From the monthly archives:

November 2005

Support Site Woes

in Hall of Shame

Over the past week, I’ve been creating an internal Exchange best practice/check list document so that we can standardise on how we configure Exchange servers for our clients. This document includes a number of items including information on configuring AV scanners to exclude certain Exchange folders. I thought it best to provide the reader of this [...]

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SQL Server 2005

in General

I’ve downloaded and had a look at the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, which is the replacement for MSDE 2000. I’m no SQL expert or a developer by any stretch of the imagination, but for an IT Pro, SQL Server 2005 has a number of tools that I find interesting: SQL Server Configuration Manager. This [...]

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Event Search

in General

Has Microsoft realised the power of EventID.Net? They’ve added an ‘Events and Errors Message Center’ page @ TechNet. “To perform an advanced search, enter one or more of the following parameters: Event Id, event source, message text, file name. These values can be found in the Event Viewer logs.” Now all they need to add [...]

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PDC ’05 Presentations

in Applications

If you’re a developer (if you are, you’re probably not reading this blog) or know a developer, check out or get the developer to check out the presentations from PDC ’05. (Some of them are even interesting for IT Pro’s too) Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005

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Troubleshooting Applications

in Applications

I spend alot of time troubleshooting applications on Windows XP and Windows Terminal Server. The challenge, especially in Terminal Server environments is to get applications running and still keep the environment secure. This means spending time with the Sysinternals tools and various others. Brian Madden has started posting videos and presentations from this years BriForum. [...]

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