The TechNet Event originally slated for Phoenix on August 23rd has been moved back a week to August 30th. The event will take place at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort and Spa on 6333 N. Scottsdale Rd. The registration information is here: http://msevents...

The TechNet Event originally slated for Las Vegas on August 25th has been moved back a week to September 1st. The event will take place at the Regal Green Valley Ranch 10 located at 2300 Paseo Verde in Henderson. The registration information is here:...

It is official! What was codenamed "Longhorn" has now been given an official name. It is Windows Vista!! Here’s the Microsoft Press Release . The Beta should be available on August 3rd, 2005. If you are a TechNet Plus subscriber, you will get the...

Windows Server 2003 E-Learning Discount...

For a list of applications that are known to have issues with Windows Server 2003 SP1, please refer to the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896367 . This article also gives information on additional hotfixes or workarounds to the problem...

The Windows Firewall that comes with Windows Server 2003 SP1 can be configured via Group Policy Objects (GPO), command line utility - netsh, or Control Panel (GUI Interface). For details on which options are available via each of the three methods, please...

I have been a fan of the Wheel of Times series by Robert Jordan since 2000 when my co-worker Justin Preston introduced me to the first book. After a very long wait, book eleven of the series is now due out on October 11 (just 2 months away!). As soon...

The Southern Nevada Network User's Group (SNNUG) will be meeting on September 7th, 2005 at the Clark County Government Center, 4th Floor Gold Room. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM and ends at 8:30 PM. I will be discussing (presenting and demoing) Windows...

I had an opportunity to engage with the Rocky Mountain Exchange Server User Group yesterday in Denver. We discussed different options and considerations for Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery. David Brandt (Microsoft) and Dustin Smith (Interlink) presented...

The Arizona SMB User Group had a great meeting on Thursday evening (August 11, 2005). Stephen Cracknell from the TS2 team presented on Microsoft Small Business Accounting via Live Meeting. Other than a few minor connectivity issues (Stephen was presenting...

I will be presenting a webcast on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST). The topic is Implementing Exchange Server Security (level 200). If you are interested in signing up for the webcast, please register here .

I'm excited that my team mate, Chris Henley, did a GREAT podcast on the voice recognition capabilities of Vista. I'm also bummed that he thought of it before me - :-). Please visit his blog and listen to the podcast . Harold Wong

I just found out that T-Mobile is having a great promotion for FREE Hot Spot access on weekends for existing T-Mobile customers! Here's the link on how to take advantage of this: http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/freeweekends/ . I'm pretty sure this is only...

We had a great TechNet Event in Phoenix this past week on March 21st. Unfortnately, we had TechNet DVDs to hand out to any of the attendees as we were given the wrong box of DVDs. We ended up having a bunch of DVDs from the Best of Launch Events from...

We had a great TechNet Event in Las Vegas on March 23, 2006! I had 4 questions come up during the Event that I did not have answers to: 1. The Domain based DFS has a recommended maximum folders of 5000 while a standalone DFS has a recommended maximum...

For those of you who attended my TechNet Event in Phoenix on March 21st, you did not receive the current TechNet DVD. I was just informed that we have a solution for this small problem. The operations team will be using the check-in database from that...

I made a mistake on some information for the DFS features in Windows Server 2003 R2 (R2). There is no backward compatibility with non R2 Servers!!! If you want to deploy DFS with R2, then all servers that replicate with it must also be R2 Servers. Sorry...

The registration site for Tech Ed 2006 has officially opened today - http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/default.mspx . It will be in Boston this year from June 11 - 16th. If you register before April 14th, you will get a 10% discount so if...

Okay, I finally went and purchased the 11th book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Some very interesting reading, but also once again, not much got resolved. I have a bunch of questions that aren't even close to being answered. 1. When...

Great news!!!! This was just announced about 15 minutes ago ( http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/feb06/02-06SonyExchangePR.mspx ). Sony Ericsson has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync protocol and will incorporate it into the Sony Ericsson...

For all of you who have registered for an upcoming TechNet Event (as well as MSDN, TS2 or Connections) and have already printed your confirmation page, please continue to read! We had a small "glitch" that we have corrected. However, if you registered...

I was recently made aware of a blog entry on Vlad Mazek's blog that the MSFP was delayed due to a lawsuit. I'm sorry to say, but this is NOT true. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the devices will be available soon (April timeframe for most carriers...

During my TechNet Events in Boulder and Denver on February 7th and 9th, respectively, I had a couple of questions come up that I did not have an immediate answer for. I am recapping the questions below. If I missed anything, please let me know. ...

I was recently informed that an Exchange 12 Webcast series will be taking place from March 14th - 17th and will include 4 webcasts: 1. An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200) - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2. Giving the Administrator More Control...

In an earlier blog post, I listed 6 questions that were asked druing my Events in Boulder and Denver to which I did not have an immediate answer. I have done my research (asking for help) and have the answers below. Q1. Does DFS honor File Locking...