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Rob Costello

UC and Infrastructure stuff, or whatever else comes my way.

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Daylight Savings Changes - October 2008
It's that time again, when Daylight Savings changes need to be applied.  Please read the guidance below and make sure you don't get caught out...   In October this year, we will again be experiencing Daylight Savings changes in Australia. These Read More...
Is Your Mobile Phone Another Vital Organ?
Well, turns out mine is. I'm in Sydney this week for the Unified Communications Voice Ignite workshop ( and going to KL next week ), and I forgot to pack two very critical pieces of hardware. Firstly, my Western Digital 250Gb external drive. Usually, Read More...
OCS Edge Deployments
Ok, so we know the OCS 2007 Edge Server Deployment Guide has heaps of great details on how to get your Edge deployment up and running, but it can be a little confusing, especially around some of the different firewall scenario's that people have. Some Read More...
Long Time, No Blog
Wow, so I've just realised it's been a couple of months since I've been blogging. Things have been pretty crazy lately, with Christmas/New Year, tons of work going on, renovating rental properties, blah blah blah. Well now I'm back, so expect to see some Read More...
Just Mo It - Week 1 Update
Well the Mo is coming along quite nicely, chicks dig it, and dudes tell me all the time they wish they were as manly as me. Any-who, here's my 1-week old Mo... Technorati Tags: Movember Read More...
Just Mo It
Gentleman, Are you ready to be challenged? We are now in Movember (the month formally known as November), and it’s time for you join up and help raise money and awareness about male health issues. The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes, make Read More...
X-Wing Update - it broke
Well they launched the Real Life X-Wing yesterday. Check out the video for yourself, the story is to sad to tell... http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/boom/x+wing-rocket-launches-disintegrates-mid+air-307945.php Read More...
Real Life X-Wing
So this is a little off-topic for a techo's blog, or some might think this is a very appropriate place for it. This is so cool, a bunch of nerds have built a real Star Wars X-Wing, which they are actually going to fly!!! It's powered by four solid-fuel Read More...
Daylight Savings Time Updates
We've released some videos to detail how to handle the current round of DST updates. Check them out here... DST: How to Address Daylight Saving Time by Using the Exchange Calendar Data Update Tool http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=341747 DST: Read More...
New Windows Server Virtualization Video
Keith Combs has put together a great screencast video demonstrating the cool new features of Windows Server Virtualization, which will be available as a new role in Windows Server 2008 (actually it will RTM after Server 08 is released, but it's very close). Read More...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager RTM's
Some huge news today, as we've just announced that System Center Virtual Machine Manager has Released To Manufacturing. How cool is that hey?!?!?! Check out the full post on the Windows Virtualization Nation Blog here... http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2007/09/06/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-huge-announcements.aspx Read More...
New OCS and OC Blogs
There are two new blogs from our Office Communications Server and Office Communicator teams, check them out here... Communications Server Team Blog - http://communicationsserverteam.com/default.aspx Communicator Team Blog - http://communicatorteam.com/default.aspx Read More...
64-bit Exchange in Microsoft
I just came across this great article called Going 64-bit with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 . It's been out for a while, but still has lots of relevant details on how Microsoft deployed Exchange 2007 internally, including hardware sizing and differences Read More...
Blogging is so old school, bring on Facebook
Ok, so I've given in after being harassed by some "friends". Even though I've been blogging for over 3 years now, apparently I'm not cool if I don't have a Facebook site. The whole social networking website thingy is new to me, but it only took a couple Read More...
Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta 2
We've just released Beta 2 of Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1. We are distributing the release through MSDN and TechNet Plus subscriptions . Some features include: Standby Continuous Replication – Now Exchange's built-in log file shipping can be used to Read More...
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