September 2005 - Posts

• WS-Management – a new Remote Management Protocol -- submitted to DMTF and will ship in Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista.

  Web-Services for Management (WS-Management) is a multi-vendor initiative to develop a standard protocol for remote management. WS-Management will allow management vendors and development tools to use a common method of communicating management information Read More... Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 4:42 PM by sluper | 0 Comments

• Rescue Data Like a Hero With System Center Data Protection Manager

  On Sept. 27, Microsoft’s entry into the backup and recovery market begins with the launch of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), a new server software application that provides rapid and reliable disk-based recovery, efficient and near continuous Read More... Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 4:40 PM by sluper | 1 Comments

• Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2.5 is available

  This accelerator provides proven tools and practices that enable IT professionals to: Create a software and hardware inventory to assist in deployment planning; Test applications for compatibility with Windows XP Professional and mitigate the compatibility Read More... Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:41 AM by sluper | 0 Comments

• Office 2003 SP2 Now available

  Get Office 2003 Service Packs at http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sp2.mspx You'll find: Office 2003 SP2 Office 2003 SP2 for Proofing Tools OneNote 2003 SP2 Project 2003 SP2 Project Server 2003 SP2 Visio 2003 SP2 Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:13 PM by sluper | 1 Comments

• How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot with Security, Part 1

  In the past, we have highlighted Security focused articles by Jesper Johansson. He hasn't done a column lately but is back in the groove. He says: "A while ago, I took a hiatus from writing these articles. Now I am back and I thought it would be fun to Read More... Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:22 AM by sluper | 2 Comments

• Microsoft Location Finder

  Microsoft Location Finder is a client-side application that turns a regular WiFi enabled laptop, Tablet or PC into a location determining device without the addition of any separate hardware. When launched by a user, Microsoft Location Finder uses WiFi Read More... Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:39 AM by sluper | 1 Comments

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Release Candidate 0

  You can now evaluate Release Candidate 0 of Windows Server 2003 R2. At http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/default.mspx you'll find great info on R2 including Simplified Identity and Access Management : See how Windows Server 2003 R2 extends Read More... Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:24 AM by sluper | 0 Comments

• Windows Vista Self-Guided Tour

  This document is a high-level user's guide for information technology (IT) professionals who are building and deploying desktops by using the Beta 1 release of Microsoft Windows Vista delivered as part of the Beta 1 program. It is not intended to be a Read More... Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:19 AM by sluper | 0 Comments