Yep. I’m coming to you right now via text at several thousand feet up in the sky, on my way to Dallas, TX. There, in the Las Colinas office of Microsoft, building 1, we’re holding a week of team meetings and training. Should be fun. I get to meet my new boss for the … Continue reading The Week In Dallas
Doesn’t this guy look happy? He’s found WSUS!I had a couple of really good WSUS questions in email recently, and I wanted to share them with you here.Dan P. writes:“I am interested in chaining WSUS servers and have tried in a lab environment, but wasn't sure if correctly. Can you answer me this? Will the … Continue reading WSUS Configuration Questions
I was browsing the TechNet web site for solutions to a couple of great WSUS questions I received in e-mail, when a search result caught my eye:“End to End Update Management – How Windows Vista Reduces the Pain of Update Management”Here’s the paper’s “executive summary”:“This white paper describes how the Microsoft Windows operating system Windows … Continue reading “Windows Vista Reduces the PAIN of Update Management”? I’m not gonna wait for Windows Vista!
Yep… today is the 2nd Tuesday of the month, which means that when they are available, new updates and security patches go live. And today there are a couple moderate, several important, and even a few CRITICAL updates now available to download, test, and install. More information here.There is also an updated Malicous Software Removal … Continue reading It’s Tuesday! It’s PATCHday!
Hmm… maybe I should clarify…Bill Steele shared with our team a very interesting situation he ran across while installing Office 2003 on a rebuild of his Tablet PC.Let’s all play “SPOT THE IRONY”!
Steve made some big announcements the other day about future product lines and services all around security – how Microsoft is going to take some of the security technologies recently purchased and developed (okay.. purchased) and roll them out in the coming months. Good stuff!Here’s the Press Pass article all about it.
As promised to the attendees of my Exchange Server 2003 SP2 talk I gave at the HP Exchange Academy yesterday, here is the slide deck:File Attachment: 20051005 Exchange SP2 Talk (cleaned).ppt (3842 KB)
Windows Server 2003 R2 Webcast Series – Extend Connectivity and Control in Your EnvironmentDid you know that there is a new version of Windows Server 2003 coming? Did you know there are new features coming in Windows Server 2003 that will help you extend your connectivity and control your management costs? Windows Server 2003 R2 … Continue reading Windows Server 2003 R2 Webcast Series
Excellent!Peter Jackson, the producer/director behind the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy has agreed to be the executive producer of the new “Halo” film, based on the game of the same name.Here’s the story at MSNBC.Hmmm…. I wonder… Will it be “Halo 2” right away? Will they then have to make a pre-quel at some later … Continue reading Lord of the Halo Rings
The Cable Guy’s article from last month talks about the new, “Next Generation” TCP/IP stack that has been built for Microsoft Windows Vista and the next version of Microsoft Server (codename: Longhorn Server). The article lists a number of improved features as well as nearly a dozen new ones. It also includes an architecture diagram … Continue reading New and Improved IP Stack in Windows Vista
Absolutely Full of I.T. 