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One thing I mentioned a few times on the HHH tour in Canada was the ability for you to download a build guide to set up your own lab and follow the steps to do all the demos on your own in your virtual lab. Well it is finally done! Before I shared it
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A few weeks ago I posted an entry with some information on a web cast being held with Mark Russionovich around Vista and deployment. Mark was joined by a group of experts and IT Pros who have already deployed Vista and they took your questions throughout
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My buddy Garth asked me to post this up on the Blog to see if we can drive some registration and interest on an upcoming UserGroup meeting here in Ottawa. I've been working with Garth for almost 3 years as he runs the Infrastructure focused OWSUG group.
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(cross post from http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2008/02/11/managing-a-smooth-windows-vista-sp1-deployment.aspx ) Earlier this month, both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 were released to manufacturing (RTM), which is great news
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So this morning at 5:50AM PST Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing. Over the next few weeks and months you will see them become available through OEM and Volume license channels, retail channels and Windows Update (SP1 only).
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I know a lot of people who are running Vista and disabling UAC. I'll admit UAC can make for a frustrating install and setup experience with the repeated prompts with every application you install and every MMC console you launch. Turing it off, while
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Damir and I have returned from Montreal after dropping in for the My TechNet Security tour. We had a great time at the Montreal IT Professionals Group talking about data security tools in XP and Vista and then a packed house at the event on Thursday.
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I was catching up on my RSS reading and noticed a post by my fellow IT Pro Advisor, Ruth Morton , on the Canadian IT Managers blog . It seems that the time is nearing, time for another round of DST "fun". She posted some great links which I'll share here...
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I do! I am the first to admit that licensing can be really confusing but there are some tools that can help you (including the CanITPro team) navigate the waters so to speak. In the virtualization realm there are some calculators which I linked in a previous
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A fellow IT Pro Advisor from Australia, Michael Kleef , posted an link to an article on identity management at InformationWeek.com . The article talks about centralized identity management and refers to a survey saying "64% of the 627 IT pros surveyed
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Dani Sarfati (Winnipeg, Manitoba) DST Patching So as you can imagine, the DST changes have been on the top of everyone's mind lately. I can't count the number of things I've had to patch besides computers. My GPS had a patch, my Moto Q and my wife's GSM
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As you have heard, the team was in transit back from an internal training conference called TechReady. Tons of sessions and content on things like Longhorn server, Windows Server Virtualization and Windows Mobile 6. I was catching up on my RSS feeds while
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Even though the entire team is out in Seatte for TechReady4, our internal technical training extravaganza, I did not want to miss the opportunity to let you know that a very important tool to help you test your applications for Vista compatibility is
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5 sessions later - Barnaby and I on stage for the second time in two years, we delivered the content - Ottawa seemed to be pleased and we had a lot of fun.We're going to be going through the feedback and evaluation forms as well as comparing notes after
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Main room loading up just after the keynote and Barnaby and I are 2 minutes before showtime. I heard after taking my first break - 1200 individuals showed up - more than expected. I would have to say it was the largest crowd I've seen in Ottawa. Lots
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