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In case you didn't hear... The Lazy Admin (Rodney Buike) is now part of our Canadian IT Pro Team!

Posted Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:12 PM by rclaus
After some technical difficulties, we finally managed to get Rodney Buike added to the list of authorized bloggers on http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro . Rod decided to join the Canadian IT Pro team earlier in the summer and his official start date was Read More...
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Infrastructure Optimization Tour '06 Landing page is live!

Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:40 PM by rclaus
In case you didn't catch my hints in this July blogpost , the first TechNet national tour is around Infrastructure Optimization and supporting Branch Office solutions. The landing page went live yesterday - you can see it here if you like. As always - Read More...
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If you maintain a Blog - Windows Live Writer is worth a Download!

Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 2:20 PM by rclaus
As part of maintaining this blog and the Canadian IT Pro blog - offline blogging software is a must. I was previously using an internal build of Windows Live Writer when I recently switched production laptops instead of using my tried and true BlogJet Read More...
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EnergizeIT Post event DVD Package update - Missing Longhorn KEY

Posted Friday, June 30, 2006 12:16 PM by rclaus
Because people still contact me on this blog, I thought I would put up a quick post regarding the PID / KEY for Longhorn Server that was included with the post event resources. There is a solution on how to get your key and it was not unique to our event Read More...
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EnergizeIT snapshot of "Future Geek" T-Shirts

Posted Monday, June 26, 2006 9:40 PM by rclaus
The Kids needed some clean shirts after playing around outside this afternoon, so I pulled out the “Future Geek” T-Shirts from the EnergizeIT event my team put on this past weekend. Thirty bucks went to the Kids Miracle Network for these shirts. Not Bad Read More...
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Get your Windows Vista Beta 2...

Posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:56 AM by rclaus
I just posted on the Canadian IT Pro blog the process to get yourself started on either downloading or ordering a copy of Windows Vista Beta 2 (32 or 64 bit). Here's the link to the post with the details . Read More...
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Posted information on XP Security Guide on http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro

Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:18 AM by rclaus
Bruce and I created the Build ‘06 Usergroup presentation based in information from a variety of sources, including the XP Security Guide… I thought I’d let you know that I just posted an article over on http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro Read More...
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ForceUpdate batch file for kickstarting the Windows Update client...

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 10:23 AM by rclaus
After getting questions from a number of people on the recent tour on how I used a “cattle prod” batch file to kickstart the Windows Update client – I decided to write up a post about where I sourced the information and how I use it. Read More...
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Great little Utility I use on all my servers - Production, Virtual and Demo (BGINFO.EXE)

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 9:53 AM by rclaus
As you might remember from a couple of previous posts ( post 1 , post 2 ) – I was the initial creator of our Reference Network that is used for my teams national tours. It has been refined, debated, changed and updated by everyone on the team in Read More...
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Virtualization News over on the Canadian IT Pro blog site...

Posted Monday, April 03, 2006 10:32 PM by rclaus
I wanted to share the latest virtualization news around our announcement at LinuxWorld in Boston. Virtual Server 2005 R2 both 32 bit and 64 bit will be free for download and use in your production environments! Check out my post on the Canadian IT Pro Read More...
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Ottawa Windows Server User Group Meeting for Wednesday, April 12th

Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:33 AM by rclaus
Topic: Windows 2003 R2 – What is New? Description: This presentation will cover what is new within Windows 2003 R2. This session will show attendees with demonstrations and video clips the latest features within Windows 2003 R2 including: Improved Read More...
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Build '06 Winnipeg UserGroup presentation and Community

Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:04 AM by rclaus
I am wrapping up the Build ‘06 tour in Winnipeg this week and just got back from the post event activities from the user group event this evening. User groups and communities around technology have been around since the time of the Altair personal kit Read More...
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I posted on CanITPro blog about E12 64 bit Hardware Recomendations

Posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:11 PM by rclaus
If you are considering purchasing new server hardware in the near future (if you plan on using E12 or not) and you have the ability to future proof yourself a bit – why not get a hold of some 64 bit hardware. You know that you are able to put a Read More...
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Demo Bot Hardware Specifications

Posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:55 AM by rclaus
I just posted the detailed hardware specifications of our “DemoBot” system on the blogs.technet.com/canitpro team blog site. I thought I would direct you there in case you are a bit of a hardware geek and wanted to know what sort of horsepower Read More...
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The .local VS real DNS Top Level Domain naming question - SBS (Small Business Server)

Posted Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:44 PM by rclaus
I just posted a lengthy discussion around the question that comes up when one installs Small Business Server and what to call your Active Directory domain. This has been a topic of discussion with a number of my friends and IT pros I’ve met while Read More...
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