Monthly Archives: June 2006

ExchangeDefender Updates: So this is what its like to work on Microsoft Vista?

IT Business
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Yesterday I had a pleasure of hanging out with half a dozen of our customers and at some point I got the Vista treatment: We really love your product, but the file rules blow. This is Vlad’s version of UAC. ExchangeDefender … Continue reading

How to learn Exchange?

Exchange
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Every now and then we get an onslaught of newbies coming into the SBS world and trying to learn about Exchange. Unfortunately, they try to learn in the exact opposite way than the way Exchange is supposed to be deployed. … Continue reading

Microsoft Re-releases MS06-025 Patch

Security
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Microsoft is releasing an update to the patch it provided earlier this month, vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access blah blah (911280) where blah blah means remotely exploitable, patch now.  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-025.mspx

Busy News Monday: To Q or Not to Q, Dude, you’re getting an AMD

Vladville
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I’m wondering if it would be better to stick this into the upcoming Vladville Vlog or keep it in the blog for my partners but every week I find a lot of info that I don’t have any particular opinion … Continue reading

Microsoft Shows off Unified Messaging

Microsoft, Mobility
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Untitled document So I got the usual slew of “you’re selling out, man” from my Linux friends by saying my company is pushing Microsoft software. I’m sorry guys, but the world demands more – more than IRC and GAIM. No, those … Continue reading

Has the Small Business Specialist Certification Failed?

Microsoft
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There has been quite a bit in the community about the revised Microsoft Small Business Specialist certification exam 70–282. Why? The idiots are complaining that Microsoft made it too hard. As a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer I can tell you … Continue reading

Getting around Verizon restrictions for OWA

Exchange
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Something interesting came over the newsgroups today, Verizon has started restricting inbound traffic to ports 80/443 to their customers on dynamic IP addresses. Now lets for a moment ignore the fact that running a server on a consumer level DSL / … Continue reading

Eight Simple Rules To Avoiding Flamewars

IT Culture
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Untitled document One of my friends posted this on a mailing list we frequent, reflecting the feeling that many people have towards mailing lists and the few that ruin the experience for everyone:   I am sick of this group … Continue reading

Vista Beta 5456 Hits Connect

Beta
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Beta software, suicidal only, yada yada yada. Latest version of Vista beta (build 5456) is up on Connect. If you have no life and are reading my blog on Saturday ~9 PM EST you’ll be happy to know that. Also, … Continue reading

iPod Dominance is Over: Enter Sansa

Gadgets
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Untitled document I often get blamed for iPod purchases by people who listen to my podcast. After a while you just can’t remember to pack stuff into your PocketPC and as the more interesting stuff comes online in the audio form … Continue reading