Alan's World of IT

The Power of Software-based Communication

Alan Le Marquand — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:43:14 GMT

Today, the means for communicating with one another anytime, anywhere, and from a variety of devices has become limitless with the use of Instant Messaging, VoIP, webcams, text, and email. Could an Enterprise provide these communication tools to its employees...(read more)

New TechNet Windows 7 Content Released

Alan Le Marquand — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:28:11 GMT

Just in time for the release of Windows 7, the TechNet Windows 7 video content has now been posted. There are 10 session to choose from in 4 different media formats, plus a web page with lots more links and resources to help you get a head start with...(read more)

Download your free e-book of Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Alan Le Marquand — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:49:38 GMT

Available today is the recently released Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 e-book. Download your free copy today....(read more)

Want to Reduce Desktop Costs (Part 3 or 3)

Alan Le Marquand — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:11:59 GMT

The question posed in the first part of this series was “Is the cost of ownership of your Microsoft client systems rising?" Are you looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with deploying Windows and managing it thereafter? “ There are two...(read more)

Want to Reduce Desktop Costs? (Part 2 or 3) Supplemental

Alan Le Marquand — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:20:19 GMT

In the main part two of this post I covered Desktop virtualization. As you’ve read it, and I trust found it useful, you may ask about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) . What wasn’t it included? It wasn’t in the main post mainly because of it’s potential...(read more)

SQLBits 5 Registration Now open

Alan Le Marquand — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:53:27 GMT

Registration is Now Open The registration for SQLBits goes West , the 5th instalment of SQLBits conferences, is not open. It is now even bigger and better than last time, now spanning 3 days, and still keeping everything that has worked so well...(read more)

Want to Reduce Desktop Costs? (Part 2 or 3)

Alan Le Marquand — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:13:21 GMT

The question posed in part 1 was Is the cost of ownership of your Microsoft client systems rising? Are you looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with deploying Windows and managing it thereafter? There are two solutions available to help combat...(read more)

Want to Reduce Desktop Costs? (Part 1 or 3)

Alan Le Marquand — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:09:52 GMT

Is the cost of ownership of your Microsoft client systems rising? Are you looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with deploying Windows and managing it thereafter? There are two solutions available to help combat these costs. In this 3 part post...(read more)

Springboard Virtual Roundtable - Sept 24 - Windows 7 AppCompat Part 2: Virtualization

Alan Le Marquand — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:04:41 GMT

On Thursday, September 24, Mark Russinovich will host a virtual roundtable for IT Pros worldwide to discuss Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization. This is a chance for IT Pros to learn all about Windows 7 Application Compatibility,...(read more)

New Content from SQLServerFAQ

Alan Le Marquand — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:46 GMT

The SQLServerFAQ site has some new content posted on SQL Server Certification, Data Mining, Analysis Services and SQL Server toolset. LiveMeeting recording of the An Evening with the Microsoft Learning Team - Understanding SQL Server Certification and...(read more)

Why Do I have So Many Boxes?

Alan Le Marquand — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:32:07 GMT

Do you find yourself looking at your machine room and wondering “Why are there so many machines in there?” Often it’s just a question of having to run legacy applications or applications that are just too time consuming and expensive to consolidate onto...(read more)

Register for Beta Exam 71-662: TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring

Alan Le Marquand — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:08:47 GMT

You are invited to take beta exam 71-662: TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit Reviewed

Alan Le Marquand — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:22:43 GMT

After what seemed an age of waiting the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit is here. Now, is it worth the wait? Actually it is. Until now the best publication on Hyper-V was SAMS Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, but this guide now takes that...(read more)

Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate Available

Alan Le Marquand — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:11:17 GMT

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 RC helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility....(read more)

How to Share a Parent Disc with child discs on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Alan Le Marquand — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:11:46 GMT

One problem I have using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V that I didn’t using VPC was the ability to point the differencing discs to one parent. This is a trick I use to share one Parent disc with multiple child discs within Hyper-V is to use a Hardlink. On...(read more)