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Feedback from the Vista Install Fest

Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:35 PM by BruceCowper
So many of you have provided a huge amount of feedback from the Vista Install Fest and I thank you for everything,so I thought I would share this piece from Jason Leclaire.... WINDOWS VISTA BETA 1 INSTALL FEST As noted by Jason R. Leclair, MCP First of Read More...
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AD In-Place Migrations

Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:54 PM by BruceCowper
This is a topic that is always rather subjective, AD In-Place Migrations… One of my colleagues [ Rick Claus ] has been blogging about his experience over the years with just this sort of thing: http://blogs.technet.com/rclaus/archive/2005/08/29/409948.aspx Read More...
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Vista Install Fest Photos

Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:04 PM by BruceCowper
Again a huge thank-you to all those that came along and made the event such a success. One of my colleagues {Barnaby Jeans} has posted a number of photos and interviews he took during the afternoon, so go to his blog and have a look & listen! http://blogs.technet.com/barnaby_jeans/archive/2005/08/29/409955.aspx Read More...
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Vista Beta 1 Install Fest

Posted Monday, August 29, 2005 7:40 AM by BruceCowper
Now that was an AWESOME event. I hope you all had as much fun as I. There was an amazing response from the event, not only raising hundreds of dollars (there were some donations later on so I will let you all know how much we raised) and we filled a beetle Read More...
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TASK Defcon Rollup

Posted Monday, August 29, 2005 7:28 AM by BruceCowper
Continuing with my community gust blogger theme... I asked Brian Bourne from TASK and CMS Consulting to let you all know about the meeting on Wednesday (see www.task.to/eventss/upcoming.php ) for details. Defcon Review Just by quick introduction, I’m Read More...
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Oracle to SQL migrations

Posted Friday, August 26, 2005 9:47 PM by BruceCowper
I will admit to the fact that I can spell SQL ( I am an infrastructure and Security guy after all). I was however curious enough to sit down and start playing with SQL2005 this week and was most surprised to notice quite a few differences between SQL Read More...
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The joys of Virtualisation

Posted Friday, August 26, 2005 9:14 PM by BruceCowper
For those of you coming along tomorrow to the Vista Install Fest, you will be pleased to know that Virtualisation has saved the day. Yesterday I was happily verifying the servers were all up and running when the unthinkable happened - I had a hardware Read More...
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TASK - The Toronto area Security Klatch - www.task.to

Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:31 PM by BruceCowper
... and before you ask, a Klatch is (according to dictionary.com) “A casual social gathering, usually for conversation”. Between you and me I went to look this up on the Oxford English Dictionary and they wanted me to subscribe before telling… Read More...
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SQL 2005 Server CTP

Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:11 PM by BruceCowper
Okay, this wasn’t planned but after my last post I checked out the blog of one of my colleagues: Barnaby Jeans and he has just blogged about the SQL Server 2005 CTP; http://blogs.technet.com/barnaby_jeans/archive/2005/08/24/409752.aspx . In the Read More...
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Is your career development lacking?

Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:05 PM by BruceCowper
As an IT Professional over the years, a big focus for employer choice was working for a company prepared to invest in me. Then when I became an employer, I found very quickly that if I did not invest in the team they soon went elsewhere. Many I have voiced Read More...
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A Canadian Focus on IT

Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:30 AM by BruceCowper
Are you proud to be a Canadian? Well I think you should be… After now living in Canada for nearly 18 months, there are a number of observations that I think are worth sharing. Some are generalisations, all I feel are true… Canadians are a very friendly Read More...
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A Huge Welcome to Damir Bersinic

Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:28 PM by BruceCowper
I would like to extend a huge welcome to Damir, the newest member of the Microsoft Canadian IT Pro team. Damir has entitled his blog Canadian IT Pro Data Base . You can find his blog at: http://blogs.technet.com/damirb/ Damir's focus is Databases and Read More...
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The Current State of IT Communities

Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:13 AM by BruceCowper
I always like to get other people's opinions and what better way that having my own guest bloggers... Jean-Luc David, President of the Toronto Windows Server User Grooup ( www.twsug.com ) has put down his thoughts on the current state of IT Communities. Read More...
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The changing face of Security

Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 8:35 PM by BruceCowper
If I ask you the question - This time 3 years ago did you have an anti-virus and anti- spyware tool on your computer? The answer will depend on who you are… If you are an IT Pro (i.e. you work in the IT Industry) you most likely had an anti-virus Read More...
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Virtualisation via the OS

Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 4:36 PM by BruceCowper
I was perusing John Oxley’s Canadian IT Managers blog and found an interesting article about Virtualisation via the OS: http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2005/08/12/409115.aspx In the post, he talks about the roadmap for virtualisation. Read More...
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Building the Vista Beta 1 Install Fest Demo Network

Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 2:34 PM by BruceCowper
I have had the same question from a number of people about Windows Vista asking “That is great, a new operating system… now how to I deploy, secure and maintain it??” The question has really hit home over the last week with me building Read More...
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The New Year, New Possibilities and New Technologies

Posted Monday, August 22, 2005 11:10 AM by BruceCowper
The summer is always a break point for us from the old to the New Year at Microsoft. We are now finalising the planning for FY06 and I can safely say that you aint seen nothing yet! For those of you who don’t know, I am Bruce Cowper, and IT Pro Advisor Read More...
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What to bring to the Vista Beta 1 Install Fest

Posted Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:54 AM by BruceCowper
A number of people have asked me what they should bring along on the 27 th , so I have compiled a short list J Yourself (obviously) A computer including screen, mouse, keyboard and all cables (power, video etc). This is very important as we will not have Read More...
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Windows Vista Beta 1 Install Fest x86 Driver list

Posted Monday, August 15, 2005 9:08 PM by BruceCowper
I have put together a list of the x86 video drivers for the install fest. I suggest that if you can, use a card listed with LLDM after the name as these support Aero Glass. The list can be found here: http://blogs.technet.com/brucecowper/articles/409228.aspx Read More...
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Dual Booting Windows Vista and Windows XP

Posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:17 PM by BruceCowper
Have you tried dual booting with Windows Vista and Windows XP? Well, I sat down earlier to set up a machine to dual boot with Windows Vista and Windows XP, which proved to be a little interesting. I noticed when I installed Windows Vista on a separate Read More...
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Why the Vista Client Beta 1 Install Fest

Posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:25 PM by BruceCowper
For those of you who are coming along to the Vista Client Beta 1Install Fest I wanted to take a moment to highlight a few of the reasons why I designed the event and am spending so much of my time organising it (with the help of the TechNet team and others) Read More...
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Vista Beta 1 Install Fest Hardware requirements...

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:06 PM by BruceCowper
For the up-coming Vista Install Fest I have been asked by many what sort of hardware should I bring along… so what I though I would do is let you know what sort of machines I have installed Vista on to letting you know my experiences thus far… I will Read More...
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Vista Beta 1

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:13 AM by BruceCowper
Have any of you started using the Vista Beta 1 yet? I have been using the various builds internally for a while and decided recently to extend this to the members of the TASK and TWSUG user groups by putting on a Vista Beta 1 Install Fest later this month. Read More...
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Visiting the UK

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:30 AM by BruceCowper
I had a chance a couple of weeks ago to visit the Microsoft UK office and hook up with my colleagues there… Thanks guys, I appreciated the lunch etc! Okay, where is the point to this, well I thought I would give you my thoughts after the recent events Read More...
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Automatically Mapping Your Network

Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:05 AM by BruceCowper
I used to spend hours mapping networks I was working on until I discovered Visio and it’s auto detection facility. Now, as many of you may have noticed, in the latest version this feature was removed and more than a few people have asked me – Why Oh Why Read More...
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