Escape from Yester-world! This is great stuff. Dean Andrew’s found it and blogged it on his TechNetWebcasts blog.Are you as excited as I am about SQL Server 2005?
SQL Server 2005 allows you to escape!
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PDC ’05 – Convince Your Boss!
WARNING: The following is targeted at developers. You IT Pros can look away for just a minute. DEVELOPERS! The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 is happening Sept 13–16 in Los Angeles. You don’t want to miss it. “I want to go, but my boss doesn’t see the value. Help me convince him!”Okay… Will this help?Click on … Continue reading PDC ’05 – Convince Your Boss!
It’s not Longhorn, it’s…
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…
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!
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
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
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
Backup-Shmackup. Tell me about your RECOVERY strategy.
Don’t talk to me about backup strategy, please. Backups alone are not worth the media they’re written to. The question you should MUST be able to answer is: “What are you doing to make sure you can RECOVER from catastrophy?”“I keep my stuff on tape.”“…Lots of tapes.”Good. You’re better off than the people who were … Continue reading Backup-Shmackup. Tell me about your RECOVERY strategy.
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