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27 November 2005
Blogcast: Virtual Server 2005 R2 Host Clustering Walkthrough
With Virtual Server 2005 R2 just a few days away from public availability, many of you will want to know more about Host Clustering - a new capability supported with this release - what better way to find out than with a live on-demand demonstration, Read More...
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03 November 2005
Online Labs
Just got news in my inbox that all the US Virtual Labs for both Technet and MSDN are running on Virtual Server 2005 R2 which I thought was kind of cool. If you haven't had a chance to play with the online labs - you should. There's lots of labs which Read More...
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10 October 2005
License changes for Windows Server - Virtualisation goes mainstream
BIG NEWS DAY FOR VIRTUALISATION TECHNOLOGY! As was just announced at SoftSummit in Santa Clara, CA today, Microsoft is making some big changes to licensing in from Windows Server 2003 R2 which launches very soon. As was announced at the Microsoft Management Read More...
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12 September 2005
Core Infrastructure at IT Forum in Barcelona this November
So it's been a hectic few weeks for me. I'm nearing the end of pulling together the line-up for the core infrastructure track, so here's a a taster of some of the breakout session content you're going to see (subject to change, just to cover myself!). Read More...
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17 August 2005
Part 5: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - Exchange mailbox and Outlook Profile
Continuing the blogcast series on infrastructure essentials. The next stage in our infrastructure is to extend our infrastructure by building in one of the most important infrastructure applications - email. Our configuration uses Exchange 2003, and the Read More...
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15 August 2005
Lateral thinking - ADSI LDAP Provider to add users to groups
I've been meaning to blog this for a couple of weeks now. I was approached by Gagik with a query about ADSI scripting. Fortunately, I've certainly done a fair bit with ADSI given my background. The problem Gagik was having was adding a user to a group. Read More...
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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...
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03 August 2005
MOM SP1 is available for download
So hot off the heals of getting MOM 2005 installed with SQL 2004 SP4 , I find out that SP1 for MOM is now available. Now they tell me... quoting from the SP1 homepage (link at bottom) " Broader OS and database support, including <snip> and SQL 2000 Read More...
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28 July 2005
Data Protection Manager usage at Microsoft
More interesting stuff I just came across - a case study which details how Data Protection Manager has been deployed internally at Microsoft to perform backups for over 130 remote sites or "Branch Offices". I just love that term being applied to the UK Read More...
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22 July 2005
Longhorn renamed - it will be Windows Vista
Yes, you heard right. I found out a little while ago and there's been a few rumours flying over the Internet this morning. However, now it's 2PM in the UK, and 6AM Seattle time, the announcement is now live on the Microsoft presspass site here . Read More...
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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...
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20 July 2005
Popup follow-on from yesterday
Well, there is another difference between the msgbox function and popup method as was pointed out to me by several people. Msgbox only displays the first 1024 characters of a dialog whereas popup displays a lot more (I haven't looked to see what the actual Read More...
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19 July 2005
How to automatically dismiss scripted dialogs boxes - alternative to msgbox function
I guess I've been doing a fair bit of scripting recently - admittedly nowhere near as much as I did back in my dev days, but there's always something you learn new. I don't even have a specific use for this, neither was I able to imagine a practical situation Read More...
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15 July 2005
Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2
At the World Wide Partner Conference last week, there was an interesting announcement which didn't seem to get much by way of attention, but is especially relevant to many of you running Small Business Server. The announcement was that Small Business Read More...
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14 July 2005
64-bit Computing on Windows Server System
If you're now looking at 64-bit Computing on the Windows Server System, there's lots of information out there, if you know where to look. For developers, there a slew of webcasts available including ones for migrating, optimising, compatibility, and insider Read More...
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