Go get it from http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/evaluation/trial/ ....

Last week I attended and presented at Devweek in the UK as part of their architect track on Models and Languages . It was pretty much my standard presentation on models, Frameworks, SOA, Languages, tools and process. There were about 50 people in the...

A couple of weeks ago I had to do a week of interviews of very senior architects and it was a very interesting experience. I came into it with a fair amount of cynicism but actually it worked remarkable well. The format was that people applied and sent...

Resource Page for TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Administration Series (Part 4 of 12): Group Management (Level 100) Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:00–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time, United States and Canada (UTC-8) Here are some resources relating to...

So I’ve had my fingerprint reader for a while now, it’s been pretty useful and I find many more uses for it everyday (seems to have no effect when I point it passing cars). However I have to say that after reading TBB’s post about the LED being on 24x7...

Some time ago I posted on constructed attributes. There was a snafu in an item I posted (and by snafu I mean mistake). I said that constructed attributes are only returned in base searches. This is incorrect in the general case. This is true for some...

I quite liked the idea of Smart Tags. Unlike "Smart Tags Are Evil" Scoble . I like the way Smart Tags work in Word documents, and I wish they'd been included in IE. Perhaps not in the "sponsored" format that was mooted (links to MSN/Google properties,...

Okay so these tools aren ' t totally free but I didn ' t really have anywhere else to categorise them. Anyway I ' m sure I ' ve seen advertisements that boast "you can get a ‘free’ toy with every packet of some breakfast cereal". Well these tools are...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back you showed us how to use a File Open dialog box in our scripts. At the same time you said you’d show us how to use a multi-select dialog box. Did you just forget about the multi-select dialog box? -- AA Hey, AA. Yes, we...

We have re-scheduled our web-chat session to March 03' 2005. We regret the technical inconvenience caused to our customers last time. The team here curiously waits to chat with customers and partners. Please join us for the Tech-Chat and avail the benefits......

In my line of work, I talk to lots of people about the "hows" of upgrading to the latest and greatest technology. Consequently, I've referred many people to the link below which is a great source of tips and links to other information worth considering...

Recently I was asked to build a SQL 2000 Reporting Services report against an Analysis Services 2000 parent child dimension. The report also has to contain member properties. The main issue I faced was that Report Builder returns a flattened rowset where...

Keep Your Server Up to Date On this page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/downloads/default.mspx you will find Windows Small Business Server 2003 updates. To keep your server up to date, you should install these updates (in the order specified)....

A number of Bloggers(including Thomas Lee and Mark Osbourn ) have been discussing both Project Endurance and the recent posting of the UK Government's Security Awareness site . As early as last Autumn The Register posted a good summary of the project...

Make sure you are prepared for fact-based discussions with customers by explaining the open source software landscape and the major differences between commercial and open source software. Take this online course (the first of three designed to prepare...

Be sure to sign up for the next TS2 Seminar in your area. TS2 is an exciting, half-day session for our Partners. Topics being covered are: Deploy and Maintain Windows Server 2003 SP1, Track and Maintain your Network using Microsoft Operations Manager...

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It's great that even the BBC understands the basic concepts behind identity management ( BBC NEWS | Technology | Solutions to net security fears ) and the problems associated with multiple identities. The token approach (as promulgated by RSA, Activcard...

Common question I’ve been getting lately is “does the source of a cross-site move with the Exchange 2003 SP1 functionality have to be a 5.5 server?”. The answer is no . You can move mailboxes cross-site if the mailbox is currently on...

Couple of Exchange tidbits I’ve been saving up for a while. None of them are on my usual topics (Exchange clustering, site consolidations, etc) and they are not large enough individually to warrant their own post, but hopefully they’ll help...

Die Unterteilung von SQL Server 2005 in die verschiedenen Editionen ist jetzt verfügbar: http://www.microsoft.com/germany/ms/presseservice/meldungen.asp?ID=531299 http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/sql2005features.asp Außerdem gibt es neu die...

Cristian also asked: "...When you configure it via GPO to update from your local WUS or SUS all the options become greyed out, which is fine.. However, I would appreciate a button with a Update from WUS/SUS now! in that area, this will help me a lot to...

Paul Kougi asked: "...I was wondering if it was possible to use bits downloading (with the BITS software pushed out) on an NT4 PC using the legacy client?..." BITS is only supported on Windows 2000 and higher. There are two clients, the Legacy client...

Rob Asked: "...We are deploying a few SIP Servers in client sites to eliminate attack vectors from external instant messenger issues. I know that Microsoft has deployed this technology extensively across all of its branches, however I question how this...