Marcus Hass' [MS] Blog
Interesting tidbits about Microsoft Office 365 and other products. Occasional rants about travel, gaming and gadgets.
iSCSI, cheap disk for archiving?
Back in 2002, I was involved in migrating some of Microsoft’s biggest ISP customers from a product...
Author: quato Date: 07/16/2005
Language Barriers
I am a little more sensitive about language barriers than most, because both my parents are not...
Author: quato Date: 07/16/2005
Trustworthy Administrators
Check out an this interesting article from Steve Riley about trusting administrators. Trustworthy...
Author: quato Date: 07/16/2005
SAN, SAN and SAN
I can't believe how important storage has become. I am working on some Hosted Exchange projects, and...
Author: quato Date: 07/14/2005
GAL lookup from MS Smartphone
You can do this via OMA (Outlook Mobile Access), but this little app is much easier. Microsoft...
Author: quato Date: 07/12/2005
MS AntiSyware team responds to Claria mumblings
The AntiSpyware team has posted a response to the articles that have arose recently concerning...
Author: quato Date: 07/11/2005
Security Words of Wisdom and a little Security Entertainment
If you have never seen Microsoft's Steve Riley speak on security, I highly encourage you to take a...
Author: quato Date: 07/11/2005
PS3 will NOT have router capability
Looks like the guys at Sony have given up their dream of dominating the router market (through...
Author: quato Date: 07/11/2005
Good places to eat, errr work, in St. Louis
Jus returned from St. Louis on a fairly productive trip. I was with Scott Beatty from MS Mid America...
Author: quato Date: 07/08/2005
Xbox Live, no gamer left behind
I was fortunate enough about 3 years ago to work for the Xbox Live team, where I was a hired gun to...
Author: quato Date: 07/06/2005
Don’t be a bad pitcher (blog etiquette)
I saw Scoble link to an entertaining post from Anil Dash regarding what bloggers want. I am still...
Author: quato Date: 07/06/2005
Podcasting and excercise
I grabbed the lastest copy of iTunes, and I have to say that I am addicted to both podcasting and...
Author: quato Date: 07/05/2005
Staying in shape to work on computers
Earlier today I exchanged some email with a very popular blogger, and he gave me the advice: "A good...
Author: quato Date: 07/05/2005
RANT: Unhappy with EA, BF2
I have really been looking forward to Battlefield 2 (BF2) since I played the Desert Combat mod on...
Author: quato Date: 07/05/2005
Another SharePoint Project begins
I am off to St. Louis next week to start another SharePoint project. I have become known in our...
Author: quato Date: 06/30/2005
Gadget: Two New HTC Mobile Phones, PPC form factor
Very cool new phone from HTC called the Universal. It's kinda like a tablet PC with a swivel...
Author: quato Date: 06/30/2005
Configure your server wizard, never build a server without it!
I don't think I have ever used the "Configure your server wizard" in Windows 2000 or Server 2003....
Author: quato Date: 06/28/2005
Windows to include RSS, and something funny
Microsoft announced today, "future versions of Windows will inlcude native RSS support". The funny...
Author: quato Date: 06/24/2005
Xbox 360, the world has no idea
The Xbox team this morning presented a first look into the Xbox 360 for Microsoft employees. Sitting...
Author: quato Date: 06/24/2005
Virtual PC/Server Differencing Disks
Thank to my buddy Raul Camacho, I played with differencing disks on Virtual PC. It is a pretty cool...
Author: quato Date: 06/22/2005
The best products Microsoft ever made, errr, I mean bought
There are a few times in a techy's life that you come across a product that you use every single...
Author: quato Date: 06/21/2005
Tabbed Browsing in IE 6 Available!
If you are an Opera or Firefox fan, check out the addin for IE:...
Author: quato Date: 06/21/2005
SharePoint SP2 (WSS)
I can't wait for it, I need it now. Service Pack 2 for SharePoint is available in the Beta of...
Author: quato Date: 06/21/2005
MOM 2005, ahem, features
<originally posted on MSN Spaces blog on April 30, 2005> Since I have been doing some work...
Author: quato Date: 06/16/2005
Microsoft Instant Messenger, which client to use?
<originally posted on MSN Spaces blog on April 27, 2005> I have been playing with Office...
Author: quato Date: 06/16/2005