I'm pleased to say that I'm off on a month of paternity leave as of....right now. My wife and I have had our first two children (boy/girl). Ok my wife did 99.99% of the work, but I was around for most of it J I’d like to say that the females of this...

Microsoft News & Announcements : http://www.microsoft.com/presspass Security Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): http://blogs.technet.com/msrc Anti-Malware Engineering: http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware Security Vulnerability...

A: Yes and a lot more on the way... Here are just a few website, blogs and webcasts. Websites Microsoft Virtualization Home Page http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/default.mspx Virtualization Case Studies http://www.microsoft...

As mentioned in: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/2/d/72da5b19-92ac-4094-bae8-d81e2b10f919/communicator_phone_edition_2007_release_notes.htm Special thanks to: Joey Grissom (Microsoft PSS) for this work. This is for informative purposes...

This is informative purposes only. At a minimum you will need to have the following configured on your network in order for the Tanjay to connect: DNS DHCP NTP Certificate Service registered in AD DNS The DNS zone for...

On Monday the Innoventions Dream Home opened in Disneyland, a collaboration between Disneyland, Microsoft, HP, Life|ware and home-builder Taylor Morrison. Windows Home Server/HP MediaSmart Server is in the Family Room-Office, backing up the Home’s PCs...

The following two discussion points arose today again for what feels the 100 time: Why Don't you recommend Virtualized DCs? Why Can't we point our domain DC to our network NTP servers – why should we set it to an external time server? Virtualization...

I found this on a unrelated search - I didn't know it existed and thought you all might be interested as well. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bcc879db-9fe6-4331-b231-e274ea8fc804&DisplayLang=en Overview This volume...

I have finally gotten a full OCS deployment under my belt: OCS Std., Edge (Access, Conf, AV) via ISA 2006, QoE, UCUpdate, and Audiocodes (PBX). I'll try to find all the links and whitepapers I used in making my lab over weekend. I'm hoping to document...

I’m trying to create some blogs with all the MS and External links I find useful in setting up my lab or working an issue with my clients. This is the start to Data Protection Manager. Its very short now – check back in a few weeks for an update. ...

Finally updated for OL2K7 !!! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8b081f3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&DisplayLang=en Overview Backing up your Microsoft Outlook information is quicker and easier with the Personal Folders...

I usually with hold judgment on Microsoft Products until they are in the wild - but the more I and my wife (who is now off on Maternity leave) use the Windows live services the more I'm believing the idea of "Software Plus Services" will work. Unfortunately...

With luck I have now discussed IE8 wiht all my Premier Clients - here is an excellent post from the IE blog about features for the enterprise. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/06/11/what-s-coming-in-internet-explorer-8-for-it-professionals.aspx...

http://www.server-quest.com/ A game like the old Space Quest games from TechNet. I'll post my high score one I play....

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35f53843-03f7-4ed5-8142-24a4c024ca05&DisplayLang=en Download Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) and preview the latest features of SQL Server 2008! The SQL Server development...

Server 2008 Core Commands: · Set IP Address: <Nic> <Dynamic or Static> <IP> <mask> <gateway> o Netsh interface ip set address “Local Area Connection” static 192.168.10.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1 · Set DNS <dns...

The Zune comes to Canada with designs by six Canadian artists being added to the Zune Originals artist series. Available online at www.zuneoriginals.ca , Canadians can choose to customize their Zune with laser-engraved artwork from inspiring Canadian...

The Kidaro/Microsoft deal formally closed in May. Kidaro is now officially off the market and the MS teams are working diligently on remediation of the product and creation of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Version 1. Our target launch...

On 10 June 2008 Microsoft is planning to release seven new security bulletins. Below is a summary in order of severity. New Bulletin Summary Critical: Bulletin Identifier Bluetooth Bulletin Maximum Severity...

The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection is now available . To learn more about the Kit, click here The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection helps you strengthen your malware...

I know that some of you have needs for data redundancy between datacenters (or geographical distribution of SharePoint servers within their farm). Due to technical (latency being a primary concern) considerations, geographical separation of SharePoint...

As many of my clients have heard me talk about, desktop search programs can KILL a file server or Exchange server under an amazingly small user load. Take a peak at the features available to Enterpises in v4. rs From: http://windowsvistablog.com...

Head over to http://blogs.technet.com/trm/ for your monthly fix per technology. Managability http://blogs.technet.com/trm/archive/2008/06/01/june-2008-technical-rollup-mail-managability.aspx Unified Communications http://blogs.technet.com...

Microsoft OFFICE Get quick tips from bestselling author Cliff Atkinson on how to create a 15-minute Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation. Also, watch our Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac webcasts with author and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional...

Microsoft MOMENTUM See how Microsoft unified communications bridge the gap between telephony and computing to deliver real-time messaging, voice, and conferencing across the applications and devices that people use every day. Tune in to this webcast...