The Irish IT Professional
Free Books to Download
A couple of free eBooks are available, written by MVP’s. This again amplifies the value that...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 11/08/2009
Windows XP and Windows 7 Migration and Coexistence
Keith Combs, Senior IT Pro Advisor in the US wrote a fantastic blog post on Windows XP, Windows 7...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/29/2009
Microsoft® Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool
When talking to customers and partners about Windows 7, XP Mode and Hyper-V the question that always...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/29/2009
Deploying Windows 7 from an Infrastructure Architect’s Perspective
October 28, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST (18:00 to 19:30 Dublin) Title: ...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/26/2009
Penton Media’s “Win7, WinSvr2008 R2, Exchange 2010 Virtual Event”, Oct 27th
On Tuesday, Oct 27, Paul Thurrott, Michael Otey, Paul Robichaux, Jeff James, and key Microsoft...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/26/2009
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
How do I install Windows 7 on my Netbook? This is a question we got many times over the delivery at...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/26/2009
Direct Access: The Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide
This IPD guide provides actionable guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure. The guide’s...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/26/2009
Exchange 2007 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Can you run Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2? I was out with a number of partners this...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/25/2009
Service Pack 2 for Configuration Manager 2007
Service Pack 2 for Configuration Manager 2007 delivers new platform support for Windows 7 client,...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/24/2009
Resources for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 is a deep-dive...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/24/2009
TechEd Europe Special Offer
TechEd Europe is Microsoft’s biggest and best technical conference in Europe happening in 2009..and...
Author: emflynn Date: 10/22/2009
Event: WebsiteSpark Launch, 20th October – let’s celebrate!
It’s the anniversary of Microsoft’s BizSpark program and Microsoft Ireland are also launching a new...
Author: emflynn Date: 10/20/2009
BranchCache Deployment Guide
One of the Better Together technologies of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that we have been...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/14/2009
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy - Oct 09
Good morning, it is patch Wednesday as it is here in Ireland as opposed to Patch Tuesday in the US!...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/14/2009
Exchange 2010 RTM’d, start your learning now!
Exchange Server 2010 was released to manufacture this week, marking another updated release in the...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/11/2009
Windows 7 Irish Technical Community Launch – Week 1
The first leg of the Windows 7 Community Launch is over, not without some issues but at the same...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/06/2009
System Center Essentials 2010 Beta Released
Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2010 (Essentials 2010) will be Microsoft’s second release of an...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/06/2009
DirectAccess Design Guide and more
As we tour around Ireland on the Microsoft Ireland community launch events for Windows 7, Windows...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/06/2009
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts
As we tour around Ireland on the Microsoft Ireland community launch events for Windows 7, Windows...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/05/2009
Exchange 2010 Training
Get a head start and become the go-to messaging person within your organization. Microsoft Learning...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 10/05/2009
Microsoft Security Essentials Released today
You will recall that 11 months ago Microsoft announced that we would be discontinuing the OneCare...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 09/29/2009
DPM 2010 Beta Get Released!
The hidden jewel of the Microsoft System Management product line is System Center Data...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 09/29/2009
Free PowerShell Book to Download
Windows administration has changed greatly from the the days of NT 3.5 when I started out. The most...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 08/17/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 available on TechNet and MSDN
Everyone, including me has spent a lot of time discussing the Windows 7 release and getting caught...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 08/14/2009
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
The new Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) have been released for the RTM version of Windows...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 08/12/2009
Patch Tuesday in Plain English
It is patch Tuesday, or Wednesday as it maybe here in Ireland. Patching is a huge undertaking and...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 08/11/2009
Microsoft Technology User Group (MTUG) for Midwest Area Goes Live September
I’m delighted to bring you the news that David Severn of Infinite Solutions Limited is re-igniting...
Author: emflynn Date: 08/07/2009
Win7 is now available for download on TechNet and MSDN
a picture is worth a thousand words, so……………………… cheers
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 08/06/2009
Out-of-band Security Bulletins
This post is to notify you that Microsoft released two out-of-band security bulletins on July 28,...
Author: emflynn Date: 07/29/2009
Automated Deployments of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Windows 7 has now RTM’d, and the next big step for people like me in Microsoft is to get the product...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/22/2009
OneCare’s replacement gets beta release…testing Morro
I have been testing Morro for a little while on my home netbook and my wife’s tablet with great...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/21/2009
SharePoint Server 2010 SneakPeek
There is some exciting new emerging from Microsoft around SharePoint 2010 that I wanted to share...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/21/2009
When Can You Get Windows 7
There is a very detailed posting on the Windows Team Blog from Brandon LeBlanc on when different...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/21/2009
The Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner
You may have heard me talk of the EBS Network Analyzer tools, the EBS tools are used as part of our...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/07/2009
SCONFIG and Server 2008 R2 Core
The Windows Virtualization Team Blog posted an overview of SCONFIG, a new tool for the...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/07/2009
Service Level Dashboard Management Pack 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
The Service Level Dashboard Management Pack 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 was...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/06/2009
Server Application Virtualization Demo
I have been around Ireland talking virtualization with Hyper-V and App-V over the last 6 months and...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/04/2009
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit Available Now
Hyper-V was a very big part of the Windows Server 2008 release. I have spent a great deal of time in...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 07/04/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Technical Overview
The Irish Windows User Group will be running a session focusing on OCS, aka Office Communications...
Author: emflynn Date: 06/23/2009
Interview with Rory Donnely - IT at work & play
Rory Donnely is the CIO of Nissan Ireland, he is a big Microsoft fan and adopts our products early...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/23/2009
Windows 7 – Is it really better than Windows XP?
Windows 7 – Is it really better than Windows XP? A Guest blog post by Yagil Adar (who has consulted...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/18/2009
Interview with John McCabe - Hyper-V R2, Live Migration and OCS
John McCabe (Technical Consultant with CD Soft) talks about his production deployment of Office...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2009
Interview with Aidan Finn - Hyper-V, System Centre and IT Pro Momentum
Aidan Finn (Systems and Infrastructure Manager with C-Infinity) talks about why he chose NOT to go...
Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2009
Windows 7 Roadshow Presentations and Further Resources
Thanks for joining us at the Windows 7 Roadshow! Please find the presentations used at the Roadshow...
Author: emflynn Date: 06/08/2009
WEBCAST: TechNet Virtual Conference, June 19th… REGISTER TODAY!
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the very first TechNet Virtual Conference taking place on 19...
Author: Will.Craddock Date: 06/04/2009