Hey Jeff (my manager) it seems you're not the only one podcasting around here. MSNBC is doing it too . Just stumbled across that today.

Here in the EEC, was asked a good question the other day, thought I’d pass it along. So the scenario is that the engagement in question was to run SQL 2000 SP4 on a box running Win2k3 x64 Enterprise Edition. The server had a good chunk of RAM (I think...

The other day over on activedir it was mentioned that in SP1 we added sidHistory to the list of attributes preserved on tombstones. I thought I’d mention this here, and provide some clarity around what actually changed, since there was some confusion...

I thought I’d follow up our last post with a quick update as to Brett’s foray in to the blogging world. Over the last couple of months, we’ve seen a few areas of motion: - We’ve had some further category refinement. This should come as no surprise, categories...

Lately I’ve been working on some Exchange 2003 related issues here in the EEC (mostly in the performance tuning area). It’s really taught me how much I don’t know about Exchange. I pretend to know a little something about ESE. The reality is, I probably...

Lately, I’ve been so distracted. I have a lot of EEC engagements coming up, one having just wrapped up (though still a few tasks to work on) and a few big ones coming over the next few weeks. Some posts forthcoming on that work, I hope. I have a...

Kim Cameron has been blogging up a storm on identity futures in MS products. It's always interesting to think in to the future. Most of my work focuses around today and today++, not nearly as much in to the distant future, but I'm glad someone is looking...

Interested in an AD/MIIS/ADFS talk? There's an exec chat about to start (SO sorry for the late notice, I meant to post this earlier, but Sunday turned to Tuesday MUCH faster than I thought it would). I have a funny story about how I got this info I'll...

That’s right, I just ordered an Xbox the other day. I’ve not had one to date, and can say I’ve probably played about a dozen times total. I actually ordered it for the media center extender stuff. I’m not against Xbox, I just don’t play video games...

On Friday I traveled from Seattle to the other coast for my brother’s college graduation. While in another aiport along the way (stupid layovers ;)) I heard a conversation that made the whole stop worthwhile. Our flight was late, and it was one of those...

I just learned that Jim Johnson is blogging. Very cool indeed. I'm a fan of that team's work. I had the pleasure of meeting Jim not too long ago, and was really impressed with what that team is up to. Jim recently blogged about some of their Longhorn...

Over on the EEC blog I just posted that I'll be working with iSCSI some. This is a new area for me, one I'm not really all that familiar with. Quite honestly, I'm not much of a hardware guy, so I suspect I'll be asking the hardware guys for help. :) But...

Today we put out this page which talks about upgrading to the x64 Windows. Here’s the best part: The Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Technology Advancement Program enables customers who have purchased Windows XP Professional (32-bit) to exchange...

I saw the Scoble post on the event down at Crossroads, and just felt the need to check it out. It was my first bloggers meeting of sort, and I really had no idea what to expect. :) All in all, very cool. There were a nice mix of people there….a few from...

Today Dell commented on the rumors around shipping with an AMD chip. In a word, no . Not shocking, but good to hear the yea/nea from the horses mouth rather than the rumor mill. Me? I still don’t mind either way. I like Intel and AMD chips, or anyone...

Time for an aside….hang on. This post is going to sound absurd. I swear to you it is true. I have this friend who asked to not be identified…..let’s call him “Brett Shirley” for the time being. And just to put it in perspective, let’s assume this “Brett...

I've read quite a bit re: the SDL as of late in the universe. First, we put out this doc which talks about what the SDL is, and how it works. Then, RHensing tells us what his new gig is, and how it involves the SDL. And I've since seen a few mentions...

Over on his blog, my mgr Bryce mentions the new iSCSI evaluation going on here in the EEC . I for one don't really understand iSCSI at all. I'm not a hardware guy. :) However, I do like to talk about directory performance, and I've never seen either AD...

Who knows, but Slashdot mentioned that it just might happen, according to this article on The Inquirer, who quoted this article on ComputerWorld.com . I’m often asked about x64, and whether I recommend Intel vs. AMD chips in the space. The reality is...

WS2003 Service Pack 1 brings with it all sorts of goodies. I’ll try and mention many of the AD ones over the next few weeks, but one I can’t help but mention sooner rather than later is access based enumeration. Rather than digging in to the feature,...

(I'm not one for announcements, but this one is too awesome to pass up) Ah yes, it’s about that time. Server 2003 SP1 has hit the web. You can get it at all of the usual locations . Of particular interest is the expanded 64bit support , which I’m wildly...

Reading some email threads today, I saw mention of a domain I had never heard of before: start.com Sure enough, it turns out this is a Microsoft-owned domain of some sort. What could be on it? I started to search, and came across this blog post , which...

It seems that the cat is out of the bag on blogs.technet.com. I, along with many of my counterparts, have made the move to this new platform, and I’m not looking back. Those of you using links to blogs.msdn.com, well those links should work for a while...

I figured, it’s been a while, it’s time for a change. :) As has been mentioned over on the EEC blog , I’ve switched departments. I’ve had a great time in PSS CPR, but am now trying things from the other side of the house. I’m now an engineer for the...

Some time ago I posted on constructed attributes. There was a snafu in an item I posted (and by snafu I mean mistake). I said that constructed attributes are only returned in base searches. This is incorrect in the general case. This is true for some...