Do you have a New Years Resolution?  If not, or you would just like one you can keep, I would love to help you help your community.  There are literally thousands of community groups all over the country and all over the world.  These are...

The New England SQL Server Users Group and Southern New England SQL Server Users Group have been quietly working for the past several weeks to create a SQL Server oriented Code Camp, using the PASS Community Connection framework. Following is the blurb...

If you do not have Group Policy Preferences installed see Install Group Policy Preferences . This link tells you how to do it in a 2003 domain. In a 2008 domain it is much easer as all you have to do is enable the feature. See "The Steps" section below...

It is possible to run Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 Domain. This post will step you through the process so you can get it deployed in your organization if you have not yet upgraded your domain to Windows Server 2008. I am a huge fan...

Well, we have all read much about Windows 7 and it is now available for public download ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx )  Scroll down the page a bit and select your language for x32 or x64.  Note the Installation...

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next version of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Building on the features and capabilities of the current Windows Server 2008 release version, Windows Server 2008 R2 allows you to create...

Registration Link : https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=134471   Featured Product/Topic: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Recommended Audience: IT Professionals Join us for the SQL Server Loadfest and do a hands-on installation of SQL Server...

Most up to date information on event can be found on the Virtualization Group Website Virtualization Deep Dive Day - Feb 20th 2009 Location: Microsoft Corporation 201 Jones Rd. Sixth Floor - MPR A,B,C Waltham, MA 02451 Directions & Map link Attendee...

Our team of IT Pro Evangelists including: Kevin Remde , Matt Hester , Chris Avis , Chris Henley , and Yung Chou is getting ready to start delivering a 20-part webcast series on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions on January 14, 2009. The objectives of...

At the Windows Server User Group in Waltham MA this week we talked about system tools that IT Pro's use to make their life easier. Many tools were presented by many people. Many of these tools were part of the Sysinternals tool set so I thought I would...

There are several things you must consider before migrating a machine from Virtual Server 2005 to a Hyper-V Host. I thought I would make a post giving the quick list of how to do this so you do not miss any steps. These steps will produce a very clean...