Released: Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP

For all those eagerly awaiting developments on the shell front, Microsoft has released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows PowerShell 2.0. PowerShell 2.0 boasts some interesting (many frequently requested) features, including:– remoting (ability to execute commands on remote computers)– “a very early alpha version” of the Graphical PowerShell utility– background PowerShell jobs that run […]

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AD Explorer: A better ADSIEdit than ADSIEdit

Came across this useful Active Directory tool called AD Explorer, thanks to fellow Zenpriser Tariq Hamirani. Created by Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich, it’s another one of those cool SysInternals tools that came with Microsoft’s acquisition of their company Winternals. AD Explorer is a better ADSIEdit than ADSIEdit. It lets you add AD locations (containers/objects) […]

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HOW TO: Hide Distribution Group membership

Exchange Server 2003’s extensions for Active Directory Users & Computers console made hiding a Distribution Group’s membership a trivial task, accomplished by right-clicking a group, selecting Exchange Tasks and selecting Hide Membership. Figure 1: The Exchange Tasks wizard in ADUC provides an option to hide Distribution Group membership in Exchange Server 2003 As the task […]

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Within days of its release, Leo makes waves on PCs

Within days of its release, Apple’s new Leopard OS is running on PCs – the non-Apple kind. The OSx86.com forums are buzzing with posts on how to make it run on different motherboards with different chipsets and graphic cards. It should come as no surprise if we see threats of lawsuits flying, in a typical […]

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Notes v/s Exchange: Networking’s 50 greatest arguments

Network World has an article on Networking’s 50 Greatest Arguments. Interestingly (and as expected…), Microsoft is the subject of many arguments in the list, including Netware v/s Microsoft networking, Windows v/s OS/2, Microsoft v/s U.S. Justice Dept., IE v/s Netscape Navigator, Windows v/s Unix, Mac v/s PC, and the inevitable Lotus Notes v/s Microsoft Exchange. […]

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 5

Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 5 is now publicly available. Description of the rollup can be found in KB 941421. In addition to all the fixes included in Update Rollups 1 thru 4 (remember, the Exchange Server 2007 patching model? All updates are cumulative.), this new rollup includes 2 additional fixes: – Recipient email addresses […]

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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 requires OCS 2007

Microsoft released Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007), its much-awaited next-generation telephony/Unified Communications product, with much fanfare in San Francisco earlier last week. This is a major update to its predecessor – Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS 2005). The new client, Microsoft Office Communictor 2007, requires OCS 2007 at the server end. It does not […]

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Dvorak on Rethinking Microsoft

John Dvorak says there’s plenty of upside for Microsoft and it’s time to rethink our attitudes towards the company’s stock. More in Rethinking Microsoft on TheStreet.com.

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (i.e. Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007). The Management Pack can be downloaded from here.

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Interesting snippet from Bob Woodward’s ‘State of Denial’

On the way back from vacation last week, I decided to finish reading Bob Woodward’s excellent book ‘State of Denial: Bush At War, Part III‘. Interesting snippet, and not completely off-topic. Time of the incident: July 2003. As the public face of the American declaration before the United Nations that Saddam had WMD, Powell had […]

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