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There are a couple Vista patches that improve stability, reliability and compatibility of the OS. Interestingly, these are not pushed down from Windows Update. Get the stability/compatibility update from – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649 Get the reliability update from – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941600 Get the Vista Media Center from – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941229 Applying these patches have reall improved my experience with Vista on my home machine [...]

The default authentication method for MOSS 2007 is to use NTLM or Kerberos Authentication. This is typically desired for internal intranets/portals to provide an integrated method to authenticate and authorize user to access pages and content.  When using MOSS to build an Internet or Extranet Site this can be very difficult to use. Managing extranet and internet users through [...]

Microsoft has releases a patch for Windows Vista that addresses some compatabiliy and reliability issues when running some applications. The update code is “Update for Windows Vista (KB941649)”. It was released October 1, 2007. It requires WGA validation before download and a reboot after installation. Download the update for Windows Vista 32-bit from Microsoft here. Download the update for Windows [...]

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.2 production release is available from CodePlex. Feature Summary: * Supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and Class Server instructional content * Supports tracking and grading of e-learning and non-e-learning instructional content * Allows users to store and manage instructional content in SharePoint document libraries * Supports learner centric and/or instructor directed assignment [...]

Microsoft recently (Sept. 24, 2007) signed of on the Release Canidate 0 for Windows Server 2008 and has made it avaialable for public download. You can get the latest build from MSDN here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/bb383572.aspx

If you are a college student with a university email address you can get an awesome deal on Office 2007 Ultimate starting on Sept 12, 2007. Goto the site www.TheUltimateSteal.com and get a copy for cheap!

The Windows Live team is offering 4GB of free space to Silverlight developers and designers to host their streaming applications. Silverlight enables the simplified delivery of cross-platform, cross-browser rich media applications. This Windows Live Service is in Alpha Release. You can sign up for it at http://silverlight.live.com/

There is a little confusion around the Server and Client Access Licesnes around Exchange 2007. I am going to attempt to clear up the licensing and configuration quesitons in this post. Let’s begin… There are two types of Exchange Server 2007 Licenses – Standard and Enterprise. This is the same as with Exchange 2003/2000/5.5 etc. Exchange Server Standard does [...]

Windows Vista Hardware Assessment (WVHA) 2.0 is available for download. WVHA 2.0 allows you to scan upto 25,000 (yes, 25,000) computers on your network. It can also integrate with Active Directoy to allow you to target scans to specific OU’s and you can also scan workgroups. The result can be stored in an Excel file [...]

For most of us who can’t make it to Microsoft TechEd 2007 in Orlando, Florida, USA (June 4-8 )we can catch some of the sessions via webcast. There will also be a lot of Podcasts and Virtual Labs made available.  You can watch the streaming content, download the podcasts, and access the Virtual Labs at  http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/teched07.aspx