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You may have wondered why I have been a little quiet of late. Well, the reason [beyond actually...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 01/11/2006

Happy New Year!

2006 is looking to be one of the most exciting years for the IT Pro Community and we are absolutely...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 01/02/2006

ISA and Antigen Hands On Labs

Last week we held a 2 day series of hands-on labs for ISA server and Antigen that convered a huge...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 12/02/2005

biometrics - fingerprint access

I have had the MS fingerprint readers for quite a while now and have found them to be great...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/29/2005

Regional Weather Station with MSN Direct Weather Data Service

For all of the weather watchers out there (and in Canada I think that means all of us...) I have...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/28/2005

Windows Defender (Microsoft Anti Spyware tool)

Further to my last post, for those of you concerned about the Sony DRM rootkit you may be happy to...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/27/2005

root kits

I thought it was about time I jumped on the bandwagon about rootkits in light of the recent...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/27/2005

Exchange Performance Tuning

During the past couple of weeks I have been going across the country with some of the guys from IBm...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/26/2005

Inspire Workshop Series with Dell & CMS

For the last couple of days we have been delivering a series of workshops written over the summer by...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/08/2005

WSYP project: Leverage customer feedback for software reliability

Ever wondered what we do with your feedback when you click on the 'send report' button if you get an...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/05/2005

Hotfixes - do they cost or not?

I was reading a colleague of mine's blog today (Rick Claus) and it seems he has done a bit of...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 11/03/2005

Canadian User Groups & Community events for November

I have included many of the groups across the country but please let me know about others I may have...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/31/2005

Resources on TechNet Canada

I sat down over the weekend and was looking for some information for a friend and I thought I would...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/31/2005

Top Freecell Player In Canada?

Okay this comes out of left field somewhat, but I have just been talking to a guy who thinks he must...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/24/2005

3rd Decade of Windows

If you have been watching CTV this weekend, you may have caught a segement on the 20th anniversary...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/24/2005

Scripting starting a network under Virtual Server

I have had quite a number of people asking me how you script a start up order for virtual machines...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/04/2005

What is TechNet?

A big focus for the TechNet Innovations Tour is to let you know what we have done in TechNet over...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/04/2005

Calgary TechNet Innovations tour

I always enjoy coming to Calgary. This time was no exception! I was really impressed with the number...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 10/04/2005

Vancouver Academic Breakfast

A huge thank-you to everyone that came along and made the event so enjoyable!I got the distinct...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 09/29/2005

VANTUG - Virtualisation Automation

From the response you gave me last night it seems that there is a huge amount of interest in...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 09/27/2005

TechNet Innovations Tour - First leg; Victoria

A huge thank-you to all who came along. It was so nice to be back in Victoria and to such a great...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 09/25/2005

Exchange and Groupwise...

I am afraid I could not help but smile at reading an article on one of my colleagues’ (Rick...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 09/09/2005

Feedback from the Vista Install Fest

So many of you have provided a huge amount of feedback from the Vista Install Fest and I thank you...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/31/2005

AD In-Place Migrations

This is a topic that is always rather subjective, AD In-Place Migrations… One of my colleagues...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/31/2005

Vista Install Fest Photos

Again a huge thank-you to all those that came along and made the event such a success. One of my...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/31/2005

Vista Beta 1 Install Fest

Now that was an AWESOME event. I hope you all had as much fun as I. There was an amazing response...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/29/2005

TASK Defcon Rollup

Continuing with my community gust blogger theme... I asked Brian Bourne from TASK and CMS Consulting...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/29/2005

Oracle to SQL migrations

I will admit to the fact that I can spell SQL ( I am an infrastructure and Security guy after all)....

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/26/2005

The joys of Virtualisation

For those of you coming along tomorrow to the Vista Install Fest, you will be pleased to know that...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/26/2005

TASK - The Toronto area Security Klatch - www.task.to

... and before you ask, a Klatch is (according to dictionary.com) “A casual social gathering,...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/24/2005

SQL 2005 Server CTP

Okay, this wasn’t planned but after my last post I checked out the blog of one of my...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/24/2005

Is your career development lacking?

As an IT Professional over the years, a big focus for employer choice was working for a company...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/24/2005

A Canadian Focus on IT

Are you proud to be a Canadian? Well I think you should be… After now living in Canada for nearly 18...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/24/2005

A Huge Welcome to Damir Bersinic

I would like to extend a huge welcome to Damir, the newest member of the Microsoft Canadian IT Pro...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/23/2005

The Current State of IT Communities

I always like to get other people's opinions and what better way that having my own guest...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/23/2005

The changing face of Security

If I ask you the question - This time 3 years ago did you have an anti-virus and anti-spyware tool...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/22/2005

Virtualisation via the OS

I was perusing John Oxley’s Canadian IT Managers blog and found an interesting article about...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/22/2005

Building the Vista Beta 1 Install Fest Demo Network

I have had the same question from a number of people about Windows Vista asking “That is...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/22/2005

The New Year, New Possibilities and New Technologies

The summer is always a break point for us from the old to the New Year at Microsoft. We are now...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/22/2005

What to bring to the Vista Beta 1 Install Fest

A number of people have asked me what they should bring along on the 27th, so I have compiled a...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/18/2005

Windows Vista Beta 1 Install Fest x86 Driver list

I have put together a list of the x86 video drivers for the install fest. I suggest that if you can,...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2005

Vista Client Beta 1 x86 Video driver list

Here is a non exhaustive list of x86 video drivers currently available for Windows Vista Client Beta...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/15/2005

Dual Booting Windows Vista and Windows XP

Have you tried dual booting with Windows Vista and Windows XP? Well, I sat down earlier to set up a...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/11/2005

Why the Vista Client Beta 1 Install Fest

For those of you who are coming along to the Vista Client Beta 1Install Fest I wanted to take a...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/11/2005

Vista Beta 1 Install Fest Hardware requirements...

For the up-coming Vista Install Fest I have been asked by many what sort of hardware should I bring...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2005

Vista Beta 1

Have any of you started using the Vista Beta 1 yet? I have been using the various builds internally...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2005

Visiting the UK

I had a chance a couple of weeks ago to visit the Microsoft UK office and hook up with my colleagues...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2005

Automatically Mapping Your Network

I used to spend hours mapping networks I was working on until I discovered Visio and it’s auto...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 08/10/2005

Virtual Server Scripts Part 3 - Controlling Virtual Machines

In the past couple of posts on this I took you through creating virtual machines and backing them...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 07/12/2005

Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT)

For those interested in Virtual Server, the VSMT is a very useful free tool that allows you to...

Author: Bruce Cowper - Microsoft Date: 06/28/2005

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