The quality of questions you asked and the warmth of your welcome was second to none. Sadly though the link to the slides somehow didn't make it to you prior to the event - apologies for this - George is on the case and will make sure that next time...

Thanks to Nik for letting me know about the MIT Hackers who dressed the statue of John Harvard up to make him look like the Master Chief on the night prior to the release of Halo3! Note: "The hack was removed by around 8am" Thanks to TungShen Chew...

Like James I wasn't able to get my hands on Halo3 yesterday due to being on the road. I managed to nip out at lunchtime today and pick up a copy though I'm now back @ the airport heading to Falkirk to meet the team in preparation for tomorrow's event...

I really enjoyed the interaction from the audience and the overwhealming enthusiasm everyone showed towards both the technologies and each of us. It's the first time in many many years that a Microsoft TechNet show has visited the North East. It's...

As promised @ the show in Newcastle yesterday I've posted the slides that James and I presented and those Eileen presented . The slides are in Powerpoint 2007 .pptx (XML) format - there's a free Powerpoint 2007 viewer available for download in case you...

As James mentioned on stage yesterday in many ways the announcement of Windows Server 2008's Release Candidate was somewhat lost in the noise of Halo3's launch. James' post explains how to enable the Windows Server Virtualisation role too - out of...

It's everywhere. James and I couldn't help but show Halo3 videos @ yesterday's TechNet On The Road event yesterday in Newcastle. It was rather funny to see the faces of the audience when we started the show with a trailer that echoed the words "You are...

Help! I'm trying to work out the most (cost) effective way to record the video from our TechNet on the Road tour. My aim is to publish the content from the show so that anyone on the Internet can follow the content after the event itself. We taking...

Thanks to the Sharepoint User Group for making me so welcome at their meeting last night in Reading. I was impressed to see both the size and enthusiasm of the audience and glad to see that there was a healthy gathering in the pub afterwards too. I...

Starbucks have deployed Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 for use by approximately 24,000 users in more than 6,000 stores. Their case study and associated solution brief provide a great deal of information covering their business challenge and the...

It seems like a long time since we launched Microsoft Office Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 and it's great to see how many people are using it day to day. I remember at the Exchange, Vista and Office launch (almost a year ago) and the subsequent roadshow we made...

Welcome to TechNet Conversations! This show was published on the 14th September 2007. We are joined by Darren Strange, Microsoft Ltd's product manager for Microsoft Office. Click here for the WMA version of the show and here for the MP3 version...

Chris Dalby @ Yellowpark has been busy interviewing tech folk and posting some interesting podcasts as a result. Chris covers a wide range of topics including Sharepoint, Social Networking, Unified Communications and energy saving.

TechNet Webcast: Reporting with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:00 A.M.–9:00 A.M. Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Security and Enterprise Features of System Center Operations Manager 2007...

Many external hard disks come pre-formatted in FAT32 format hence they can only take a maximum file size of 4Gb - that's why you get the "insufficient disk/disc space" message even though you have plenty of spare capacity. Thanks to James for reminding...

Welcome to this TechNet Conversations podcast with Andrew Fryer who explains what OLAP cubes are and how they can be used by IT Professionals to improve their business intelligence. The show is available here as a WMA file and here as an MP3 Andrew...

I was surprised to see that our formal data centre hosts 1224 Virtual Machine instances on only 86 physical hosts - that's a pretty good consolidation story. It's all managed with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and has been running on beta...

The Windows Virtualization Team blog includes a detailed post covering the Release To Manufacture of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). You can download a trial of the released version here . SCVMM is cool as it enables you to dynamically...

I know this is nothing to do with Microsoft but as an IT Pro myself I'd like to help others waste time trying to find the Vista drivers for the T-mobile 3G web'n'walk data card. I've recently rebuilt my machine hence need the Vista drivers for my 3G card...

The power of helping each other I did something silly earlier. I wanted to replace the battery for a small electronic device and didn't have a screw driver small enough to remove the tiny screws holding the case on. I sent out an email to an email...

On a Windows XP, Server 2000 & Server 2003 system if you multi-boot using the native boot loader it's pretty straightforward to edit the names listed in the menu you see at boot time - simply run a command shell (as an administrator), make the boot...

I've just spoken to Ray @ the Vista Squad User Group who told me he's been forced to postphone the meeting that was due to take place this Thursday (6th Sept) evening in London . I know many Londoners are finding it very difficult to get to work during...

DVDBurn is a handly free tool that you can download from Microsoft.com - the name's pretty descriptive as it enables you to burn an ISO image onto a DVD. Earlier today I attempted to use DVDBurn to burn the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK...