The Sean Blog
Branch Infrastructure Implementation Solution for Windows Server 2008
Alright... not the sexiest acronym, but the new Branch Infrastructure Implementation Solution - BIIS...
Author: smearp Date: 02/27/2008
New Sysinternals tool- ShellRunas
New goody from Mark Russinovich and the Sysinternals team! ShellRunas v1.0 The command-line Runas...
Author: smearp Date: 02/27/2008
SharePoint Designer Training
I have previously mentioned some free training that is available for SharePoint here:...
Author: smearp Date: 02/27/2008
Migrating from Lotus Domino to Exchange
If you have been tasked to work on a Lotus Domino to Exchange migration project, you will want to...
Author: smearp Date: 02/26/2008
Virtualization Tech Center
I see over on Matt's blog that we now have a Virtualization Tech Center up on TechNet. Not so...
Author: smearp Date: 02/25/2008
Take a look under the Kimono
Have you ever been curious how Microsoft protocols such as SMB, CIFS, BITS, IPSEC, or NTLM work...
Author: smearp Date: 02/25/2008
How Many SharePoint Servers Do I Have?
The wide availability of Windows® SharePoint® Services (WSS) 3.0 and the explosive popularity of...
Author: smearp Date: 02/24/2008
The Zune A Day Giveaway
Saw this over on the Got Zune blog... it looks like we are giving away a Zune a day. All you have to...
Author: smearp Date: 02/24/2008
Would you like a video with that?
Some useful videos to accompany the release of Service Pack 1 for Operations Manager 2007... (or you...
Author: smearp Date: 02/23/2008
Analyzing your Windows Perfmon logs
Great writeup by Daniel Petri: Ever have a performance problem, but don't know what performance...
Author: smearp Date: 02/20/2008
The Demented Borg Mind
As I mentioned earlier, Microsoft has released the specifications for our binary Office 97-2003 file...
Author: smearp Date: 02/19/2008
If you are a student, Microsoft loves ya!
Now is certainly the time to be a student! As we announced earlier, you can pick up Office...
Author: smearp Date: 02/19/2008
TechNet How-to Videos
The TechNet Events Team has been hard at work recording "How-To" videos covering a wide variety of...
Author: smearp Date: 02/16/2008
Aerosmith's "Dream On" Free for XBOX 360 Guitar Hero
"Dream On" was the first major hit for the rock band Aerosmith, appearing on their debut self-titled...
Author: smearp Date: 02/16/2008
Digital Photo Frames
My mother recently had a milestone birthday (she would kill me if I mentioned which one), so I...
Author: smearp Date: 02/16/2008
SharePoint Lectures and Whitepapers
Good stuff! I recently attended some training with the Consultants that are featured in the videos...
Author: smearp Date: 02/16/2008
Microsoft Office Binary File Format Specifications Released!
Just saw this over on Brian Jones' Blog, and I'm surprised this hasn't made more of a splash on the...
Author: smearp Date: 02/16/2008
BREAKING NEWS: Windows Server 2008 SP1 Released!
Now you don't have to wait a year to deploy it in production ;) All right... it's not really...
Author: smearp Date: 02/15/2008
Step By Step Guide: IPsec NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab
The NAP team has just released a Step-by-Step guide to setting up IPsec NAP Enforcement in a Test...
Author: smearp Date: 02/14/2008
Performance Tuning Windows Server 2008
Now that Windows Server 2008 has RTM'd, and you are preparing to roll it out in your environment...
Author: smearp Date: 02/10/2008
Report Cards
My kiddoes just brought home their report cards, and I thought I would share one of the areas that...
Author: smearp Date: 02/10/2008
Scripting SharePoint
This is really a bit of a "duh" suggestion, but I'll bet you haven't done it yet ;)...
Author: smearp Date: 02/09/2008
Home Depot?!?!?
I am getting ready to upgrade my 802.11g network to 802.11n for the speed and performance...
Author: smearp Date: 02/07/2008
Office Communications Server 2007 Visio stencils
Useful for diagramming your new OCS 2007 topology! Get them here:...
Author: smearp Date: 02/06/2008
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2008 posted
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the...
Author: smearp Date: 02/05/2008
OCS Conference - Interact 2008
You can expect that I will start ramping up on my OCS posts shortly. I think it has the...
Author: smearp Date: 02/05/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Released
Good stuff! And the price ($0.00) is right :) You can download a DVD ISO with the bits here, or the...
Author: smearp Date: 02/02/2008
Left vs Right
A new themed search engine (along the lines of Ms. Dewey) powered by Live Search. Check out...
Author: smearp Date: 02/01/2008
February TechNet Magazine is out
And it is all about SharePoint and OCS baby! https://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/ Sharepoint...
Author: smearp Date: 02/01/2008
SharePoint Deployment Essentials Guide
From the SharePoint Blog: A new SharePoint Deployment Essentials Guide made up of content from the...
Author: smearp Date: 02/01/2008
Creating Effective Enterprise Portals by Using SharePoint Server 2007
Great report from the internal IT group here at Microsoft on how our Intranet portal was designed...
Author: smearp Date: 02/01/2008
Pocket-protector territory
Alright... we're going into serious pocket-protector territory here, but the TCP/IP Registry Values...
Author: smearp Date: 01/23/2008
How fast are you?
First saw this over on Jeremy's Blog and had to try it myself... 88 words So... top that!
Author: smearp Date: 01/23/2008
Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility
Some good resources on Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility over at Venkat's Blog:...
Author: smearp Date: 01/22/2008
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for...
Author: smearp Date: 01/21/2008
Active Directory How-Tos
How do I back up AD? Seize an Operations Manager role? Recover a Domain Controller? Manage SYSVOL?...
Author: smearp Date: 01/18/2008
Authenticate Linux/Unix to Active Directory
If you need guidance on a Microsoft technology, we probably have a Solution Accelerator for that!...
Author: smearp Date: 01/18/2008
All the TechNet and MSDN blogs
Seriously. All of them. In a convenient, easy to consume OPML format:...
Author: smearp Date: 01/17/2008
Virtual Technet
Good stuff in this month's TechNet magazine...all about System Center and Group Policy. Get it while...
Author: smearp Date: 01/17/2008
Working at Microsoft
I wrote my "Why I love working at Microsoft" post nearly a year ago, but Dare Abasanjo (author of...
Author: smearp Date: 01/17/2008
Managing Hyper-V remotely
Just got this from Jeff on the Windows Virtualization Team: Hyper-V Question of the Day: Q: I’d like...
Author: smearp Date: 01/17/2008
Windows Server Compare
I see that Keith has some pretty sweet webcasts coming up for all those of you that live in a...
Author: smearp Date: 01/16/2008
Security Best Practices
By no means a comprehensive list, today's Best Practices are brought to you by the letter...
Author: smearp Date: 01/15/2008
Driving in India
I am in India for the next week or so, and it really is quite beautiful here (and much warmer than...
Author: smearp Date: 01/15/2008