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TechEd HK Day 2 - the fun continues!
TechEd HK Day 2 continues with Scott Schnoll from the Exchange team doing a session on Exchange...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2006
Presenting at the WA Telecentres Conference
Today I got the pleasure to speak to a bunch of fantastic people on the virtues of blogging. Lets...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/21/2006
IE 7.0 and Phishing filter works quick!
This morning I received in my email yet another phishing scam. This one was for the Commonwealth...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/19/2006
Developer Podcasts now Live
Brought to you by MVP Nick Randolph! https://msdev.thepodcastnetwork.com/ First show is now live!!...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2006
New Vista Guidance Released
From the pen of Janine: "...[We] have heard that IT Pros are loving these Vista Guides at events, so...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/15/2006
Getting Ready for a NAP
People have been asking me lately about Network Access Protection (NAP). Good news is that Im...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2006
New WSUS2 realtime monitoring tool - thanks Paul!
The ever useful and all round good guy Paul Culmsee has written and freely released a handy tool to...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/11/2006
Longhorn Forums now available
We now have 13 technical discussion forums for Windows Server “Longhorn” available at...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2006
Virtual Server R2 x64 SP1 - and AMD-V
Some of you will be trialling SP1 for Virtual Server R2 out. I have an AMD X2 server and was keen to...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 09/01/2006
Data thefts cant be prevented?
Was reading another article today in a study discussing whether data thefts can be prevented. I...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2006
Interview on Hypervisor with Damien Murdoch
I did a little interview with Damien Murdoch on the future plans in Longhorn Server with Windows...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2006
The TechEd podcasts continue..
At TechEd there was a number of great interviews and podcasts released. Heres a couple of them......
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2006
SQL Down Under Podcast #18 - Enter Don Vilen!
Greg Low has posted a new one! Don Vilen rocked TechEd AU with some awesome sessions and scored...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2006
Have you seen those Mac ad's? PC folk respond...
Lately on TV here, Apple have been spinning their usual propaganda...dont they know how to market a...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2006
User Group Presentations next month
Yes Derrick Ill be presenting! :) Derrick asked me some time ago to present on MIIS at the Sydney...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2006
Fragile baggage on an airline...do they really care?
Im on my way home from TechEd on Saturday morning. As usual I take my server and laptop bag as carry...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2006
TechEd Slide Decks to post shortly on CommNet
Well I have to say a lot of people have emailed and asked about this one! Everyone is interested in...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2006
TechEd NZ bigger than TechEd Australia? I dont think so Jim....
Today Steve Riley walks into the speaker room at TechEd Australia and makes the claim (based on...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2006
TechEd NZ and Australia kick off!
Well after months of planning TechEd NZ kicks off the tour with an excellent keynote by Rowan...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2006
The hardware I use :)
A lot of people come up to me after presentations and ask what sort of hardware I use. Im a big AMD...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2006
MSTechEd.com website and Windows Vista Issue
A number of people (including Mitch Denny) have emailed us and indicated that the website for...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2006
TechEd change of plan. Jesper not coming to Australia and NZ.
I have to announce that despite our earlier intentions of having Jesper present, he is now not able...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/11/2006
Airline terrorism...and so the panic and overreaction begins again...
Ive been watching the news lately on the terrorist arrests in the UK and Pakistan and of course the...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/11/2006
TechEd 2006 Full Track list
Due to demand (and the fact that some people cant seem to use a perfectly good RSS feed :) ) Ive...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2006
SBS content at TechEd 2006 Australia
Yes youre right Susan...there will be a full track dedicated to SBS. The community pushed for this...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/06/2006
TechEd 2006 Australia: the biggest ever!
With the completion of content planning, CommNet has now released to attendees - this allows you to...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2006
Jesper Johansson leaves the building!
Well its official. Jesper has decided to leave Microsoft. Even though its sad we wont get to benefit...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2006
TechEd 2006: Content Completed!
Well its good news to be able to announce that we're essentially complete. At present we're...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 07/25/2006
CodeCamp Australia for SQL Server!
From the desk of Greg Low: "...CodeCampOz has been very successful over the past two years. To add...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 07/16/2006
Longhorn and WinHEC Webcasts Release
Im so far behind on my blogging! My apologies for the delay in posting anything - TechEd has been...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 07/16/2006
Friday Funny: TBS's Humour Study and Cannes Lions
Tim McTigue sent these to me. Something lighthearted for the weekend! Enjoy!...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/23/2006
Bill Gates transitions to a new role
It had to happen. Bill Gates was eventually going to leave and in an internal company mail he...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/15/2006
Ridiculous statements of platform security
Im reading my usual online newsletters and I come across this one. Im reading and and its laughable!...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/15/2006
TechEd USA: Police eating donuts? Surely not!
This morning as I was waiting to catch the shuttle bus to the conference I noticed a number of...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2006
SBSDiva....not happy!
Susan Bradley isn't happy. Shes the SBS Diva and Im sitting right next to her right now. She's found...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2006
TechEd USA: Day 3
Went to an awesome session today by Steve Riley. It was Windows Vista System Integrity Technologies...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2006
TechEd USA: Day 2: BitLocker and catching up with folk!
Went to a BitLocker session today. Was a very good session with lots of details on the deployment....
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/12/2006
TechEd Boston: We've arrived!
Well as part of my TechEd AU and NZ responsibilities Im here at TechEd in Boston trying to recruit...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2006
Want a copy of Vista Beta 2?
Ive had this question a stack of times now...how can I get a copy of Beta 2? If you were at...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2006
TechEd 2006 AU: First look at the backpack!!
So here it is...the TechEd bag for Australia. And finally a nice quality one!! You can click on it...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2006
Windows Live Local - now with Aussie maps
For those of you that love to know where youre going....Windows Live Local now has Aussie maps that...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2006
WAIK: Testing the waters with WDS...
So in my previous posts on WAIK and WDS I talked about what they offer. Call me totally sad but...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/26/2006
WinHEC Virtualisation Demo
Had this come through my mail - though you might be interested! During the keynote at WinHEC we...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/25/2006
SQL Down Under Show #16: MVP Paul Neilson speaks
SQL Down Under show 16 with guest SQL Server MVP Paul Nielsen is now available for download from...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/25/2006
Windows Deployment Services Presentation
Just a quick note to let you all know that I will be presenting at the Perth Infrastructure Group on...
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/25/2006
Vista: Windows Automated Install Kit first look!
As part of the Vista Beta 2 release, there will be a set of new tools to use to help you deploy it....
Author: Michael Kleef [MSFT] Date: 05/25/2006