including why EBS should matter to both mid-market businesses and why you, as a Partner, might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Essential Business Server Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/why-essential-business-server-matters.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never sure what the optimal time for announcing this stuff is, but I&#8217;ve tended to find that the closer to time the better, strangely enough.
I&#8217;ll be delivering a webcast for the 5W/50 series tomorrow titled &#8220;Adding Essential Business Server to Your Infrastructure Practice.&#8221; The webcast, which is free for Microsoft Partners, will start at 9:00a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Antelope Rides Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/02/running-antelope-rides-again.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My amazingly kickass freelance writer of a wife chalked up another cover story this month, this time about the living legend of NASCAR, Jeff Gordon…

Of course, she interviewed him back in the summer during a weekend event. Which just so happened to be the same weekend as the Brickyard 400. At Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As in, Indy. THE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Get Your Mid-Market On</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/01/come-get-your-mid-market-on.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Anybody who&#8217;s interested in Essential Business Server from a technical or business perspective should run, not walk, over to YahooGroups.com and sign up for the EBS Virtual UserGroup AKA EBSUserGroup.
Founded by Amy Babinchak, this virtual user group focuses on (surprisingly enough) Essential Business Server and all the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious goodness it includes.
Right now, there&#8217;s a live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Webcasts For The Price Of One! Tonight!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/01/two-webcasts-for-the-price-of-one-tonight.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick heads-up here&#8230;

Amy Babinchak and I will be presenting a free&#160;webcast to the Fresno SMBTN user group tonight. Amy will be talking about Calyptix and SBS 2008, while I&#8217;ll be talking about the technical capabilities of Essential Business Server from a business value perspective.
As usual, if you haven&#8217;t updated LiveMeeting in a while, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Palm Treo Pro Giveaway For Microsoft Partners</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/11/the-great-palm-treo-pro-giveaway-for-microsoft-partners.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Maybe you also attended the virtual launch event for The Family Von WESS AKA Windows Essential Server Solutions AKA Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 last week.
Interesting though it was, I got a slightly creeped out feeling during the event. Like I was starring in one of those old Twilight Zone episodes&#160;as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Money For Small Business Specialists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so&#160;this isn&#8217;t real money, but free CALs. Which is&#160;better than Monopoly money. And waaaaaaay better than a now worthless gift card from a failed retailer.
To coincide with the October release of the Action Pack, Microsoft also pushed a new version of the SBSC Add-On Pack. That&#8217;s a special edition of extra Action Pack goodness&#160;only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Essential Servers Come To Action Pack</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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The long anticipated October Action Pack arrived a week or so ago, and I have to say that this is one of the most valuable Action Pack shipments in a long long time.
Both Small Business Server 2008 Standard and Essential Business Server 2008 Standard are included in the October Action Pack.&#160;Action Pack also includes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem Is Not In Your Set</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been fighting a few issues here and there related to a Wordpress upgrade. Never had one go this badly before. And after 2 days of off-and-on troubleshooting, I&#8217;m not much closer to an answer.
The Blank Screen of Death&#8230;that&#8217;s a new one.
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		<title>Hyper-G Wants To Pimp Your Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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If you liked the video below with HP&#8217;s smokingly badass customized c3000&#160;ROK edition AKA &#8220;Shorty,&#8221; you&#8217;ll love this!
HP, Microsoft, and AMD&#160;are sponsoring an official&#160;Pimp My Infrastructure contest.
Full details at the link above, but there are 2 prizes, one built around SBS ($16K value) and another built around EBS ($36K value). Winners have their business pimped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>31 Servers, The EBS Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Ever wonder how many servers can exist in an Essential Business Server environment?
To be honest, as many as you want. The sky&#8217;s the limit&#8230;until you start talking about actually managing those servers using EBS and SCE.
Since SCE requires a server management license AKA SML for each server OS instance it manages, that imposes a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Essential Server Family Training Webcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/08/windows-essential-server-family-training-webcasts.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Starting September 4, Microsoft will be offering an 8&#8211;part&#160;series&#160;of 1 hour webcasts covering Essential Business Server 2008, their new offering for mid-sized businesses.
If you&#8217;d like to attend live,&#160;here&#8217;s a list of&#160;registration links for each webcast&#8230;

WES10PAL: 5W/50 Series &#8211; Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Part 1 of 8: Introduction September 04, 2008 from 10-11AM (US &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Voucher For Essential Business Server Exam Beta</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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For anyone interested in Essential Business Server, the EBS team is offering a limited amount of free exam vouchers to sit the&#160;071-654 &#8211; Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring exam.
Here&#8217;s what you need to do to get in on the action&#8230;


Navigate to http://www.prometric.com/Microsoft/default.htm
Select Schedule/Reschedule 
Schedule an appointment 
Select your location 
Select Microsoft, and then the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My name is Chris&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/my-name-is-chris.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and I&#8217;m a Facebook addict.

Sweet Mother of Moses.
There&#8217;s gotta be a 12 step program I can join for this one.
99% of the&#160;blame for getting me hooked&#160;on Crackbook rests squarely with&#160;Microsofties and the upcoming WPC in Houston in a couple of weeks.
Alright&#8230;I&#8217;m off to rob a liquor store to support my new habit.
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		<title>Hyper-V Just Shipped!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/hyper-v-just-shipped.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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The officially official version of Hyper-V just hit the download site today at noon Pacific time.
In an amazing feat of time-warping, this post was sent back in time to coincide with the exact moment of Hyper-V&#8217;s release.
Before you go all crazy downloading and installing Hyper-V, remember that upgrading your virtualization platform takes some planning and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Cycling Day Featured On Alabama Public Television</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/e-cycling-day-featured-on-alabama-public-television.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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E-Cycling Day was recently included as part of an Alabama Public Television&#160;feature on&#160;green initiatives in&#160;our state.
The entire show is available online from the APTV.org website. If you just want to catch the section on E-Cycling Day, start at the 26:27 mark.
And for the record&#8230;uncontrollable laughter.
That was the reaction from Apple of My Eye and Cute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Mobile 6.1 Device Upgrades</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/windows-mobile-61-device-upgrades.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/windows-mobile-61-device-upgrades.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
As the announced upgrades to Windows Mobile 6.1 roll in, this post will keep a running list of links to those upgrades.
No idea if the upgrades will be time-limited as many of the Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrades were, but it&#8217;s almost a given that you will have to sign-up or register your device to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Mobile 6.0 Device Upgrades</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/windows-mobile-60-device-upgrades.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
NOTE: This is the first information transplant from the now-deceased Funboard.
Thanks in a large part to MS offering Windows Mobile 6 free to OEMs &#38; mobile operators for the purpose of creating upgrades for existing WM5 devices, there have been a slew of new upgrade announcements lately.
This&#160;post will keep a running list of announced upgrades [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobility Session Survey Available Now for NOLA Attendees</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/mobility-session-survey-available-now-for-nola-attendees.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the long long delay in getting this info posted up here.
I know that I announced to all the attendees at the NOLA conference that the survey would be posted by EOD. Unfortunately, some unforeseen logistical snafus kept me from getting this posted during the conference itself.
Here&#8217;s the dealio&#8230;
I cooked up a short survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Rue&#8217;s Device Emulator Guide: Getting Started</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/chris-rues-device-emulator-guide-getting-started.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 02:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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If you&#8217;re interested in getting familiar with Windows Mobile without having to shell out any of your hard earned cash nor becoming a total&#160;vendor whore to score some free hardware, then Device Emulator could be the answer to your prayers.
I could go on and on about the many many ways you can use Device Emulator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Surprising Week</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/04/a-surprising-week.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
Oh, I knew the MVP Summit would be awesome. But it was awesome in ways I hadn&#8217;t counted on.
In no particular order, here&#8217;s what ROCKED&#8230;

Getting to see MOM again.
Steaks with&#160;Nancy and Crystal on Thursday night, and using&#160;some of our&#160;IT mojo to give a little something back to Nancy,&#160;who&#8217;s been the heart &#38; soul of&#160;our little&#160;SMB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Windows Mobile 6.1 Images For Device Emulator Are Here</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/04/the-windows-mobile-61-images-for-device-emulator-are-here.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for my talk at BarCampBirmingham2 this weekend!
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and Standard Edition images for use with Device Emulator just dropped from Microsoft.
Not a big surprise, given theu have tended to follow within a week of the official dog-n-pony show of a new Windows Mobile release
Right now, only USA&#160;images are available.
Localized images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Return Of BarCampBirmingham</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/04/the-return-of-barcampbirmingham.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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This coming Friday and Saturday, the awesomeness that is BarCampBirmingham returns to the Magic City.
Let me be perfectly clear about my feeling on this&#8230;
If you are within striking distance of Birmingham, you would be an absolute fool to miss this for anything less than being in a full-body cast.
I can say that because, well&#8230;I missed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s On Your Mobile?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/04/whats-on-your-mobile.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get asked all the time what kinds of stuff I use with my Windows Mobile device. Here&#8217;s a quick list of&#160;the hardware and software&#160;I&#8217;m currently rocking on the Treo 750&#8230;
Live Search Mobile (Microsoft, really needs a better UI to keep up with the iPhones)
OneNote Mobile (Microsoft, prompts to install if you have OneNote loaded)
Pointui [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In Response Point Service Pack 1?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/03/whats-in-response-point-service-pack-1.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/03/whats-in-response-point-service-pack-1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why&#8230;a whole heaping heap of sugary goodness, that&#8217;s what!

Kinda like a pinata, except without&#160;a stick being swung wildly by a blindfolded kid like a crack addict beating a wino.
First and foremost, SP1 adds the long-awaited SIP trunking to Response Point. You will be able to configure VoIP based services for outgoing calls, in addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/03/we-are-experiencing-technical-difficulties.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was tuning in to Microsoft&#8217;s Small Business Summit this morning, catching up on a few things and&#8230;

Ouchie.
Big step backwards over last year&#8217;s Small Business Summit event, which was flawlessly delivered.
And the tech support line?

Flooded, as you might imagine.
Hope they get this resolved before tomorrow. Definitely hoping to catch a couple of specific sessions.
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		<title>Great iPhone Software Roadmap Video Greatly Available</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/03/great-iphone-software-roadmap-video-greatly-available.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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If you greatly wanna see the great presentation about great Exchange support and the great SDK for yourself, Apple&#8217;s made a great streaming video of this morning&#8217;s great event greatly available.
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		<title>The iPhone Emulator</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/03/the-iphone-emulator.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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The new iPhone SDK that drops today includes one item of particular interest here at the Funcave&#8230;an iPhone emulator.
That&#8217;s right, yet another mobile device emulator to get my grubby little hands on.
Unfortunately,&#160;the SDK&#160;only runs on OS X and&#160;Xcode, the OS X dev environment included with every copy of OS X.
Hmmmm&#8230;maybe this will finally be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Gears Goes GaGa For Windows Mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Those crazy kids in Mountain View have gone and shoehorned their Gears API onto Windows Mobile. So now you can make your web applications all speedy and kickass, no matter how crappy the connection on your Windows Mobile device may be.
As in, your web apps can be made available off-line. Lots more detail here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perpetual Licensing Machine</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/02/the-perpetual-licensing-machine.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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As suggested by Carlos&#8230;
If you want a never ending supply of virtual licenses for Windows Server, then you should be looking at one of these beauties&#8230;
Windows Server Datacenter = Host + Unlimited VMs
Windows Server Itanium = Host + Unlimited VMs
Think of&#160;these&#160;like a magic bag of holding, except for your servers!
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