Jeff Alexander's Weblog
Technical Solution Professional, Enterprise Mobility + Security
Windows Mobile 6.5 developer training – Jumpstart series
Next Friday at 1pm is the first of a series of 3 Live Meetings to help Australian developers get...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/24/2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate and Beta: Information on Downloads and Expiry Dates
This is just a heads up reminding you that on July 1st 2009 the Windows 7 Beta will shutdown every 2...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/24/2009
TechNet Live Meeting: Windows 7 Deployment
The next Windows 7 TechNet Live event with be on Windows 7 Deployment. More details below....
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/20/2009
Free E-Books Available: Office Communications Server 2007 R2
The good folks at Microsoft Press have another couple of free E-Books available for download. ...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/18/2009
Tech.Ed Australia 2009: Windows Server Track Planning
It’s that time again and as I did last year I’m going to be owning Windows Server content. ...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/16/2009
Microsoft Security Bulletin: June 2009 Release
This month we have quite a few security bulletins for you to consider. Please see the details...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/10/2009
BING.COM is now Live..Let the search wars begin!
I’m using Bing now and it’s cool. You should too..try it out at www.bing.com Technorati...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/03/2009
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Release Dates Announced!
Today we announced when Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available to the...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 06/03/2009
Office 2007 Deployment: Special Live Meetings in June!
In addition to our normal TechNet Live events that we’ll be running in June; we also have some...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/27/2009
Upcoming TechNet Live Events in June!
During June we are running a bunch of TechNet Live! meetings on various technologies Check out...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/27/2009
Technet Live! Event: How efficient is your Microsoft Security Update Process
Starting next Monday we are going to be doing a TechNet Live! event every week to close out the...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/26/2009
Community Event – Hyper-V and Backup using DPM!
I should have blogged about this before now but better late than never I guess. Tonight we...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/26/2009
Free Microsoft Press E-Books!
Yes it’s that time again! I’ve blogged a few times on E-books that have been made available by...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/21/2009
How Microsoft IT Does DirectAccess: New Case study available!
Recently I was at the 2009 Auscert Conference on the Gold Coast where Microsoft was a Platinum...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/21/2009
Microsoft Security Bulletin: May 2009 Release
Please see details below of the May 2009 Security Bulletin. Only one ID this month so...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/18/2009
Tech Ed Registration Site is Live and has buttons!
For those of you planning on attending Tech Ed Australia 2009, the registration site is now live so...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/14/2009
TechNet Magazine Online: June Edition Now Available!
As we move closer to the RTM of Windows 7, compatibility of your applications becomes an...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/11/2009
New Windows User Group in Sydney!
Next week the inaugural meeting of the Sydney Windows User Group or SWUG will kick off with some...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 05/07/2009
TechNet Live! Event: What’s New with Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2
Following on from our two previous TechNet Live events we are having our next one on Active...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/30/2009
Special BIG User Group Meeting: Group Policy with Kleefy
As Kleefy posted on his blog he and Andrew Dugdell have been talking for awhile about running a...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/26/2009
TechNet Magazine: Special Going Green 2009 Issue
To celebrate Earth Day 2009 the TechNet team has done a special Green issue of TechNet...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/23/2009
Windows 7: Setting up a USB bootable device for installs
These days I install, re-install and install Windows 7 again and I wanted a quicker way of doing...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/22/2009
TechNet User Group Tour: Wrap-Up and More Resources
Over the last 8 weeks or so I’ve been travelling around talking to user groups and customers about...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/22/2009
Another Free Microsoft Press E-Book Offer
These are always the most popular posts. Put the word free in a blog post and people come out...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/19/2009
Windows 7 Update: Newcastle Infrastructure User Group
Tomorrow afternoon I’m heading about 2 hours north of Sydney to Newcastle to present on Windows 7...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/07/2009
TechNet Magazine: May 2009 Edition Available Now!
In the May edition of TechNet Magazine it’s all about Better Security. Were all looking for...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/07/2009
Windows 7 Shortcut Keys
As I’ve been travelling around spreading the love on Windows 7 I get asked a lot about some of the...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 04/06/2009
Microsoft IT Showcase: New Content Available!
We have some great new content available from our IT Showcase team outlining how we deploy Virtual...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/30/2009
TechEd Australia 2009: Pre Registration Now Open!
Hi all, Yes it’s that time of year again. Time to register for TechEd. It only...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/24/2009
Earth Hour 2009: Saturday March 28th 2009
Earth Hour is in it’s 3rd year this year and promises to bigger and better for 2008. What...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/22/2009
Windows 7 Migration from Windows XP
Windows 7 has some great tools for migration from previous operating systems. Some that come...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/22/2009
How Microsoft Does IT: New SQL Consolidation Content Available!
We have some great new content available that discusses how we consolidated our SQL Server instances...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/19/2009
Sixth Sense Technology: Too good not to share
I listten to Ted Talks all the time on my Zune and recently Pattie Maes showed what she and her...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/11/2009
Security Bulletin: March 2009 Update
Please see details below of this month’s security bulletin. Only 3 this month so...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/10/2009
Next TechNet Live! Event: The Windows 7 Security Story
Hot on the heels of our previous TechNet Live! event on Windows 7 we are running another event...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/09/2009
Windows 7 Live Meeting Today: Update on Demo’s
Thanks to those of you that showed up today for the Live Meeting on Windows 7! It was great to...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/05/2009
New IT Showcase Article: Securing the Microsoft Desktop Environment
Keeping our desktops and laptops secure is something that is important to all customers. And...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/04/2009
How far will you take Virtual?
We’ve just update out main Virtualization page at https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization. The...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 03/02/2009
SP2 Release Candidate for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Yesterday we announced the availability of the Release Candidate of SP2 for Windows Vista and...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/26/2009
IE8 Reliability Update for Windows 7 Now Available
Today we released a reliability update for Internet Explorer 8 running on the Windows 7 beta. I...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/25/2009
Free Microsoft Press E-Book: Windows Vista Resource Kit
If you are looking for some in-depth technical information on Windows Vista then the Windows Vista...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/22/2009
Windows 7: Calling Early Adopters!
In my previous post about the TechNet User Group tour I forgot to mention one thing. If you...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/18/2009
TechNet User Group Tour: Brisbane was BIG..
I just wanted to thank all the folks that turned up to the first stop on my TechNet User Group...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/16/2009
Time to Thrive?
Here is something to start thinking about in these tough economic times. In previous posts...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/13/2009
TechNet Magazine: March 2009 Edition Online
The March 2009 edition of Technet Magazine is now online and this issue is all about coming together...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/13/2009
New IT Showcase Content: Green Initiatives
In these tough economic times everyone has to find ways to conduct business more efficiently and of...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/12/2009
Free E-book: Virtualization Solutions
We have another free E-Book available for download and this time it’s on Understanding Microsoft’s...
Author: Jeffadude Date: 02/11/2009