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Managing storage is something administrators struggle with. I know when I was in Microsoft IT one of the biggest issues we had was data that was aged and no longer being accessed but still taking up an enormous amount of space. Organisations
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The Server Core option in Windows Server has been available since Windows Server 2008 and provides smaller install option with a reduced attack surface. Now with Windows Server 2008 R2 the Server Core option has gotten much better and is a great
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The IT Showcase team has released some new content covering a range of technology areas. Check out the content below and links to more information. Supply Chain Management Platform Supports Seamless Partner Collaboration The Entertainment and Devices
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Following on from our two previous TechNet Live events we are having our next one on Active Directory changes in Windows Server 2008 R2. All the details of the event are below. Product(s): Windows Server 2008 R2 Duration: 90 Minutes
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We have some great new content available from our IT Showcase team outlining how we deploy Virtual Machines using Hyper-V and how designed the corporate extranet to collaborate with partners without compromising security. Check out the content below!
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We have some great new content available that discusses how we consolidated our SQL Server instances to save on costs and improve environmental sustainability. Check out the content below. SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft With more than 4,700
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Yesterday we announced the availability of the Release Candidate of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. You can get the download via TechNet and MSDN . SP2 is an update that addresses feedback we have received from customers along
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In these tough economic times everyone has to find ways to conduct business more efficiently and of course do more with less. Our own internal IT department has been working for some time with different technologies to explore ways we can be more
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We have another free E-Book available for download and this time it’s on Understanding Microsoft’s Virtualization Solutions. The book is a 15MB download and is over 400 pages long so it’s quite a comprehensive. It covers all current
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James Bannnan from APC has uploaded the second instalment of the Life at the Coalface podcast series and this time it features our own Kleefy talking about some of the new group policy stuff his team has been working on for Windows Server 2008 R2 and
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In a previous blog post I showed you some changes we have made to the SMB protocol in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. To continue this series I wanted to share with you some more changes we have made in the area of file services. In
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The January 2009 Issue of Technet Magazine is now online. There seems to be a continuing theme from the December issue around identity an interoperability with an emphasis on the upcoming release of Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2.
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Well last week we ran our first ever TechNet Live! event in Australia. For those of you that did attend I hope this format works for you and you got something gout of the event. The first thing I wanted to do however was to apologise for not
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Yes as painful as it is to watch myself online; I’m up there presenting a new series in partnership with ZDNet Australia we are doing a series of “At the Whiteboard Videos featuring Windows Server 2008 ”. The goal is to translate technology issues
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One of the biggest improvements in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is in the area of file services. Everyone needs to copy files and get access to file shares. But in older versions of Windows such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003;
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