October 2008 - Posts
Topic: Successful Migration Techniques For Migrating To Microsoft Exchange Server 2007Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides many enhancements to help organizations better manage their email, extend their messaging platform with Unified Communications technologies, and provide greater reliability and security. IT Pros are challenged with upgrading or migrating their existing email platform to Exchange 2007, while at the same time being keenly aware of the fact that email is something that can never go down. This session will teach you the best practices to migrate to Exchange 2007 so that you can be successful at acquiring the benefits of Exchange 2007 by...
Was talking with a friend a few nights back about how to dual-boot between Vista and Windows Server 2008. He was having some troubles with it so I suggested instead of Dual-booting, he should try and use virtualization product as his host OS and run his Client OS’s on top of it. Dual-boot I think is best for his situation, but if he was having troubles, virtualization might be the trick. Now I don’t have much experience with the VMware product, but I know they have something that will do this and I also mentioned Microsoft is releasing something along...
Here's the October 2008 Technical Rollup mail for SQL. I found this on the main Technet blog feed. Enjoy. Downloads Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, August 2008 Download the 2008 Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6c3e9ef-ba29-4a43-8d69-a2bed18fe73c%26displaylang%3den SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948111) Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948111) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8316bc5e-8c2d-4710-8acc-b815ccc81cd4%26displaylang%3den SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948110) Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948110)...
The Ottawa.net group is putting on an event this thursday about Team System Process Customization. You can have a look below for information on the event and how to register. Description: This presentation will focus on the creation of new process templates and the various customization options that are made available to you as a developer. We’ll look at the new work item types, processes, and reports. This is more than just process customization; it’s TFS tailoring and extension at its best! Speaker: Etienne Tremblay is a senior application architect for EDS Canada with 14 years of experience in enterprise...
I'm probably the last to know this but I discovered I could check my hotmail from my Blackberry remotely by using mobile.live.com. I had been trying to use www.hotmail.com but that didn't work so well. You can also use that site to check stocks, sports etc. Other tools I have installed are the typepd blog posting tool, google maps, google news, facebook app, the weather network app and newsgator go!. The typepad tool makes it handy to write a post remotly while out and about as I am doing now. The google maps tool is great for when you are...
I have noticed a few event going on in Toronto and Ottawa over the new few months. Events are always a good opportunity to get out and meet new contacts and network with your peers. Most of these events have a fee associated with them. If you are looking for lower cost events, check out what your local user group has going on. I'll post a list of user groups tomorrow. Got an IT event going on in Ottawa, Toronto or points in between? Let me know. SecTor Canada's Premier IT Security Conference! Illuminating the Black Art of Security. SecTor...
Here is a list of user groups focused on Microsoft Technology. User group meetings are a great place to network with your peers. Ontario User Groups BizTalk User Group (BTUG) A new international BizTalk User Group has been formed to support the Microsoft BizTalk Server user community. The goal of the BTUG website is to provide a central on-line resource for user group members for all things BizTalk related. On-line registration is free to anyone interested in learning more about BizTalk, only takes a few moments, and provides full access to all resources managed by the web site such as...