“In this current economic situation, it’s a good time to go and renew your certification, get knowledge of new products and when the economy turns around you’ll be ready to jump into new opportunities, get a new job or progress in the one you already have.”Live Meeting : Jumpstart SQL 2008 Skills - May 26, 2009 .. more »

Everywhere you look these days it’s all about blogs.  Blogs here, blogs there, they’re all over the place.  So have you ever wondered how many different blogs Microsoft hosts? Let me tell, you don’t want to know.  Let’s just say it’s thousands and thousands.  So .. more »

Normally when a Windows workstation or server is locked, you’ll see something similar to the following Windows Security message:   This computer is in use and has been locked.   Only DOMAIN\USER (user name) or an administrator can unlock this computer.   To not show the name of the user who .. more »

New Delhi: Deccan Chargers has done away with its beige and black uniform from last year to unveil dark blue jersey for its team that will play the DLF-Indian Premier League this year in the hope that . Not to be left behind, Delhi Daredevils eliminated black from its colour scheme and will sport navy blue and red uniforms. And, Shah Rukh Khan's .. more »

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The Missing Attachment PowerToy detects when an outbound e-mail message contains words which you typically use when including attachments and offers you the opportunity to revise the e-mail before Outlook sends it on its way. Free. Outlook 2007 only... more »

Transition from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007; looking at the configuration of the Exchange 2007 environment... more »

Permission based and Bayesian logic. Protect your e-mail against spam. Sa4o provides 9 filtering levels - SPF, sender's e-mail address, domain, subject, body content, header content, file attachment type, sender's country and bayesian method. Version 2 include unspecified updates... more »

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (announced a few days ago) has been released. We would like to call out the following fixes included in this rollup: 1) Fix for a security issue which has been assigned a severity rating of critical. More information about the issue can be found in the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-003. .. more »

Transitioning from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, covering the Hub Transport and Client Access Server installation as well as preparation of the CCR environment... more »

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The Office for Mac folks over in the Mac Business Unit have announced availability of the public beta of Entourage for Exchange Web Services. Exchange Web Services is a modern, robust protocol that enables client applications to communicate more efficiently with the server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 with Update Rollup 4 or .. more »

With the public availability of Windows 7 beta announced at CES 2009, Media Center aficionados are eagerly waiting for the updated Windows Media Center experience in the new OS. For me, Media Center... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] .. more »

POP collector to download POP3 mails and forward to Exchange. Freeware... more »

The Spotlight on Active Directory Pack provides you with the information you need to quickly resolve AD issues before they impact users. Identify replication, performance and availability problems, get real-time diagnostics and proactive problem resolution, and automate AD troubleshooting and repair... more »

The other day, a friend asked me about this security alert.It looks convincingly real and seems to warn you about a Trojan called Trojan.Zlob.G. However, it is a scam and they are trying to get you to buy their worthless spyware protection. Don't let your friends fall for this. .. more »

1. Connection Timeout – you should believe.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   It is very interesting how many people really don’t believe that when ISA triggers the error 10060 is because ISA didn’t receive an answer from the destination host. Most of the time the .. more »

Office Central automatically journalizes and organizes all in and outgoing messages, documents and contact information from your company in Outlook. With one easy access point to locate emails, contacts, files and documents, Office Central will improve the knowledge base within your company.. more »

Sometimes, you want to move a rule up or down several places. For example, suppose you want to move the first rule to be last. You can right-click it and select "Move Down":  But, this will only move it down one place. Doing it multiple times is annoying and time-consuming, especially if you have many rules. Luckily, there's a trick. .. more »

RODC's, one of the new functions in a Windows 2008 AD. I'm sure you know by know what it is and how it can serve you. The easiest way to deploy a RODC is via the typical installation, or Direct Installation as Microsoft calls it, with a simple dcpromo - next - next - finish.However, you can have a regular user install a RODC in a branch office .. more »