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Friday, September 28, 2007 5:28 PM

It was great to meet so many of you in Falkirk at our TechNet On The Road show

The quality of questions you asked and the warmth of your welcome was second to none. Sadly though the link to the slides somehow didn't make it to you prior to the event - apologies for this - George is on the case and will make sure that next time you
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Friday, September 28, 2007 2:32 PM

MIT Hackers dress John Harvard to make him look like the Master Chief from Halo3

Thanks to Nik for letting me know about the MIT Hackers who dressed the statue of John Harvard up to make him look like the Master Chief on the night prior to the release of Halo3! Note: "The hack was removed by around 8am" Thanks to TungShen Chew for
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:22 PM

Have Halo3 will travel

Like James I wasn't able to get my hands on Halo3 yesterday due to being on the road. I managed to nip out at lunchtime today and pick up a copy though I'm now back @ the airport heading to Falkirk to meet the team in preparation for tomorrow's event.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:14 AM

Thanks to the good people of Newcastle for hosting us yesterday @ our TechNet On The Road show

I really enjoyed the interaction from the audience and the overwhealming enthusiasm everyone showed towards both the technologies and each of us. It's the first time in many many years that a Microsoft TechNet show has visited the North East. It's always
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:04 AM

Where can I find and download the slides from the TechNet On The Road show titled "Creating and Managing a Virtual environment on the Microsoft Platform"

As promised @ the show in Newcastle yesterday I've posted the slides that James and I presented and those Eileen presented . The slides are in Powerpoint 2007 .pptx (XML) format - there's a free Powerpoint 2007 viewer available for download in case you
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:46 AM

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate is available. How to enable Windows Server Virtualisation (Virtualization for those in the US of A)

As James mentioned on stage yesterday in many ways the announcement of Windows Server 2008's Release Candidate was somewhat lost in the noise of Halo3's launch. James' post explains how to enable the Windows Server Virtualisation role too - out of the
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:20 AM

Halo3 Halo3 Halo3!! It's everywhere - even at the TechNet On The Road in Newcastle

It's everywhere. James and I couldn't help but show Halo3 videos @ yesterday's TechNet On The Road event yesterday in Newcastle. It was rather funny to see the faces of the audience when we started the show with a trailer that echoed the words "You are
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:36 AM

Ask the Audience: How can I record the video from our TechNet on the Road tour?

Help! I'm trying to work out the most (cost) effective way to record the video from our TechNet on the Road tour. My aim is to publish the content from the show so that anyone on the Internet can follow the content after the event itself. We taking the
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:32 AM

Where can I find the slides from the security talk at the Sharepoint User Group meeting?

Thanks to the Sharepoint User Group for making me so welcome at their meeting last night in Reading. I was impressed to see both the size and enthusiasm of the audience and glad to see that there was a healthy gathering in the pub afterwards too. I enjoyed
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:17 AM

Who's running Sharepoint anyway? Starbucks have deployed Sharepoint for 24,000 users

Starbucks have deployed Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 for use by approximately 24,000 users in more than 6,000 stores. Their case study and associated solution brief provide a great deal of information covering their business challenge and the
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:05 AM

What new security features does Microsoft Office Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 bring?

It seems like a long time since we launched Microsoft Office Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 and it's great to see how many people are using it day to day. I remember at the Exchange, Vista and Office launch (almost a year ago) and the subsequent roadshow we made
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Friday, September 14, 2007 11:26 AM

Technet Conversations podcast with Darren Strange *updated links pointing to this week's show!*

Welcome to TechNet Conversations! This show was published on the 14th September 2007. We are joined by Darren Strange, Microsoft Ltd's product manager for Microsoft Office. Click here for the WMA version of the show and here for the MP3 version . Darren's
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:34 PM

YellowPark provide interesting tech oriented podcasts

Chris Dalby @ Yellowpark has been busy interviewing tech folk and posting some interesting podcasts as a result. Chris covers a wide range of topics including Sharepoint, Social Networking, Unified Communications and energy saving.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:30 PM

Upcoming System Center webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Reporting with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:00 A.M.–9:00 A.M. Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Security and Enterprise Features of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday,
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:58 PM

Why do I get an Insufficient disk space on my huge external disk? How to convert a FAT32 filesystem to NTFS?

Many external hard disks come pre-formatted in FAT32 format hence they can only take a maximum file size of 4Gb - that's why you get the "insufficient disk/disc space" message even though you have plenty of spare capacity. Thanks to James for reminding
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Monday, September 10, 2007 7:57 AM

TechNet Conversations podcast with Andrew Fryer who explains OLAP and business intelligence *edited to include MP3*

Welcome to this TechNet Conversations podcast with Andrew Fryer who explains what OLAP cubes are and how they can be used by IT Professionals to improve their business intelligence. The show is available here as a WMA file and here as an MP3 Andrew Fryer
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Friday, September 07, 2007 11:44 AM

How many Virtual Machines do Microsoft run with SCVMM?

I was surprised to see that our formal data centre hosts 1224 Virtual Machine instances on only 86 physical hosts - that's a pretty good consolidation story. It's all managed with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and has been running on beta
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Friday, September 07, 2007 11:13 AM

System Center Virtual Machine Manager is released and there will be an SME edition too

The Windows Virtualization Team blog includes a detailed post covering the Release To Manufacture of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). You can download a trial of the released version here . SCVMM is cool as it enables you to dynamically
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Friday, September 07, 2007 9:31 AM

Vista drivers for the T-mobile 3G web'n'walk data card and weird experience on 64-bit Vista

I know this is nothing to do with Microsoft but as an IT Pro myself I'd like to help others waste time trying to find the Vista drivers for the T-mobile 3G web'n'walk data card. I've recently rebuilt my machine hence need the Vista drivers for my 3G card
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:49 PM

The power of helping each other. If something seems hard see if you're answering the right question

The power of helping each other I did something silly earlier. I wanted to replace the battery for a small electronic device and didn't have a screw driver small enough to remove the tiny screws holding the case on. I sent out an email to an email distribution
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:21 PM

How to change the names on the Vista Boot Menu *broken links fixed*

On a Windows XP, Server 2000 & Server 2003 system if you multi-boot using the native boot loader it's pretty straightforward to edit the names listed in the menu you see at boot time - simply run a command shell (as an administrator), make the boot.ini
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:36 AM

Vista Squad meeting postphoned due to the poxy Tube strike ;-(

I've just spoken to Ray @ the Vista Squad User Group who told me he's been forced to postphone the meeting that was due to take place this Thursday (6th Sept) evening in London . I know many Londoners are finding it very difficult to get to work during
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Monday, September 03, 2007 4:29 PM

Error reserving zone for burn - DVDBurn error

DVDBurn is a handly free tool that you can download from Microsoft.com - the name's pretty descriptive as it enables you to burn an ISO image onto a DVD. Earlier today I attempted to use DVDBurn to burn the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK - a
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