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• This blog is moving... me too!

  This blog is moving to http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/ Read More... Posted 12 August 2005 17:30 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft, Industry News, Cool Stuff/Geeky, Tips and tricks, SharePoint, ISA Server, Windows Platform, Macintosh, ISP, SQL Server, Networking, IIS, Office Products, Open Source/Low Cost Software, Security, Exchange and Outlook/Outlook Express, Mobility, Systems Management, Virtualisation, Messaging, *nix, Integration, Web Browsers, Apache, Web Development, Inane Waffle

• Towards operational excellence on the Microsoft platform

  I was sorting out my den/office this weekend and came across a Microsoft operational excellence resource CD. The concept seems quite good (although the content seemed a little out of date, even bearing in mind that it had sat in a pile of "stuff to look Read More... Posted 11 July 2005 18:09 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Platform, Systems Management

• Readvertising failed packages with Microsoft SMS

  A few weeks back, my colleague Barry Feist gave me a useful tip for when deploying software using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). Barry doesn't have his own blog, so here are the details. Details of commands executed on the local machine by Read More... Posted 06 July 2005 13:37 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Systems Management

• More operational advice buried deep in the Microsoft website

  Last month I blogged about some useful operational advice on the Microsoft website and I've just found a load more in the MSDN library . Specifically, I was looking at the advice for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 operations but there is a whole load of Read More... Posted 07 June 2005 11:39 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips and tricks, Systems Management, Integration

• Useful operational advice on the Microsoft website

  Finding information on the Microsoft website is not always easy, but there is some good stuff buried deep there. Like the Windows Server 2003 TechCenter, with topics including: Best practices for security Active directory best practices Managing core Read More... Posted 23 May 2005 10:24 by mark.wilson | 6 Comments Filed under: Tips and tricks, Windows Platform, Systems Management

• First SUS, then WUS, now WSUS (or is it MUS?)

  The SUS/WUS name debate continues... Today I received notification from Microsoft that the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) release candidate (RC) is now available. Microsoft's e-mail to participants of the WSUS open evaluation program (OEP) reads: Read More... Posted 22 March 2005 20:51 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Platform, Systems Management

• IBM Rescue and Recovery with Rapid Restore

  One of the technologies that I've been working with recently is IBM's Rescue and Recovery with Rapid Restore . Another of IBM's ThinkVantage technologies, this is provided free of charge with an IBM PC (and can can be licensed for other OEM's PC models). Read More... Posted 18 February 2005 12:23 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Systems Management

• 10,000 feet view of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

  Until I started to look at the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (Enterprise Edition) , which makes use of the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack , I had no experience of Read More... Posted 10 February 2005 22:22 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Systems Management

• The Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment, the Microsoft Solutions Framework and the Microsoft Operations Framework

  Last week, I spent three days learning about the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD). According to Microsoft: "The Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment delivers end-to-end guidance for efficient Read More... Posted 10 February 2005 18:46 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Platform, Systems Management

• Windows Update Services name change?

  Windows Update Services (WUS) is the new name for Software Update Services (SUS). Except it might not be. Last week, Thomas Lee (who is well placed to comment on such things, being both a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP ) quite rightly pointed Read More... Posted 07 February 2005 14:56 by mark.wilson | 5 Comments Filed under: Windows Platform, Systems Management