Are you running a small business? Need to create a professional-looking Web site? FREE!!! Want to reach new customers and stay connected with the existing ones? Want to stay on top of your business with simple online tools? Then you need to...

          Join us at a TechNet event for some great sessions on Windows Vista, PowerShell and Group Policy Preferences!! Where Are The Events? CALIFORNIA - San Francisco - 10/7/2008 CONNECTICUT - Stamford - 10/2/2008 INDIANA ...

JUST RELEASED!!!  This is an update to enhance the Hyper-V role's support for processors and virtual machines.  Hyper-V will now support support up to 24 logical processors and 192 virtual machines !!! Where Do I get the Update? It's on the...

The Windows Home Server Toolkit is a collection of tools that help you troubleshoot issues with Windows Home Server. The toolkit has the following components: The Error Reporting tool collects log files from your home computer and sends them to Microsoft...

If you're looking at utilizing high performance computing in your environment, then take this opportunity to kick the tyres with Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS). Windows HPC Server 2008 combines the power of the Windows Server platform with rich, out-of...

This Technical Brief describes how you can you use your Windows Home Server to automatically do daily backups all of your home computers, up to 10 of them.  Obviously you'll need a decent amount of disk space on the server to do this but what you...

Following on from yesterdays post about Home Networking with Windows Home Server, I thought this Technical Brief  on how to remotely access your system would be useful.  The thing is I'm not just talking about you remotely accessing the shared...

I received an email from Blake providing me a link to his blogpost where he has put together a bunch FREE Windows Home Server Resources.   Click on the link to see the Windows Home Server Resources on Blake's blog . Thanks Blake!!

Windows Home Server Media Sharing enables you to view, listen, and watch videos, photo slide shows and music. You can store your favorite media on Windows Home Server and use digital media receivers and playback devices, such as the Xbox 360. ...

  Home networking is becoming more and more popular as more homes get high-speed DSL or cable and more computers end up in the house.  If you have teenagers, then you probably have more than one computer at home. I did a blogpost on Windows...

Wanting to dip your toes into the developer side of the world? Here's a great place to start!!!! There are two tracks, Web and Windows development: Web Development So you want to create dynamic web sites, or building online applications and services...

I love this site.  If you haven't seen it, go take a look at what people are putting up there.  Then get into the campaign yourself and put something up there!!!           Click on the picture to the right or on this...

Zimbabwe - A Tradition in Stone If you fly in the United States, you've probably had to go through a hub airport at some point  and spend a few boring hours waiting for your connecting flight out.  There is only so much bookstore browsing, coffee...

The latest System Center Beta exam has been announced and registration will start on September 23, 2008.  Exam period runs from September 30, 2008– October 24, 2008.   This is a great opportunity to test your knowledge and get certified...

Are you a SQL Server 2008 database developer?  Then you might want to look  at taking this beta exam.  Registration opens up September 19th and the actuall exams must be taken between September 22, 2008– October 10, 2008.  Go...

On the road this week in Reston, VA (suburban Washington DC) and Richmond, VA.  I'm in Richmond tonight and wanted Indian for dinner.  I did a quick Live search to find something close to my hotel.  Found a few within a couple of miles...

Is your system getting sluggish?  Here's a useful article, 5 ways to speed up your PC , that gives you some simple tips to help speed it back up. 1. Free up disk space 2. Speed up access to data 3. Detect and repair disk errors 4. Protect your computer...

VIRTUALIZATION AND ENTERPRISE SEARCH Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | REGISTER > Join us for a series of demonstrations and technical discussions about virtualization and enterprise search. We’ll explore the powerful new Windows Server 2008 virtualization...

The Big Easy Offer 2.0 gives you choices on Microsoft products and solutions that fit your needs. For every qualifying product you purchase,  Microsoft pays you partner subsidy funds to purchase more products and services from the Microsoft Partner...

I was flying out of Las Vegas today and noticed the TSA are in a new uniform.  They were changed yesterday to mark the seventh anniversary of September 11th.  Check out the new blue, more law-enforcement looking uniforms at http://www.tsa.gov...

Are you using Microsoft virtualization technologies in your environment?  Do you need/want to get certified on those technologies?   Then take a look at the just released ( August 25, 2008) certification exam 70-652 TS: Windows Server Virtualization...

From a Microsoft Press release kicking off a global series of “Get Virtual Now” events, the following product-related news was announced: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a new hypervisor-based server virtualization product, will be released...

There are some significant performance enhancements in the Next Generation TCP/IP stack that comes with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 .  One of my teammates, Chris Henley , has recorded a great screencast all about how the TCP/IP stack has...

If you're a small business and thinking about upgrading to Windows Vista and you're stuck and need some help where do you turn?  The place to go for help is the  Windows Vista Small Business Assurance website!! From the Website: "Taking...

On Monday Microsoft pulled the $28 price tag from the stand-alone version of Hyper-V Server 2008, and will now be making it available FREE!!!  That's right F-R-E-E!!!  This will surely help with your deployment of virtualized systems. Check...

Here's a strange article I came across. You know those shipping containers that come from China with all the stuff we buy? OK, maybe not just China, that's just a dig because 95% of what I buy now is made in China J . Even some of the food I'm buying...

One of my co-workers Chris Henley just did a great video/screencast on WinPE. What Exactly Is WinPE?  Have you ever done custom setups of Windows? Have you ever needed a small version of the OS to boot a box and troubleshoot hardware issues? ...

We received a warning today from our IT department about an increase in Greeting Card spam mail. The emails contain URLs that are pointing to malicious executables. I wanted to blog about it but didn't have any in my Inbox. So I checked around to see...

TechNet Resources Below is a list of links to a variety of resources related to the content the US TechNet event team is delivering between now and December 2008.  This resource list comes courtesy of my teammate Kevin Remde .  Thanks Kevin...

Our US TechNet events team is back on the road presenting at various locations around the country. One of the sessions we're delivering is on Managing Windows Vista with Windows PowerShell . Microsoft.com has some great PowerShell resources including...

Servers have been around in the office forever. Many of us in the IT industry have our own home networks, either for learning or for actually running web and mail servers (yes fellow team members, you know who I'm talking about J ). But for everyone...

When I was doing the Windows Server 2008 launch events earlier this year Hyper-V always garnered a lot of interest. Usually the audience would ask a lot of questions. Thankfully they were usually technical and within my expertise. But sometimes someone...

Per the security bulletin update August 20th :   "This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer that could allow remote code execution if a user opens...

Yes folks!! Another beta exam opportunity!!! If you're an SBS specialist and want to get a head start on your peers, then take the Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuring beta exam. What do I need to know for this exam? Go to http...

I did a post at the beginning of the month called Home wireless networks: Why is everyone still only using WEP? I suggested if you hadn't done it already, you should secure your wireless network. I also suggested that if you were already secure using...