Yes! Yesterday afternoon the Microsoft employees here at MGB in Atlanta were told that what was known as codename “Longhorn” is now officially called Microsoft Windows Vista! Today the world learned the news as well. Here’s the Microsoft Press Release about it.Also, today I sat through some instructor-lead demos of the beta. Wow… you are … Continue reading It’s not Longhorn, it’s…
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I want a blog of my own!
Some of you reading this blog may have wondered if you can set up a blog of your own. “Well? Can I?”Yep. In fact, Tony Northrup (pictured here)has written a really useful article explaining quite clearly how easy it is to set up your own blog for FREE using MSN Spaces Create your space, personalize how … Continue reading I want a blog of my own!
TechEd Video Blog #8 – Final Thoughts
Here is my final TechEd 2005 Video Blog entry. In it you get to see our winner, Ken, who won our Microsoft Across America “Where’s Rob?” contest grand prize, plus some additional random shots around the Hands-on-Labs.You can also view it at The Blogcast Repository. Today (Wednesday, July 20) I and about 9,999 other Microsoft employees from … Continue reading TechEd Video Blog #8 – Final Thoughts
Password? Passphrase?
How secure is your password? UK IT Pro Evangelist Steve Lamb blogged about some really good resources on password strength and some good ideas to make it even easier to be even more secure.Here is his blog entry.
Presenting Outside the Box
As a technology presenter, I really appreciate hearing about how the really REALLY successful guys do it. Even you back-office, deep-in-the-data-center IT Pros should be ready to present technology to the business management folks from time to time.Microsoft’s Don Box is well known for his entertaining and highly rated technical presentations He was recently interviewed by … Continue reading Presenting Outside the Box
Wow… I didn’t even know it wasn’t dead already!
I read a “rumination” recently that went something like this:You know that strange feeling you get when you hear that some famous person has just died, but you had thought that they were already dead? On the one hand, you’re happy to hear that they weren’t dead, but then again you are sad because now … Continue reading Wow… I didn’t even know it wasn’t dead already!
Tell me how to keep my accounts secure
Okay… let’s say you’re an IT Professional (and who wouldn’t want to be, really) responsible for managing user and administrative accounts in your office or for your company. But you sometimes ask yourself:“Do I use my administrative accounts wisely?”“Am I granting too many people too many rights in my organization?”And then you ask us:“What do YOU suggest I … Continue reading Tell me how to keep my accounts secure
I love being flashed
“Huh?!”Let me explain…If you’re an IT Pro, and you don’t mind the occassional email from Microsoft, you can subscribe to this bi-weekly email newsletter, the TechNet Flash, full of great tips and pointers to IT Pro-related resources. And you can even tell us preferences about the kinds of products and technologies you work with so we … Continue reading I love being flashed
Wireless Bozo
I was just catching up on some IT news, and came across this AP article about the guy in St. Petersburg, FL who was arrested for using someone else’s wireless network. In a nutshell, the guy (Ben Smith) sat in his SUV outside someone’s home, with his laptop, and used their unsecured wireless network. My … Continue reading Wireless Bozo
Visual Status of your Network Security
If you have Visio, and you’re interested in MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer), this tool is quite nice!Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Connector for the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Do you know the security status of your network? Get a visual. The Visio Connector for MBSA lets you view the results of a Microsoft Baseline … Continue reading Visual Status of your Network Security
Absolutely Full of I.T. 