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Release of SP1 to the Public and More Vista Deployment Resources

We've been talking quite a bit about various aspects of Vista on the IT Manager Connection blog as well as the Canadian IT Pro blog - aspects such as configuration, deployment and the impact of service pack 1. SP1 became available to TechNet and MSDN Read More...

Most Useful MS Resource Sites

This article " The 20 most useful Microsoft sites for IT professionals " is worth a look since it gathers together in one place the resources you need. Have a look: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25840?nlhtnsm=rn_031208&nladname=031208networksystemsmanagemental Read More...

Building Secure Collaboration Extranets

While it's becoming more and more important to be able to connect and collaborate with partners, customers and organizations external to your own, it's IT's job to make sure this is done securely, without compromising company assets or systems. This can Read More...

Exposing Vista Myths and Making Deployments Easy

Perhaps easy in the title should be replaced with easier . After all, deploying a new desktop operating system is still not as simple as a mere push of a button and it's still not a job to give to your grade school nephew. Easy is a relative term. However, Read More...

Making Messy Deployment Projects Simpler

Desktop deployment is often thought of as the ugly step child of IT projects. It's much messier than server deployment. There's less control over what's really out there, more unknowns. Before coming to Microsoft, I made good use of all the free deployment Read More...

PowerShell and What You Need to Know

It's funny isn't it...you can say the same words to different people and they mean different things. Take "IT Manager" for example. Some IT Managers manage IT projects, others manage IT staff. Some work in large corporations, some in small organizations. Read More...

[Interview] Part 7: Barb Bowman - Best IT Resources

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with leading professionals. In this series of blogs, I have an exclusive interview with Barb Bowman . Barb is an i nternationally acknowledged home networking and device authority; Microsoft Read More...

[Guest Blogger] Getting IT done...All By Myself

Don Spencer (Waterloo, ON, IT Manager of Pano Cap Canada ) I'm just a lonely boy... Sometimes I feel like nobody else knows what it's like to be the only IT person in an SMB (small/medium business). I realize, theoretically, that there are many others Read More...