Previously on thenewnumber2.com….

June 20, 2021 Categories: PersonalTags: 2021 · Microsoft · MVP · WIP4BizLeave a comment

Wow, it has been a crazy last 18 months… I haven’t updated this blog in months, in fact, this is my first post for 2021 which kind of defeats the purpose in having a blog in some ways. So, it’s well overdue (and will most likely be very disjointed) so here we go. What has made me write this blog today? – well, reflection. Last night, I attended the Trans-Tasman Super Rugby Grand Final at Eden Park in Auckland – and for a someone who has been a rugby fan for decades (although that passion for the game has waned…

WaaS, WIP4Biz and Service Providers

November 12, 2018December 2, 2019 Categories: TechnologyTags: 2018 · Microsoft · WaaS · Windows Insider · WIP4BizLeave a comment

So, this is the scenario – A company out there has started an RFP process around Digital Transformation. A number of parties have responded, but a shockingly low number have not mentioned Windows as a Service (WaaS) or Windows Insider for Business (WIP4Biz). Many still look to do the SOE Image with little to zero thought around how to service the Image going forward, as well as a continual improvement process leveraging Windows Insider for Business. Essentially, let’s just keep doing what we did with Windows XP, 7, 8.1 and apply it to Windows 10, collect the cheque and get…

Windows Insider for Business – Doing the thing (Finally)

February 19, 2018December 2, 2019 Categories: TechnologyTags: 2018 · Microsoft · Windows 10 · Windows Insider · WIP4BizLeave a comment

Late last week, I achieved the final two pieces of the #WIP4Biz puzzle at my org – Management Buy In and a meeting with the Infrastructure Team Lead and his Azure Engineer. The management buy in was reasonably easy due to my participation on the insider program in the org (more specifically the contacts made at Microsoft both here in Auckland and in Redmond). The combination of the recent two-year countdown to end of life for Window 7, and the greater awareness and understanding of what Windows as a Service also helped. With Windows 10 now my orgs “standard” OS,…