There are those that do. Perhaps you? For most people topics like “data storage” and “backup/retention” just sound dull. That is until things go horribly wrong. Investing some time and effort ahead of time can save you a great deal of pain. System Center...

Welcome to the TechNet Conversations show of the 31st August. It's available as a WMA and an MP3 . This week we are joined by Cliff Hobbs - an expert in management technologies. Cliff is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a leader for the...

At July 2007's Financial Analyst Meeting Steve Ballmer presented on " Driving Shareholder Value ". Steve Clayton and Long Zheng referred to the "FY08 and beyond" slide as it effectively provided a roadmap to many of Microsoft's products - this is no mean...

Steve Clayton's post links to both coverage from MaryJo and the Vista SP1 white paper . Apparently Service Pack 1 is due out in the first quarter of 2008. Should you wait for it? In a word - NO. The security and easy of use benefits of Windows Vista...

If you are going to be in London on Sunday 2nd September and are looking for something fun to do then I'd recommend watching the Great British Duck Race! They're going to race 165,000 plastic ducks for charity - even if you're not able to go along you...

Unlike Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 includes effective role based security. There's a high degree of granularity available allowing the administrator to define exactly which operations are available...

The first TechNet Conversations Podcast (WMA) is now live - I published it moments ago. Note:It is encoded in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format - I will post an MP3 version once I can iron out a bug in the conversion tool I've been using. Later in...

Yesterday morning I missed a call from a number I didn't recognise. When I tried to return the call I received an automated message from a switchboard stating that the "shopping centre is closed...and that I should call back later". I don't get many...

Right here! There are several interesting recordings including discussion of System Center Operations Manager, an update on the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI). Note: click on the name of the speaker to hear/watch the associated session recording: The...

Many people (outside Microsoft) have cited concerns over how to manage Windows Vista's Bitlocker encryption feature set for large groups of machines. The native Active Directory functionality works pretty well and covers the automatic publication of the...

John Orefice has written a great paper titled SMS Evolved: A Powerful New Solution to Manage Your Systems for this month's TechNet Magazine . John explains in some detail important advances including "binary delta replication" which solves the problem...

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) includes an important new feature termed "Internet-Based Client Management". There is a growing trend for large organisations to have remote workers who hardly ever connect to the corporate network. The Jericho...

This post follows on from How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router , How to secure a wireless network: Part 2 of 5 - How to change the SSID , How to secure a wireless network: Part 3 of 5 - Reconfiguring a Vista...

* NOTE: I've fixed the broken link to the demo* This post follows on from How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router , How to secure a wireless network: Part 2 of 5 - How to change the SSID , How to secure a wireless...

This post follows on from How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router , How to secure a wireless network: Part 2 of 5 - How to change the SSID and How to secure a wireless network: Part 3 of 5 - Reconfiguring a Vista...

This post follows on from How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router and How to secure a wireless network: Part 2 of 5 - How to change the SSID The first post includes a detailed description of some key security...

This post follows on from How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router which includes a detailed description of some key security myths pertaining to wireless security. The first post also goes into detail about why...

This is the first part in a series of five blogcasts (video demonstrations showing you "how to") that look at how to secure a wireless network by configuring Wireless Protected Access (WPA) on both the Access Point (AP) and Vista/XP clients. Note:...

* Note: Thanks to Steven Audis for pointing out that some of the links were broken on this post - a weird glitch meant that only the administrator of the blog (me) could see them!) I really like NationalRail 's Vista Gadget - it's very handy for train...

The TechNet Radio podcast announced yesterday on Channel 9 discusses this month's security bulletin and includes and interview with Caleb Sima( Chief Technology Officer, SPI Dynamics) by Bryan Von Axelson ( IT Pro Evangelist). Click here to access...

Larry Orecklin ("General Manager at Microsoft focussed on the System Center family of Management products and Virtualisation") has announced that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Release(d) To Manufacture (RTM) by the end of...

Together with some other Microsofties I went to a cinema earlier this evening to see The Simpsons Movie - I really enjoyed the show. We went to a cinema that I've only been to once before and that was years ago. Upon booking online I was pleasently...

Note: This post has been amended as I originally stated that SCCM was at RTM - apologies for the confusion As Rob Marshall mentions , System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now in the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) state - it's the replacement for...

I received the following message from a friend on Facebook earlier: "Not sure this is true but.....If somebody called bum_tnoo7@hotmail.com adds you DON'T accept it because it's a hacker. Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds...

I recently set up a new wireless router at home and was disappointed to find that I couldn't connect to the network whilst upstairs. This didn't make a great deal of sense as I live in a house that's only ten years old so it's pretty much made of cardboard...