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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - Posts

What makes you read a blog?

I was talking to one of my friends earlier and the subject of blogs came up. He's looking to advance his career (aren't we all?) and I said he should get a blog. He said that there wasn't much point as he didnt have anything to say that would be worth Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:33 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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DJ Amber has a new single out

You may remember a while back I blogged about a friend of Rob Scoble, DJ Amber.. Well she has a new single out called Your Love [Whatwithall] You can hear a sample here. The full track will be one of ten remixes featured on the forthcoming http://www.karmacoda.com Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:38 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Barcode Art

I can't quite decide if this site is genius or just insane :S Barcode art is, as you may expect, a site about barcode art. There are barcode clocks, barcode collages and you can even create your very own barcode just in case you want to label yourself Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:45 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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Monitoring Server Performance: Best Practice

Another great post from Michael Palermiti, this time on his own experiences with monitoring server performance. I am starting a series of my own brain dumps on monitoring server performance best practices for all the system admins (specifically Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:57 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Security Stuff

First off, Microsoft have a new site where you can get access to all of their available security guidance. It has the rather appropriate title of Security Guidance Center and can be found here. Secondly, Microsoft are now accepting orders for their Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:08 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Storage Considerations for Exchange Server

Michael Palermiti (Another new Exchange blogger from PSS) has a post with links to 2 great articles written for Microsoft OTG (Microsoft's IT Department) Chek it out here. Believe me, poor disk subsystem design and implementation is the #1 reason for Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:43 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Exchange Server Cluster Installation Gotcha

Evan Dodds, an Exchange Support Engineer with Microsoft PSS, has posted an excellent workaround for a problem I've experienced before when installing Exchange 200x clusters. Exchange 200x clusters install in two separate phases: In the first phase, the Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:25 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Still on the quest for a free mug..

Since I broke my HP mug the other day, I've had to resort to drinking my tea from a Bob the Builder one. Amusing as this may be, I need a new one. Anyone know of any half-decent free mugs? Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:02 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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Windows Server 2003 overtakes NT4

According to What PC Magazine UK, there are now more internet hosts running Windows Server 2003 then Windows NT4 The number of website hostnames running Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Server 2003, overtook those running on Windows NT4 earlier Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:58 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Exchange System Management DC Discovery

Amanda Langowski has a neat post over on Exchange Team Blog detailing the method that ESM uses for domain controller discovery. It's neat because I didnt actually know it and now I do - read it and you can too :) Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:53 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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How to Test the Disks on your Exchange Server

Mike Lee has posted an excellent entry on the Exchange team blog about assessing the performance of the disks on your Exchange Server using JetStress If there's one thing that's true of all busy Exchange servers, it's that they generate massive amounts Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:48 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Tips for a Successful Microsoft Presentation

Via Rob Scoble.. Scott Hanselman is a Microsoft Regional Director so he gets to do lots of presentations to and for Microsoft. Here, he shares his presentation tips as well as a list of useful tools. This is great for anyoune speaking at conferences Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:27 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Server Consolidation Using Exchange Server 2003

This is particularly appropriate to my current project as it's all about server consolidation using Exchange Server 2003. As e-mail messaging continues to grow in both volume and business importance, organizations are looking for new options to manage Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:04 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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