Paul Young said to me that I need more photos of my Ducati on my blog. All right... all right then.... Happy now? :)

One of the things Microsoft gets nailed by customers on is proprietary standards. We saw lots of this objection in the 90's around protocols and Office file formats. Since then I think we've made some pretty significant inroads into changing a lot of...

My good MVP friends Nick and Brian have been busy doing a 17 minute podcast on a variety of topics including Joel Pobar coming to Perth to present to the local .net group, PHP/.NET, SIlverlight etc. Check it out at: http://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com...

A friend of mine runs a small IT Dept. Its only 3 people and for a joke made a little song to describe his team. To the tune of "Rain drops on roses"...:) "...Ben makes the database output addresses, set operations and other such messes, pages and pages...

The answer to that is a No! Our very own Rocky Heckman is running the Security Camp in Wagga just like the famous Code Camp for Developers. It is an agnostic event that covers security in general not just a particular vendor's product. "... Welcome to...

Recently we've all been going like mad to get our tracks finished in time to publish the planned sessions to the internet. Ive already been blogging mine several times and have a category for it so you can stay in touch. Coatesy even blogged about the...

I was reading a post on David Tesar's extreme blog about FTPS. Good news is that we will be supporting FTPS in IIS7.0!! People dont understand what the difference is between FTPS and SFTP are and in many cases the technologies are referred to interchangeably...

Saw this in my mail today. Free online training for Windows Mobile devices in security and messaging and a bunch of other topics. Course 5140: Planning Microsoft® Windows Mobile® Infrastructure Course 5141: Configuring Microsoft...

IT Pros in WA! Some good news for your day today! We have completed work on the Exchange 2003 CDO patch that will address the current WADST issues. You can call Microsoft Professional Support on 132058 and request the hotfix under KB article number 929895...

Recently I switched from using WestNet's broadband on ADSL 1 to Optus's ADSL 2+ in the vain hope that I would squeeze a little more sync performance out of my connection. My Netcomm NB9W modem was syncing fairly reliably at 4.3MB on WestNet's 8MB service...

Ive just done a bit more work on the TechEd Server track for AU and NZ. The tough call is going to be which 7 sessions to drop for NZ! If youre in NZ and are coming help me to help you. Tell me the most important ones you'd like to see. Also in the...

If only they could release an English version....please Ducati please!!! Get it here - http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=dc6fcf83-bde4-4e45-9ae9-f2f74176af49&bt=1&pl=1 Now Georgio - can you be my daily translator?? :)

I had a question today thats actually a fairly common one. Essentially its about the choice whether to place services like domain controllers in a distributed fashion rather than centralisation of service. The question essentially was: "...A customer...

I wanted to provide you an update on how the DST patch for Exchange is progressing as a number of customers are reporting issues even though the DST period has ended. This usually stems from recurring meetings though any meeting created in the DST period...

Its on again! The TechNet Updates are coming around in June like we promised. The two topics are: Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn Branch Office Technologies – Level 300 In this session, we will look at the Microsoft vision for branch offices...

Jeff actually blogged his slides awhile ago. So Im going to just link to him. If you want the slides for the Group Policy Deep Dive and the Longhorn Server Top 10 you can get them from Jeff's blog as we presented the same slides. Also the...

This year I'm not running the TechEd content plan for Australia and NZ. The torch has been passed to Andrew Coates and his NZ counterpart Darryl Burling , who are project managing the content and track owners. This year I'm one of those track owners and...

Recently Ive been demoing Server Core - theres been lots of questions though its really challenging my memory on command line changes. One point to mention. I notice a change in the default firewall settings. It seems that ICMP (Ping) has now been...

Windows Server "Longhorn" upgrade exam voucher (available worldwide) Windows Server 2003 credential holders will have the most efficient path to Windows Server "Longhorn" certifications. As a benefit to our customers who are certified on current Microsoft...