NEWSFLASH: I'm here at Microsoft Redmond today and in the last 45 minutes they have launched a new Tech Center on the MS Technet website specifically for SBS 2003. Which has some cool new features. You can get to it at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/default.aspx Normally, if you post feedback on the Microsoft.com site, you get no feedback. One of the cool … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2007
The day before it begins!
Today is the day before SMBNation begins we've been involved in a few meetings with the Centro team which are really cool. I'd like to say more but they have threatened me if I do J Also got to meet my editor @ MS Press Karen Szall is the lady who will be guiding me on the way to the Cougar Administrators Pocket Consultant book due out mid next year. More details to … [Read more...]
Backups while I m away from home
I use a combination of backups on my home SBS network naturally, it's not your normal network. I've got an SBS 2003 R2 server with a few extra tweaks, a large server that hosts a number of virtualised systems (both WS 2005 R2 and VMWare Server). Backing up this lot is a bit of a challenge. While I'm away, my wife is swapping tapes each day. I use BackupAssist to make this … [Read more...]
Handy maps to have when visiting Microsoft in Redmond
I'm here in Redmond for a few days to attend SMBNation and also to visit a few people at Microsoft on various teams to make good contacts so I can write even better and more informed things on Cougar, Centro, and the other products I'm involved with. One of the things you learn after working with MS for a while is that their campus here in Redmond is BIG really big. And you … [Read more...]
SharePoint on an Airplane
No it's not the title of some B grade movie, but something that I'm doing for real. For some time now, I've trialled a number of software packages to take SharePoint sites offline. The aim being to make as much content in a SharePoint site available offline so that I can continue working on it whilst away from the office. I've settled on the Colligo Contributor as the one … [Read more...]