March 10, 2009 8:43 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
blog,
Microsoft,
Microsoft knowledgebase,
Microsoft supportBlogMS consolidates a large number of highly relevant and up-to-date information sources across the Microsoft product and online services portfolio. You can expect to find important Microsoft announcements, news, product releases, service packs, updates, and important support issues.
March 5, 2009 9:18 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Microsoft,
Microsoft support,
newsletter,
product lifecycleMicrosoft has created a new resource for customers - the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Informational Update. This quarterly newsletter highlights current information regarding the support of Microsoft products and...
February 11, 2009 8:08 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
account management,
Active Directory,
AD,
administration,
analysis,
anti-virus,
antivirus,
Data security,
diagnostics,
howto,
information security,
malicious activity,
malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
network security,
Password,
password management,
policy enforcement,
reporting,
risk,
risks,
scanning,
search,
Security,
security notification,
tools,
troubleshooting,
WindowsWith an environment spanning 18+ sites and more than 3000 computers around the globe, you could understand how challenging it would be to track down what device/user might be locking user accounts. There are tools out there that you can pay for that can help do this. However, Microsoft has some...
February 3, 2009 7:41 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
documentation,
Google,
Live search,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Live,
Powershell,
searchI am looking for some documentation on Powershell to better understand how to use it. Per Wikipedia: Windows PowerShell is an extensible
January 21, 2009 4:36 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Apple,
education,
hacking,
hardware,
Microsoft,
OSX,
Password,
Security,
software,
training,
vulnerabilities,
Windows
January 9, 2009 4:38 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Microsoft,
Microsoft Exchange,
network monitor,
OSI model,
patches,
protocol analysis,
SMTP,
tcp,
wiresharkRecently we had an issue at a site where outbound messages larger than 1MB were backing up in the outbound message queue. The messages were tagged with a 421 4.4.2 Connection dropped error. This was a puzzling issue since the smart relay host was on the local LAN, and in fact, on...
December 10, 2008 2:41 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
awareness,
design,
documentation,
education,
howto,
IT education,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
planning,
toolkit,
toolsMicrosoft has become much better offering documentation beyond just marketing materials about their products and systems. The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline...
December 4, 2008 6:54 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
design,
hardware,
IBM,
Linux,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
reporting,
VirtualizationMany IT trade publications are reporting that IBM is launching alternative to Microsoft-centric software and the bloated hardware required by recent operating system releases.
The Virtual Linux Desktop ranges in price from $59 to $289 per user, depending on level of software and service desired,...
