The Industry Insiders
Insight from the heart of the IT industry
Stephen Cummins
Stephen Cummins, runs the blog SPSFAQ and has received the SharePoint MVP (Most Valuable...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 07/23/2007
Office Communicator 2007
Dennis has written an excellent article on Office Communications Server 2007 which he's given me...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 04/10/2007
More details on Office Communicator Server 2007
Dennis Lundtoft Thomsen It's hardly groundbreaking news that Microsoft is entering the VoIP market,...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 04/10/2007
How to extend your Cryptographic Service Provider infrastructure
Adrian has written another enlightening article tackling the often confusing subject of Installing...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 04/03/2007
Installing New Cryptographic Service Providers
The following article was kindly written by Adrian Beasley General That splendid company Smartcard...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 04/03/2007
smtp 550: Sender verify failed with incorrect reverse DNS record
Here's an interesting post from Mark Wilson which he's allowed me to reproduce here. Often Exchange...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/30/2007
Sender verify failed with incorrect reverse DNS record
Mark Wilson What a week! Switching hosting providers, setting up a new content management system for...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/30/2007
Creating Subject Alternative Name Certificates with Certificate Server
Brian Reid has written an interesting piece about using Powershell to create certificate requests...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/23/2007
Creating Subject Alternative Name Certificates with Microsoft Certificate Server
Brian Reid A new feature in digital certificates is the Subject Alternative Name property. This...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/23/2007
Migrating WSUS to a new server without downloading updates
Mark Wilson has written an interesting and comprehensive article on his blog which he's kindly given...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/15/2007
Migrating WSUS to a new server without downloading all the updates
Mark Wilson I’ve spent the last day or so decommissioning my old domain controller, which also...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/15/2007
Powershell update
Adrian Beasley has re-issued his Powershell articles. Executing a command line utility and waiting...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/14/2007
Executing a Command Line Utility from PowerShell, and Waiting for it to Finish
(I am reissuing this article, to incorporate a suggestion from Jeffrey Snover, which makes the...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 03/12/2007
Powershell Installation
By Adrian Beasley Document Changes The original version of this article was based on PowerShell RC1....
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 03/12/2007
Certificate Server Enterprise Edition and Smart Cards
The following article was kindly written by Adrian Beasley GeneralI have recently installed...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 03/12/2007
How Easy is it to install Exchange 2007 UM?
I've been in contact with Paul Stringfellow for quite some time. He comments on my blog regularly,...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/09/2007
Is it easy to install Exchange 2007 UM?
Paul Stringfellow The answer is surprisingly so!!! This document outlines our experiences in...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/09/2007
Paul Stringfellow
Paul Stringfellow Communications Manager Gardner Systems Plc. Paul is the communications manager and...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 03/09/2007
Certificate Server Enterprise Edition and Smart Cards
Adrian Beasley wrote a wonderful article on Certificate Server Enterprise Edition and Smartcards - I...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/11/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 3)
In Part 2 Dave McMahon looked at the network building blocks, in the third and final part of this...
Author: James ONeill Date: 09/01/2006
Windows Time and the W32TM service
Nathan has put together a comprehensive and technical article explaining how the Windows Time...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 08/30/2006
Nathan Winters
Nathan Winters is a Unified Communications Consultant for Dimension Data; a Microsoft Gold Partner...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 08/30/2006
Windows Time and the W32TM service
Nathan Winters IntroductionIn the last few days this issue of time sync in Windows domains has come...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 08/29/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 3)
The third and final part of Dave McMahon's series is now available
Author: James ONeill Date: 08/24/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 2)
Dave McMahon wrote a brief guide, but it's still a long post so we've divided it up. The first part....
Author: James ONeill Date: 08/24/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 2)
In part one Dave McMahon looked how developers should acquire the basics of IP networking – an...
Author: James ONeill Date: 08/18/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 1)
Introduction Much of the documentation regarding Network Administration often makes the assumption...
Author: James ONeill Date: 08/11/2006
A Developer’s Brief Introduction To Network Administration (part 1)
Dave McMahon wrote a brief guide, but it's still a long post so we've divided it up. The first part...
Author: James ONeill Date: 08/11/2006
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Benefits - Why PKI?
Adrian has written a short article enumerating many of the security threats that can be mitigated...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2006
PKI Benefits - Why PKI?
by Adrian J. Beasley The main benefits available from a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) are as...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2006
Make Sense of Public Key Infrastructure
Adrian has written a wonderful overview of how Public Key Infrastructure words. If you don't know...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2006
Make Sense of Public Key Infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure Written by Adrian J. Beasley GeneralPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI),...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2006
Adrian J. Beasley
37 years in IT, I have worked as a contractor for the last 25. I have reinvented myself several...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2006
Duplicating Virtual Machines using SysPrep
This article was written by Mark Wilson. One of the joys of virtualisation is the flexibility...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 05/10/2006
Creating a Mailbox quota report
Mark is a new contributor to the Industry Insiders forum, and has started his contribution with a...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 04/06/2006
How to create a Mailbox Quota report
I just spent nearly an hour searching for a quick and dirty report of non-default quota limits...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 04/06/2006
Mark J. Lucas
Mark is a Sr. System Administrator at the California Institute of Technology. He's been with Caltech...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 04/06/2006
Using the Sender Policy framework with Exchange SP2
Rodney has written a very useful article deatiling how to implement the Sender Policy Framework in...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 01/24/2006
Using the Sender Policy framework with Exchange SP2
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a type of DNS record created to help stop Spam. A lot of anti-spam...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 01/24/2006
The Pro's and Con's of System Lockdown
Rodney Buike has written a thought provoking article about the challenges of locking down production...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/28/2005
The Pro’s and Con’s of System Lockdown
The Pro’s and Con’s of System Lockdown By Rodney Buike Locking down desktops is becoming more and...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/23/2005
Email archiving - problems and solutions
Mark has written a good article about email archiving and different options that you can use to...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 12/19/2005
Archiving - has this happened to you?
Mark Arnold - MVP Has this ever happened to you in a small business? Your manager has come rushing...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 12/19/2005
Using Automated Deployment Services to deploy Windows XP
Mark has done some excellent investigation into deploying Windows XP using ADS (Automated Deployment...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/09/2005
Using Automated Deployment Services to deploy Windows XP
I've been trying out some workstation deployment scenarios to see if it is possible to use Microsoft...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/09/2005
Free Microsoft Support resources
Blake has compiled an amazing collection of all of the support resources, newsgroups, how to...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 10/19/2005
Free Microsoft Support
Blake Handler Free Microsoft SupportAs a Microsoft consultant I’m pleased that practically every...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 10/19/2005
Blake Handler
Blake Handler "I’ve been supporting Microsoft products since they introduced MBASIC for S100...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 10/19/2005
Windows and Linux interoperability
Jeremy is delivering a Webcast on Windows and Linux interoperability which explains the concepts in...
Author: Eileen_Brown Date: 09/19/2005
What to do in the case of a security compromise
Harlan Carvey has written an interesting article examining misconceptions around incident response -...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 08/15/2005