Small Business Server MVPs invite resellers and consultants who want to understand solutions for small business customers to join together for an evening of presentations and discussion. Each of the SBS MVPs appearing on this tour is an experienced resellers...

Thanks to the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group ( KWLUG ) for allowing me to come out and present on Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) at your monthly meeting. For those people that want to learn more about SFU there are a couple of websites...

Thanks to all that came out to see my presentation (Windows in an Open Source World) at the TechVibes Massive 2005 event. It was great to have a full room and lots of great questions and discussion. For more information on what Microsoft is doing in...

Over the weekend my blog was migrated from the blogs.msdn.com server to the blogs.technet.com server. For those of you who have bookmarked this blog or are subscribed to an rss feed, you may want to update your bookmarks. The new address for my blog...

The beta version of the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle has just been made available. If you are interested in migrating your Oracle database to SQL Server 2005 take a look at: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/migration/ Here are the instructions...

I will be heading to Vancouver this week to give a presentation at the TechVibes Massive event on Wednesday March 30th. If you happen to be in Vancouver and attending Massive, drop by and say hi. For more information on the the event check out: http...

Thanks to all who came out to the BizTalk 2004 Technical Overview. Here are a couple of URL's that you may find useful. BizTalk Server 2004: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/ To download a trial version of BizTalk Server: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk...

Thanks to all who came out to the BizTalk 2004 Technical Overview. Here are a couple of URL's that you may find useful. BizTalk Server 2004: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/ BizTalk Adapters: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/adapter/default...

If you are interested in taking some Security training from the comfort of your office take a look at: https://www.microsoftelearning.com/security/ . Currently there are four different E-Learnings available as well as one Hands-On Lab targeted at the...

Chandu Thota continues to add some great functionality to his BlogMap project. You may have noticed the map and image on the left of my blog. Chandu's most recent update is the link which when clicked shows you a map of all of the other Geo-Coded blogs...

Thanks to all that attended the SQL Server 2005 Technical Overview session. Here are a couple of URL's that I mentioned during the session. SQL Server 2005 : http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/ SQL Reporting Services : http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting...

Ever wonder if the machines that you manage have the most up-to-date security updates and aren't mis-configured. MBSA is the free ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx ) , best practices vulnerability assessment tool for the...

For all the developers out there - register for VSLive! Toronto ( http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/vslive/2005/to/ ) and enter priority code JEANS to get a 10% discount on your registration fees. The event runs April 13th-16th, 2005 at the Westin...

One of the things that Linux admins say to me is that Linux gives them more control to script specific actions within their environment than Windows does. So I want to point out some technology that will be arriving in a future version of Windows that...

Here's one for all the small businesses out there in Canada. Microsoft wants to help you make your small business even more productive through technology. See where your business can go when you put the latest Touch System’s hardware and Microsoft software...

The physics of business is changing, demanding that organizations like yours become more agile and flexible to stay ahead. We believe that a comprehensive connected systems strategy can help your organization to reach this goal. You're invited to hear...

Thanks to everyone that came out to today's SQL Server Reporting Services Technical Overview. It was great to see so many people in attendance. As promised, here are the links that I put up at the end of the presentation: This session's page on Technet...

I have just finished reading a great article on the Seattle Times website titled: " Study finds Windows more secure than Linux ". The article talks about a couple of Florida researchers that just presented the session at the RSA Conference. I'll let you...

Thanks to Evan Dodds and Eileen Brown for links to the code for the MSN Search box on the side of my blog. If you are interested in adding MSN Search capability to your website take a look at the Site Owner Help section over on http://search.msn.com ...

In a few weeks my colleagues Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus will he heading out across Canada to connect with IT Professionals on the TechNet Canada Winter Tour 2005. As the events get closer, keep an eye on their blogs for more information specific to your...

In a previous post we talked about whether 2005 was the year for Linux, in this post we'll discuss whether this is the year that 64-bit computing really takes off both in the enterprise and on the desktop. I have spent the last week sitting in sessions...

I have just noticed the following on the Microsoft website. If you have a passion for technology and want to make a difference for your company and for SQL Server users around the world, sign up to participate in a SQL Server beta testing program. The...

In my last post we talked about comparing Linux and Windows on the basis of bugs and/or vulnerabilities. Not surprisingly this generated lots of discussion. One of the comments that caught my attention was a one-liner that said "No matter. 2005 is the...

Now that you're wondering what a headline like that is doing on a Microsoft site, let me explain. I joined Microsoft in Nov 2004 after working for both a large Database vendor and an Enterprise Linux vendor. Now that I have been here for a couple of months...