September 2006 - Posts
To manage expectations as per the technical level of the events that I host for IT Professionals around Ireland I use the Microsoft's standard level definitions. To ensure that there is no confusion out there I wanted to clarify what each level means
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Data Protection Manager (DPM) is Microsoft's new backup and recovery solution. You can try out Version 2 Beta 1 here.
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Finally I have an answer to a question that I get quite regularly. That is: "How can I find out which are the patches that I'm missing" ... now there is a Security Bulletin Search Engine on TechNet that will answer that question and will show you exactly
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We are hosting the Microsoft Management Summit Event (MMS) in the Guinness Storehouse on 20 October. The focus of all content is on managing the dynamic IT environment using products, technologies and solutions from Microsoft. The solutions explored during
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I've heard from my TechNet colleagues that these Vista Guides have been very popular with IT Pros across Europe so I wanted to make them available to you here in Ireland. All the guides available for download at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=311f4be8-9983-4ab0-9685-f1bfec1e7d62&DisplayLang=en
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TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 R2 Technical Overview (Level 200) Monday, October 02, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time Chris Henley, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032309138&Culture=en-US
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IT organisations have become more geographically dispersed and individual roles more specialized. Some IT professionals have found it increasingly difficult to collaborate across roles and conduct typical management and maintenance tasks in areas such
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To get a true taste of what difference Windows Vista can make to your organisation you can put it through its paces by trying out these top 10 things as outlined on the US TechNet site here . Plan an Easier Deployment Improve Security and Compliance Manage
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If you have never heard of IT's Showtime before, you're in for a treat. Basically we video everything (technical sessions, demonstrations, events, etc) and post them up on the web. We've just put the content from TechEd in the States up there http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/itsshowtime/
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Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is now available for download. Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, as well as those people who signed up for the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) with
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With Windows XP, customers often had to make tradeoffs in features and functionality as the Windows XP editions were aligned with specific hardware types. With Windows Vista, customers now have the ability to make choices between editions based on the
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Microsoft is broadening the scope of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program, which began last quarter with the release of Windows Vista Beta 2. The CPP enables developers and IT professionals who do not have access to Windows Vista RC1 through other
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Dave here. Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista was signed off at the weekend (which means my guess on Friday way correct - I've been running RC1 since Friday and it's VERY good).. RC1 will be available on TechNet and MSDN and our connect site for beta
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Dave Northey and a couple of the technical team in the Irish office downloaded what we believed to be Windows Vista RC1 from an internal site at lunch time on Friday. It was build 5600 and we were 98% sure that it was RC1. However, seeing as it hadn't
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We're hosting a TechNet Training event on SQL Server 2005 in both Dublin and Belfast on September 26th and 28th respectively. This event will be technical deep dive covering best practices on how to upgrade from older versions of SQL Server or how to
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