Greg Shields writes:

Every good relationship eventually comes to an end. The same holds true in the relationship between columnist and magazine. Back in February of 2006 I was given the great opportunity to step in for Bill Boswell to write as Redmond Magazine’s Windows Insider. Words cannot express how much I’ve enjoyed writing that column, adding my own flair and voice to the greater Windows conversation.

Exactly two years later Editor Keith Ward asked me to join as a founding columnist for the new Virtualization Review Magazine, writing as the Virtual Architect. That column was another joy to write, giving me a platform to talk about virtualization’s game changing technology.

For those who don’t know, Keith Ward is in many ways responsible for where my career is today. He alone gave me that first opportunity as “Editor for a Day” back in 2004 and followed up time and time again with more articles and more work. There’s a special place in my heart for Keith for that effort and opportunity, and I thank him still today every time I see him.

Yet I am sad to report today that both of these great opportunities have come to an end. Due to unfortunate circumstances, I will no longer be writing as a columnist for either publication.

I know. I know. It’ll be OK.  Why?  Because there’s good news below the fold…

With this bit of bad news comes some unbelievable news.  You know, its just hard to keep a good columnist down.  I’m proud to say that starting in February, I will be writing as the newest columnist for TechNet Magazine! In-line with the same focus we have here at ConTech, Editor-in-Chief Joshua Hoffman and I have worked out a brand new column called the “Geek of All Trades” with me as regular monthly columnist.

TechNet is known worldwide for its fantastic technical depth and its relevance in the IT community. This publication tells you what you need to know about technologies in great detail. We felt that to top off its usual technical depth is a regular piece that targets the IT professional in the small environment. These guys and girls are working hard every day, often with only no-cost and low-cost tools at their disposal, to just keep the environment running. If you’re that person, my column with TechNet is targeted specifically for you. It will include technical instruction and best practices associated with broad topics small environments face every day like settings up remote applications, basic service monitoring, inexpensive virtualization that fits a small environment’s budget, and more.

If you haven’t signed up yet for this free publication, do so today at this link. In the January issue I’ll have a feature story titled Successfully Delivering Applications with Terminal Services.  That feature will give you the nuts and bolts you need to know to best get your users connected to their TS apps.

I’m looking forward to this new platform, and I hope you are too.  If you’ve got thoughts or even ideas for stories that you want to hear out of this column drop them into a comment below.

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