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I was sitting in a cafe minding my own business the other day when I overheard a couple of network administrators discussing the benefits of virtualizing their server room. As this is a topic about which I am quite passionate I was delighted to...
One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open...
So what is Essential Business Server (EBS) ? In simple terms EBS is a complete corporate network for mid-sized companies in a box, or rather in three or four boxes depending on the version. Let me explain: In the beginning there was the PC...
For years I have been saying that Small Business Server was the best solution for small businesses that did not have huge IT budgets; it allowed them to take advantage of the same enterprise-level tools such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and...
Tuesday evening was the inaugural meeting of the IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto ( www.itprotoronto.ca ). The event was hosted at Nexient in Mississauga. The evening's presentation was entitled ' Virtualization Fever... Catch...
This past Monday I had the opportunity to present what I call a 'Let's Get Excited' presentation to an architect audience at Microsoft Canada. I was asked to showcase several new features of Windows Server 2008, due to launch on February...
One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet. He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that...
Near the beginning of 2006, while I was administering my own mail server, I discovered a great little utility called Exclaimer Mail Utilities. I call it a “little” utility because of the size – it was less than a 20-megabyte download...
So I'm here in Petaling Jaya, a satellite city and a completely different world from Kuala Lampur, and everything is strange to me. I am at the CPLS where I will be teaching this week, setting up my labs. As I wait for my virtual machines to copy...
Because I am beta testing Windows Server 2008 (and have been for about a year now) I have had access to Windows Vista SP1 for a while now, but honestly I have been a bit hesitant to make the jump too quickly. When I am on tour I live by my laptop, and...
One of the things that has impressed me about Microsoft since I started paying attention is the lengths that it goes to with regards to encouraging IT Pros, both with community building and with helping individuals to succeed. Microsoft Canada, through...
Last week I was invited to speak at the Microsoft across America event held at Miami Dade College for their CIS Faculty on the subject of Microsoft Certifications. The Q&A Session was quite lively, and I was asked one question that stuck out in my...
Cell/e-mail/calendar: What device do you use to keep organized? This question was posed to me by a colleague who is just leaving a job as a system administrator for a major educational institution for the freedom and stresses of independent consulting...
Another day, another dollar. That expression from my father's era or earlier assumed that on any given day a man would show up to his job, and do pretty much the same thing as he had done the previous day, and nothing would really change. While there...
Because of my involvement I am often asked how certification exams are created. For the most part I have not answered the questions because of the secrecy behind it, but recently I came across this great outline on the Microsoft MCP site. I hope it helps...
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