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Yep its true. NTBackup is gone....at least as you know it! You can have it back again with a download but its only so that you can read data from tapes or media you already have that you created previously. Its been replaced with Windows Server backup
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In my session today I spoke of the GP Preferences Client Side Extensions (CSE). These are required for the new preferences capabilities in Windows Server 2008. Good news is that they have recently released to microsoft.com downloads. More information
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Yesterday marked the start of the Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 - Sydney was the beginning. The was plenty of buzz at the event with Deeps running around with a video camera interviewing people, there was a Twitter feed and
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Finally its released! I've been waiting for this for a long time now to try in my server and AMD has kindly provided one for me to review :) For now I'm leaving the discussion of the "who's got a true Quad core" aside as I'm sure you already know that
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This came across my email today - we have released a lot of new training courses all totally free and much of it using Virtual machines. Theres SQL Server, Windows Server 2008, SharePoint, Office Communications Server 2007, Exchange 2007 UM, Developer,
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I'm keen to see who's doing some interesting work in Australia on Windows Server 2008 or on SQL Server 2008. Are you piloting it yet? After all we're now in RC0 for Windows Server 2008 at least! If you are piloting currently, can contact me about it and
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A whole bunch of IIS 7 webcasts just released. Yeah I know it all says 9:30am Pacific time - which means about midnight Perth time, much of Asia and worse about 2am in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane etc Im sure they will be recorded though for later viewing.
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Finally its released! SCVMM is a management tool that allows you to manage multiple Virtual Server R2 hosts and the images running on them. Keith Combs has done a few "screencasts" of these (that's what he calls them - sounds like a Hollywood movie thing...:)
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Ive had a few people interested in the process of introducing this concept of an RODC into a Windows Server 2003 Forest. In this blogcast I'm showing how you can use the Windows Server 2008 installation option of Server Core in combination with RODC to
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I was reading the Australian Reseller News article today on wireless security . It had me intrigued that people seem to equate wireless security with a costly deployment. "...Three quarters of respondents said that security spending was going to rise
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Recently at TechEd Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong I've been presenting on Network Access Protection using 802.1x dynamic Virtual LAN's (VLANs) and Cisco switches. I've done this before actually in my previous blogcasts doing NAP with IPSEC but I
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As per the post on the IT Pro Australia blog we're going to be running more Windows Server 2008 sessions this month. Places filled up very quickly previously so its important to get in quick. The topic areas are: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
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Ive just done a bit more work on the TechEd Server track for AU and NZ. The tough call is going to be which 7 sessions to drop for NZ! If youre in NZ and are coming help me to help you. Tell me the most important ones you'd like to see. Also in the new
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This year I'm not running the TechEd content plan for Australia and NZ. The torch has been passed to Andrew Coates and his NZ counterpart Darryl Burling , who are project managing the content and track owners. This year I'm one of those track owners and
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I got the privilege of seeing this recently - Im very impressed with it and like Ive blogged previously, Jeff and I will be spending the rest of this year just talking about Longhorn Server including WSV. Arlindo Alves blogged about the video of a live
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