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Over the last few years, I've been a consultant for a major IT Services company; worked for a UK-based support services company; contracted for Australia’s largest independent magazine distributor; worked in-house designing and project managing a Europe-wide infrastructure refresh for a major fashion design, marketing and retail organisation; and ...

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  The concept seems quite good (although the content seemed a little out of date, even bearing in mind that it had sat in a pile of ''stuff to look at when I have time'' for 10 months); however, the operational excellence section of the ...

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 network services For anyone looking at developing a set of operational procedures, the ...

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: ''We are pleased to announce that the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Release ...

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 planning, building, testing, and deploying Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP ...

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 out that WUS a) sounds bad; and b) is not an accurate description of what the product does. For ...