I got handed one of these TyTN II devices a few days ago to show at the Unified Communications tour currently going around the country. Its not my usual cup of tea as I've previously preferred SmartPhone style devices but recently really loved using my...

Well after a few issues in finding out where it was after I ordered it which were subsequently (and rapidly!!) resolved...its time. It arrived yesterday! Yay! I was curious to see if the hype really was all it was cracked up to be on this unit - initial...

From the same Microsoft Consulting Services team that brought you the Active Directory Component Jigsaw and the Windows Server 2008 Component Poster comes the Exchange Server 2007 Component Poster . Download it now! Its creation has been sponsored...

Greg Howard from Avanade Australia has been doing some work with Windows Server 2008 RC0 recently. He’s been doing some proof of concept projects for some of Australia’s biggest businesses on the use of Windows Server virtualization. In newly released...

Wow - I'm impressed. Many of you saw my previous post lamenting on Lenovo's lack of contactibility . Well as it turned out the day I posted the blog entry I even had customers I know emailing me asking if I still needed a contact, I had internal people...

Its funny how you get a whole bunch of similar questions at the same time. A couple of weeks ago Ian from a city council in Melbourne was asking me how he could verify whether an application was developed according to Microsoft guidelines so that he could...

Recently Jeff has been showing off his Lenovo T61p . He was having stacks of problems with his Toshiba A7 which was out of warranty and breaking down so he needed a new one. Its a nice unit actually - scores really well in Vista's performance and...

Jeff and I have finished the TechNet Update for October on Network Policy Server and Windows Server Update Services 3.0. The resources I used in the session along with links to webcasts I've done are available below. The slide decks require PowerPoint...

I got an email a couple of days ago from a concerned IT Pro: "...I read that public interface of edge server must have public certificate (this link in edge server document: http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=SupportedCAs ) I want...

I was contacted recently by a WA customer who had concern that calendar items weren't rebasing correctly. He emailed me with the following: "...Can you please test and report on the recently released Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool (see KB931667) as...

I've presented at two of the TechNet Updates now travelling the country. There's a couple of things in the decks that people have been really interested in: 1. Peer caching capability - Picture a scenario of two PC's on the same subnet that contact...

This came across my email today - we have released a lot of new training courses all totally free and much of it using Virtual machines. Theres SQL Server, Windows Server 2008, SharePoint, Office Communications Server 2007, Exchange 2007 UM, Developer...

UPDATE: 17/10/07 Second Perth TechNet Update session cancelled due to low numbers. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Due to popular demand, we've put on a second session for the TechNet Perth Update. You can register here: <<Link Removed>>...

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...

The October 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine is now online at www.technetmagazine.com/issues/2007/10/ . This month go green. Learn how schools and nonprofits benefit from recycled PCs, see how to turn down the heat in your datacenter, and how to tune your...

Today I was blogging and asking who is trying out Window Server 2008 in Australia? Within 2 hours I had a response (and there goes one of the 5 Halo 3 hooded jumpers I have). Here's what Anthony from YourASP told me about their trials: "...I was...

Brian Tucker's at it again. He's gone SCCM 2007 mad! He's done a blogcast...actually lots of blogcasts (Yes Keith there are others that call them blogcasts aside from me:) ) He's done a massive all up start to finish guide on getting going with SCCM 2007...

I'm keen to see who's doing some interesting work in Australia on Windows Server 2008 or on SQL Server 2008. Are you piloting it yet? After all we're now in RC0 for Windows Server 2008 at least! If you are piloting currently, can contact me about it...

The game isnt finished yet thought you've probably heard the phrase "it ain't over till the fat lady sings"...well in this instance its over. Very over. At three quarter time Geelong has quadrupled Port Adelaide with a score of 125 to 35. They ain't comin...

A whole bunch of IIS 7 webcasts just released. Yeah I know it all says 9:30am Pacific time - which means about midnight Perth time, much of Asia and worse about 2am in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane etc Im sure they will be recorded though for later viewing...

Recently I've been thinking more and more about the problem of end user risk. It was prompted by some discussions with a small company here who lamented that they had to place extreme policy controls in place because their users would "wreck it " otherwise...

Finally its released! SCVMM is a management tool that allows you to manage multiple Virtual Server R2 hosts and the images running on them. Keith Combs has done a few "screencasts" of these (that's what he calls them - sounds like a Hollywood movie thing...

Ive had a few people interested in the process of introducing this concept of an RODC into a Windows Server 2003 Forest. In this blogcast I'm showing how you can use the Windows Server 2008 installation option of Server Core in combination with RODC to...

I was reading the Australian Reseller News article today on wireless security . It had me intrigued that people seem to equate wireless security with a costly deployment. "...Three quarters of respondents said that security spending was going to rise...

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...