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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

• 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

• 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

• Speaking about System Center and Forefront tomorrow....

  I am in Austin and will be speaking at the InnoTech Conference tomorrow. I was tapped on short notice to do a 1 hour presentation on System Center and Forefront. I spent a lot of time today trying to figure out how to get everything I would like to talk... Posted Oct 15 2008, 10:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Exchange, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Live Events, Downloads, Virtualization, Tech News, ForeFront, Competitive, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 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

• Will Windows end up in "the Cloud"?

  Yesterday, Steve Ballmer made mention of a project/product called "Windows Cloud" , while speaking over in London. I have already seen a few emails from readers come in asking me what I know about it which is absolutely nothing. There have been... Posted Oct 02 2008, 12:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows, Mobility, Fun Stuff, Tech News, On the Edge, twitterfeed, Big Brother, The Cloud

• 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

• Windows Live Search comes to BlackBerry....

  Check out this story over on Bloomberg announcing the deal we made with Research in Motion to get Live Search on BlackBerry devices . Take THAT Google.... ***UPDATE*** -- More on the deal from MSNBC . This one includes info on the RIM/TiVO/MySpace deals... Posted Sep 12 2008, 08:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Hardware, Windows, TechNet, Mobility, Tech News, Competitive, On the Edge, Social Networking, Live!, 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

• 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

• 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

• Tech News and stuff.....

  I didn't receive nearly as much feedback to my question about where you get your news from as I wish I had so I had to go looking on my own. One thing I realized is that I do not spend enough time at the on10 and TechNet EDGE sites . Sure...these... Posted Aug 17 2008, 12:07 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, Webcasts, TechNet, Mobility, Interviews, Opinion, Screencasts, Demos, Windows Server 2008, Zunecasts, Learn me somethin..., twitterfeed

• Ker-blah....

  Nothing particularly exciting to post about today. Lots of busy work around the house. The peak of the day is right now as I write this and load up the new Zune with some tunes. Actually, I did build two dog beds. One for Shadow, my friend Jamie's... Posted Aug 04 2008, 12:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, Mobility, Fun Stuff, Zune, Opinion, Media Center, Digital Imaging, Blather, music, Home Theater, 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

• A good case for BitLocker....

  I just read this article and it gave me a bit of a chill. I do a fair amount of traveling and my laptop goes with me almost always. Sometimes two laptops which cause enough trouble getting through airport security. Fortunately I don't much international... Posted Aug 01 2008, 04:15 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Windows, TechNet, Mobility, Blather, On the Edge, Travel, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Big Brother

• 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

• Grrrrrr.....

  Have you ever spent hours and hours and hours trying to resolve something and ultimately it could have been resolved in just a few minutes?  That is the experience I had over the past couple of days. I was working with a couple of virtual machines... Posted Jul 24 2008, 12:26 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, TechNet, Mobility, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Tech Support

• TMSAM02 gets you 15% of NEW TechNet Subscription....

  When you sign up for a NEW TechNet Subscription over at the TechNet site , at some point you will get prompted for a discount/promotional code. Use TMSAM02 and it will net you 15% off. This only applies to NEW subscriptions at the moment and it it should... Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:43 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Virtualization, Powershell, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing

• No TV service for a year.....

  I canceled my cable TV service today. Later this afternoon I am going to drop off the HD DVR and since I have consistently overpaid my bill for the last year they actually owe me money when all is said and done. People that know me real well might think... Posted Jun 16 2008, 12:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Windows, Mobility, Xbox, Zune, Opinion, Media Center, Digital Imaging, Blather, On the Edge, music, Home Theater, Zunecasts