The Sean Blog
WPF Bootcamp
Awesome collection of training on Windows Presentation Foundation (free of course!). Three whole...
Author: smearp Date: 01/15/2008
Top Microsoft Blogs
In case you are interested… I was initially just going to show the top 10, but then you would have...
Author: smearp Date: 01/14/2008
Identity Lifecycle Management
Alright... this is probably not something that you would implement as an IT Pro at a company with 15...
Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008
How do I run my IT shop?
I know, I know... another post with a bunch of links from Sean. You may even scroll past this post...
Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008
Free Security Courses
I was just browsing the IT Pro course catalog over at https://www.microsoftelearning.com, and noticed...
Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008
Microsoft on Google
Although I now use live.com as my default search engine (it's searchier!), I just noticed that...
Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008
Pre-order Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
I see over on TUAW that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is now available for pre-order from Apple and...
Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008
Global Meetings
As Microsoft is a global company, it is not uncommon to have meeting scheduled that include...
Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008
Bill's last day
I know, I know... I'm the last person on the planet to post this link, but it really is funny :)...
Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008
Books, books, and more books
With the upcoming Windows Server 2008 release, there are a TON of cool books coming out from...
Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008
Why is my hard drive spinning?
Ever see your hard drive LED chugging away, while there was no apparent activity on your...
Author: smearp Date: 01/09/2008
What's that service?
Ever wish that someone at Microsoft would write up a list of all the services that come with Windows...
Author: smearp Date: 01/08/2008
Best Practices
It's always a good thing to stand on the shoulders of giants, and implement technology in a way such...
Author: smearp Date: 01/08/2008
SharePoint Extranet Collaboration Toolkit
SharePoint is the hottest thing going at Microsoft. While Excel is the swiss-army-knife of...
Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008
16 New Features in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
Most admins are familiar with the process of downloading and applying Service Packs for servers and...
Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008
Microsoft and Photography
Did you know that Microsoft has a site devoted to professional photography? Neither did...
Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008
Installing Apache 2.2 with SSL/TLS on Windows
Although IIS 7 on the upcoming Windows Server 2008 is absolutely killer, you might be interested in...
Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008
Microsoft Scholarship
It's that time again... school will be starting back up again, the sleep deprivation and Top Ramen...
Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008
Access Our Internal Knowledge Base
Pretty cool benefit of becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional... From the MCP Blog: Internal...
Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008
The top Active Directory Issues
The Ask the Directory Services Team blog has a great post on the top 50 KB articles used to solve...
Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008
SQL Server 2005 Best Practices
There's no shortage of them!!! https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb331794.aspx Get the...
Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008
This is how 2008 begins, not with a bang but a whimper...
So... the picture below is what the New Years Shindig at the Space Needle is supposed to look like....
Author: smearp Date: 01/01/2008
Easter Eggs
Just saw this over on Bink.nu. It turns out (and I have verified), that there is a pretty cool...
Author: smearp Date: 12/29/2007
ALL the Microsoft Software (plus the kitchen sink)
Working at Microsoft, I often have friends ask if I can pick them up a copy of this or that...
Author: smearp Date: 12/26/2007
Learning Plans
One of the greatest parts of working at Microsoft is being able to learn of all the cool things we...
Author: smearp Date: 12/26/2007
Where's My Mail Control Panel?
(or my Quicktime Control Panel, or my Java control panel...) This has been bugging me for a while. I...
Author: smearp Date: 12/23/2007
Quote of the day
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others,...
Author: smearp Date: 12/22/2007
The VPC images keep coming...
Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Team Suite VPC Image (Trial) Visual...
Author: smearp Date: 12/22/2007
Network Troubleshooting without NetMon
Troubleshooting networks (as with any computer/system/car/generic problem troubleshooting) is often...
Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (and free Vista/Office)
If you have not played with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, you really...
Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007
Internet Explorer 8 on Acid
I know, I know... Safari and Opera did it a while ago, but the IE team is making progress on web...
Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007
SharePoint Service Packs (the definitive list)
Great list of resources below from Mitch, an Information Worker Architect for Microsoft in New York:...
Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007
Even more Virtual PC/Server images
2007 Office System Demo and HOL Images This virtual machine demonstration environment contains...
Author: smearp Date: 12/14/2007
Hyper-V released!!!
I would normally put up a great post with examples, pictures, personal stories, wit, and humor......
Author: smearp Date: 12/13/2007
Format or Safely Remove?
When you right click on a USB Hard drive to remove it in Vista, you are presented with the option of...
Author: smearp Date: 12/12/2007
Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides
Now that you downloaded the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 here:...
Author: smearp Date: 12/12/2007
Two Decks and PowerPoint
Learned a neat trick today that I thought I would share with you all. If you are ever working on a...
Author: smearp Date: 12/10/2007
Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?
I laughed. I cried. I had flashbacks to repressed memories... Check it out ;)
Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007
More Virtual PC/Server Images
The product groups have been going buck-wild releasing preconfigured Virtual PC/Virtual Server...
Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007
SharePoint Training
As I have mentioned several times before, I am a big fan of free training. I am also a big fan of...
Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007
Bubble 2.0
Hilarious! (the title frame below does not do the video justice)
Author: smearp Date: 12/04/2007
PerformancePoint 2007 Training Resources
Free training... how can you go wrong? (I first saw this on Arlindo's blog)...
Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007
Certification Bonanza!
The following information is courtesy of Trika... Make sure to visit her blog to learn how you can...
Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007
How much iron do I need?
Photographers get to call their lenses "glass", so server engineers can get away with calling their...
Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007