Nick MacKechnie
Stuck somewhere between family life and IT...
The System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Model for Operations Manager 2007 provides best-practice...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/11/2008
Hi All, Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/08/2008
Hi All, Today Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to the web. It is available right now for download...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Hi All, Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 2nd May...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/06/2008
Today at the SSPA Best Practices 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it has further...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/05/2008
Hi All, Here is a list of all guides and viewers for Office 2003 while you are test and deploy...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/05/2008
Hi All, TechEd is New Zealand’s largest and best education, training and networking event for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Hi All, The Microsoft Support Lifecycle blog site is now live -...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Hi All, The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0. This new...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 05/01/2008
Messenger for Mac 7 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/30/2008
Yesterday at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008, Microsoft announced the public release of Virtual...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/30/2008
Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 25th April...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
Hi All, For those of you looking for a list certified hardware for Windows Server 2008 (x64), here's...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
I’d like to make you aware of a new Microsoft service called Community Clips from Microsoft...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/29/2008
Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 has now been re-released. The details and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/28/2008
Hi All, Last week I sat my exams for my ITIL Managers Certificate, and dare I say it, things are...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/28/2008
This article describes how Microsoft IT created a centralized user interface platform, called...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
We are happy to announce that Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 Provides an Improved Web and Application Platform
Published: 10/18/07 Technical White Paper added: 04/10/08 Internet Information Services 7.0 in...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/24/2008
Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 18th April...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/21/2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/17/2008
Try to think of a time when, either as an IT professional or even as just the user of a home...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/16/2008
Hi All, CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been withdrawn due to a regression discovered in one of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) uses failover clustering in the Windows Server®...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
Exchange Server 2007 enables large accounts to replace SAN with DAS solutions and still maintain...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/15/2008
Hi All, As you may know, Office 2003 Service Pack 3 contains some changes to the behaviour of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
We came across an interesting issue with one of our customers which we have provided a work around...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • WhitePaper: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/14/2008
Hi All, For those of that use Visio and have had the opportunity to move to Visio 2007 Professional,...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/13/2008
Hi All, Here’s a collection of blogs and web pages which are updated frequently by product...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/09/2008
Hi All, Today at RSA Conference 2008, Microsoft announced the availability of the public beta...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/08/2008
Using the Microsoft Automated Service Agent System to Deliver Low-Cost, High-Value Service To...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/08/2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • IT Showcase: Windows Terminal Services 2008 and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/07/2008
Hi All, The BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer performs configuration-level verification by...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/07/2008
Hi All, The Security Compliance Management toolkit provides customers with best practices from...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/03/2008
Hi All, For anyone who couldn't make the 2008 Launch events in March, this is a great opportunity to...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Operations, Risk Management, Release Readiness, Service Level Agreement, Change Initiation Request Templates
Operations Templates Download operations templates for hosting solutions. Operations Review Business...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Windows Mobile is improving smartphones to better meet people’s rapidly expanding work and...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/02/2008
Hi All, Join the Microsoft Certified Professional team to learn about the benefits of certification,...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
Infrastructure Development & Operations • Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
Hi All, After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 04/01/2008
Hi All, One question that has been asked by many of you is “How do I know what hardware is...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/31/2008
Hi All, To some folks outside of Microsoft, the Open-Source Software Lab has been a sort of...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Hi All, Many customers have noticed that installing Vista SP1 removes the GPMC, if it was previously...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Hi All, Provides an overview of the Microsoft IT Application Compatibility Testing Program, which...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Hi All, Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/25/2008
Hi All, Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit 2008-Unified Tools and Guidance for Desktop and Server...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/24/2008
The MSIT pilot project of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services was so successful that Microsoft IT...
Author: Nick MacKechnie Date: 03/19/2008