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TechEd followup: Windows 2003 R2 DFS white paper

David Golds passed along the following link to a Windows Server 2003 R2 DFS white paper : From the download page: Overview As organizations expand to include more users and servers—whether they are located in one site or in geographically distributed Read More...

TechEd: SSO with Windows R2 - Yes!

Alright! Windows Server R2 is adding a federated single sign-on (SSO) service called Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). This allows your Windows credentials to be federated and used across organizational boundaries. There are so many user scenarios Read More...

TechEd: Check out Windows Server R2 DFS

If you get a chance, check out the new Windows Server R2 distributed file system (DFS). Bob Muglia had a demo in his Windows session showing a 25Mb PowerPoint file being copied and used by a branch office and another office with and without DFS. The traffic Read More...

TechEd: Indigo session - part 2

Ari just gave a number of demos using Media Center and interesting TV viewing/shopping scenarios. One demo showed an application that alerts his PocketPC phone when his son sits down to watch Jerry Springer. He can then send a message back saying "you're Read More...

TechEd: Indigo Session - part 1

Ari is giving a demo where he is building a peer-to-peer chat application using Indigo from scratch (almost from scratch). He created a chat app using something called "Peer Channel" (a feature of Indigo) that enables you to easily create peer-to-peer Read More...

TechEd: Another great find at the TechEd store

Robert Hurlbut mentioned a SQL book he found at the TechEd store that he says is a valuable find. I also found something nice at the TechEd store that's worth mentioning. I'm a gadget guy so I look for the latest/smallest gadgets and at the TechEd store Read More...

TechEd: Connected Systems keynote cancelled

I'm sitting in the audience for the Connected Systems talk. It was just announced that Charles Fitzgerald fell and broke his hip a couple of days ago so he won't be here to give the talk, instead there is a talk titled "An Early Look at Indigo". I've Read More...

TechED 2005: Day 1 - A different kind of coverage

Today I start coverage of TechEd 2005 in Orlando, FL. I'm going to be looking for an interesting way to cover the event so that these post don't get lost in the plethora of posts (pOp) on TechEd. Hmmm... What would be the most interesting, original and Read More...