Chris doesn’t call me Doctor Codec for nothing - I LOVE playing with video and audio, especially when it’s of the Geek flavor. 
Today I found this video (run time 5:00) on the Microsoft Software Piracy Protection website, and it just smacked of Schoolhouse Rock, sans music, so I had to share it with everyone. 
It’s […]

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Update kits for the January 2007 Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) are scheduled to start shipping today (01/19/2007).  You should see yours before Jan 30.
Here’s what’s NEW in the Action Pack* this month:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Enterprise […]

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Can you hear it?  It’s getting close.  As stated in a previous post the life cycle of the Microsoft Office 2007 Beta is coming to an end.  Soon.  About 2 weeks away for those not on B2TR.
If you personally registered for the beta you should have gotten an email from Microsoft yesterday explaining the […]

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Quite a few people have asked where they can get a PDF copy of the slide decks for all 5 days of the 70-282 Exam Prep Series with Ron Grattopp and Bea Mulzer (Jan 8 - Jan 12, 2007). 
Here you go!

SBSC 70-282 Exam Prep, Part 1 - webcast / PDF
SBSC 70-282 Exam Prep, Part 2 […]

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AOL is pretty much the bane of IT Pros existence.  Like garlic to a vampire, even the name AOL invokes a guttural response.  People devote blogs, websites and write songs about hating AOL (some songs as bad as AOL itself).  But, like Kmart, somehow AOL keeps plugging along.
So what do you do when SBS users complain […]

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The SMS&P Heartland District Partner team at Microsoft announced Windows Vista Hands on Labs taking place in February & March 2007.
Windows Vista Agenda

Objectives:
This course will provide participants with an experience of Windows Vista from a deployment and implementation perspective along with some of the service opportunities around Windows Vista.

Windows Vista new features […]

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I’ve been ‘rolling my own’ web parts for a while now like the Daily Dilbert, Local Radar, Bert&Ernie Terror Alert, Traffic Cam web parts, etc.  So it’s sad for me to see the default MSNBC Web Parts that are baked in to http://companyweb get the pink slip.  It’s kind of like watching Clippit die, but at least these […]

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Unless you’ve been living on planet Marklar, you’ve no doubt heard of the SBS Show.  And if you’re smart, you’ve listened to some, if not all of the over 2 dozen episodes of SMB goodness!
Well, the beat goes on and the SBS Show is now in 2.0 mode.   For unbeatable price of exactly ‘zero dollars’ you […]

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