BREAKING NEWS: The Microsoft ‘HOME SERVER’ is officially announced

Thanks to an e-mail I just received from Charlie Kindel (see his blog), I'm now able to publicly express my excitement for this new, until now very-hush-hush product that Microsoft has been working on.  Apparently Bill G just announced the product at CES this evening.Here is the official web page that has been hinting at … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: The Microsoft ‘HOME SERVER’ is officially announced

Resources for TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

  Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on January 10, 2007, entitled “TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)”. I hope you find them useful. Kevin PS - Resources and links to part 1 of this 2 part series are here. — Microsoft Office SharePoint … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

Resources for TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)

  Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on January 8, 2007, entitled “TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)”. I hope you find them useful. Kevin PS - Resources and links to Part 2 of this two part series are here. — Microsoft Office SharePoint … Continue reading Resources for TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)

Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: Compliance and Records Management

Here are the "Best Of" our questions and answers from today's TechNet Webcast: Compliance and Records Management.Thanks to all who attended!  Happy Holidays!-Kevin PS - Here is my resource page for this webcast.--Questions and Answers: “When you refer to Document Information Panel, vis a vis doc metadata - are you referring to metadata exclusively for e-docs, or are you also including … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: Compliance and Records Management

Best of Questions and Answers for TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure

Here are the "Best Of" our questions and answers from today's TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure.BIG thank you to Matt Hester, who answered the questions in the background during the webcast; and whose work this represents.Thanks to all who attended!-Kevin --Questions and Answers: “What are the tradeoffs for naming your internal domain the same as the … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers for TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure

Some good questions on Activation 2.0

As many of you know, or will know by reading this, Windows Vista (and future OS's and Apps from Microsoft) requires Activation; and a new functionality that is very good, and very important to understand, is how the new "Activation 2.0" affects volume licenses of Windows Vista Business versions (Standard and Enterprise).  CLICK HERE For more information … Continue reading Some good questions on Activation 2.0

Webcast Resources: Compliance and Records Management

  Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on December 22, 2006, entitled “Compliance and Records Management" I hope you find them useful. Kevin — Preview - Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/technologies/sharepointtechnology/highlights.mspx Preview - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/servers/sharepointserver/overview.mspx Microsoft Business Intelligencehttp://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/solutions/bi/guide.mspx Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/01/09/510812.aspx Microsoft Records Management Team … Continue reading Webcast Resources: Compliance and Records Management

Webcast Resources: Best Practices for designing the Active Directory Structure

 Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on December 20, 2006, entitled “Best Practices for designing the Active Directory Structure" I hope you find them useful. Kevin — Planning and Implementing Federated Forests in Windows Server2003http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/activedirectory/fedffin2.mspx Autonomy vs. Isolationhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/e638db7d-ae87-45b2-beba-ec5815876ca2.mspx Determining the Number of Forests Requiredhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/0c1cfacb-ff12-466f-81c6-9d29c7c2c427.mspx Forest Design Modelshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/0e40afb5-4504-4990-b579-052abe6bc599.mspx Reviewing the Domain Modelshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/7928a6f2-3a50-4a4a-a349-ef8523798061.mspx Windows … Continue reading Webcast Resources: Best Practices for designing the Active Directory Structure