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    It's all about the hardware...

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    Awhile back Michael did a post about the hardware we use for our demos. In particular he talked about this new Shuttle form factor PC that he got. Well he wasn't the only one who got a shiny new toy to play with. Thanks to our friends at AMD who sponsored our team with 6 Gigabyte Micro ATX boards and 6 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor...
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    Windows Vista Beta Testers

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    Today Dugie pinged me about an interesting post on the Windows Vista Team Blog about where are our Windows Vista Beta testers. I had a look and there are some interesting facts to reiterate here: We have approximately 30,000 Vista Beta testers in this program now. There are Windows Vista beta testers in 125 countries. We have testers in all...
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    Windows Vista RC1 Refresh Released

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    Hi folks, Just saw this over the weekend. We have released build 5728 as a refresh to RC1 over the weekend. We as in Microsoft are looking for as many volunteers to test this interim release (also known as an EDW) on as many machines as possible and have a look at some of the changes since the release of RC1 in early September . Click here...
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    Windows Vista Beta Testers - Australian Drill Down

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    Hi folks, The other day I posted details on where our Windows Vista Beta testers currently are geographically. Well it turns out that Australia is doing quite well in this area. So I thought why not post a bit more details of the breakdown for Australia. I also want to get a bit of competition going between the states as well. So here it is...
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    Another Windows Vista Presentation

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    Hi folks, Tonight I'm presenting Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the Mount Druitt College of TAFE as part of the ongoing work we are doing with the ACS . This is a special event put on by the college and the ACS. You can register here . So I thought I would use the power of Windows Vista to do a bit of investigating about the college and...
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    September Security Bulletin

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    Hi folks, Well another patch Tuesday is upon us so see below for the September security bulletins. The purpose of this update is to provide you with a summary of the Microsoft September 2006 Security Bulletin release. New Security Bulletins for September 2006 Microsoft is releasing the following security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities...
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    A BIG Invite - October Meeting

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    Hi folks, The next meeting of the Brisbane Infrastructure Group will be on Thursday October 5th 2006 . This month the topics include Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 from a deployment experience point of view inside Education Queensland and Indentity Management and provisioning with Microsoft Identity Integration Server . Check out the BIG...
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    Where's Jeff been and...the case of the missing hard drive..

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    Well folks it's been awhile since I posted on my blog and I thought it was high time I got something new posted. So where have I been since Teched 2006 finished in Sydney. Well I took a week off directly after Teched and looked after my 2 kiddies all by myself. My wife had a 10 holiday in Thailand with a girlfriend of hers without the kids...
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    Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh now Available

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    Howdy folks, Well its a busy day for downloads! Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh is now available for public download. I've been running this build for quite some time now and I find it very stable. The biggest change of course with office is the User Interface. In most of the applications the menu structure you were used to in the current...
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    Coming Zune..Microsoft player details emerge

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    All I have to say is Wow! And Yeah baby! Details of the Microsoft Zune Digital Media Player have been made public. The player is going to be made available in the US around Christmas so holiday shoppers will be having a good time with this one. So what does it look like? It comes in 3 colours: White, Brown and Black which you can see below...
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    Shiver Me Timbers

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    Aye! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day ! So Arrrr!! Go on talk like a Pirate! Frank will be running around the office today with lots of pirate talk! Go on laddies! Arrrr, Jeffa
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    Data Protection Manager 2.0 Now in Beta!

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    Hi folks, This just came across my desk. Data Protection Manager 2.0 is now in Beta so if you want to learn more check out the details below: Announcing Data Protection Manager v2 Beta This week Storage Decisions in New York, Microsoft announced the public beta of System Center Data Protection Manager version 2. As part of our Core IO customer...
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    A little trip to Brisbane

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    Well this week I had my quarterly visit to sunny Brisbane . I like going to Brisbane. It's a nice place. Anyway the primary reason for my trip was to attend and present at the Brisbane SBS User Group. They were having there Annual General Meeting on Tuesday and it was kind of a milestone for them as they are now officially incorporated. This...
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    Microsoft Corp looking for top Australian Graduates

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    Hi folks, I've been meaning to post this for awhile. Microsoft Corp will be in Australia looking for top technology graduates. This is pretty cool that they are making a special visit to the land down under! Check out the blog for all the details and who you need to contact! Cheers, Jeffa
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    Live baby LIVE!

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    We now have taken the beta tags off another great Windows Live Service and launched Live.com and Live Search. So this also marks the day when we migrate users who now use MSN search over to the new Live Search engine. See What’s New and Try it Now · Live Search is the search engine behind Live.com and the MSN portals worldwide. It puts people...
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    User Groups Activity this week

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    Hi folks, This week we have alot of activity out in User Group land so below is a quick update: Sydney Sydney SBS User Group - Tonight in Sydney I'll be hosting the event which is on at Microsoft in North Ryde and I will presenting a session on the Windows Vista Firewall . Check out the website for more details Sydney Windows Infrastructure...
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    Windows Vista Step Step Guides Updated!

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    Hi folks, The Windows Vista Step by Step Guides for IT Pro's have been update and are now available for download. If you haven't looked at these in the past then take a look. The guides are very useful to get up to speed on specific Windows Vista features. So what's available? Below is a comprehensive list: · Deploying Vista Step...
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    Windows Vista RC1 now Available

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    Windows Vista RC1 is now available for public download. This marks the final major release of Windows Vista and RC1 is being made available in both x86 and x64 versions. Alot of people that I've been presneting to or talking with have been asking about how to get this download. So the big question is what is performance like. Well I have to...
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    SQL Down Under Show 19

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    Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show 19 with guest Solid Quality Learning mentor Peter Myers is available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this show, Peter provides an intro to Analysis Services for developers and DBA's. Cheers, Jeffa
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    Updated Windows Vista Slide Deck

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    Hi folks, In a previous post I talked about my presentation out at Mt. Druitt College of TAFE. I have to say this was a really good session. There were about 65 people in attendance and I had lots and lots of great questions throughout. I like these types of sessions where I get lots of interaction from the audience. The session was broken...
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    New Security Bulletins for September

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    This just came across my desk. The purpose of this alert is to provide you with a summary of the Microsoft September 26 2006 Security Bulletin release. New Security Bulletins for September 26 2006 Microsoft is releasing the following security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities: MAXIMUM SEVERITY BULLETIN NUMBER PRODUCTS AFFECTED...
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    Good Luck Kleefy

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    Hi folks, My mate Kleefy is presenting as we speak in the keynote at Teched 2006 in Hong Kong! Lets wish him luck! Cheers, Jeffa
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