VT's Blog

The Blog of Viral Tarpara A Smart 27 year old's thoughts on Windows, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, and Productivity

November, 2007

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    Meet Microsoft Server Core

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    The evangelists at Microsoft Across America have just released a great 8-part screencast of Windows Server 2008 Core. None of the videos are longer than eight minutes and most are around five so WATCH THEM ALL! Here is an excerpt from Keith Combs's article...
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    Connectors and Investing in Open Technologies

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    So I presented at Falkirk to an awesome audience about Search Server 2008 and had some interesting questions.  I've learned in my travels that geography plays a huge part in the sophistication of an audience.  Don't get me wrong, I am not insulting...
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    BBC Homepage Introduces Adverts, Hell Freezes Over

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    Being new to the UK, I've learned two valuable lessons; one, when a cab driver talks about the weather, always agree with him.  "Weather's cold today sir?," says the cabbie.  "Oh no, zin Germany, much colder, zis is noting,"...
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    FAQ: Microsoft Announces Search Server 2008

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    Microsoft is excited announce two new product offerings.  Search Server 2008 and 2008 Express will allow organizations to easily implement enterprise search capabilities in their environment irrespective of SharePoint, which was required for our...
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    Let Microsoft Search Server 2008 Set You Free

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          Tacky tag-line, I know and I promise only to do it sparingly in the future.  Following up on my FAQ article explaining what Microsoft Search Server is , I thought it would be relevant to inform all of you that the product is...
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    Presentation Deck for Search Server 2008

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    So anyone who attended our events in Falkirk and Manchester, thank you for attending and here is the extended version of the PowerPoint presentation I used.  Please send me your questions via this blog so I can follow-up and answer them.  There...
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    Do You Deploy Windows with Floppy Disks?

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    Of course not, if you do, you're dumb.  Please unsubscribe from my RSS feed now please.  During a late night after-party recap, me and James started talking about cool stuff *deployment? Where's Kanye? *  that people should do but don't...
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    Thank You TechED and Musings From My Vacation

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    My blogging has been on hiatus because of a lot of traveling these past few weeks.  I've logged over 12,000 miles in two weeks and all my clocks are on different time zones.  As I pickup the the pieces of the train-wreck that is my inbox these...
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    Confessions of a Mobile Blogger

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    So for the last few weeks I've been secretly blogging without a computer. I won't tell you which articles, but a few of them were written, hyperlinked, and published via my Orange M3100; shitty phone, great pda. I accomplished this amazing feat by using...
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    Mac Office 2008 SKUs Announced with Free Upgrades

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    I've told a lot of people that Mac Office 2008 is one of the coolest consumer products that Microsoft has in the pipeline.  It is really going to open up the way students and home users generate content for projects, classes, and even for business...
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    What Idiots Still Fall for These Scams?

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    With spam reaching almost 90% of all Internet traffic, I am proud to say that I get maybe one message of spam every two months.  Seriously.  My Microsoft inbox is clean, so is my GMail account.  But every now and then I have to check my...
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    Are You on Edge?

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    Goodbye Scott Stuart, I Really Bought Your Vision

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    On a personal note, I'm really sad to see Scott Stuart leave the company.  I only know Scott because of a few presentations he's done as Microsoft's CIO.  Being responsible for how technology is implemented in a global 80,000 employee organization...
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