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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:53 PM
Exchange Server 2010 RC – now available for download
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility, enhanced user experiences, and increased protection for business communications. Flexible and reliable - Exchange Server
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Windows Server 2008 Interop with Linux and OS X
We’re a little over halfway done with the Interop Road Show I helped create. Last week Matt Hester did a simulcast of the live event from Chicago. Although he did a great job, I wanted to capture the demos with Camtasia v6.0.2 and provide some high quality
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:02 PM
Interop Road Show – webcast playback and downloads now available
Last week I took off for vacation. It was one of those marathon honey due vacations and I am happy to say I accomplished most of what I set out to do. The house is painted. The trees and bushes are trimmed. The pool is in top shape
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Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:38 AM
Interop Road Show Webcast - live this week on 5/6/2009
On Wednesday May 6th, we’ll be broadcasting the Interop Road Show . Actually it’s going to be a bit of a simulcast. Matt Hester will be in Downers Grove, IL doing a live delivery of the sessions, and we’ll pick up the audio and demonstrations
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:04 PM
Install Open Source Software (OSS) on Windows the easy way
Some of you have attended the Interop Road Show events we are currently delivering across the USA. At those events you have seen us install Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal and Wordpress on Windows Server 2008. Astute observation will reveal some
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Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:00 AM
Windows Client Road Show Featuring Windows 7, R2 and Internet Explorer 8
Spring brings not only rain and flowers (you know, April shows and May flowers), it also brings our spring technical events. And this time our technical events are taking on a slightly different form. Okay, to be completely honest, we are still calling
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:26 PM
US Central TechNet, MSDN and ArcReady Events Announced – register now!!!
Session 1 : Windows Server 2008 R2 – Optimize your Time Get a jump start on your peers with Windows Server 2008 R2 by joining us for this no nonsense technical session, where we will discuss the critical improvements in the next version of Windows Server.
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Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:46 PM
Interop Road Show – Texas events this week
Don’t forget we just started the Microsoft Interop Road Show and there are events in Dallas and Houston this week. The event in Dallas is actually at our office in Las Colinas, Texas (also known as Irving). Confused? Don’t be. See all of the information
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Monday, March 16, 2009 8:00 AM
Interop Road Show – registration now open
Is your IT Infrastructure fully dedicated to just one technology solution? Chances are you work in a heterogeneous environment that includes a variety of technologies from Microsoft®, Linux, MySQL and Apple. Integration becomes vital in order for your
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Friday, March 13, 2009 12:43 AM
Interop Road Show coming soon
You might have noticed I’ve been a little MIA in the past couple of weeks. Well, it’s been busy in my world as we are putting the finishing touches on the content demos, slide decks, etc. for the Interop Road Show we start in a few weeks.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:30 PM
TechNet and MSDN Unleashed Webcast: Windows Vista to Windows 7
There is an event next Saturday you might consider watching and listening to. It’s the first of many Springboard Technology Expert Panel (STEP) events to come. The STEP program is made up of Microsoft employees, MVPs and MCTs. This particular
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Monday, February 09, 2009 10:00 AM
Windows 7 Screencast – BitLocker To Go
Lets face it, we all make mistakes. Fortunately there’s a new Windows 7 feature that might just save your bacon if you misplace a USB drive with sensitive information on it. You’ve probably heard about BitLocker. It’s the drive encryption
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Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:39 PM
R2 Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) – guide now available
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, distributed database that contains mappings between names and other information, such as IP addresses. DNS allows users to locate resources on the network by converting friendly, human- readable names like
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:47 PM
Mactopia adds a new IT Pro area
The Microsoft Mac Business Unit has added a new area to their website to hold IT Pro related information. I personally think the information belongs at technet.microsoft.com but hey, it’s a start. See http://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/default.mspx
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Friday, December 05, 2008 9:14 AM
Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta - now available for download
Windows Server 2008 SP2/Windows Vista SP2 Beta is prerelease code offered to the public through our Customer Preview Program. Please see the Windows Server SP2/Windows Vista SP2 Customer Preview Program page on TechNet/MSDN for additional details, documentation,
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