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Thursday, June 4th, 2009InfraGard Awareness is a FREE information security awareness course that can help individuals and small business owners understand how make their workplace more secure. It will also teach vital skills to protect yourself and your family from cybercrime and identity theft. This course is free to all individuals and small businesses under 50 employees.Â
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Free Resource to learn Microsoft Small Biz Server 2008
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009What do you know about Small Biz Server 2008? If you are a consultant or part of an internal tech group, this resource can help you quickly complete everyday tasks. It also contains key troubleshooting tactics that facilitate just-in-time learning. Newer technologies bundled into the Small Biz Server 2008 include;
·        Windows Server® 2008
·        Windows SharePoint® Services 3 [...]
FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Here is some positive and prescriptive ideas for all of us tired of hearing how bad the economy is, how bad the world is. Here are some postive action items that can improve your frame of mind. It is a longer post, and well worth the time reading.
Success Tips Newsletter
In this issue: The dirty little secret of [...]
Microsoft Vista Resource Kit e-Book Free!
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009Â Here it is the granddaddy of them all! Microsoft Press is offering the Windows Vista Resource Kit, including Service Pack 1 in e-book format. You can study all 1693 pages of the Resouce Kit and easily search for key terms. The Table of Contents include:
Overview
Deployment
Desktop Management
Desktop Maintenance
Networking
Troubleshooting
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 Windows Vista Resource Kit, Second Edition
By Mitch Tulloch, Tony [...]
Learn about Hyper-V Security with this e-book
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Many security professionals are familiar with VMware and have been addressing their security architecture concerns surrounding virtualization. Microsoft’s virtualization software Hyper-V, available as a free stand-alone version, was released on October 1, 2008.  Hyper-V is a variant of Windows Server 2008 “Core”  in which other Windows 2008 Server Roles are disabled, and there are limited [...]
More Free e-Books from Microsoft
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Microsoft is offering free ebooks in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press. You can sign up for their newsletter for future notification of free books when you click the links below.
Windows Server 2008 Core Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
By Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Server Core Team at Microsoft
ISBN: 9780735626263
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services [...]
Training is still a business value in tough times
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Recent research from Microsoft Corporation and the SANS Institute highlight the importance of training to individuals as well as organizations. The most interesting conversation is non-tangible benefits of training. The positive experience of learning new things and sharing with co-workers really provide valuable to a company. A couple highlights include:
Improved team productivity. Studies show that [...]
New Years Resolution: Read more free e-books on new technologies
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Microsoft is offering free ebooks in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press. You can sign up for their newsletter for future notification of free books when you click the links below.
Here are a couple of books that are available already:
Understanding IPv6, Second Edition
by Joseph Davies
ISBN: 9780735624467Now updated for Windows Server 2008 and Windows [...]