Dave Northey's Blog

My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Today I was challended by Aidan Finn to take up the Ice Bucket Challenge, to raise funds and raise...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2014

Pizza as a Service

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2014

August 2007 (I think)

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 07/31/2014

The Samsung Series 9 has been updated for business use. This outstanding piece of hardware now ships...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2011

The TOSHIBA R830 Series of laptops boast portability with a 13.3” screen, lightening fast USB 3.0...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2011

I’m now posting on our team blog…

Just click this picture to be taken to the TechNet Ireland IT Pro Blog. Dave Share this post :...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 03/04/2009

Great Virtualisation Case Study from Lionbridge in Ballina

Lionbridge have been working with Microsoft virtualisation technologies for a good long while now,...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2009

Free business guidance for Start-ups

Digital Media Forum and Microsoft Ireland are delighted to bring you the Microsoft BizSpark...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2009

Windows 7 in 20 minutes..

I was given the task of introducing Windows 7 to a crowd of IT Professionals last week – easy...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2009

The Business Case for IPv6

I got to talk at the IPv6 Summit last week in Dublin Castle – Agenda, Slides and Videos of all the...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 02/06/2009

Developer Developer Developer!

I know, I know, I’m an IT Pro – what am I doing writing anything about Developers? Well, turns out...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2009

Virtualisation Unplugged

Discover end-to-end virtualisation, from desktop to data centre. Join our virtualisation expert,...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/26/2009

VHDMount without VHDMount

To mount a VHD file onto your file system, you either ran some very complicated VB (or PowerShell)...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2009

Building my Demo Laptop (Part 3)

In this post I’ll talk you through how I have created a Hyper-V Failover Cluster on my single...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2009

It pays to complain

There’s been a “small” issue with licensing around Hyper-V for a while and because of all the...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/16/2009

SQL for the Oracle DBA

***There's been a change to the timing of this event. It now runs from 9:30-13:00 with registration...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2009

Building my Demo Laptop (Part 2)

So my demo environment needs to be self contained (everything on the one laptop), needs to be as...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/12/2009

Building my Demo Laptop (Part 1)

It turns out that how I built my demo laptop is generating a bit of interest.  These posts have...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2009

Hyper-V on a Laptop

This post is an introduction to how I have configured my demo laptop.  I can comfortably run...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2009

How would you know if your PC was affected by the IE7 flaw?

I had an interesting question posed to me the other day: How would you know if your PC was affected...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2008

Configuring Server Core

This post describes the best/easiest method to configure and manage Server Core. There are numerous...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2008

Dave's back!

Please excuse the lack of posts (I have too many excuses to list here). I'm now back on line and...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2008

Free training - Deployment of Vista & Office 2007

TechNet Deployment Event This technical level 300 event is well worth attending if you are...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/16/2008

3 Free Exam Vouchers

Microsoft is testing a new exam format and needs your help. The New Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113:...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2008

Windows Vista Performance (the sequel)

Windows Vista with SP1 (and some tweaks) is faster than Windows Server 2008. Since my last post on...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2008

A few places have come up at the SQL Academy

The second session, in our invite only SQL Server 2008 training series is happening in Dublin next...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2008

SQL Server User Group Meeting in Cork

Niall Flanagan (Ireland's SQL Server MVP) is doing a talk down in Cork next week in the Imperial...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/07/2008

Today's ISACA talk.

Today I had a go at dispelling the myth that the words Microsoft and Security don't go...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2008

Anyone want to see 'Blade Runner: The Final Cut' (for FREE)?

What are you doing this Thursday evening? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Blade...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2008

Windows Vista Performance

I've been talking to a few people recently who are using Windows Server 2008 as a workstation. Some...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2008

How to make your laptop 300% quicker..

As you know, I'm always "dabbling" with my laptop(s) - trying to get me demos performing...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2008

Anthony Crotty (UCC) - You're famous, you are!

More info here. Dave Share this post : Technet! del.icio.us it! digg it! live it! reddit!...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2008

Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal - Rain and Guinness

Kimberly & Paul were with us last Friday.  Bob Duffy got to interview them for a while - I...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/11/2008

IT Pro Momentum for SQL 2008

A few of you wanted to know more about IT Pro Momentum that was mentioned at the SQL Academy last...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2008

Yesterday's BSS event in Belfast

I presented at the BSS even in the Pavilion in Stormont yesterday - as usual I really enjoyed it...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2008

Tuesday's Windows Server User Group meeting

Thanks to all those who attended Tuesday night's user group meeting. Apologies for going on a bit (I...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 09/04/2008

Zero Touch Vista deployments in Belfast

I've been working with Alan McBurney on and of the a good while now.  He attended a TechNet...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2008

Windows 2008 Terminal Services

I'm delighted to announce that Alex Yushchenko will be giving another talk on Windows 2008 Terminal...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2008

Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008

The Windows Server 2008 User Group - Ireland will be running an event on Microsoft Hyper-V and...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2008

SQL Academy 2008 (free training for Database Professionals)

SQL Server 2008 has finally Released To Manufacture (RTM)! Announcing the SQL Academy 2008:  A...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 08/07/2008

Hyper-V Laptop

There's been a lot of talk recently about our new "Windows Server 2008 Workstation" (Windows Server...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 07/22/2008

Larry Doyle and Hyper-V

Larry Doyle from Netforce in Dublin has been deploying Hyper-V. This is worth sharing: "Windows...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/30/2008

iSCSI

Anytime I do a demo that requires a SAN, I use the Microsoft iSCSI Target software.  I'm lucky,...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/19/2008

Look what I found - The Technical Rollup Mail

Once a month for the last six months or so, I've been getting seven emails in my inbox entitled:...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2008

Customer Minds and Windows Server 2008

Eduardo Shanahan from Customer Minds Ltd has deployed his new application on Windows Server 2008 and...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008

Prodata and Windows Server 2008

I know Carmel Gunn from Prodata pretty well by now, I was asking her how she's been getting on with...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008

Trinity College Dublin and Windows Server 2008

I've been working with Willie O’ Connor (Computer Science Dept, Trinity College Dublin) for...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 06/06/2008

With Hyper-V, Microsoft is going to change the world of virtualization

I just had to share this quote with you. I've been working with Edouard MELLY from Hewlett Packard...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2008

Meath County Council and Windows Server 2008

I've been working with Gavin Fitzpatrick from Meath County Council for over a year now (he is one of...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2008

O2 and Windows Server 2008 (again)

I've been working with Michael Maher (a Principal Infrastructure Specialist working for O2 Ireland)...

Author: Dave Northey [MSFT] Date: 05/26/2008

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