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April 2006 - Posts

Virtual Server management Pack released

Well with all the hoo-ha about Virtual Server recently I didn't think I'd have anything else to add to the conversation.  But I do now.  The MOM team have released a management pack (also free) that you can download to manage your free

TechNet searches change AND's to OR's

Phil got a mail from someone who was having trouble with his TechNet subscription.  If he entered two search terms in to the TechNet viewer application, then the search engine ORs the search terms rather than ANDs them.  It was driving
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Channel 9 lets me talk to them....

I didn't even notice this, but Kintan mailed me overnight to say that he liked my video on Channel 9.  I was over in Redmond earlier this year, and talked to Charles and Jennifer about all sorts of things including ladies and girl geeks (and
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RTC Webcasts for May

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (Level 100)Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeEvan Archilla, Consultant, Projectline ServicesMicrosoft Office Communicator 2005 is an integrated

Portals werbcasts for May

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Save Time in SharePoint (Level 100)Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific TimeAndy Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)When Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

MOM & SMS Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeJohn Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationTroubleshooting Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Installations

Office Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Corporate IT Plans to Migrate an Internal Decision Support Application from Excel 2003 to Office Excel 2007 (Level 300)Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific TimeSergei Gundorov,  Senior Applications Developer,

Messaging Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: Recipient Management and Permissions in Exchange "12" (Level 300)Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific TimeBrad Clark, Program Manager Lead, Microsoft CorporationLearn how to create and manage most types of recipients using

Mobility Webcasts for May

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Using Windows Mobile Solutions to Enhance Business Performance Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeEllen Daley, Vice President, Research Director, Forrester ResearchAre you looking to improve the
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What is RPC/HTTP?

We talk about using RPC over HTTP and HTTPS a lot.  I've blogged about troubleshooting RPC/HTTP, I talk about how fantastic it is to be able to access my email without the need to VPN, but I was stopped in my tracks today when someone actually
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Exchange 12 - who's saying what...

So my roving reporter, Mark is over at the Windows Connections 2006 event in Disney World (don't ask).  I've asked him to report on some of the cool sessions that he's been attending there.  So he dutifully went along to an Exchange 12 session

Download Monad and start scripting stuff...

Guy has been giving me a few hints and tips recently since I admitted to my terror at using Monad and having to learn it in preparation for Exchange 12.  So I was intrerested to see his post on how to download and have a play with Monad itself.

MEDC world tour comes to France

Well I blogged the other week about the Mobile and Embedded Developers conference in Las Vegas, and I've now noticed that MEDC is in Nice, France in June.  (Mike, where are the Muglets for this event then?)  You've got a couple of weeks
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SMS betas - come and play

I've been ignoring MOM and SMS recently - I've been too fired up playing with E12 all week.  But I've seen a couple of beta programs that you may want to get involved with, so get you up to speed on SMS.  Here are the SMS betas that you can

PDA Access to your Exchange 2003

Well I had an email overnight that really made me smile.  Although I'm still here in London on the E12 ignite course, I've still got my day job and my managers job to do.  Part of my day job is responding to mails that come in either via the

Exchange 12 webcasts on demand

****Edited links etc.**** We're onto our second batch of people on the E12 ignite training course, and the room is packed.  Word must have spread, and we now have more people here than we have PC's for.  Obviously a good course then, and

Exchange 12 and MMC 3.0

I'm staying in a hotel in London all this week delivering part of the Exchange 12 ignite roadshow.   We're delivering 2 sets of Exchange 12 training to partners in the UK. There are 7 Microsoft UK gurus from different parts of the

Baby's on the road again...

At last!  The dates for the TechNet UK roadshow have now gone live on the TechNet site.  I like being out on the road (most of the time) I love the adrenaline buzz that kicks in seconds before I open the demo.  I love the terror