November 2007 - Posts
Last week, Rodney and I both had the opportunity to attend the Security Education Conference in Toronto (SecTor). It was an excellent conference, one that I would recommend if you have anything to do with IT security in your job and can make it to the
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WOW. We've taken your feedback over the last couple of years and created this webcast series focused on you and your career . We've had two go down with great participation and tons of questions. The format works great - it's all about you and your time
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A couple of days ago I reviewed the HTC Touch from Bell . Following on the mobile theme, we recently launched an updated Windows Mobile site at http://www.windowsmobile.ca with specific Canadian content and special offers. The site provides
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IT Pro Innovation is an interesting thing. Not only because it makes things that weren't possible, possible, but because it highlights the creativity and technical expertise of those doing the planning and implementation. It shows that being an IT professional
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One of the cooler parts of my job is being able to take a look at different hardware and software that our partners provide us with and then share my impressions with you. Recently, Bell provided me with an HTC Touch Windows Mobile 6 device to try
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The other day we posted an offer for TechNet Plus subscriptions offering $70 off. Pretty good deal until we heard that the US is offering $100 off. Considering the health of the Canadian dollar this didn’t seem right and a loyal reader named Luke pointed
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Today we announced the availability of the November CTP (Community Technology Preview) of SQL Server 2008 - the next generation of the SQL Server database platform. You can download either an ISO file or a self-extracting executable of the CTP for
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From the Beatles tune - "All you need is love" comes (with apologies to the Beatles) "All you need is RUS" Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail You need to see what is or isn't done Nothing should be seen if you're number one Exchange
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There is a lot of hype about web 2.0 for the last few years. Facebook, MySpace, MS Live Space and others have changed the way people interact and communicate. I am an active participant, as are many of you….it is not a geek thing anymore….it is a people
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Well it is a wrap! The MyTechnet Security Tour wrapped up last week with the final event in Toronto and Regina. Rick, Damir and myself had a great time meeting with IT pros in Canada to talk about security, and answer questions along the way. We had a
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Based on the recent success of the My TechNet Security Tour, IT pros and developers in Canada care about security. Computer security impacts our lives in so many ways from personal things like online banking, to protecting corporate assets. In order to
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We are often asked how a person can get the software to build up a demo environment and do the demos we do when we are on tour. Believe it or not, just because we work for Microsoft we don't have an unlimited pile of installation media and license keys
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....an organization: that was formed in 1976 whose business went live in 1989 who got their web presence online in 1996 who provides services via phone and online services who is working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year that has offices
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Last week Rick and I were in Vancouver for the My TechNet Security tour and again we had some great questions again. One of the SMS questions that came in had to do with deploying your self signed Root CA via Active Directory. When using an internal CA
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Interoperability is often on my mind. I've never worked in a 100% Microsoft shop, and when I started thelazyadmin.com it was running on the LAMP stack. Another thing that is often on my mind is virtualization. More and more people are adopting virtualization
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Yesterday, I blogged about the fact that Windows Home Server was released and you soon could buy an HP MediaSmart Server powered by Windows Home Server . It seems that HP is not yet shipping these units in Canada or the United States as their shopping
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I've been on the road now for 6 weeks - connecting with IT Professionals and IT Managers across the country (literally - St.John's to Vancouver). One of the questions that come up in almost every stop over the last 3 years of working on this team has
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As anyone who has talked to me, or attended a TechNet event over the last few months can tell you, I am a big fan of Windows Home Server . I even blogged about how during my vacation I got my geek on and got it up and running at our house to ensure the
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You might have seen the TechNet Security Quiz , but I am going to share the TRUE correct answers Rodney does not want you to SEE! 1. Which of the following is the MOST secure password? Good grief, those are all pretty easy. Come on, everybody KNOW that
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A chemist by education, an electrician by trade, a UNIX sysadmin and Oracle DBA because he raised his hand when he should have known better. An IT Director and consultant by default, and a writer by choice, Charlie is the author of more than 2 dozen computer
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