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So now that I have a day or two to play (and need it up already!), I decided to start installing my Essential Business Server environment today. This is not my first kick at this can (I have installed eight or nine previous iterations in either...
Technorati Tags: Michael D. Alligood , Mitch Garvis , Mitchell D. Garvis , EBS Consultant , Essential Business Server , SBS , SBSC , Certified Small Business Specialist , Small Business Server I had dinner with a colleague this evening, Michael D. Alligood...
I had a conversation with my Exchange Server last night. Microsoft has been talking about Unified Messaging for a couple of years now, and I have been interested in it since the outset but because I do not always have the infrastructure (or the time)...
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . There are two truisms that come to mind this morning: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing; and The more you know the more damage you can do....
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...
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...
I cannot be sure when I first started receiving spam in my Inbox, but in all likelihood it was around the time I got my first Internet e-mail account, circa April, 1995. It was a minor nuisance then, and before long it became a major pain. ...
For those of you playing with Vista, stick these fixes on. While you wait for news of Vista SP1 rest assured that the team are hard at work addressing some of the more common issues with the current Vista release. Two packages have been released to address...
Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I...
Many of you know that earlier this year I wrote a series of e-learning courses for Microsoft Learning that eventually became the Collection 5974: Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for a Small- and Medium-Sized Business. The project...
This week I encountered a phenomenon that I thought was part of our past. Believe me I did not wax nostalgic for the good old days. I remember in a bygone era it was not uncommon for consultants to install all sorts of software for free... not shareware...
One of the advantages I am glad that MITPro has been able to bring to its members is participation in many of the beta programs that Microsoft has running right now. It is truly an exciting time to be an active member of the IT Pro community because of...