http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c4dcf45b-72ea-44ed-86aa-1c389ece12f9&displaylang=en The goal of the whitepaper is to debunk the common misperception that Virtual Server requires IIS on every server or that the administration...

I'm a huge fan of the Acer Ferrari 3400 - most stable laptop I've had the pleasure of using... Seems like GM is jumping on the vehicle-inspired laptop bandwagon with their Hummer laptop... Dig the idea of integrated GPS antenna - I can always connect...

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-31ValveCPlusPlusPR.mspx Today at Microsoft ® Tech•Ed Australia, Microsoft Corp. announced that Valve Corp. ® , creator of award-winning game franchises “Half-Life ®” and “Counter-Strike TM ,” has...

Wally Mead is the mack-daddy of SMS - check out his webcast on the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU)... Microsoft has just released a new scan tool for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates...

Wow - wasn't expecting to see this hit before the PDC - http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/winfs/default.aspx WinFS team's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/WinFS/default.aspx Scobleizer has a demo at http://blogs.msdn.com/WinFS/default.aspx

Think a particular piece of software is hard to use, undiscoverable, or just plain dumb? Here's your chance to provide direct feedback - http://www.microsoft.com/usability/enroll.mspx .

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx Keep an eye on this site if you're interested in participating the Office 12 beta program...

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Performance Advisor (short name: Server Performance Advisor 2.0) is a simple but robust tool that helps you diagnose the root causes of performance problems in a Windows Server 2003 operating system deployment. Server Performance...

Chat transcript - lots of packaging/SKU type questions - http://www.major-nelson.com/blogcast/2005/jallardchat-8-21-05.txt

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2cc30a64-ea15-4661-8da4-55bbc145c30e&DisplayLang=en The WMI Code Creator tool generates code that uses WMI to obtain management information or perform management tasks. You can use the tool...

MSIs available now - TechNet on-line version completed in a couple weeks - the BDD is GREAT stuff, especially for those folks looking to clean up their deployment processes to prepare for Windows Vista and the WIM image format ;-) Business Desktop...

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/ 8/9/2005 - Apparently some of the digital signatures for the IE updates were corrupted - impacts downloads from the Download Center (not WSUS, SUS, MU, or WU) - re-posting will happen ASAP.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode.aspx?xml=theshow/en/episode052/manifest.xml The .NET Show interviews Alex Sutton and Marty Hough on Windows Vista and Longhorn Server's next-gen event logging model.

Jerry Dunietz - XML Paper Specification interview and demo... http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=98057

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/sgtour.mspx Wondering what's cool in Windows Vista? Not sure what to check out? This self-guided tour is just the ticket...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e0fc1154-c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&sGuid=53fdc542-901d-4df0-9a57-eb8e045c00fb&hash=KLMFSV5 SyncToy is a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP that provides an easy to use,...

http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/2003/sp2.mspx

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=80533 This is a great discussion of RSS support across the platform - gotta check this out...

Scobble interviews Ford Davidson (knew Ford when he was a student here in Boston) to intro some cool stuff in Windows Mobile devices and Windows Mobile 5.0. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=95972

Check it - wanted to install Windows Vista Beta 1 on my production machine - didn't think ahead to partiton my 80GB drive - no problem with ximage - let's me create a file-based image copy of my hard drive and lay it back down on a smaller partition ...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A24CEA3A-1920-4B18-8CF2-8BF78C94C917&displaylang=en The Microsoft Management Pack Notifier Management Pack enables the generation of Informational alerts as updated management pack are released...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=25DCB14A-03F5-434D-83F7-4D46C1675B87&displaylang=en Microsoft uses the new capability within Virtual Server to consolidate servers in a data center and enhance utilization and reduce costs associated...

http://www.microsoft.com/mom/downloads/2005/sp1.mspx Update Make sure you have the Windows Installer 3.1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c&DisplayLang=en installed before attempting to install...