More top picks from the week: Windows Vista, the Windows Me of our generation Microsoft puts $250K bounty on Conficker's head Windows 7 in 2009, free versions, how MS will pressure XP enterprises holdouts Windows Remote Management: use the command line remotely Moonlight 1.0 available to bring Silverlight to Linux Podcast: Converging on Microsoft: The company just bought your last computer From our bloggers: Ron Barrett: A Better Windows World With Acronis Snap Deploy 3, disk imaging in a snap With the eventual arrival of Windows 7, let's talk about a tool that helps with deployment. I have used just about every imaging software package out there and the one that appeals to me most is Acronis Snap Deploy. Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft The end of PKI: would I trust you because others did? For some time now, I have been toying with the idea of doing away of PKI. **gasp** ... After all, who decided to trust the CAs in my Trusted Root CA list anyhow? Glenn Weadock: On Windows Server 2008 A hardware steal of the year I don’t normally spend much time on hardware in this blog, but I gotta tell you about the new Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA LCD monitor. When a hardware company gets something this right, it should be rewarded. Brian Egler: SQL Server Strategies SQL Server 2008 - Happy half-birthday... SQL Server 2008 is now six months old. How do I know? My evaluation copy just timed out. Services are stopped, SSMS doesn’t work. But I've got a plan to restore it. Randy Muller: All About Microsoft Certifications Is the MCSE really dead? The demise of the MCSE is greatly exaggerated. You can still earn your MCSE on Windows Server 2003, since there will be Windows Server 2003 systems running for several years. Kerrie Meyler: Managing Microsoft Software Assurance contracts and the R2 philosophy "Release 2" is a vehicle Microsoft uses between major software releases. ... One rationale for R2 software is to give those organizations purchasing Software Assurance return on their investment. Susan Hanley: Essential SharePoint Friends don't let friends use PowerPoint This week, as I sat bored to tears as the speaker before me read her slides, I thought about several articles that discussed great presentations without PowerPoint. Hot discussions among Microsoft Subnet readers Is scripting programming or just systems administration? SQL Server 2008 on a micro laptop? Get a Passport! Will Windows 7 upgrade strategy keep XP users away…NO! Layoffs - An interesting twist - want to move to India? Cool tool for screen layout mockups Giveaways and goodies Deadline is February 28 for these goodies up for grabs: 1) One Microsoft training course from Global Knowledge worth up to $2,995. 2) Fifteen copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators by J. Peter Bruzzese and published December 22, 2008, by Sams. See the Microsoft Subnet home page for details on all giveaways. Check out Microsoft Subnet’s library for more free chapters and special discounts on best-selling books. Check out the giveaways for books and free Cisco training from our sister site, Cisco Subnet. Visit the Microsoft Subnet page for daily news, bloggers, opinions, hot topics. |
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