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October 2009 - Posts

• Making IIS7 highly available using Server 2008 Failover Clustering

  This smoking hot little tidbit is burning my fingers… Microsoft has always recommended providing scalability of IIS to use Network Load Balancing (NLB).  This does not provide high availability. MS has just released a process to configure IIS as Read More... Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 7:29 AM by Brad Bird | 1 Comments

• Ottawa Windows Server User Group December Presentation Tentatively Announced – Topics are Flexible at the Moment

  I have a tentative commitment from Ottawa local IT PRO and Powershell MVP Kirk Munro to present for OWSUG on December 17, 2009.  Kirk’s forte is Powershell and he has presented on this topic many times.  However, this year he has been made a Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:42 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Ottawa Windows Server User Group Presentation for November – Sharepoint 2010

  We have lined up Wes MacDonald, an Ottawa local IT PRO to present at OWSUG on November 19, 2009 on Sharepoint 2010.  Further details to follow and be posted both on our website and in our newsletter: http://owsug.ca Pizza and pop will be served at Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:32 AM by Brad Bird | 1 Comments

• Letter from Members who Missed Yesterday’s Event

  This is an E-mail I received today from members who could not make the meeting yesterday because of the building access: *********************************************************************************** Hey Brad, I know this has been brought up before, Read More... Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 6:53 AM by Brad Bird | 3 Comments

• Ottawa Windows Server User Group Executives were a well oiled machine tonight

  Tonight was what I consider to be a great trial run of what is to come for the Ottawa Windows Server User Group. In August, Garth Jones stepped down as president of the OWSUG and I took his place. It was time to get more stakeholders in the Ottawa Windows Read More... Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:41 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Today’s Windows 7 Meeting Rocked the House! AND Windows 7 Study group interest

  WHOA!  For OWSUG meetings we have had the occasional turnout of over 40 attendees with a typical attendance of 25 – 35. Tonight, we had 140 registered for the Windows 7 event.  We had a capacity crowd of more than 110 people!!! Everybody who Read More... Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:43 PM by Brad Bird | 1 Comments

• Are You Ready for Windows 7? Event Hosted by the Ottawa Windows Server User Group October 22

  The OWSUG was already gearing up to present on Windows 7 at our September meeting.  Microsoft also offerred to do a free presentation to the user group as part of their Align IT program.  What better idea than to team with Community resources Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:13 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments