29 November 2006

Exchange 2007 case studies

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: , , , — Stuart Maxwell @ 11:18 pm

More Exchange 2007 stuff from Microsoft… Here’s a bunch of case studies for migrating to Exchange 2007 – they cover a wide range of businesses and scenarios, so they should be applicable to all sizes of environments.
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?ProTaxID=1267

December edition of TechNet magazine now available

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: , , — Stuart Maxwell @ 10:55 pm

The latest edition of Microsoft’s free, downloadable, TechNet magazine is now available. There’s lots of good Exchange 2007 stuff in there so it’s worth checking out.

December TechNet magazine
Direct download link as CHM

RDP 6.0 client for Windows XP released

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 9:32 am

Microsoft have just RTW’d (released to web) version 6.0 of the RDP client which can be installed on Windows XP SP2 machines. This new version supports all the new RDP features that have been introduced with Vista and Longhorn. You also get a lot of new performance options so that you can now disable many [...]

Start planning for your Exchange 2007 deployments

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: , , — Stuart Maxwell @ 8:04 am

I’ve just been reading a good blog post from the MS Exchange team (You had me at EHLO) detailing some recommendations for your Exchange 2007 hardware requirements. Here are the links:

UPDATED: Exchange 2007 Processor and Memory Recommendations
Performance Benchmarks for Computers Running Exchange Server 2003
CPU and memory scalability for Exchange Server 2003 and for Exchange 2000 [...]

27 November 2006

Be careful of pago

Filed under: General, Internet — Tags: , — Stuart Maxwell @ 11:23 pm

ASB have released a new service in NZ called pago (lower case intended) which allows you to make payments for goods using your sms with your mobile phone or by email. The site is clearly targeting a younger audience, even encouraging you to use your TradeMe or MySpace username as your pago login name. There’s [...]

15 November 2006

Windows Vista: Optimizing the Windows Desktop

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 8:07 pm

Microsoft have recently created a new page on their Vista site that provides details on their new offering for Software Assurance customers. They’ve bundled up their recent purchases of Winternals, Softricity, and DesktopStandard into a free offering for those that sign up for Microsoft’s controversial licensing program. Here are some of the details from the site:
Using the solution’s [...]

12 November 2006

Movember

Filed under: General — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 6:11 pm

I was a little late to the party but my Movember effort is now in full swing. I have a week’s worth of stubble to carve into something embarrassing! Thanks to my sponsors (Damian, Lisa, Ness, Sheri) who haves donated so far – I’ve raised $25 $55 $60 for prostate cancer research. I’ll be posting the [...]

8 November 2006

Microsoft virtual appliances now available for download

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: , , — Stuart Maxwell @ 11:21 pm

Microsoft are following VMware’s lead by providing pre-built virtual machines for download. Have a look at this search on the Microsoft downloads site and you’ll find a few there already: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=VHD&DisplayLang=en
These are only official trial versions from Microsoft, so VMware still has the lead here with a whole community of user-created virtual machines most of [...]

Sysinternals Site Migrated to TechNet

Filed under: Infrastructure — Tags: — Stuart Maxwell @ 9:00 pm

Just noticed today that the Sysinternals site has completed its migration to Microsoft’s TechNet site. The new address is http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx
I’ve had a quick dig around and noticed this tool which looks new, Process Monitor. Here’s a screenshot from the site:
Everything else seems to be the same apart from the lack of source code [...]