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WPF Bootcamp

Awesome collection of training on Windows Presentation Foundation (free of course!). Three whole...

Author: smearp Date: 01/15/2008

Top Microsoft Blogs

In case you are interested… I was initially just going to show the top 10, but then you would have...

Author: smearp Date: 01/14/2008

Identity Lifecycle Management

Alright... this is probably not something that you would implement as an IT Pro at a company with 15...

Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008

How do I run my IT shop?

I know, I know... another post with a bunch of links from Sean. You may even scroll past this post...

Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008

Free Security Courses

I was just browsing the IT Pro course catalog over at https://www.microsoftelearning.com, and noticed...

Author: smearp Date: 01/11/2008

Microsoft on Google

Although I now use live.com as my default search engine (it's searchier!), I just noticed that...

Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008

Pre-order Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

I see over on TUAW that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is now available for pre-order from Apple and...

Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008

Global Meetings

As Microsoft is a global company, it is not uncommon to have meeting scheduled that include...

Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008

Bill's last day

I know, I know... I'm the last person on the planet to post this link, but it really is funny :)...

Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008

Books, books, and more books

With the upcoming Windows Server 2008 release, there are a TON of cool books coming out from...

Author: smearp Date: 01/10/2008

Why is my hard drive spinning?

Ever see your hard drive LED chugging away, while there was no apparent activity on your...

Author: smearp Date: 01/09/2008

What's that service?

Ever wish that someone at Microsoft would write up a list of all the services that come with Windows...

Author: smearp Date: 01/08/2008

Best Practices

It's always a good thing to stand on the shoulders of giants, and implement technology in a way such...

Author: smearp Date: 01/08/2008

SharePoint Extranet Collaboration Toolkit

SharePoint is the hottest thing going at Microsoft.  While Excel is the swiss-army-knife of...

Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008

16 New Features in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Most admins are familiar with the process of downloading and applying Service Packs for servers and...

Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008

Microsoft and Photography

Did you know that Microsoft has a site devoted to professional photography?  Neither did...

Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008

Installing Apache 2.2 with SSL/TLS on Windows

Although IIS 7 on the upcoming Windows Server 2008 is absolutely killer, you might be interested in...

Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008

Microsoft Scholarship

It's that time again... school will be starting back up again, the sleep deprivation and Top Ramen...

Author: smearp Date: 01/05/2008

Access Our Internal Knowledge Base

Pretty cool benefit of becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional... From the MCP Blog: Internal...

Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008

The top Active Directory Issues

The Ask the Directory Services Team blog has a great post on the top 50 KB articles used to solve...

Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008

SQL Server 2005 Best Practices

There's no shortage of them!!! https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb331794.aspx Get the...

Author: smearp Date: 01/02/2008

This is how 2008 begins, not with a bang but a whimper...

So... the picture below is what the New Years Shindig at the Space Needle is supposed to look like....

Author: smearp Date: 01/01/2008

Easter Eggs

Just saw this over on Bink.nu. It turns out (and I have verified), that there is a pretty cool...

Author: smearp Date: 12/29/2007

ALL the Microsoft Software (plus the kitchen sink)

Working at Microsoft, I often have friends ask if I can pick them up a copy of this or that...

Author: smearp Date: 12/26/2007

Learning Plans

One of the greatest parts of working at Microsoft is being able to learn of all the cool things we...

Author: smearp Date: 12/26/2007

Where's My Mail Control Panel?

(or my Quicktime Control Panel, or my Java control panel...) This has been bugging me for a while. I...

Author: smearp Date: 12/23/2007

Quote of the day

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others,...

Author: smearp Date: 12/22/2007

The VPC images keep coming...

Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Team Suite VPC Image (Trial) Visual...

Author: smearp Date: 12/22/2007

Network Troubleshooting without NetMon

Troubleshooting networks (as with any computer/system/car/generic problem troubleshooting) is often...

Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (and free Vista/Office)

If you have not played with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, you really...

Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007

Internet Explorer 8 on Acid

I know, I know... Safari and Opera did it a while ago, but the IE team is making progress on web...

Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007

SharePoint Service Packs (the definitive list)

Great list of resources below from Mitch, an Information Worker Architect for Microsoft in New York:...

Author: smearp Date: 12/19/2007

Even more Virtual PC/Server images

2007 Office System Demo and HOL Images This virtual machine demonstration environment contains...

Author: smearp Date: 12/14/2007

Hyper-V released!!!

I would normally put up a great post with examples, pictures, personal stories, wit, and humor......

Author: smearp Date: 12/13/2007

Format or Safely Remove?

When you right click on a USB Hard drive to remove it in Vista, you are presented with the option of...

Author: smearp Date: 12/12/2007

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

Now that you downloaded the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 here:...

Author: smearp Date: 12/12/2007

Two Decks and PowerPoint

Learned a neat trick today that I thought I would share with you all. If you are ever working on a...

Author: smearp Date: 12/10/2007

Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?

I laughed. I cried. I had flashbacks to repressed memories... Check it out ;)

Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007

More Virtual PC/Server Images

The product groups have been going buck-wild releasing preconfigured Virtual PC/Virtual Server...

Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007

SharePoint Training

As I have mentioned several times before, I am a big fan of free training. I am also a big fan of...

Author: smearp Date: 12/07/2007

Bubble 2.0

Hilarious! (the title frame below does not do the video justice)

Author: smearp Date: 12/04/2007

PerformancePoint 2007 Training Resources

Free training... how can you go wrong? (I first saw this on Arlindo's blog)...

Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007

Certification Bonanza!

The following information is courtesy of Trika... Make sure to visit her blog to learn how you can...

Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007

How much iron do I need?

Photographers get to call their lenses "glass", so server engineers can get away with calling their...

Author: smearp Date: 12/01/2007

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