Dave Northey's Blog
Thoughts from the field on Windows Server 2008 – Setup
Larry Doyle, a local IT Pro, works for Netforce in Dublin (one of our local Certified...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/04/2007
Thoughts from the field on Windows Server 2008 - NAP
Denys Kovalenko works for A1 Computers in Cabinteely (just south of Dublin). He's been evaluating...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2007
How is my demo laptop configured? - Part 3
You now have a sysprep’ed virtual hard disk on your C: drive. You can just use this as a...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2007
How is my demo laptop configured? - Part 2
Now you have your demo laptop installed – the next step is to get your demo environment configured....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2007
How is my demo laptop configured? - Part 1
I’m often asked how come my demo laptop performs so well. I’m often running five or six...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2007
Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer
This is a great tool that was until recently only used by MS Premier Support – its now...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/02/2007
Thoughts from the field on Windows Server 2008
I've been doing a lot of work locally with IT Professionals around their evaluations of Windows...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/30/2007
2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide
I'm still stumbling across useful stuff in my inbox. This Solution Accelerator provides you with...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/23/2007
Springboard - Windows Vista TechCenter
I came across this today (Springboard). Looks like it's pretty much everything you'll ever need to...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2007
Microsoft TechNet Evaluation Center
I've been out of the office for the last couple of weeks - and haven't had the time to either keep...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2007
One of these words is not like the other..
The 'normal' behavior inside Microsoft is for a product to start with a really cool code name (e.g....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2007
IIS7 in Galway tomorrow..
I'm going to be giving a short talk on IIS7 in Windows Server 2008 tomorrow (Friday 2nd November)...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2007
Three strikes and your out - strike three.
I do a lot of work from home (mainly because I can, but also because I get so much more done when...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2007
Three strikes and your out - strike two.
I was lucky enough to be given a 250GB, USB hard drive at Easter. Which I dismantled and put...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2007
Three strikes and your out - strike one.
Apparently bad things happen in threes - well, these aren't that bad (so I may have more to come),...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2007
Windows Server Virtualisation Announcement
Microsoft has just announced that we are extending the Open Specification Promise (OSP) to the...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2007
Longhorn Academy - Session VI (Web and Application Platform)
As promised, the slides are now online here:...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2007
Yesterday's Longhorn Academy - OK, I Lied!
At the end of yesterday's session I promised to ring everyone and invite you all to IT Pro Momentum....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/18/2007
Yesterday's Longhorn Academy - Web and Application Platform.
For all those that attended yesterday's session - Thank you, both Bob and I really enjoyed it (even...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/18/2007
Last Friday's post (VMware ESX Server 3i)
Looks like I've upset a few people. Sorry, that wasn't my intention. I get to talk to a lot of...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/15/2007
VMware ESX Server 3i
I was reading this article about the up-and-coming ESX Server 3i from VMware. It calls out a bunch...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2007
Last Friday's Virtualisation talk
Last Friday I spoke at an event run by MJ Flood (a local partner). The format was something new to...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2007
Longhorn Academy - Slides
We (finally) have ALL the slides from the last five Longhorn Academy events online (in one place)....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2007
Issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535
Yesterday we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2007
Windows Server 2008 RC0
So, yesterday at the re-delivery of August's Longhorn Academy (and at lest weeks session) I...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2007
My actions from yesterday's Longhorn Academy
Firstly, thank you to all who attended - I really enjoyed the event (even the feedback)! I'm getting...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/20/2007
IT Pro Security Training Event (Dublin)
Microsoft Ireland is running a day of Security training for IT Professionals on October 11th. You...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2007
Windows Server Virtualisation (Public Technology Preview).
I've been talking about and showing you Windows Server Virtualisation (WSV) for a good while now...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2007
IT Pro Momentum
I've had a few questions about the IT Pro Momentum offer I called out the other day. Send me an...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2007
BSS events this Wednesday and Thursday
There was a lot of interest in the video I showed yesterday in Dublin and on Wednesday in Belfast....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2007
Friday's Security Nugget.
So today I'm trying something a bit different. Working in the Developer and Platform Group, I'm...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2007
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 is here
OK, looks like I was just a bit premature. All the official sites are now up-to-date. SCVMM pages on...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2007
System Center Virtual Machine Manager has shipped!
Many of you will know that I've been talking about SCVMM for ages (I even mentioned it today at the...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2007
Thursday's Security related nugget..
Although not specifically about security, today's pointer is to a great Internet Information Server...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2007
Wednesday's Security bit.
Still looking for interesting, security related content to share. This one covers our server-side...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2007
Tuesday's Security Pointer
So, this a a great (57 minute) session on Forefront Client Security (Microsoft's enterprise...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/04/2007
Global Security Week - doing my bit..
As you may (or may not) know, this week is Global Security Week. I'm going to try and post this week...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/03/2007
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 Released
I just found out that we release an updated version of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/17/2007
As promised - the answer to the GPO auditing question:
So it turns out that you can already do some GPO auditing natively in Windows 2003 (very complicated...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2007
Yesterday's Longhorn Academy follow up
My thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's Longhorn Academy - both James and I really enjoyed...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2007
Monday night in Dublin
So, I'm 'home alone' - my wife and kids are all down in Dungarvan for the summer and I'm left at...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2007
One Place to go for everything Virtual
Microsoft's new Virtualisation website has just gone live. The content is nothing new - but having...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2007
Windows Live SkyDrive
Storage 'in the cloud' anyone? Just sign up for the beta of Windows Live SkyDrive and you'll get...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/13/2007
The Web Server Wars (Apache vs IIS)..
And the winner is? Apache - but not for long (according to the latest Netcraft report). Had to share...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2007
Yet More Virtualisation Resources..
As promised, here's some more useful resources about Virtualisation: The Virtual Server Community...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2007
More Virtualisation Resources
So, the Microsoft Windows Virtualisation Product Group's Team Blog is here:...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2007
New Virtual Server Community Site
VS Community is the new online technical community with a focus on Microsoft virtualization...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2007
Longhorn Academy follow up..
Firstly, let me apologise for not posting for a while. I do have a good excuse - I've been on...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 07/23/2007
Free Training (on SQL Server 2008)
I know SQL Server 2008 isn't out until next year, but I stumbled across this free training. It's an...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 07/04/2007
VMRCplus (an alternate UI for managing Virtual Server)
I've been telling people for ages that they don't need to install IIS just to run Virtual Server...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2007