World Wide Online Event Hi Ladies, We have an World Wide online event happening very soon here which gives you an opportunity to meet and talk to Technical Women working in in Services at Microsoft and find out what the job is actually like. Plus we are interested in you too. We would love to…
Adventures in Education
Some different things are going to be happening to me over the next few months but I have decided after quite a long hiatus that one of the things i should be doing is blogging again. I don’t know why I have been silent for so long. It is falling out of the habit of…
Floppies 101 uses for plus other Random thoughts
We have just had Long Bank holiday weekend in the U.K. so I have taken the opportunity to carry out some spring cleaning and have been clearing out a load of boxes . I came across a long forgotten box of floppy disks. It took be another 20 minutes to locate my USB Floppy drive…
Microsoft Desktop Player This has potential !
Apologies for not blogging recent weeks. I have been tremendously busy plus working out of the country My good friend Justin Zarb showed me this the other day. Microsoft Desktop Player This is a great utility that gives you a platform to search for technet content based around . You can either use the online…
The KRBTGT Account – What is it ?
As part of the Active Directory Forest Recovery process the white paper talks about the KRBTGT Account. I often get asked what is this account and why do I need to reset its password twice ? Well here is the answer Key distribution service center account. Windows 2000 Kerberos authentication is achieved by the use…
Correction for Group Policy Settings added to Windows 2008
Hi Everyone, We want to let you know that there is a correction to the link to download “Group Policy Settings added to Windows 2008”. So if you are looking for it the link is here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb Apologies if you have had trouble finding it
Looking for a New Career – How about Premier Field Engineering
Hi Everyone, I am really excited to tell you that due to our continued success Premier Field Engineering in the U.K. is looking to recruit some more Engineers to join our ranks. If you are interested in joining a dynamic and exciting team, and working for a great Company, and love working with a wide…
Ports used in Active Directory Replication
A customer the other day was looking to configure his Domain Controller in a remote Branch Office behind a firewall. The question was what ports are required for Active Directory Replication. The answer is the following; Port Assignments for Active Directory Replication Service Name UDP TCP LDAP 389 389 LDAP 636 LDAP 3268 Kerboros 88 88 DNS …
Women in Technology Microsoft Career Webcast
About the Event Meet up to 12 different women from Microsoft Services and learn how they are helping our customers succeed. We are holding four webcasts to accommodate four different time zones on the three roles below. We hope you will join the one that works best for you. The Consultant: Meet new customers. Help…
Some more Windows 7 Learning Resources
Hello, Microsoft Learning has made available some great Windows 7 Learning resources. See below for some more information. The great thing is that they are packaged up to suit different types of Audiences. So get ahead of the wave in Windows 7 and Enjoy ! These Clinics are geared towards three different audiences, and focus…