One of the comments on yesterdays PowerShell webcast asked how remote clients should be configured in order to allow PowerShell to make WMI calls to the remote computer.  You can find a detailed explanation by going to the links below:   Connecting...

To Register go to: www.technetevents.com/johnbaker Take Charge of Your Security with TechNet Events APRIL – JUNE EVENTS Your customers are being bombarded with attacks and your boss wants to know what you're going to do about it. What now? Join...

Headline Windows Server 2003 R2 Webcasts – Best Practices with Windows Server 2003 R2 Abstract Learn best practices with Windows Server 2003 R2 in this new TechNet level 200 webcast series for IT professionals. You will get the scoop...

Here's an interesting article from ComputerWorld, PC upgrades: When to turn the page isn't an easy call for IT execs .  When I was in consulting working on deployment projects, it was always interesting to me how companies decided upon the lifecycles...

Trying to run Windows Vista Beta 2 as a guest OS in a virtual machine environment? You need to get VMAdditionsforVistaB2 for Virtual Server 2005 and VPC 2004 Just go to http://connect.microsoft.com and register for the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta...

During my presentiation today I mentioned the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide. Several of you emailed me asking for the link. Here it is: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsserver2003/w2003hg/sgch00.mspx

In this screencast I'll go through the process of deploying the custom image created in Part 7 of the series.  We will import the image into the Deployment Workbench and then create a Task Sequence to deploy the imported image to target computers...

Questions and Answers: Asked: Whats the link for the whitepaper on the economic impact of SMS 2003 Answered: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0688EB41-2906-4AEE-AD26-C24360B64C26&displaylang=en Asked: With...

I was asked this at the Providence, RI event and didn't think it could be, but I did find this that works for SQL 70 and SQL 2000. I haven't really verified it but I'm sure it would work with SQL 2005 either as is or with some minor modification. http...

In this screencast I talk about some of the free tools to help simplify Windows 7 deployment and make your job easier. Resources: Download Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial today Download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Download WAIK for Windows...

   Whether you're configuring a home or a small office workgroup, if you have Windows XP and Windows Vista machines in the workgroup you might have had problems getting them to see each other and access shared resources.  This short screencast...

Sign up for the TechNet events in Atlanta and Raleigh: Atlanta: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:00 AM at AMC Phipps Plaza 14 Raleigh, NC: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:00 AM at Regal Brier Creek Stadium 14 High-Octane Solutions for Critical Systems...

SIGN UP!!!! Join me in this webcast on Friday, February 02, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) , for an in-depth look at the capabilities and benefits of the Windows User Account Control (UAC) feature in Windows Vista. Learn how UAC helps...

I was up in South Carolina with my daughter last weekend visiting with my ex-in-laws at their condo on the lake. I hadn't been up in a few months and was shocked at how low the lake had dropped. They had been out of town for a few weeks during which time...

Thought this was an amusing picture.  I was driving past my local mall the other night and saw the information display showing their system has just finished running CHKDSK, successfully I might add, the C: volume is CLEAN!!! OK folks, its time to...

Adopting this exciting new computing paradigm provides a whole new landscape of technology and career direction for IT professionals. Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft System Center 2012 team have partnered to bring you an exciting opportunity to learn...

Here’s my live event schedule through the end of the year. I’ve listed the abstracts of the sessions below, so if you’re looking for an information packed seminar on deplying Windows Vista with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or want to get up to speed...

There are still some slots open for these TechNet events in March. We'll be covering much of the Windows Vista/Exchange 2007/Office 2007 launch content!! Just click on the link to register!!!! Columbia, SC - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Charleston, SC...

I've been asked several times is there a NAP client for Linux machines. The answer? YES!!! Its available from Avenda. Go to http://www.avendasys.com/products/nap/ for additional details.

If you’re responsible products in the System Center suite of products such as Operations Manager 2007 , Configuration Manager 2007 , Data Protection Manager 2007 , Virtual Machine Manager 2007 , Windows Update Services , Windows Power Shell and others...

If you’re looking at deploying Windows Server 2008 into your infrastructure anytime in the near future, then you need to take a look at the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) series documents. They provide guidance to help lead you through a sequence...

Creating a DHCP reservation to the specific MAC addresses is one option, however, can write a plug-in, called a Callout DLL, that the DHCP Server can load. This plug-in can be used to affect the processing of DHCP packets at various stages. One of...

Operation Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate is available for download. From the download website here is some more detailed information on the service pack: New Features The new features that are in Operations Manager 2007 SP1 are...

Want to help us out with the new Virtual Lab based exams!!! This is NOT a normal beta exam and so make sure you read the information in BLUE below. This is a pilot to test the exam experience only. Still interested? Then read on below!! Responding...

We know that Hyper-V virtual machines require booting from virtual IDE. Historically, in the physical world, SCSI can provide better performance than IDE.  Does that mean we’re giving up performance booting from virtual IDE? On the surface you’d...

This month one the core topics we are talking about at the TechNet Live Events is System Center Essentials . Many times we have attendee overlap with the TS2 Partner Seminar in the afternoon. It was during a break from the TS2 sessions that I had an interesting...

Overview If you’re prepping for a Hyper-V virtualization exam or you work with Hyper-V this is a great resource to have handy!!!!    This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2008...

With an annual subscription, you can evaluate over 70+ full-version Microsoft software titles like Windows 7 and Office 2010 without time or feature limits.  But hurry!!!  This offer ends 10/31/2010. Use the promo code TNITQ408.  (Click...

If you attended a TechNet event last year and received a Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Kit, the PIN included in that kit EXPIRED as of December 31 st , 2008 . If you registered BEFORE the December 31 st , 2008 expiration date, and ONLY...

I haven’t written about my road trip Indian restaurant visits in a while.  So I’m here in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for an Angelbeat event tomorrow and thought I’d try one of the local Indian establishments and tell you all about it.  Rather than looking...

Are you Windows Server 2003 cetrtified yet? What are you waiting for?? Get certified on Windows Server 2003 by June 30th, 2007 you'll be able to get a 40% savings voucher for the Longhorn Upgrade Exam!!! Need help getting certified by June 30th? Go...

In part 4 of this series we’ll drill down in the Hard-link Migration option, one of the most compelling new features of USMT. We’ll look at why it greatly enhances the performance of a migration and finally we’ll see how to use the Scanstate and Loadstate...

Here's a great resource to get up-to-speed on the latest version of System Center 2012.    Virtual Lab System Center Operations Manager 2012: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Building...

This question has come up a few times in the last few events I've had. Ideally, all the System Center Operations Management servers and the monitored machines are in a trusted boundary, i.e. same domain or forest. But what if you want to monitor machines...

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...