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Dude where's my PFE?

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I was a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft.

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2018 1

  1. The dude is out

2017 1

  1. Disable Bluetooth in Windows 10

2016 4

  1. Office 365 and Office non-365 troubleshooters
  2. Honored by the activity on Quora.
  3. MDT 2013 "no properties are available for this object" when viewing task sequence properties.
  4. Man about town

2015 3

  1. How to trigger a full memory dump based on a user mode process exception
  2. Windows 10 VDI Optimization Script
  3. How To: Collect ETL/WPT tracing diagnostics when you can never logon to the host.

2013 34

  1. Today’s (Cloud) Tip…Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
  2. Another (Cloud) Tip…Federated vs. Managed Users
  3. Today’s (Cloud) Tip… Same sign-on vs. Single sign-on
  4. (Cloud) Tip Of The Day
  5. How to stand up a MediaWiki on Windows Server 2012 (10 easy steps with pictures)
  6. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part VI
  7. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part V, the triumphant return
  8. Windows 8 Tip of the Day: How to map a drive in Windows to a Skydrive folder or root.
  9. Windows 8 Tip of the Day, Storage Spaces Explained
  10. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Sysinternals Updates!
  11. How to redirect Serial Ports in Windows Server 2012 RDS/VDI
  12. New books on Hyper-V Networking and Hyper-V Storage! Yay!
  13. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part IV
  14. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part III
  15. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part II
  16. Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part I
  17. Hot off the presses, get it now, the Windows 8 VDI optimization script, courtesy of PFE!
  18. Windows 8 Tip o the Day!–Windows Defender All Grown Up
  19. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Understanding Startup Items
  20. Xperf for the layman, performance analysis unchained, Windows Assessment Toolkit revealed.
  21. How to deploy 2775511 using SCCM, by the Gris!
  22. Download this KB now!
  23. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Startup and MSConfig
  24. Windows 8 Tip of the Day, SMB protocols
  25. Quickly give someone a file in Windows 8
  26. Windows 8 Tip of the day - How to recover ~6GB of space on your Microsoft Windows Surface
  27. 20 minute delay deploying Windows 7 on 802.1x? Fix it here!
  28. The network impact of a Windows 8 RT device on your network.
  29. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Bitlocker PIN
  30. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–Bitlocker
  31. How to get Best Practice Analyzers to collect with PowerShell!
  32. Windows 8 Tip of the Day
  33. Windows 8 Tip of the Day–NTFS changes in Windows 8
  34. Tip of the Day for Windows 8!

2012 24

  1. The one I'm proud of
  2. VDI RunAsRadio.com post
  3. Deconstructing the PFE VDI Optimization Script
  4. The Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) view on Virtual Desktop (VDI) Density
  5. What does a good boot look like (aka, what should I be happy with)?
  6. There and back again…a tale of XP performance tracing…
  7. How to collect a good boot trace on Windows 7
  8. Welcome to the Windows Assessment Server from the Windows 8 ADK. Part 1 of X
  9. Windows 8 ADK solves GPO Logon Delay questions, film at 11….
  10. The Dudes view on IT Infrastructure and Sustainability in same.
  11. What is Windows Performance Analyzer all about and why should you use it instead of xperfview?
  12. PAL 2.3.1 released!
  13. When an Exchange Server doesn’t Exchange…
  14. Ladies and Gentleman (and low lifes), it is with outstanding pleasure tonight that I am able to present to you, the reader, with an xperf trace….
  15. Yet another xperf analysis post
  16. The dude does xperf…
  17. PAL 2.3 with Multi-Threading!
  18. Introducing Windows Server 2012 Free e-book available
  19. The Dude does TechEd 2012 North America and Europe this year.
  20. RunAsRadio.com spot
  21. A visit to the SPA
  22. TechStravaganza 2012, now with added flair!
  23. See you in Orlando in June?
  24. Group Policy Sample Script Issue, solved

2011 22

  1. Xperf-o-Rama
  2. How to sustain your data collector set through a reboot!
  3. How to apply a bios update to the HP 8540w
  4. Pal 2.1 is released
  5. How to setup a rolling 200 meg log file in 2003 with a PAL template that sustains reboots
  6. The Dude’s Greatest Hits
  7. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 7
  8. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 6
  9. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 5
  10. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 4
  11. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 3
  12. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 2
  13. How I stand up a new MDT environment, Part 1
  14. How to collect a netmon 3.4 and xperf kernel trace and stop when a problem occurs.
  15. What do you do when you want to run Windows XP on a Solid State Drive?
  16. High Privileged Mode CPU on 1 of 64 cores–quick fix
  17. 33 Seconds lost at boot…
  18. Disk in-Depth
  19. DPC triangle…
  20. RunAsRadio.com
  21. Yes, it matters
  22. Boot delay in MOM 2005 Agent - notes from the field

2010 7

  1. The David Solomon TechNet Spotlight Talks are online once again!
  2. Troubleshooting slow boot times, Part Deux
  3. The effects of Acoustic Management on rotational media disks.
  4. To Hyper-Thread or not, that is the question….
  5. Anti-Virus Exclusions and You!
  6. My first MDT 2010 post
  7. Today I was a WSUS/IIS Engineer

2009 5

  1. Why do I have long boot times? Pt 1
  2. GUI Tool to collect ETW tracing, dumps, etc
  3. SPA, not your typical freeware
  4. On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again....
  5. Defeated by Unexpected Transaction Log File growth

2008 9

  1. How to get rid of 9646 events
  2. Database Status Unknown in 2k7 EMC? This might be why....
  3. Repeating 623 version store error.
  4. How to fix smashed schema in Exchange 2003
  5. How to determine who is connecting to your server in cached mode.
  6. Spoof your old dead Exchange Server
  7. Version Store 624 events
  8. Avoiding Version Store problems in the enterprise environment
  9. PTE depletion, handle leaks and You