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January 2006 - Posts

Here I am.. on the road again...

..there I am, up on the stage.. “ Yeah! I’m currently in Omaha, about to do my first live TechNet Events of the new year, and I am excited about the content we’re bringing you this time around. We start the day off with an “Up Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:20 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Microsoft goes to school!

Microsoft Campus Connection site is now live! http://www.microsoftcampusconnection.com/ I’m one of those “TechHeads” mentioned in the flash animation on the site; speaking at several of these college events. And I’m excited to do it! It will be a lot Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:39 PM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

No better time than NOW to start blogging!

I should take my own advice! Sorry I’ve been somewhat scarce lately, but I’m busy learning new content for our TechNet Events coming up, as well as really fun “ Microsoft Campus Connection ” events we’re doing. (Good stuff!) “You said something about Read More...
Posted Friday, January 27, 2006 9:47 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 041

SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 041 I always like reading up on how Microsoft “does IT”. And I recently saw on the main TechNet page that we have a nice write-up on how Microsoft rolled out SQL Server 2005 internally. Check it out. — Got an IT question? Give me Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:14 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Best of Q&A from Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 2 of 2)

Greetings! Below I’ve pasted an edited and cleaned up copy of most of the Q&A from today’s webcast on Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 2 of 2) . BIG thank you to Chris Avis for handling the Q&A on the backend, and who’s work this Read More...
Posted Monday, January 23, 2006 3:40 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Exchange Server 2003 SP2 on Small Business Server 2003?

I had an e-mailed follow-up question from the Exchange Security Part 2 webcast I got done delivering a few minutes ago.. and it’s a question I’m sure many people have. I’m sure of that because I didn’t know the answer right away. That’s the true test Read More...
Posted Monday, January 23, 2006 2:46 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Those MS Research folks are so darn clever!

Check this out. MS Research has made their experimental “ Group Shot ” photo editing tool available for people to play with. “So?” Okay… let me explain what it does. Let’s say you’re at your brother Carl’s wedding in San Francisco last November, and someone Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:06 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments
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Resources for Webcast - MOM 2005 for Active Directory Management

Here are some resources relating to the webcast topic presented. I hope you find them useful. Kevin — Management Webcast Series http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.mspx MOM Sizer Tool http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=93930640-FA0F-48B3-8EB0-86836A1808DF&displaylang=en Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:12 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Best of Q&A from Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 1 of 2)

Greetings! Below I’ve pasted an edited and cleaned up copy of most of the Q&A from today’s webcast on Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 1 of 2) . BIG thank you to Harold Wong and Blain Barton for handling the Q&A on the backend, Read More...
Posted Monday, January 16, 2006 4:33 PM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Resource Page for TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server Security (Parts 1 and 2)

Resource Page for Webcasts: TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 1 of 2): Securing Services and Messaging Protocols (Level 200) Monday, January 16, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:51 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Security Updates as .ISO Disk Images

I saw this on Barnaby’s blog and didn’t realize we were doing this now. For the IT Pro who needs to update many machines with security updates, but isn’t using WSUS or simply enforcing/allowing automatic updates, we’re now making the monthly security Read More...
Posted Friday, January 13, 2006 11:27 PM by KevinRemde | 4 Comments

Karaoke Photos

<chuckle> I bet that blog post title has a few of my teammates nervous this morning! “Huh?” Last night at the all-attendee party at Microsoft TechReady2, the Karaoke area was jumping pretty good. I and several of my teammates were up their singing Read More...
Posted Friday, January 13, 2006 1:17 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments
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A Conference for Web-Heads

I heard about this conference just the other day. I wish I could go, because It’s about all the new, cool stuff in web development It’s in sunny Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel . This week in Seattle “ yep, it’s still raining ” Washington at the Microsoft Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:51 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Are you a script-wizard? Do you want to be one?

I think this is kinda cool… The Community-Submitted Script Center is open for business. Are you proud of a script you’ve written? Share it with the world! This is a place where you can upload and share your scripts. And if you’re not a scripter, but you’d Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:10 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Rory has BAWLZ

This week, as I mentioned in a previous post, I’m at the Microsoft “TechReady” conference in Seattle. We’re having some great technical training and informational sessions, as well as some inspiring keynote addresses. Yesterday, during the Q&A session Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:57 AM by KevinRemde | 13 Comments

Dude! Where'd you git that BLOG t-shirt?!

I’ve been asked by a couple people where I got that “ The Blog ” shirt. Here's a link to that very shirt at the place I bought it from: http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/products/blog.html?Category_Code=tops I also own this “You have the right to Read More...
Posted Monday, January 09, 2006 6:00 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

"Exchange 12" beta will be in TechNet March Shipments!

Big news for TechNet Subscribers! I just now (a minute ago) learned that the March disc shipments will include a special treat: a special beta release of the upcoming version of Exchange Server code-named “Exchange 12”. This came straight from the mouth Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:04 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Joel is right!

A coworker of mine, Anand Iyer ( www.Artificialignorance.net ), pointed us to a really good article / opinion-piece by Joel Spolsky . Joel rants on the “Perils of JavaSchools”. Now, you have to indulge me a bit here. Yes, I’m an IT Pro. But my upbringing Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:37 AM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments
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The January/February TechNet Magazine is now ONLINE!

DID YOU KNOW… The complete content from the January • February 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at http://www.technetmagazine.com Details and other good content are available at the TechNet Magazine Blog. See blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/tnmag/archive/2006/01/03/416824.aspx Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 6:00 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 040

SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 040 This one is just for fun and nostalgia value. It’s a copy of Microsoft SQL Server 1.1 running as a Virtual Machine under Microsoft Virtual PC. http://blogs.virtualserver.tv/blogs/dugie/archive/2005/12/12/345.aspx Thanks Andrew Read More...
Posted Friday, January 06, 2006 4:39 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Trick out your XBOX 360

Faceplates for the 360 are for sale from Microsoft and others, but my good friend and coworker Michael J. Murphy (“Brother Murphy”) found this really cool site that allows you to create your own custom faceplate: And they’re only $9.99 (plus S&H). Read More...
Posted Friday, January 06, 2006 9:41 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

This is simply addictive fun...

Set aside some time for this. It’s addictive! http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/ (Saw on Chris Avis’ blog .) Read More...
Posted Friday, January 06, 2006 6:25 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments
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By the way.. Happy New Year!

Yeah… I’ve been rather delinquent in my blog postings of late. I really enjoyed some scaled-back work-time over the holidays. No… I didn’t take vacation. But I did spend more time with my family. I spent my working hours working on content for this new Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:51 PM by KevinRemde | 7 Comments

More on the Security Update

Mike Nash has written a really good description up on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog . The MSRC Blog is yet another resource you can use to stay informed. Use an RSS Reader and subscribe to it. For those of you who don’t know, Mike Nash is Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:26 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

You should already know about this...

And if you don’t know about it, and you consider yourself an “IT Pro”, then shame on you for not being connected and informed in areas of Security that are CRITICAL to your job, bozo. “What’s up?” Recently a vulnerability was found in the way Windows Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:37 PM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments
 
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