In our next post here in the Zone we’ll be talking with Bob Hunt, one of the Microsoft Senior IT Pro Evangelists involved in February’s Migration & Deployment Blog Series.

One of the things that Bob shared with us is that series like the Migration & Deployment Blog Series are decided upon, produced and promoted by the IT Pro Evangelist community at Microsoft as their opportunity to share with their peers what they feel are the important topics to IT Pros. This comes straight from Microsoft’s IT Pros to your IT Pros.

Each month the topic is different so they cover a lot of ground. IT Pro Kevin Remde in his “Full of I.T.” blog has published the complete list of posts for the February Migration and Deployment Series. You can read his entire post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremd e/archive/2013/02/26/miganddepl.aspx, but here’s the most important part:

Part 0: The New Blog Series: Migration and Deployment by Kevin Remde
Part 1: Upgrade and Migration: Requirements for a fresh install of Windows 8 by Harold Wong
Part 2: Free Tools for Windows Deployment (and a light touch deployment demo) - Migration and Deployment by Kevin Remde
Part 3: 5 Steps to Deploying Windows 8 with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 by Keith Mayer
Part 4: Migration and Deployment How To Migrate or Transfer Files And Settings To Windows 8 From Windows 7, Vista or XP by Dan Stolts
Part 5: Appears to be missing at the moment from the Microsoft site.
Part 6: Requirements for a fresh Windows Server 2012 Installation by Bob Hunt
Part 7: Migration and Deployment - Upgrade Implications for Active Directory - (Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012) by Blain Barton
Part 8: Migration and Deployment: Installing the Migration Tools by Matt Hester
Part 9: Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 Deployment Considerations by Bob Hunt
Part 10: Migrating Hyper-V Virtual Machines from Server 2008R2 to Server 2012 by Tommy Patterson
Part 11: Migration and Deployment: Windows Azure as a PaaS by Harold Wong
Part 12: Migration and Deployment Series Part 12: How Windows Azure Plays Into the Equation by Tommy Patterson
Part 13: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: App Controller as a Single Pane of Glass for Cloud Management, A Primer by Yung Chao
Part 14: System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: App Controller for VM and Cloud Service Deployment by Yung Chou
Part 15: Building Student Hands On Labs in Azure for Free by Brian Lewis
Part 16: Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - Migration and Deployment Series by Keith Mayer
Part 17: Windows 8 App Policy and Sideloading Apps – Step by Step by Tommy Patterson
Part 18: Upgrading and Updating Windows 8 Applications by Chris Avis
Part 19: Migration and Deployment: A look at Windows 8 AppLocker by Matt Hester

Not sure what became of post No. 5, but read up on the authors. They have always proven to be accessible and enthusiastic about answering questions. Filling you in on the latest technology info from Microsoft is what they do for a living.

Happy reading!