Blogs

The Latest Blog Posts

| |

Canadian IT Manager's Blog

Who is CIPS?

Posted over 7 years ago

by Canadian IT Managers
- 0 Comments
I wear many hats/roles including in areas that are non-IT related. Invariably people ask me what I do. I identify as belonging to CIPS having been a member for many years. So how does this relate to you as an IT worker or manager? Well 44% of our members...
Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff

The Network Access Protection (NAP) Overview Animation is now available to everyone

Posted over 7 years ago

by Carol Bailey
- 2 Comments
Hi! The Network Access Protection PowerPoint Animation that Carol Bailey spoke of in her blog posting (Thursday, August 10) was initially available only through the Connect site . It is now available through the SMS Product Documentation Page (...
Windows Vista Team Blog

See Windows Vista Running on Multiple GPUs

Posted over 7 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 0 Comments
We've gotten lots of heat from the community for the lack of multi-GPU support in Windows Vista. No longer -- check out Multi GPU running in Vista f rom the Gaming section of Hexus : "...the reason ATI are pumping out 3DMark over three monitors...
Server Core

GUI in Server Core?

Posted over 7 years ago

by Andrew Mason - MSFT
- 4 Comments
It is time for another installment of the Server Core blog. Based on today’s topic you may be able to guess that I’m scrounging for topics to cover. If anyone has suggestions, please send me email or post a comment and I’ll try to cover the topic in a...
James O'Neill's blog

Vista - we're getting closer and closer.

Posted over 7 years ago

by James ONeill
- 1 Comments
Around the office loads of people have been saying the pretty much same thing... and before the management get nervous this has nothing to with it being "bonus season" right now. It's been " Have you tried the new build" . I haven't noticed this before...
Steve Lamb's Blog

The latest internal build of Windows Vista is REALLY GOOD

Posted over 7 years ago

by Steve Lamb
- 2 Comments
It's a significant improvement over the last Community Technology Preview (CTP) - i.e. that which is available to MSDN & TechNet subscribers. It's not had the same level of testing hence it's not suitable for you to play with and we're getting really...
Steve Lamb's Blog

Ever wondered why SSL works for some sites and not others? Welcome to the Microsoft Root Certification Programme!

Posted over 7 years ago

by Steve Lamb
- 4 Comments
If you're not a crypto geek then don't be scared - read on! If this makes as much sense as boiling icecream then please let me know and I'll explain it in simpler terms - just hit the "comment" button. When you visit a website via HTTPS you're viewing...
Melville Thomson's Blog

SQL Server 2005 Encryption

Posted over 7 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 1 Comments
Steve asked me about encryption in SQL Server 2005. I have found a few areas of information that are useful. In BOL there is an article about the Encryption Hierarchy this explains quite a lot about how it is organised. I quite like it because it has...
ADFS Documentation Blog

ADFS Operations Guide - Now includes Cache Settings

Posted over 7 years ago

by Nick Pierson [MSFT]
- 0 Comments
If you are interested, one of our developers came up with a nifty table that shows all of the ADFS-related cache settings. You can now find this information in the following Ops guide topic: Configuring ADFS Servers for Troubleshooting
Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog

How Can I Determine the First Friday in a Month?

Posted over 7 years ago

by ScriptingGuy1
- 1 Comments
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the first Friday in a month? -- JB Hey, JB. You know, when we first glanced at this question we were hoping it said, “How can I determine if any given day in a month is a Friday?” Why? Well, if that was the case...
LATAM Team blog

Daniel Aguiar

Posted over 7 years ago

by LatamBlog
- 0 Comments
Meu nome é Daniel Julio Aguiar, eu sou Engenheiro de Suporte no Brasil. Apesar de trabalhar com TI há quase 10 anos, meu envolvimento com produtos Microsoft começou quando assumi a posição de Administrador de Sistemas de uma grande...
Peter's Technology Trumpet

Bored rigid by bloggers

Posted over 7 years ago

by Peter Ferry
- 0 Comments
Several of my friends and colleagues have repeatedly told me to get on the bus and start blogging. Now, if you take a look at a random blog it will generally fall into one of several categories - young professional wanabees who boost their importance...