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OK, so my understanding of this product is that it provides Citrix ICA sessions to virtual machines running in the data centre. This model provides access to three types of desktops: Virtual machines running on Microsoft or VMware virtualisation products. Terminal services desktops running on Windows Server. Dedicated blade computers for the more demanding user. […]

When configuring a Windows SBS 2003 box – remember one golden rule: Always stick with the wizards. Even if you’re a server/AD/ISA/Exchange guru, you should still stick to the wizards. SBS 2003 is a complex beast and a lot of under-the-cover configuration takes place when running each of the wizards. For example, did you know […]

I’ll be up to date with my reading soon, but in the meantime here’s a whole bunch more to catch up on… Downloadable Guide Available for Exchange 2007 You can now download the first couple of guides (word docs) for Exchange 2007. Deploying a Standard Exchange Server 2007 Organization: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82170 Deploying a Simple Exchange Server […]

I’ve been running Vista Ultimate for the last couple of weeks – it’s been full of highs and lows, but I’m saving that for a future blog post. But I ran into something interesting this morning when I went to use one of Vista’s little-known gems, the Snipping Tool. It’s a nifty little screen capture […]

I meant to blog about this last year when I discovered it, but this appears to be the little-known Holy Grail of syncing applications. SyncMyCal is an Outlook plugin that synchronises your Google Calendar with your Outlook calendar – and both ways too! If you search for “Google Calendar sync” you’ll find lots of people searching for the perfect tool to […]

Thanks Eileen, for the nice summary of essential Exchange 2007 reading. I’ve got a bit to catch up on! TechNet Articles Getting Started with Exchange Server 2007: Server Roles New Performance and Scalability Functionality Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Live Webcasts High Availability and Clustering in Exchange Server 2007  How Microsoft IT Designs Its 64-bit Exchange […]

Paull Thurrott looks at the ridiculous number of Windows Vista versions and how confusing they all are for end users. When I first revealed that Microsoft would sell Windows Vista in an unprecedented number of product versions way back in September 2005, I questioned the reasoning behind this decision. Consumers, I felt, would be confused […]

There’s been a bit of discussion recently about the merits of Vista’s UAC; Jim Allchin wrote a long blog post detailing how they tried to balance the security with usability. My personal opinion is that UAC is too strict and becomes too annoying with too many prompts for seemingly innocent tasks. Installing iTunes, for example, […]

Some more Exchange 2007 links to get through… Get ready for Exchange 2007 Well, the IT’s Showtime team have products a “Get ready for Exchange 2007 roadshow” videos. You can watch your way through a set of videos discussion architecture, deployment, management and Unified Communications from the guys at corp. Here’s a list of sessions […]

Bill Gates presented the keynote at CES a short while ago and I’m just watching the streaming video now. Lots of Windows Vista features displayed, nothing which really excites me at all. Zune mp3 player gets a bit of a push too – number 2 mp3 player in it’s segment?? Windows Live…… Most exciting announcement […]