Dave Northey's Blog
I've been working with Barry O'Sullivan on and off since last May (wow it's been that...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/26/2008
I've been doing quite a few talks on Hyper-V recently - which if you know me, means a couple of...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2008
I've been working with Ian Brennan, a Web Solutions Architect working for ammado.com since last...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2008
We've just released updates to both Virtual Server and Virtual PC to give better support for Windows...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2008
I've been working with Shane McDonald, from Irish Cement Ltd on and off for nearly a year. I was...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/15/2008
I've been working with Mark Miley (Senior EMEA EEC Vitality Technical Trainer) from Dell for the...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/13/2008
I've been working with Ian Smith (IT Infrastructure) from O2 in Ireland for a year now - he...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2008
I was catching up with Phil Rickard, the Network Administrator for Moy Park the other day - he...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/08/2008
I was chatting to Rob Davies, the Technical Director of CDSoft Limited the other day - he attended...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/07/2008
I've been helping Geraldine Nix, from Stryker Orthopaedics get up to speed with Windows Server 2008...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/02/2008
If you're quick, you can register for our Mark Minasi Windows Server 2008 event, part of Microsoft...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/29/2008
I am happy to announce the second Windows Server 2008 User Group Ireland event. On Thursday...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/28/2008
I do quite a bit of work with HP here in Ireland. I was chatting to one of their consultants...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (six minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the new implementation of Terminal...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (ten minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the new Internet Information Services 7...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (four minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Network Access Protection (NAP) - a new...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (five and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Failover Clustering with...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (two and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Server Manager (our new "one...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (two and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the installation and...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
This short (seven minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the installation and configuration of...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
If anyone attended the Dublin of Belfast launch events recently, you would have noticed that my...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008
Thank you for all your comments on this subject - it's great to get some debate going! Rather than...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2008
I've been asked what on earth I was referring to in my last post - Hopefully I don't have to call...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2008
Hopefully I don't have to call out the mountain rescue helicopter (again)! Dave
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2008
Welcome to the Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 2008 Co-organised with the Irish Microsoft...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/18/2008
I'd really like to get to the bottom of this. In the event of a hardware failure, both VMware and...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2008
I was just reading this report from Cenzic - it makes for interesting reading! For accuracy, I'll...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2008
Thanks for your comments on my last post. I've commented myself, but just in case you aren't reading...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/29/2008
I was just reading Yankee Group's report - "Virtualization Price War: VMware's Little Big...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/26/2008
Just stumbled across this (and thought I'd share it): Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/21/2008
Our last two Deploying Windows Vista and Office 2007 workshops were such a success, that we've had...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/20/2008
I've got half a dozen 2GB memory keys in my hand (well, they're on my desk). I'm looking for local...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/20/2008
Well it took its time, but it's here now. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released To...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2008
If you use WSUS to update your PCs & Servers, read on (otherwise ignore). If you use WSUS, you...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/11/2008
I've been on the road launching Windows Server 2008 to the community. Belfast last Thursday,...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/07/2008
I've just been reading the results from the 2006 Irish Cybercrime Survey (a joint project between...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2008
Unless you know differently, it looks like Blacknight have Ireland's first Windows Server 2008 in...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/28/2008
Four of our local Microsoft Technology User Groups have organised technical preview launch events in...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2008
On Monday 21st February, Microsoft Ireland are running a morning session on Enterprise Mobility....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2008
I've just stumbled across this fantastic wealth of stuff (which I just had to share)....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2008
Now that the Longhorn Academy is over (all slides are here), what's next? Well, the consensus was...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2008
Tony O'Grady has started blogging about his SQL Server 2008 evaluations. His first post of...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2008
We have a couple of FREE events coming up to help you. Belfast (Jan 22): Click to register.Dublin...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/07/2008
I've been doing a bit of "remote assistance" for Victor Olaoya (a local IT Pro working in Dublin)....
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/03/2008
So I finally have somewhere to post screencasts - https://edge.technet.com Here's my first post:...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/03/2008
I just had to share this with everyone - this summarises ten months of evaluating Windows SharePoint...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/14/2007
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate zero (RC0) and Release Candidate 1 (RC1) came with Windows...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2007
Service Pack 1 is now out for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Windows...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2007
https://www.virtualization.info/2007/12/patch-tuesday-for-vmware.html Dave
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2007
Willie O'Connor works in the CS department in Trinity College in Dublin and has this to share with...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/10/2007