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05 August 2005
IT Forum 2005 - Barcelona
The Microsoft IT Forum 2005 web-site is now live to take registrations. The agenda is being formulated now and will be going live in the next few weeks. This is a major event for IT Professionals in Europe (or even further in many cases) with many high-profile Read More...
02 August 2005
Installing MOM 2005 with SQL 2000 SP4
I was attempting to install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 on my laptop a week or so ago, and struggling to work out why the MOM installed kept saying that the pre-requisites for installing MOM weren't up to scratch. Specificially, it was complaining Read More...
25 July 2005
Group Policy Wiki
I must learn more about Wiki's - it's not something I've been inclined particularly to look at in any great depth, but they are a great way to collaborate and share information about just about anything. Having just found a Wiki on Group Policy, it had Read More...
21 July 2005
Malicious Software Removal Tool
As much as a bookmark blog as anything else so I know where to find it. You may have seen the malicious software removal tool come down through WindowsUpdate/MicrosoftUpdate. What I didn't know was that a version with the latest updates is released on Read More...
27 June 2005
Windows Sharepoint Services SP1 on Exchange 2003
This weekend, I was playing around yet more with my home infrastructure, "dogfooding", so to speak. One of the things I wanted to get running was Windows Sharepoint Services SP1 (the baby brother of Sharepoint Portal Server). However, I've pretty much Read More...
22 June 2005
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Blocking Toolkit
As for the capability (now expired) to stop Windows XP SP2 being delivered through Microsoft Update, now a similar toolkit is available for download from Microsoft.com to block SP1 for Windows Server 2003. It is critically important to realise that the Read More...
14 June 2005
Forms Based Authentication and RPC/HTTP over single IP using ISA 2004
You would think that this would be something fairly simple to do.... Well, think again, unless you know. In the scenario I was trying to get working, there are essentially three servers involved - a domain controller running Windows Server 2003, a single Read More...
13 June 2005
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Download Link
While on the subject of patching here is the home page for the newly released Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the next generation of SUS. To find out more about patching, management and securing your networks, have a browse through Eileens or Steves Read More...
01 June 2005
Windows Management through Remote Desktops Snap-in. Save space on your TaskBar
I was speaking to a customer this morning about Windows management generally and this happened to come up in conversation. There are many ways to manage servers remotely in Windows, but the customer was asking if there was a way to avoid his nightmare Read More...
10 May 2005
DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative)
Some of you may have heard of DSI - the Dynamic Systems Initiative. Understanding DSI can be difficult, hence I thought I'd alert you to a really great new Flash-based demonstration of DSI which has just gone live on the DSI webpage. This demo examines Read More...
16 April 2005
Microsoft Knowledgebase is now available as an RSS feed
It had to happen - RSS everywhere, and this is another great example. The Help and Support site ( http://support.microsoft.com ) can now provide an RSS feed to your favorite RSS reader program with daily feeds of new articles relating to the products Read More...
18 March 2005
MIIS Alliance formed
A great day for identity management and the MIIS product ! The reason - five leading companies, NetPro, Oblix, Oxford Computer Group, PointBridge and Vintela recently announced the formation of the " MIIS Alliance " - a consortium of industry-leading Read More...
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