Lately Ive been playing around and presenting with Longhorn Server - build 5381 x64 edition. Build is getting much, much better! Windows Deployment Services, which I was very keen to look at, is working excellent! WDS replaces RIS with the move...

So in my previous posts on WAIK and WDS I talked about what they offer. Call me totally sad but after having a good play with these today Im totally excited about how easy it is to deploy! Todays goals were to setup a good test scenario and prove out...

As part of the Vista Beta 2 release, there will be a set of new tools to use to help you deploy it. For the IT Pro this kit comes with: An Update to Windows Deployment Services from RIS. This is a quickly installed hotfix that gives you the ability...

As we promised in the Security Seminar, we're doing a small roadshow for Vista and Office 2007. Registration for Innovation 2006 is now officially open. Innovation 2006 is a Technical Readiness event for Windows Vista and Office 2007. Its only a...

For those of you that love to know where youre going....Windows Live Local now has Aussie maps that even shows you the Driving Directions! http://local.live.com/?v=2&rtp=pos.9bp568xm0xpf_Origin~pos.9bhjvfxkzjwh_Destination

Good onya Coatesy! Coatesy is running the Developer Tools track for TechEd AU and NZ. He's blogged it at his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/archive/2006/05/25/606548.aspx Take a look!

I'm posting like mad today!! I had a whole bunch of things queued up as you can see! I know you have all heard about the Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference ( MEDC 2006 ) in Melbourne 25 th of May. Now I can tell you some of the things you...

Just a quick note to let you all know that I will be presenting at the Perth Infrastructure Group on "Deploying Windows Vista with Windows Deployment Services" next Wednesday. Register at: http://www.aususergroups.org/pig Ill try to record that...

SQL Down Under show 16 with guest SQL Server MVP Paul Nielsen is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this episode, Paul discusses object relational vs relational databases and his upcoming Nordic framework.

Hey the new TechED website just released. It has more information than before about the tracks and the event as a whole. Visit it at: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched2006/

Heres the next draft of 4 tracks....any feedback? Community submissions have now been included!! Security Windows Vista System Integrity Technologies Anti-Malware Technologies in Windows Vista Account Control: Running Windows Vista with Least Privilege...

I like to understand when things go wrong and why. When I first started playing with ADFS I got really frustrated in setting it up and the lack of documentation at the time for it. Good news is that the ADFS Operations Guide is now released, helping you...

Go Greg Low for doing these! SQL Down Under show 15 with guest SQL Server MVP and MSDN Regional Director Kimberly Tripp is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this show, Kim discusses two of her passions: SQL Server indexing...

Had this come through my mail - though you might be interested! During the keynote at WinHEC we demonstrated Windows Server virtualization (hypervisor) for the first time publically. Some of the key features we demonstrated: * New...