Nick MacKechnie
Stuck somewhere between family life and IT...
SCCP 2007 Model for Operations Manager 2007 reaches RTW!
The System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Model for Operations Manager 2007 provides best-practice...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/11/2008
Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)
Hi All, Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/08/2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 has Released to Web
Hi All, Today Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to the web. It is available right now for download...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Windows PowerShell V2 Community Technology Preview 2 CTP2
Hi All, Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 5-2-2008
Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 2nd May...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Microsoft Delivers Cost-Effective Customer Support With Automated Service Agent
Today at the SSPA Best Practices 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it has further...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/05/2008
Office Interactive command guides and viewers to ease your upgrade to 2007
Hi All, Here is a list of all guides and viewers for Office 2003 while you are test and deploy...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/05/2008
New Zealand TechEd Early Bird Registrations are now open!
Hi All, TechEd is New Zealand’s largest and best education, training and networking event for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Introducing the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy Blog
Hi All, The Microsoft Support Lifecycle blog site is now live -...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Announcing the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit
Hi All, The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0-Simplifying IT Service Management
Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0. This new...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Mac Messenger 7.0 is released
Messenger for Mac 7 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/30/2008
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta now available
Yesterday at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008, Microsoft announced the public release of Virtual...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/30/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 4-25-2008
Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 25th April...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
Hardware Certified for Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Hi All, For those of you looking for a list certified hardware for Windows Server 2008 (x64), here's...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
Office Labs Community Clips: Help Videos from the Office User Community
I’d like to make you aware of a new Microsoft service called Community Clips from Microsoft...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 3 re-released.
Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 has now been re-released. The details and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/28/2008
ITIL Managers Certificate - There's a huge amount of value!
Hi All, Last week I sat my exams for my ITIL Managers Certificate, and dare I say it, things are...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/28/2008
Controller Workspace: Connecting With Excel Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
This article describes how Microsoft IT created a centralized user interface platform, called...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download for subscribers on MSDN and Technet
We are happy to announce that Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 Provides an Improved Web and Application Platform
Published: 10/18/07 Technical White Paper added: 04/10/08 Internet Information Services 7.0 in...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 4-18-2008
Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 18th April...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/21/2008
Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/17/2008
Robocopy!
Try to think of a time when, either as an IT professional or even as just the user of a home...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/16/2008
CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 3 has been withdrawn
Hi All, CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been withdrawn due to a regression discovered in one of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
Windows Server 2008 - High Availability - Failover Clustering
Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) uses failover clustering in the Windows Server®...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 in Microsoft IT
Exchange Server 2007 enables large accounts to replace SAN with DAS solutions and still maintain...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
Updates to Office 2003 include changes made in Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Hi All, As you may know, Office 2003 Service Pack 3 contains some changes to the behaviour of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
Forefront / File corruption issue
We came across an interesting issue with one of our customers which we have provided a work around...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 4-11-2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • WhitePaper: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
Microsoft Visio Toolbox
Hi All, For those of that use Visio and have had the opportunity to move to Visio 2007 Professional,...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/13/2008
Product Team Blog Directory
Hi All, Here’s a collection of blogs and web pages which are updated frequently by product...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/09/2008
Microsoft Releases Beta of Integrated Security System Forefront “Stirling”
Hi All, Today at RSA Conference 2008, Microsoft announced the availability of the public beta...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/08/2008
Using the Microsoft Automated Service Agent System to Deliver Low-Cost, High-Value Service
Using the Microsoft Automated Service Agent System to Deliver Low-Cost, High-Value Service To...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/08/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 4-4-2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • IT Showcase: Windows Terminal Services 2008 and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/07/2008
BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer v1.1 has shipped!
Hi All, The BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer performs configuration-level verification by...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/07/2008
Security Compliance Management - Beta Now Available!
Hi All, The Security Compliance Management toolkit provides customers with best practices from...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/03/2008
Watch the launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 from your desk
Hi All, For anyone who couldn't make the 2008 Launch events in March, this is a great opportunity to...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Operations, Risk Management, Release Readiness, Service Level Agreement, Change Initiation Request Templates
Operations Templates Download operations templates for hosting solutions. Operations Review Business...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Microsoft Unveils Smartphone Advancements to Improve Ability to Work and Play With One Phone
Windows Mobile is improving smartphones to better meet people’s rapidly expanding work and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Certification 101: Getting Started with Microsoft 2008 Certification
Hi All, Join the Microsoft Certified Professional team to learn about the benefits of certification,...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 3-28-2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
Ecma Office Open XML Document Format Appears to Win Approval as an ISO/IEC Standard
Hi All, After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
How do I know what hardware is compatible with Hyper-V
Hi All, One question that has been asked by many of you is “How do I know what hardware is...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/31/2008
Inside the OSS Lab
Hi All, To some folks outside of Microsoft, the Open-Source Software Lab has been a sort of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
WS2008 RSAT tools (Vista SP1 required) now available for public download
Hi All, Many customers have noticed that installing Vista SP1 removes the GPMC, if it was previously...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Line of Business Client Application Compatibility Testing at Microsoft
Hi All, Provides an overview of the Microsoft IT Application Compatibility Testing Program, which...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Microsoft partners with Top Social Networks to Put Users at the Center of their Data
Hi All, Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and BDD 2007 are now Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008-Ready!
Hi All, Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit 2008-Unified Tools and Guidance for Desktop and Server...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/24/2008
How MSIT Uses Terminal Services as a Scalable Remote Access Solution
The MSIT pilot project of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services was so successful that Microsoft IT...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/19/2008