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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:57 PM

Deploying the Offline Address book (OAB) with SMS

I blogged about deploying Windows 2003 SP1 with SMS last week, and completely missed this document that went up on the TechNet site recently.  Fortunately Benjamin mailed me and reminded me that you can deploy the Exchange 2003 OAB using SMS. 
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:10 PM

New mobile device manager

Well I know its not a new technology or idea per se., but I just loved the idea behind this new gadget as reported by the BBC.  Check out the pictures. Eat your heart out Tufty! (and that's just given away my generation as a 60's baby) Enjoy...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:05 PM

Managing Data Protection Manager with MOM 2005 MP

Yes, there's a management pack for DPM. Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a server software application that enables disk-based data protection and recovery for file servers within an Active Directory domain. DPM performs replication, synchronization,
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:50 PM

How to Deploy Windows 2003 SP1 with SMS

There's a document available to download showing how to deploy Windows Server 2003 SP1 using SMS.  Here's the information from the download site.   This document provides detailed steps on how to prepare Windows Server 2003 SP1 files
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Friday, August 26, 2005 2:21 PM

MSN messenger 7.5 - can you hear me?

So I've downloaded the latest version of MSN messenger 7.5  - full version not a beta (betta), and I want to play with some of the new features.  There's the opportunity to talk by using Voice Clip.  These allow you to record your
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Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:20 PM

Exchange SP2 public beta - the CTP

Even though Harold blogged about this last week, and the Exchange team have covered all you need to get onto this beta of Exchange SP2, Here's the link to the download and also have a look at the release notes Key bits that I've pulled out of the release
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:47 PM

IE7 Anti phishing - to make you stop and think what you're doing...

Wow! I'm totally impressed with IE7's handling of suspected phishing sites... I was catching up with some blog reading this moprning using IE7 beta when I noticed a new yellow warning shield next to the address bar.  (I was on the blog page reading
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:03 PM

Systems Management Server Upgrade Survey

The SMS team would like you to take a survey about SMS: Take the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Upgrade Survey.  By taking this survey you help provide direction to Microsoft when building content and upgrade programs that help our customers
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:49 AM

Windows 2003 Server Performance Advisor MP for MOM 2005

The MOM team have just released the Windows Server 2003 Server performance Advisor management pack v2.0.  This MP helps to diagnose the root causes of performance problems in windows Server 2003.  You get reports on CPU and Memory use, top consumers
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Monday, August 22, 2005 6:01 PM

SMS 2003 viewing the namespace

So where would you go if you wanted to find out exactly which bits of inventory are interrogated by SMS 2003? I seem to remember playing with WBEMtest and having a look at namespaces and classed viewing which bits of hardware inventory you could
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Friday, August 19, 2005 3:21 PM

Outlook Address books and GAL options

Warren was searching though the office sites and found my blog. (you can find people who blog on different categories and topics here).  He said that he wasn't a techie, but couldn't get his head around the problem he'd been having with Outlook. 
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Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:35 PM

Reporting pack for Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

After I blogged about the SQL reporting pack for Exchange the other day, Mat pointed me to the SQL reporting pack for Sharepoint Portal server 2003 The reports are really comprehensive - just like those for Exchange.  Here's what they comprise of:
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Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:34 PM

Will the Real Rob Marshall please stand up?

<pinched from an Eminem song I think...> This is a plea for Rob to get in contact with me.  I've tried to leave a comment on his blog, and also use the contact me field, but I think the guys in myItforum have some challenges with
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Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:01 AM

Scripting - for Absolute beginners

Just noticed this on TechNet.  A series for those (like me, who haven't got a clue where to start to script) A beginners series on scripting for budding script writers. So I now can progress past my FOR NEXT loop attempts in BASIC, and my "hello
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:50 PM

Inventory tool for Microsoft updates

Daniel is well ahead of me on searching out news.  Here he writes about the SMS 2003 inventory tool for Microsoft updates and WSUS.  There's a good guide available on the web explaining the relevant pre-requisites needed for the installation
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:42 PM

Monitoring Outlook in cached mode

So I've been rather remiss answering mails that come in with technical questions concerning Exchange or LCS.  Usually the questions involve just a quick search and a reply mail straight back with the link to the document /white paper/ kb article. 
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:17 PM

Issue with MOM 2005 SP1 install

Daniel blogged about the features included with MOM 2005 SP1 and where to get the download so I didn't get around to blogging about it right away... Ian then warned me about the "gotcha" you need to be aware of (and the kb article) which saved
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:32 PM

MOM & SMS Webcasts for September

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Manageability Using Management Pack for MOM (Level 200)Friday, September 9, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeVipul Shah, Program Manager, SQL Server, Microsoft CorporationAre you paying attention to Microsoft Operations
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:28 PM

Portals Webcasts for September

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint for the Lotus Notes Administrator (Level 100)Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific TimeAmy Blumenfield, Technical Writer, Microsoft CorporationGary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist,
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:25 PM

Mobility Webcasts for September

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Increase Field Force Effectiveness with GPS and Location Awareness Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeTom Smith, President and General Manager, CountermindEnterprises that derive a majority
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:19 PM

Real Time Collaboration Webcasts for September

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Live Communications Server 2005 Overview of Real-Time Collaboration and Presence Technologies Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific TimeDennis Karlinsky, Group Product Manager, MicrosoftYou want
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:57 PM

Messaging & collaboration Webcasts for September

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Messaging and Collaboration Security: Meeting the Challenge Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeJoe Licari, Director, Product Management, Microsoft CorporationBusiness systems are interconnected
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Monday, August 15, 2005 3:22 PM

Do you want to work at Microsoft?

Gretchen has a really neat idea if you're the creative type and you want to work at Microsoft.  Would certainly get you noticed anyway.  It wouldn't work though if you wanted to come and work in my team - all I'd want is for you to
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Monday, August 15, 2005 2:32 PM

Exchange SLA scorecard

I didn't notice this pop up as I've been focusing on MOM and mobility recently (funny how your day job affects the topics you notice to blog about) and I noticed that Tony has got this gem of a post about the Exchange SLA scorecard. 
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Friday, August 12, 2005 11:13 AM

Mobile Devices for the uber geek

So, my colleague Jason has finally started blogging about mobility after lots of nagging from me... Jason has more toys than a spoilt child, and the whole of his airplane carry on bag is often full of the latest gizmos and gadgets which he'll
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Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:46 PM

Word redaction for Office Documents

OK, OK, so I didn't even know what redaction meant till I looked it up.  But now I know and will try to use this new word as much as possible to impress my friend :-) Paul picked up on this amazing add in for Office 2003 which eliminates the need
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Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:40 PM

MOM 2005 Sizer tool released

This tool provides sizing recommendations based on workloads.  Plug the figures in and it recommends the configuration of your management servers so you can effectively place them into your organisation.  It also gives a report for database
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:44 PM

Windows mobile platform security drilldown

Here's quite a nice webcast wth an overview of  the security featres in Windows mobile. It's an on demand webcast, so you'l have to register for it though. Dave is a good speaker and has delivered these slides at MEDC, TechED, and for TechNet too. 
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:05 PM

SMS 2003 SP2 Beta program

You can get yourself onto the beta for SMS2003 SP2, and you can nominate yourself here  It looks like there's quite a lot of extra features with SP2 from my initial look at it...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:16 PM

The Uniqueness of people

I've been spending time catching up on all of my blog reading, after spending time scuba diving, I've not had time to catch up on whats going on in the blogosphere.  I'm very chuffed (English slang for "rather pleased") to note that our Industry
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Monday, August 08, 2005 4:21 PM

Candy bars to RAZR's - phones I mean...

Well I really like the look of this new Motorola Q RAZR phone - even if it's not going to be ready for a while.. and I never ever thought I'd say that about a QWERTY keyboard! I wonder how long I'd take to get used to it, since I'm a prolific
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Monday, August 08, 2005 1:13 PM

30 free applications for Sharepoint Services

Mary Jo Foley  and Susan have noticed that we've released over 30 applications for SPS recently.  These apps look like ideal enablers for Small Business Server users with applications that cover Training, travel, performance reviews and
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Monday, August 08, 2005 12:51 PM

Live meeting add in Pack

The Live meeting add in pack has been released to the web.  Here's the info from the download page... OverviewThe Live Meeting Add-In Pack consists of three distinct add-ins: the Live Meeting Add-in for Outlook, the Office Collaboration Add-in,
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Friday, August 05, 2005 11:52 AM

Management Pack Notifier for MOM 2005

This Management Pack will periodically contact Microsoft to determine if updates to previously installed management packs are available for download. When an update is detected an Informational alert will be generated indicating which management pack(s)
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Friday, August 05, 2005 11:26 AM

Custom Forms in Outlook

I saw this on the office website this morning.  Debra has written a comprehensive tutorial showing you how to customise the default Outlook forms.  I remember when I was looking after exchange 5.5, and having great fun with custom forms, for
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Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:48 PM

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1: Available for Download

I've just noticed that MOM SP1 is available... Here's the info on it..... Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1 was made available for download August 1, 2005. MOM 2005 SP1 not only addresses critical customer requests, required security
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:19 PM

Password protecting PST's

Gosh!  My post last week about PST files started some discussion... They seem to be such an emotive subject don't they?  Apart from the comments on my blog entry (which are always really good to see, as they prompt discussions from people
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Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:33 PM

MSN screensaver (beta)

I just noticed this MSN beta screen saver.   Having RSS feeds delivered by a screensaver is a great idea.  I wonder if it's going to replace my RSS reader?  I'll give this a go...  
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Monday, August 01, 2005 6:33 PM

Microsoft management summit - in the UK

Well not really - but if you didn't get a chance to get to Las Vegas for MMS in the spring and hear Bill Anderson talk about our management products, then you've got another chance.  We're planning to host a "highlights of MMS" here in the UK on
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Monday, August 01, 2005 4:54 PM

ExBPA 2.1 and the MOM Management Pack

Daniel has written a thought proviking post about the ExBPA  and integration with MOM.  What do you think? I have trouble understanding most of what he says in his his blog in dutch, but I get the general gist of the posts, and am
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