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I'm back.... More on Virtual Server 2005

Well I'm over in the USA now having left the UK 5 days ago. After a spot of "New Employee" training on Monday & Tuesday (seems they didn't spot I'm not a new employee and wouldn't let me off the hook) it's been down to getting my new machines up and Read More
posted Friday, March 31, 2006 12:31 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments
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Branch Office Infrastructure Solution - lots of new information now available

The Branch Office Infrastructure Solution, or BOIS (which is far too easy to mis-type if you've worked in computing for a lot of years - think about it) has been released. The BOIS guidance and tools are designed and structured to address the needs Read More
posted Friday, June 24, 2005 10:49 AM by jhoward | 1 Comments
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File Server Migration Toolkit

Virtualisation for migration and consolidation isn't always the best answer. I'm not saying it isn't appropriate always, but there are alternatives. One great example which I was asked by a customer last week about was for migrating and consolidating Read More
posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:29 AM by jhoward | 1 Comments
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Forms Based Authentication and RPC/HTTP over single IP using ISA 2004

You would think that this would be something fairly simple to do.... Well, think again, unless you know. In the scenario I was trying to get working, there are essentially three servers involved - a domain controller running Windows Server 2003, Read More
posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:41 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments
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PKI and Certificate Management Information in Windows Server 2003

While on the subject of Certificates/Encryption/IPSec/PKI in general yesterday, I was looking around for some good information on how PKI works to post up. One white paper which stuck-out from the pile was published in December last year (so it's reasonably Read More
posted Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:16 PM by jhoward | 1 Comments
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Windows 2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration

Although published a few years ago, one of the most useful books I keep coming back to is "Windows 2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration" by Thomas Eck. As an IT Professional with a development background, this book has proved invaluable time Read More
posted Monday, December 13, 2004 12:42 PM by jhoward | (Comments Off)
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Updated document - changes to functionality in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1

There is a revised version of a document just posted on microsoft.com describing the changes in functionality in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. It reflects Microsoft's early thinking about Service Pack 1 and its implications for developers. Note Read More
posted Friday, December 10, 2004 7:47 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments
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