Yesterday I uploaded the 1.1.0 release of the Quota Message Service , which allows you to send custom messages to users who exceed their quota. New to this build - setup improvements, including logging via MSI of setup actions and failures, a fix for...

Im zweiten Blogcast erkläre ich, wie man die Bannermeldung des SMTP-Servers von Windows (den auch Exchange nutzt) so abändert, dass er keine Versionsinformation mehr anzeigt. Der Blogcast hat eine Länge von 3:19 min und steht als Online-Stream zum sofortigen...

Den Test der richtigen DNS-Konfiguration kann man mit vielen Worten beschreiben oder mit einem Blogcast beantworten. Neugierig, was ein Blogcast ist?...

I shall be presenting this first webcast myself and hosting the other two – hope you can join in. 23 March, 10am: TechNet Webcast: Business Intelligence on the Microsoft Platform This webcast is will provide IT Professionals with a complete technical...

Yesterday we released RootkitRevealer v1.30. This release is in direct response to Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) discovering actual installations of the Hacker Defender rootkit on customer systems that target RootkitRevealer. RootkitRevealer...

Cool stuff here - Windows Server Update Services has reached the RC milestone. You can download a version of Update Services here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/evaluation/trial/default.mspx What does this have to do with...

There is an interesting discussion with Steve Cook on software factories in this month’s DNJ online. I understood most of it, the bit I didn’t get was about how patterns are a modeless software factory. I have always been puzzled about the relationship...

So heres some more thoughts on the Windows and Management track: Server and Domain Isolation: The Next Big Thing in Security and Infrastructure Integrity Assurance Active Directory Design and Deployment: Tales of the Unexpected Active Directory Federation...

OK. We’re getting close to done on the Security track. Any comments on the below sessions? Ther’’s a few more to come but they depend on product release cycles….:) How To Get Your Network Hacked in 10 Easy Steps What Nobody Told You About Protecting SQL...

Coming May 2005: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit ISBN: 0-7356-1471-7; US$249.99 SRP, special introductory offer at US$199.99 All of the in-depth technical information and tools you need to manage and optimize Windows Server 2003—with expert...

Ah… vacation. Sweet down-time with the family. This week finds me in lovely Naples, Florida visiting my parents who recently purchased a winter get-away condo down here. I sincerely wish everyone could have as lovely a retirement as this. “But...

Tomorrow will be the 5th of our on-going series of Executive chats. Here are the details: Chat Title and Description Executive Chat - Longhorn Networking Revealed Networking revealed or unraveled? Join Jawad Khaki, Corporate Vice President of the Networking...

I’m grateful to Andy Steer of Contemporary, one of our Gold BI Partners here in the UK , for pointing me to this useful free utility from.sqldbatips.com Overview: Reporting Services Scripter is a .NET Windows Forms application that enables scripting of...

Just found that my blog was chosen as hot topic of the week for the Microsoft Content Management Server section of the official Microsoft Office Website!...

Michael Wood asked me today about migrating from the “free” POP3 mail in Windows Server to Exchange 2003. Great question! Exchange 2003 provides a Migration Wizard to migrate from a variety of sources…unfortunately POP3 isn’t one of them! If Windows POP3...

I've been using MSN Desktop Search (MDS) for several days now and overall am happy with it. Since I'm using Outlook and Office I don't have a problem with its lack of support for some non-MS technologies. Its search is fast, though the results aren't...

For those of you that have used the previous version of this handy little tool will be glad to know that version 2.0 has just been released. Check it out at: Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool 2.0 Later.....

Friends, the book is now ready at Amazon for pre-ordering. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321336437/protectyourwi-20 Thanks to everyone for all your interest!...

Have you ever wanted to limit concurrent lgons in a distributed AD environment? We have just released to the web a new tool called Limit Login v1.0. The challenge of limiting concurrent logons in a distributed environment is huge, and although LimitLogin...

Following Deepak's question, asked in his comment on my previous UDM post , I quizzed our internal Yukon alias and received the following useful info regarding using SQL against a UDM; thanks to Akshai Mirchandani. AS2005 supports a limited set of SQL...

Calling all IT Pros in Edmonton! I have been contacted by a number of people after the recent TechNet sessions in your city and there seems to be a great deal of interest in getting a usergroup running... If you are interested in getting involved, please...

This is a 1st post related to Mailbox Manager in this series, where I am trying to answer some most common questions about how this works. What is Mailbox Manager? Mailbox Manager is a tool that was designed to help enforce corporate message retention...

This came across my desk this morning....I see a lot webcasts and chats invites come by and not of lot of them raise my eyebrows - but these two definetly did. If you are interested in interacting with some of the Key Executives from Microsoft, AMD, and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a way I can be notified any time a network cable gets unplugged on a computer? -- DD Hey, DD. A lot of people, when growing up, had a grandmother or an aunt or someone somewhere who had a house with a big attic, an attic overflowing...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve moved to Redmond and taken a position within the Exchange product group. This may come as a surprise to folks who thought I already lived in Redmond (I actually lived in Charlotte, NC until last week)!...