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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

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]