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• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 11-21-2008

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0 · Response Point White Paper: Maintaining Response Point · Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467) · Response... Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IIS, Beta, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Interesting Download for Week Ending - 11-14-2008....

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) · Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Virtual Hard Drive Images (for Virtual Server 2005) · Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Virtual Hard Drive Images... Posted Nov 22 2008, 11:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, On the Edge, Beta, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• Interesting Sownloads for Week Ending - 11-07-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Help · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standards Documentation · DEPLOYMENT GUIDE -... Posted Nov 13 2008, 10:31 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IIS, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• Resources for MDT 2008 from Windows Connections....

  Here are some additional resources for the Deploying Vista with the MDT 2008 sessions I am delivering today at the Windows Connections event in Las Vegas. MDT2008 with Update 1 Download Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team Blog Desktop Deployment TechCenter... Posted Nov 11 2008, 10:34 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, TechNet, Deployment, Downloads, Tech News, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 10-31-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB957200) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB957200) · Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB957200) · Update for Windows... Posted Nov 10 2008, 12:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• More P2V Conversion FUN with SCVMM2008...

  I still can't believe how easy and dare I say.... fun ....converting my physical machines to VM's with SCVMM2008 ! I did hit my first roadblock today while converting a test machine that has some SSL features enabled though. Specifically the FTP... Posted Nov 04 2008, 02:31 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, TechNet, Fun Stuff, Virtualization, Tech News, SCVMM, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Tech Support, Learn me somethin..., twitterfeed

• Four machines down and one to go!

  subtitled.....Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to help reduce my physical machine count.... Back in May I posted about some changes I was making to my home network . I did move a few things around but then I pushed the project aside. Two machines... Posted Nov 03 2008, 07:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Deployment, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 10-24-2006

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Windows Server Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 · Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 1 of 2 · System Center Virtual Machine... Posted Oct 29 2008, 10:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Tech News, ForeFront, IPv6, IIS, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed, Cloud, Silliness..., The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 10/17/2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB957000) · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957000) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB957000) · Update for Windows Vista... Posted Oct 22 2008, 10:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, Competitive, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed, The Cloud

• Great news for Technet Event Attendees...

  For those of you that have attended recent Technet Briefings and picked up the complimentary copy of Vista Ultimate, you will notice that we only provide the 32bit media for Vista. However, if you can get your hands on the 64 bit media (ie; borrow it... Posted Oct 14 2008, 08:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, TechNet, Tech News, On the Edge, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 10-03-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 - English · Branch Office Infrastructure Solution for Windows Server 2008 · Microsoft Windows Server 2008 UNIX Interoperability Management Pack for Microsoft OpsMgr... Posted Oct 06 2008, 08:09 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, IPv6, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• How many images can I run at the same time with Hyper-V?

  I have spent the better part of today building out a temporary Hyper-V server. It is sort of a proof of concept of the super server that I would like to build and the same on that I asked for suggestions on a couple days ago. I took my second quad-core... Posted Oct 02 2008, 01:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Hardware, Windows, TechNet, Fun Stuff, Deployment, Virtualization, Tech News, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 09-26-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Windows HPC Server 2008 · Impact of Groove on a Network for TechNet · Microsoft Response Point 1.0 Service Pack 1 · Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB954920) - English · Update for... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, IIS, Screencasts, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 09-19-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Update for Outlook 2003 (KB924423) · Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Drive Extender · Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking · Windows Home Server Technical Brief... Posted Sep 22 2008, 09:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, On the Edge, music, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 09-12-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697) · Ultrasound - Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for File Replication Service (FRS)... Posted Sep 16 2008, 04:26 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Tech News, User Groups, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 09-05-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation · Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Help · Internet Explorer... Posted Sep 09 2008, 12:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, SharePoint, Active Directory, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• Chrominess....

  I downloaded Chrome and played with it a little over the past 24 hours. Then I uninstalled it. First, there is all the hullaballoo over the EULA that I am sure you have seen a million other places. I am not sure I would ever use it based upon that regardless... Posted Sep 03 2008, 08:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, TechNet, Tech News, Blather, Beta, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 08-29-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Windows Server 2008 Fax Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 · Windows Server Print Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 · Update for... Posted Sep 02 2008, 11:51 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, Active Directory, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, SBS, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 08-22-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 · System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Hotfix Rollup Package (KB954641) (x86 Systems) · System Center Data Protection... Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:06 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Hardware, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Interviews, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Podcasts, Powershell, Tech News, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Digital Imaging, Academia, Competitive, Demos, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Zunecasts, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Desktops v1.0 from Sysinternals....

  This little tidbit came across Twitter via @Carnage4Life ( Dare Obasanjo ).... Mark Russinovich, known for his work on Sysinternals and now a Technical Fellow at Microsoft, along with Bryce Cogswell, also from Sysinternals and also now with Microsoft... Posted Aug 23 2008, 01:09 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, TechNet, SBS, Downloads, Virtualization, Digital Imaging, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 08-15-08

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Troubleshooting Windows Home Server Connector Installation · Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator's Guide - English · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB954366... Posted Aug 21 2008, 05:28 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• My awesome laptop....times 2...

  I have had a Lenovo T61p laptop for almost a year now. This is absolutely the best laptop I have ever used (no...it is not the laptop that has given me so much grief for the past few weeks). The T61p is used as my demo platform when I am in front of audiences... Posted Aug 20 2008, 09:34 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Hardware, Windows, TechNet, Mobility, Opinion, Windows Server 2008, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 08-08-2008

  As a heads up, I am posting the interesting DL info in the long format one more time. Partly because of a time crunch to get the info posted and partly because the alternative means of posting I wanted to do has caused me to raise some questions that... Posted Aug 12 2008, 12:32 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.....

  64! I have been telling IT Pros in my audience for about 2.5 years now that I gave 32 bit CPU's about a 5 yr life span. I predicted that by 2010, all consumer PC's would be 64 bit and consumers would have multi-terabyte storage capabilities and... Posted Aug 02 2008, 03:26 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, TechNet, Mobility, Fun Stuff, Opinion, Blather, On the Edge, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• 10 Days into my blogging extravaganza...

  On July 21st, I challenged myself to make a blog post at least once a day for the next 365 days. Here I am a week and a half later and I am happy to report that I have made good on the promise so far. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit so I have... Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Deployment, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, User Groups, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Zunecasts, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Learn me somethin..., twitterfeed