Monthly Archives: March 2006

PSS and Change Management

Podcast
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Let's face it, most problems with SBS happen when changes are made. Patches, hot fixes, service packs, migrations, upgrades. SBS PSS guys take on the topic and R2 issues in the latest Inside SBS Episode #17. They are drinking that … Continue reading

Vista Beta & Meaning of Beta

Microsoft, OS
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Good news for the folks that are willing to spend the weekend testing a new Vista build. Get to it before everyone else brings connect.microsoft.com to a crawl. Dear Longhorn / Windows Vista Beta Tester, We are pleased to announce … Continue reading

Leadership Apathy

Misc, SMB
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Over the past few months I've been looking at the communities I am involved in and I really did not like what I saw in terms of value that those groups presented me and its members. I have lately gotten … Continue reading

E12 – Vladstyle

E12
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I just got some very exciting news from my MVP lead — it appears that now that Exchange 12 is available to a solid amount of people in the Beta form I can talk about it — and show it … Continue reading

Windows Live Mail fights obsolescene

IT Culture, Microsoft
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As much progress as places like Gmail have made there is simply no substitute for an offline mail storage that web based solutions simply do not offer. Looks like the Live folks actually got that message and are rebranding the … Continue reading

Looking the Virtual Gift Horse in the mouth

IT Business
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There are some indications that Microsoft will release the next release of Microsoft Virtual Server, the VS 2005 R2 Enterprise absolutly free next week. Ain't competition grand? Remember that "R2" was actually Virtual Server SP1 that Microsoft got free beta … Continue reading

Pulse Check, SBS-PSS-SBSSHOW-TS2

Events, Podcast
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Yeah, I'm still alive. I had a little two hour talk with fellow MVP Dana Epp and we ended up talking about something completely opposite of why he called me in the first place. Long story short, I've spent past … Continue reading

Support Local Business: Git-R-Done

Misc
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Now I hate to do an almost fictional post back to back like this but folks… I took some time off this weekend. Katie took me to see Larry The Cable Guy's new movie "Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector". … Continue reading

Insider Tip: Huge Microsoft Acquisition Soon

IT Business, IT Culture
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It's Friday folks! Here is a little bit of humor for your weekend, enjoy! Eat your heart out Mary Jo Foley, you've got nothing on me! It no news that plenty of chairs have been flying around Redmond lately. These … Continue reading

Washington DC Strikes Again: Welcome Back Ma Bell

IT Business, IT Culture
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Ah, I really don't want to say this but it serves having some context. I try to avoid political posts because I feel its usually impossible to have a rational argument on politics. People tend to be too wrapped up … Continue reading