Yep its true. NTBackup is gone....at least as you know it! You can have it back again with a download but its only so that you can read data from tapes or media you already have that you created previously. Its been replaced with Windows Server backup...

I've not really kept this one much of a secret. Anyone who talks to me regularly will know this already - but I guess I better announce it officially. I'm leaving Microsoft Australia like so many others from Australia to join Microsoft Corporation in...

Good news - the patch for Windows has gone live to the Microsoft.com downloads site and can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6a2c8fe-abda-4051-a24f-3ec933089747&DisplayLang=en . Thanks to David and dogs for making...

Hey - Jeff and I have just been doing our top 16 sessions (and maybe a couple more :) ) for TechEd this year. We're looking for your feedback again! Messaging and Mobility Telephony Integration and Voice Over IP with Microsoft Office Communicator...

Its the final home straight now in my re-location to the USA. Visas are now approved and the removalists are coming shortly. Just a few things to sell now and were gone. Two things which haven't sold yet are my 2007 Jeep Wrangler and my beloved Ducati...

If youre using the older RSAT tools for Windows 7 Beta, dont use them on the RC. Use the new ones! All your favourites are there: RSAT Client is the collection of Windows Server management tools which enable IT professionals to manage their Windows...

So a new version of SMS is dawning on us...and one that Im very excited about aside from the new name! It integrates very nicely with NAP which Ive blogged about before and Im keen to see the level of integration so Im having a play with it. In fact Phil...

I read this article from Angus today with much amusement. Apparently Vista is more insecure than Windows 2000. I found this really very funny. Why? The number of virus infections found by a virus vendor does not necessarily equal poor security. In...

Recently Ive been doing a number of demos of SMS 2003 and MOM 2005 . I had to set up an environment to do it though in my lab which has 6 HP DL380 G4 Proliants , 3 of which run Virtual Server 2005 and have dual hyperthreaded proc's with 6GB RAM. I wanted...

This morning as I was waiting to catch the shuttle bus to the conference I noticed a number of Boston Police officers having a chat next to their car. Now in Australia this would never ever happen for two reasons: 1. There isnt this many Police...well...

Wow! We just released a whole bunch of blogcasts on Exchange. Now I dont have to do any Exchange ones! :) Exchange 2003 Technical Overview Exchange 2003 Management . Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003 Outlook Web Access . Exchange 2003 Security...

I wanted to post a quick update from our end to let you know whats happening. Ive had a flood of emails to ask how quickly we are going to respond in getting out the patches to affected products. Heres the official bit... "...Microsoft is aware of the...

Recently at TechEd Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong I've been presenting on Network Access Protection using 802.1x dynamic Virtual LAN's (VLANs) and Cisco switches. I've done this before actually in my previous blogcasts doing NAP with IPSEC but I...

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...

I remember a couple of years ago when I was touring Australia and presenting on WSUS I heard about these nasty issues with the WSUS server showing client not yet reported. Ive blogged about it twice before actually here and here. Well today I can blog...

Martin McClean let me know about this tool!! Thanks Martin! (he's the one who did the world famous AD Jigsaw Poster) Im always on the lookout for cool tools. Heres an alternative file copy tool to the one Vista has in it... I like multi threaded copy...

Exchange Server 2003 Issue: If a user tries to access a mailbox by using Microsoft Outlook Web Access, that user receives the following error message: 500 - Internal server error. If you log on to a client computer by using administrator rights and...

Got this in my mail from John Hathaway, who like me, laments the inability of hardware vendors to re-release/update their driver installers to work with Windows 7. I blogged about this some time ago but John has updated it further. Here's his feedback...

Often you'll want to change certain settings in your RDP files, or during configuration of RemoteApp, VDI or otherwise. I just noticed that finally the RDP Custom Settings reference has released at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff393699(WS...

Grant Holliday asked me for it so here it is! He wanted to know how to use WDS to capture a Windows XP image. The process is essentially the same as Vista although with the Vista image it can be used on any type of hardware - with the WinXP image its...

So if you saw my last post on SCCM 2007's install you'll get the idea that I'm still somewhat unimpressed with the initial setup of the product. I think its still a little messy and requires knowledge outside of the prerequisite checker. Hopefully that...

Michael Kordahi , a developer evangelist in the team I'm in sends this picture around today of a spinning dancer . Its a test to see which side of your brain you predominantly think with. Right brain thinkers see her spin clockwise. Left brain thinkers...

One of the joys of moving to the US from Australia is the abundance of cheaper electronic equipment. I had always wanted to get a colour laser printer for the family, so when the opportunity came up to buy one here for under $400 I jumped at it. Apart...

So Philipp asked . Now its here. DFS-N is DFS Namespaces. It's available in Windows Server 2003 Standard SP1 and up to Datacenter. Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard through the Datacenter adds a new and much better management UI to it but essentially...

So I always like to hear war stories about people playing with our latest stuff. This week I got to hear about Matt Duggan who works for Transurban and was wanting to put Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V RC1 on his Mac. Not just any Mac. This baby has...