The Irish IT Professional
Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable – Windows 7 Application Compatibility
One of the topics we covered as part of the recent TechNet Windows 7 Tour of Ireland was application...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 06/04/2009
ISSA - Information Systems Security Association Event June 10th
The Information Systems Security Association, an Irish security professionals group is hosting an...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 06/04/2009
Performance of Solid State Disks (SSD)
I’m planning to do some real world performance tests with Solid State Disks vs. the old fashioned...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2009
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 hits RTM
Thursday May 28th saw the RTM of Operations Manager 2007 R2 being approved, which immediately...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 06/03/2009
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has an official release date!
As we toured around Ireland on the Windows 7 Tour, the single most asked question was around when...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 06/03/2009
SQL Event in Cork on 4th June
Reporting Services 2008 Architecture and End User Reporting Summary The first part of this session...
Author: emflynn Date: 05/29/2009
Excellent Exchange 2010 Session Coming Up on 12th June
On June 12th the Windows User Group will be running a session on Exchange 2010, also known as...
Author: emflynn Date: 05/27/2009
Bootable USB Drive Recipe
One of the questions we have been getting in the first few dates of the Windows 7 Tour in Ireland is...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 05/21/2009
Microsoft’s Identity Life Cycle Management Story - Part 1: Microsoft's philosophy and vision
Many of you may be aware that Microsoft has been a player in the Identity Management space for many...
Author: emflynn Date: 05/15/2009
Is your PC capable of running Windows 7? The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
Microsoft have just released the beta of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It checks your system...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2009
FREE SBSC Exam Vouchers
Everyone knows that I am a big supporter of Microsoft Small Business Server and an even bigger...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 05/08/2009
Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Have you signed up for the Windows Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as ‘Terminal Services’)...
Author: emflynn Date: 05/07/2009
Oh Yeah, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate is released today too!
With all the hype over the release of Windows 7 Release Candidate today, one of the things that is...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/30/2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available!
Gentlemen (and ladies), start your downloads: Windows 7 RC is now available on MSDN and TechNet....
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/30/2009
Win an Xbox 360 Elite: Fill in a survey and enter to win an Xbox
Win an Xbox 360 Elite. We, the TechNet team in Ireland would like to know how they’re doing and what...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2009
It is Service Pack Season
And you thought you were busy! Imagine being in the software distribution division at...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/29/2009
Talking about Windows
, you heard of it? Unless you live under a rock or don’t work in IT (in which case why are you...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/28/2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate and Windows XP Mode
There has been many rumours in the past few weeks around the release date for Windows 7 RC (Release...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/25/2009
Windows 7 Security Enhancements
You may have heard that Windows 7 includes new features and enhancements to help improve security....
Author: emflynn Date: 04/23/2009
Happy Earth Day
Earth day is a very big deal in my house. We have long been supporters of environmental causes at...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/22/2009
Great book on Hyper-V
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2009
Windows XP Support
One of the conversations I most commonly have with customers and Partners alike is around Windows 7,...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/17/2009
Exchange 2010 Beta Released
Are you ready for Beta testing season? Microsoft are about to release a flurry of new product...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/16/2009
Server Quest – The IT Pro Online Game
Are you an IT Pro who likes to game a little? Me too, especially retro games from my early days...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/16/2009
“Security Bulletins for the regular IT guy” Podcast – 04/14/2009
It is another Patch Tuesday and I just got an email from Rick Claus from Microsoft Canada’s IT Pro...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/14/2009
SBS 2008 Books To Take Note Of
Everyone likes something for FREE! Here is a chance to get another in the Free Microsoft E-Book...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/14/2009
Hyper-V Security Guide
I received an email over the weekend as a subscriber to TechNet indicating that a Hyper-V™ Security...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/07/2009
Windows Server 2008 Foundation and BPOS Released
People dealing with SMB customers within Ireland will be happy with the new Windows Server product...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/05/2009
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer now Free!
There have been lots of great announcements from Microsoft in the last number of months. Anytime we...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 04/02/2009
Live Migration using Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V (put to music)
In the time it takes for you to listen to this one song (5 minutes 19 seconds), I build a cluster,...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2009
Microsoft Windows Licensing for Virtualization
Microsoft Licensing is difficult at the best of times. The licensing for Windows Server...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/25/2009
Windows Administrator Took Kit must haves
The job of being a systems administrator is difficult. As a result, it's important to have just the...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/22/2009
SharePoint, SharePoint, SharePoint
If you have spent anytime in a Microsoft presentation in the last 2 plus years, you are sure to have...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/22/2009
Free Powershell Book and User Group Info
If you are serious about your Windows Server IT Administration, then this post is for you! I got...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/22/2009
DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows7
The Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems introduce DirectAccess, a...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/21/2009
Windows Server 2008 Updates Announced
This past week in LAs Vegas Microsoft held the Mix Conferences and a number of big announcements...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/21/2009
Windows 7 Installation / Dual Boot: Boot from VHD is the best method.
So you’ve got your Windows 7 DVD and aren’t too sure what to do with it. You’re happily...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Deep Dive
What are you doing at 7:30 – 10:00 on the 30th April? Aidan Finn and I will be doing a deep...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
Small Business Specialist in Ireland
I am always somewhat amazed that more Microsoft Partners are not Small Business Specialists (SBSC)....
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/12/2009
Windows 7 changes for the Release Candidate
The Windows 7 Engineering team has released a blog post outlining the forth coming changes for the...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/11/2009
Building a Windows Server 2008 R2 Demo –Part 1
So I am in the process of building up a new demo environment and I thought I would I build a series...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/10/2009
My Live Migration Demo from last week
In this Live Migration demonstration I show a virtual machine failing from node to node without...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2009
Tech Days: Galway March10, Cork March12 (7pm-9.30pm)
Tech Days, a joint effort between Microsoft and the IT Pro community, is bringing exceptional...
Author: emflynn Date: 03/06/2009
Make Your Career Thrive
Microsoft has a new website dedicated to helping IT Pro’s take their career to the next level, what...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/03/2009
Things that make you go HMMMMM
I read this last week and thought….that makes perfect sense, why don’t companies just do it...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 03/03/2009
SQL 2008 Planning and Release Guide Beta’s
Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides-Release Announcement Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 The...
Author: ieitpro Date: 02/26/2009
Upcoming Technical events
Reducing Business Costs through Technology - Dublin & Belfast Events Who Should Attend: This...
Author: ieitpro Date: 02/25/2009