mcs.ireland.blog/infrastructure
Welcome to the blog of the Microsoft Consulting Services infrastructure team in Ireland
Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 set for launch!
Just in case you hadn't heard, we've officially announced a launch date of November 30th for the new...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 11/02/2006
System Center Operations Manager RC1 Now Available
The newest release of MOM is now at Release Candidate 1 stage. This release marks an important...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 11/01/2006
Customising Exchange Warning Messages
I was recently asked by a customer to find out if they could customise the default system message...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/31/2006
Making IPSec easier
A lot of people think IPSec is complicated. It's actually pretty easy to implement and manage, and...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/26/2006
Centro Beta is now available for testing
You're probably wondering "what is Centro". If so (or even if not, and you know what Centro is!) -...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/25/2006
System Center Capacity Planner update
SCCP is a great tool for anyone who is designing/planning new MOM or Exchange deployments, or for...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/20/2006
I've installed Office 2007 - where are my menus?
For some Office 2000/2003 users, the move to Office 2007 can be a little bit daunting at first....
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/20/2006
System Center Data Protection Manager v2 Beta1 now available for download
The next version of System Center Data Protection Manager, DPM v2 is now available for download as...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/20/2006
Have a slow performing server and need to investigate?
Check out this handy tool for performance analysis on Windows 2003 servers. It will gather data from...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/18/2006
Virtualising your production environment
One question we get asked from time to time by our customers is “How can I create a representative...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/18/2006
Migrating from Access to SQL
In desktop deployment projects we see customers spending a lot of time testing departmental Access...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/17/2006
Speeding up Adobe Reader
I used this method ages ago but have rebuilt my laptop dozens of times over the past few months to...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/16/2006
Active Directory limits
I've been doing a bit of research around the theoretical limits in an AD environment as part of a...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/14/2006
Windows Live OneCare now in public beta
OneCare is now in beta for public users from the UK & Ireland. Sign up to try it out at...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/13/2006
Notepad tips and tricks
Like most people, I use notepad when I need to put together a script. I never actually looked at the...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/13/2006
New and updated MOM Management Packs
The following MOM 2005 Management Packs were released this month. All are available for download...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 10/03/2006
Who are we?
This is the first post from our MCS team of infrastructure consultants based in Ireland. Who are we?...
Author: mcsieinf Date: 09/30/2006