October Connecting the Portal to the Backend with BizTalk Server 2004 Presented by Stephen Jeffries This session will explore the different connection options available using BizTalk Server 2004 which can be exploited from SharePoint Portal Server to...

In the last part of my fun Exchange 2003 deployment I wanted to enable RPC over HTTP for Outlook 2003's VPNless Exchange connection. Was actually quite easy, heres the process (for a single server Exchange deployment with no front ends) 1. Highly recommend...

While continuing to help my friend with his Exchange 2003 deployment I thought I would complete my ISA reverse proxy configuration that I started and complete the encryption process from the ISA Server back to the Exchange server now that the ISA Server...

Interestingly while checking on my blog today I discovered that my blog has been linked by the Microsoft SMS Community site....hmm...led me to think that seeing this has occurred perhaps I should talk about something SMS related :) One of the big problems...

Microsoft’s Certificate Authority (CA) is a great tool for implementing PKI and smartcards. Quite easy (for small deployments) too, with Windows 2003’s support for auto enrolment of the cards it can assist with taking a lot of the management away aswell...

Recently had the pleasure of helping a friend with an Exchange 2003 move from Exchange 5.5. Went very well and we ended up decommissioning the Exchange 5.5 box well ahead of the plan. We wanted to provide all the great mobility value that Exchange 2003...

Finally some of the events have started appearing on TechNet Lounge for the Australian SIGs . You need to sign in to regsiter but the first two are: "Microsoft's Operations Management Product, MOM 2005 " with Tama Horvath "Custom Development with Microsoft...

Check this out then... http://www.microsoft.com/products/music/default.mspx I like the Portable Media Centers the best. Syncs up with your MCE at home....nice!

Been awhile since I blogged and I figured I better tell what Ive been doing. Im trying to meet as many people as I can and talk about Microsoft's FY05 plans to help them and get as much information to them as they need around the Infrastructure and Applications...

Last time I made a fleeting reference to the DSI initiative. I think this is really, really cool. As IT Pros, we need to on a daily basis understand how the environment and applications are running. If any one component is not working correctly then the...

Had a company meeting this week in Sydney. Always good to get together and meet your peers face to face. The unfortunate bit is the time away from your family and when you have small children like I do, it means your wife has no-one else to take the load...

Nick Randolph , MVP Mobile Devices and Imagine Cup Judge just did a fantastic presentation on the .NET message and "why webservices" to a room full of faculty and students at the University of Western Australia. He did some deep comparitive stuff between...

Im now working on getting the Special Interest Group (SIG) events calendar worked out for FY05 with the rest of the team. We intend to post the complete list to the TechNet Lounge website once we're happy with it. I have a view that many IT Pros and Applications...

So XPSP2 has released. Finally. Its interesting that even though we have told everyone about it, gave them betas and RC's and all the deployment whitepaper stuff, Im now getting lots of questions about, “Look we're really concerned about this service...

TechEd 2004 is nearly over. I did the Windows Sharepoint Services and Office 2003 one that Chuck wanted me to do. It actually went quite well. I had USB memory sticks to give away and prompt lots of questions. Funny how that turns the session into something...

TechEd is always a bundle of joy! Friday afternoon last, happily preparing for my Windows Server presentation, Chuck calls me and tells me he has a speaker cancellation and do I know anything about the Office 2003 Local Installation Source . Nup...dont...

Yesterday I got a piece of feedback relating to an RRAS issue with multiple modems from James Hancock . He commented; “...I'd just be happy if RRAS actually knew when one of my dual modems disconnected, and automatically reconnected it for me...

One of the things Im most excited about with Windows Server 2003 R2 next year is the new Network Access Protection stuff. We had some of this stuff present when Windows Server 2003 shipped with the VPN quarantine service but now this takes it to a new...

Man, this blogging thing is becoming a diary of my day.... Isnt BizTalk 2004 the best product! Ive been doing a project with a team for awhile connecting BizTalk 2004 to SAP for business process orchestration and exposing SAP interfaces through adapters...

Today Im preparing for TechEd 2004. Im presenting the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Under the Hood session. Ive gone over the presentation deck that was done in the US and Im thinking I might put some extra stuff in it if I can, like some bits on the Windows...

Hiya! Im Michael Kleef. Ive been at MSFT for 4 years now as a Technology Specialist helping customers understand the value of Microsoft's technology and what they can do with it. Ive just started a new role as an IT Pro Evangelist. The title certainly...