http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777819/rsscomment/5777819en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:45:37 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:45:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorSun, 05 Dec 2010 21:58:55 GMT
My company is getting to the size where managing customer relationships is getting to be a full time job. I never really considered MS Dynamics before, but this walk-through looks promising.

Thanks for the heads-up, Curt. I’ll be spending some time looking into CRM 2011.

JamesNT]]>SummerlinSun, 05 Dec 2010 21:58:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Dec 2010 05:04:58 GMT
Thnx for the headsup. Yet another thing you must consider when deploying laptops and protecting your businiss data.]]>SiemonsFri, 03 Dec 2010 05:04:58 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Dec 2010 01:35:53 GMT
Thanks for the great article. Looking forward to this. CRM 4.0 is good but this looks even better.
The Outlook Client in 4 was problematic at times. Looks like Microsoft have thought about it in this latest release.]]>KaneFri, 03 Dec 2010 01:35:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/cloud-computing2/when-microsoft-outlook-means-business-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorTue, 28 Sep 2010 14:18:35 GMT
High Zev.
Sorry you were late to the party.
Here I am working with a client as we speak with the same problem.

the SC command is reaching his services via the IP address of his sbs server. The user is logged in from a XP login that is not logged into the domain.
But he is able to reach the services via the command line.

So...... it works.
]]>SPANBURGHTue, 28 Sep 2010 14:18:35 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorTue, 08 Jun 2010 09:25:14 GMT
What am I missing? The service does not appear to work. Uploading seems to work, but then files in the virtual desktop cannot be changed. I have changed them several times, and they just keep coming back in their old form. I have set the sync options properly. ]]>Dominick RasconaTue, 08 Jun 2010 09:25:14 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorWed, 03 Mar 2010 11:32:52 GMT
You spent an entire hour working with Outlook 2010 without trying to search something? When Outlook is the central part of the Office suite I would say that the search is the central part of Outlook, and unfortunately the search is not working very good. When I worked with Outlook 2007 in the beginning I spent ages searching for my mails before I discovered lookeen which luckily also works with Outlook 2010, but honestly although the mail tips and the conversation view are nice features what do you think of the search-engine in Outlook?]]>JohnWed, 03 Mar 2010 11:32:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:48:31 GMT
Nothing beneficial for most businesses – no reason to upgrade/purchase – Like Vista – all bling – no function. If they wanted to improve Office they SHOULD have - 1. Made outlook open multiple e-mail accounts as full exchange -not an additional mailbox with some functionality or pop/imap with very limited functionality but two seperate exchange profiles simultaneously from multiple exchange servers. 2. Full OLE support for pictures in access – umm wasn’t that functional with Office XP – why take that out? Why should someone have to code to add pictures to a personal database? Might was well use oracle or a real database if you are going to have to use code. Adding Office XP photo editor is the work around but why not just add photo editor back into office if that is the solution? 3. Offer the old menu bar for people (most of my clients) who don’t want to learn the new menu bar. You can finally modify the ribbon to some extent in 2010 however my clients just want their old ribbon bar. Frankly I have no issue with the new menu bar but I’m one person and most of my clients don’t like it so prefer to stick with office 2003. MS could make money selling the new version if they just offered the old menu as a choice with the new ribbon]]>boeTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:48:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:24 GMT
Any recommendations for similar programs?]]>PamMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:24 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorFri, 06 Nov 2009 07:57:25 GMT
Well done. Looks like a great tool and I can easily come up with a dozen scenarios from my own experience where a tool of this caliber would have been an enormous benefit.]]>netmarcos,netmarcos Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:57:25 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorSat, 31 Oct 2009 10:17:15 GMT
Nice article. I actually do know a few people who have sharepoint sites of considerable size who may benefit from this. Unfortunately, as Curt points out this tool is to pricey for us small guys which is unfortunate. However, if you ever go from small to large, which some of us will, this is a nice to know article. JamesNT]]>JamesSat, 31 Oct 2009 10:17:15 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorThu, 29 Oct 2009 04:12:53 GMT
Curt, As usual a good article about an interesting and complex issue. The pricing though seems a bit on the high side, do you know if there is a demo version or a trial version for people to try out first? May I also ask, what in your opinion is an average farm, users, server and data size? Joe]]>JoeThu, 29 Oct 2009 04:12:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/review-axceler-controlpoint#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorTue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:34 GMT
generally, ’same old’. someone in ms has a few years left to really think hard out-of-box if this is OLK 2010. with interface like this, it is the next victim to IE6 from innovation, revolution or blue ocean. the tabs in visual studio, IE7 and Firefox - years already and still not incorporated in OLK?? don’t they think ordinary users have reached the level of developers in managing their UI?]]>RostandTue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:34 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/email/outlook-2010-a-one-hour-first-contact-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorFri, 26 Jun 2009 12:50:13 GMT
Thanks Curt. Live mesh is great - combines a number of useful features and is very easy to use. Great for sharing photos/files online and also useful for the web based remote desktop. My Live Mesh wish list: * Increased storage - Additional storage will make it suitable to use as an online backup tool. Combining storage with SkyDrives’s 25Gb would be great. Also it would be useful to have the option to purchase additional storage. * Additional control over synchronization. e.g. Scheduling and a run now feature. Also some progress indication would be useful. * Version history - option to keep a history of changes to a file. It’s only a beta release at the moment - I’m sure it will evolve and become event more useful over time. :-)]]>DavidFri, 26 Jun 2009 12:50:13 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorMon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:33 GMT
Darn this economy! A shrink who also shrinks SQL Server log files? What’s next? A (human) driver who also handles communication between the OS and a device? And I guess we’ll need a truck driver, now with 64-bit operating systems. But seriously... I agree with jsclmedave’s and SCG’s comments. I think the article provides us with a quick last-resort procedure to help in an awkward SQL Server situation, which is incorrect disk space provisioning combined with no downtime allowed. I really loved this article. That’s edutainment!!!!]]>DimitriosMon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorThu, 11 Jun 2009 17:07:47 GMT
It’s true that the No_LOG and Truncate_Only which are synonymous are removed in SQL 2008. And so Microsoft recommends that these options not be used in Development. In my practice I often find the Trucate_Only option being used by VARs I remove these from the maintenance plans I find for obvious reasons. It is the purpose of the article to address a situation that is only to be used when necessary, thus the suppression of the idea of doing this every night. In fact, SQL Books On Line (BOL) even acknowledges situations like this calling them “Very Special Circumstances” The actual quote is: “Use manual log truncation in only very special circumstances, and create backups of the data immediately.” To that end Microsoft maintains a KB on the commands. You can follow the link here at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907511. We find that most of our readers are perceptive of these points and are professional in their reponses.]]>CURTThu, 11 Jun 2009 17:07:47 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorThu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:17 GMT
I am not a SQL DB but know enough to call for qualified help when something comes up. However, what I gained from this article was what to do in an “emergency situation” where the hard drive is full. I did not read this as a How To Best Practice... I would not just start flipping settings due to this article, but I thought it was a good lesson for this type of situation and for the thought process involved.]]>TimThu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:22:43 GMT
Readers, thanks for your feedback. I’ve notified the author, Curt Spanburgh, and he intends to respond to the comments as soon as he can.]]>AnneThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:22:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:39:55 GMT
I’ll second the comments above. Hopefully the advice given here was intended to be part of the pun. The shrink in this story should stick to psychology.]]>TIMTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:39:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:25:20 GMT
I didn’t mention this but I meant to. You should never shut down SQL Server and delete your database log file, or detach the database and regenerate the log file on attach. This can be disasterous in the event that your database does not shutdown cleanly and requires the log to bring the database online in a consistent state. There are plenty of horror stories online of people losing data or their database by doing this very operation. In the best cases the database is brought online, and it has inconsistent data with no real data loss, but loss of data integrity due to uncommitted changes not being able to roll back. In the worst cases you can’t get the database online at all and have to go back to the last backup of the database to recover.]]>JonathanTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:25:20 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:15:48 GMT
This article is full of incorrect information and poses ideas that extremely dangerous and can result in the loss of data and corruption of the master data file. First you should point out that the TRUNCATE ONLY option for BACKUP LOG is no longer available in SQL 2008, so you can’t just dump your databases transactional history. If you are going to do that just set your database to SIMPLE recovery and the log won’t grow like it currently is. Unless you follow the TRUNCATE_ONLY backup with a FULL backup, you lost your ability to do a point in time recovery of the database anyway. If you do happen to shrink the log file, you should resize it immediately back to a size that prevents growth from happening at all to keep from having excessive Virtual Log Files which impact the time to recovery. There is also no background process that runs every 10 seconds to move log records from the log to the main data file. The process you are referring to is called CheckPoint and it sweeps the buffer pool for changes and writes them to stable media, and it runs when the recovery interval is passed, not every 10 seconds. The only thing this article has done is guarantee that we’ll see more problems on the SQL Server forums related to mismanagement of database log files, and why people can’t recover their database after doing the TRUNCATE_ONLY backup you recommend.]]>JonathanTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:15:48 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorTue, 09 Jun 2009 12:33:16 GMT
Truncating logs files is just bad advice, you need to fully understand your recovery model and if log files are to big and you need point in time recovery, just do log backups more frequently. Shrinking file after you have done that will be fine, just leave room for growth so file doesn’t have to grow often as that is a performance killer. @SQLGuyChuck]]>CHUCKTue, 09 Jun 2009 12:33:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorTue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:01 GMT
Very well written Curt and a wonderful analogy. This is a great introduction to SQL Data and Log files. Thank you very much.]]>JamesTue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/do-you-need-a-shrink-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorWed, 06 May 2009 09:14:32 GMT
Great article Curt. I will be looking into this in the near future. Looking forward to future articles.]]>TimWed, 06 May 2009 09:14:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorTue, 05 May 2009 12:51:43 GMT
Thanks Curt for a great demonstration and explanation of what Live Mesh is.]]>JerrodTue, 05 May 2009 12:51:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorTue, 05 May 2009 12:07:08 GMT
Great article Curt. You mentioned security, I’d love to hear more about that in future articles on the subject.]]>MikeTue, 05 May 2009 12:07:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorTue, 05 May 2009 10:52:58 GMT
Thanks Curt, great article. I have been using dropbox to share files on the Internet/Cloud and this looks like a much better more viable alternative.]]>JamesTue, 05 May 2009 10:52:58 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-well-this-is-another-nice-mesh-you-ve-got-me-into-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/printing2/unbounded-printing-services-for-sharepoint#commentsAnchorMon, 27 Apr 2009 21:00:28 GMT
Thanks for bringing this product to our attention. What are the differences between the Standard and Enterprise version? Nice article, Curt. ~tb]]>TimMon, 27 Apr 2009 21:00:28 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/printing2/unbounded-printing-services-for-sharepoint#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorFri, 20 Mar 2009 14:49:29 GMT
As a note before you take the plunge with the BE Agent for Sharepoint, we’ve been trouble-shooting an issue with Veritas since last summer (2008) that involves the inability to actually recover any files when using BE with MOSS 2007 (w/MS SQL 2005). When we first noticed the issue, BE appeared to back up data, but when you go to the file’s directory using a regular recovery or redirection, the folders are all there and the file name, but the file has no content (0k). This is an improvement from when there were no files in the containing folder even though the directory structure was recreated in the new location. I’ve been told we’re not the only ones having this problem. Frankly, if you can’t recover the files, what’s the point in backing them up? Veritas is still working on this.]]>ChrisFri, 20 Mar 2009 14:49:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorWed, 11 Feb 2009 13:14:10 GMT
"I was escorted to the server room, a 4’ x 4’ unfinished closet at the end of the office. I saw pieces of sheet rock and construction dust on the floor. The “server” was just a single (popular vendor) box, with two drives and 2GB of RAM—and all the server roles that a modern office needs today were configured on this box. There was even a pair of remote users that were waiting to connect to the box on Terminal Server sessions. The box was a file server, print server, SQL Server, Great Plains server." I love it...and I feel your pain.]]>DougWed, 11 Feb 2009 13:14:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:52:32 GMT
Curt, the info I get here and articles like this, are the reason I renewed my VIP account. Great info with an entertaining twist... Great Job! Tim Bolton]]>TimThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:52:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:29:28 GMT
Great article! You are quite the story teller. Can’t wait for your next piece, Curt. I really enjoyed this one. ~tb]]>TimThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:29:28 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/-i-windows-it-pro-i-detective-agency-who-killed-the-microsoft-dynamics-server-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorWed, 07 Jan 2009 12:24:11 GMT
A bit late to this party but something doesn’t make sense or is missing with this article. My experience with 17xx RPC errors has been that if the GUI doesn’t work for remote access querying - services, event viewer, neither will any command line tool.]]>ZEVWed, 07 Jan 2009 12:24:11 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorThu, 11 Dec 2008 09:12:30 GMT
Great Article Curt! It will be interesting to see if it is able to prevail past the Exchange and CRM offering. The weakest link that I have found so far - per numerous clients - will the performance of the Hosting Customer Service. If it is not 100% up to speed SaaS will fail...]]>TimThu, 11 Dec 2008 09:12:30 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorWed, 26 Nov 2008 19:20:10 GMT
What about CommVaults SharePoint backup agent, where would it rate?]]>HarlanWed, 26 Nov 2008 19:20:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorSun, 02 Nov 2008 10:58:13 GMT
Curt: Excellent article. I always knew that Sharepoint had poor builtin backup from Microsoft. I was not aware as well that Backup Exec does sharepoint backups. Thanks for the info]]>TracySun, 02 Nov 2008 10:58:13 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorThu, 30 Oct 2008 10:34:16 GMT
As Sharepoint becomes more and more prevalent as a "collaborative technology" and the central workspace for a growing number of organizations, the ability to safeguard the associated data becomes a crucial issue in itself. Given Sharepoint’s rather complex nature, combining applications such as IIS and SQL that constitute systems in their own right, choosing the optimal backup tool is not a matter to be taken lightly. It looks like Curt Spanburgh’s side by side comparison will be a welcome resource for many system administrators implementing this technology. Many thanks for the fine article!]]>DavidThu, 30 Oct 2008 10:34:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorThu, 30 Oct 2008 06:29:37 GMT
Thank you Curt, for putting all this together .... I was not aware that Backup Exec can do it too..... thank you. Keep up the great work!]]>MOHSINThu, 30 Oct 2008 06:29:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorWed, 29 Oct 2008 17:38:50 GMT
Very usefull Curt, it almost makes me wish that we had a sharepoint server in the company :)]]>ClausWed, 29 Oct 2008 17:38:50 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorWed, 29 Oct 2008 13:12:25 GMT
Well done, Curt. Very good discussion of a rather under covered subject. Looking forward to your next one!]]>TimWed, 29 Oct 2008 13:12:25 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorWed, 29 Oct 2008 11:15:39 GMT
Thank you Curt, as always, a very informative article. Is there any particular reason why Microsoft don’t make it easier to backup and restore their key applications? Is it competitive rules that force us to look at 3rd party vendors?]]>JamesWed, 29 Oct 2008 11:15:39 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/administration-tools2/sharepoint-backup-tools100126#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Oct 2008 10:07:02 GMT
Thanks Curt, Once again, you’ve provided a great article that hits it on the head. Especially in our economy today businesses need to think outside the box. And this is certainly one way for them to do that. Implementing Sharpoint ourselves here in the near future so I look forward to your follow on articles.]]>MikeFri, 03 Oct 2008 10:07:02 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Oct 2008 03:52:54 GMT
Nice one Curt. Can;t wait for the next one because sharepoint/CRM is a powerfull combo. Ton Siemons]]>tonFri, 03 Oct 2008 03:52:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Oct 2008 03:30:06 GMT
Thanks Curt, another great article. I am currently looking at a hosted email solution, either Postini (Google), Message Labs or Mimecastall other various BCP and archiving solutions. This document along with this months Windows IT Pro is most useful. Looking forward to your article on hosted CRM. Here are some llinks I hope others find useful. http://blogs.msdn.com/livemesh/ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/intelligent-cloud.html]]>JamesFri, 03 Oct 2008 03:30:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/do-you-drive-a-hybrid-#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorThu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:08 GMT
Response from Curt Spanburgh: "We always enjoy intelligent responses to our articles. I was hoping that readers would get the idea to start looking at kerberos authentication and realize that this is the preferred use for authentication. As I am sure you have experienced in the field, most networks are filled with traffic that the administrators are unaware of. I looked back in the "Historical Documents" of Windows 2000 books and repeatedly noticed not more than a page or two of coverage of the Kerberos subject. Not surprisingly then, few of the NT 4.0 convertees were aware or took an interest. Now we are at this place almost a decade later and there is serious catchup to do on the part of many. This was inferred in the article, that the administrator get to work on resolving his network problem while the accounting people continue to run the business."]]>AnneThu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorTue, 30 Sep 2008 22:37:59 GMT
Hmmm, I don’t know... I agree with enabling Named/Pipes as a temporary option to bypass and troubleshoot the actual problem, which is why can’t clients suddenly find the SPN and connect over TCP anymore. As a permanent solution it would clutter network traffic and disable Kerberos authentication.]]>FilipTue, 30 Sep 2008 22:37:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorMon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:41 GMT
Very informative, and always entertaining. Well done, Curt. :-) Keep ’em coming!]]>EricMon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:41 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorWed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:44 GMT
Excellent Article. I agree with netmarcos - so many of our apps today rely on many things outside of their control. As the old saying goes "A chain is only a strong as its weakest link." JamesNT]]>JamesWed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorFri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:47 GMT
Well researched and clearly written. Great advice and a vluable reminder that many of our apps rely on a lot more than the code base of the desktop client to get the job done.]]>netmarcos,netmarcos Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:47 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorFri, 29 Aug 2008 10:16:20 GMT
James, thanks for your comments! Here’s Curt’s response: "It seems that all was working while AD was doing well, but if the SPN in the Sql server machine account in Active Directory cannot be read by the client machines then they attempt to call with NBT packets or RPCs. The services were restarted several times but to no avail. If Named/Pipes are blocked to remote machines then the authentication fails. The fact that opening this option allowed the users to continue to work indicated a Network problem and not a SQL problem."]]>AnneFri, 29 Aug 2008 10:16:20 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorThu, 28 Aug 2008 14:24:10 GMT
Hello Curt, as usual a well written article but it has left me confused. Why did the application work for so long and then stop working on TCP only? Are you sure it was not just the SQL services that needed the re-start? Sorry to throw "a spanner in the works" Kind regards James]]>JamesThu, 28 Aug 2008 14:24:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/don-t-shoot-the-application#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/a-day-in-an-it-consultant-s-life#commentsAnchorMon, 16 Jun 2008 09:38:28 GMT
Great job, Curt! I’d love to see you make a video of this for ITtv.net!]]>KarenMon, 16 Jun 2008 09:38:28 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/a-day-in-an-it-consultant-s-life#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorTue, 10 Jun 2008 03:46:58 GMT
Good article Curt. I’m in the hosting industry myself and I’ve looked at hosting Exchange and Sharepoint in a shared SaaS achitecture. I’ve found two problems with the model as a provider: 1) The solution canonly become profitable once you have a huge deployment. Profits are tiny per user (to be competitive) and operating costs (support, network, power, data center) are huge. It’s a huge endeavour to take on as a small or cautious hosting operator. 2) Provisioning/Management. MS provides a "solution" but it’s only a high level architecture, e.g. AD and monitoring. The solution requires a HTTPS based control panel service for provisioning/management for each customer. This requires complicated 3rd party solutions that are often slow to upgrade with the new MS offerings, e.g. HSphere. I still see things going this way. We’re seeing 3rd party applications go as SaaS instead of traditional client/server. It’s perfect for small businesses that can’t afford all the bells and whistles of large biz but still need them to be competitive. MS seems to be accepting the multi platform cloud too. MS is expanding System Center to accomodate *NIX and 3rd party apps, e.g. SCOM 2007 Cross Platform Extensions is in public beta right now.]]>AidanTue, 10 Jun 2008 03:46:58 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Jun 2008 18:56:32 GMT
Very informative article, Curt. It will be very interesting to see how we “technologists” fit into the future. If we’re smart, we’ll be proactive and become familiar with this new technology sooner rather than later. Otherwise, it will pass us up and we’ll be the way of the dinosaurs. Thanks for filling us in on this technology. We’ll look much better to our managers if we bring this technology to them….instead of them bringing it to us….]]>EricMon, 09 Jun 2008 18:56:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Jun 2008 17:20:02 GMT
Curt, thanks for the article. Although we do not use SAAS currently at our location it is nice to know there are options for smaller companies like ours. Freeing resources so that we can focus our attentions on the bigger picture is certainly a right step for any company looking to grow.]]>MikeMon, 09 Jun 2008 17:20:02 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Jun 2008 15:59:44 GMT
Nice article Curt, but Kerberos in Microsoft environments is a real pain to implement - the lack of useful documentation appears to be the fault. Thanks though - nice prose :)]]>JamesMon, 09 Jun 2008 15:59:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Jun 2008 15:57:52 GMT
Thanks Curt, Very good article - I have implemented CRM 4.0 - it is useful to see screenshots of the SAAS (online) offering. This seems the way to go for small business - no Infrastrucre/Licensing hassles. The only problems are your bandwidth and internal PC’s - everything else is someone else’s problem - Does it integrate with online Exchange? the CRM client for Outlook seems a big sell for tracking purposes?]]>JamesMon, 09 Jun 2008 15:57:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/saas-it-s-closer-than-you-think#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorWed, 28 May 2008 10:29:16 GMT
Very useful information]]>KALYANWed, 28 May 2008 10:29:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorTue, 20 May 2008 10:44:42 GMT
Well done as usual Curt. Great information in an entertaining format. Classic characters; I know a couple dozen of each. Keep it up.]]>netmarcos,netmarcos Tue, 20 May 2008 10:44:42 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorMon, 19 May 2008 11:51:00 GMT
Excellent article Curt, you hit on the way we find stuff out, searching the web! - I like the way you brought out that the separation between a good engineer and a great one is the ability of finding the solution, rather than a "high and mighty" one that knows all the answers already.]]>LukeMon, 19 May 2008 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorSun, 18 May 2008 16:36:48 GMT
Truely great article Curt! So fun to read you don’t even realise you are learning! Nice work! Cheers Nathan]]>NathanSun, 18 May 2008 16:36:48 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorSun, 18 May 2008 10:27:55 GMT
Great article! I’ve had enough troubleshooting sessions similar to this that it rings true to real life. But then again, I think every tech has had sessions like this. It must have taken a while to put together, because all the characters sound about right in how they would act in the situation. But then if you’ve been through enough of these meetings, it was probably easy to put together. Great article!!]]>DennisSun, 18 May 2008 10:27:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting-services/twelve-angry-techs#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorThu, 31 Jan 2008 14:12:33 GMT
Hi, Finally got round to reading this today and found it a great lesson! It is always good to have multiple ways of attacking a problem, and Curt described this scenario really well and with some good humour! Thanks Nathan]]>NathanThu, 31 Jan 2008 14:12:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorMon, 14 Jan 2008 09:07:32 GMT
Good article. The CLI tools have been overlooked by ’lazy’ admins for ages. This article shows how it can save a lot of work and time if you have a basic understanding of the tools. And an open mind to look further than the GUI.]]>RobMon, 14 Jan 2008 09:07:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Jan 2008 12:32:16 GMT
Great article: answers the age-old question, "When am I going to use this in real-life?" Keep up the good work!]]>BrianMon, 07 Jan 2008 12:32:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Jan 2008 08:40:48 GMT
Thanks all for the kudos on Curt’s article! We have some other articles from Curt in the pipeline, so stay tuned. And if you have other ideas for "annoyance" articles, please drop me an email and tell me your ideas. Anne Grubb, Web site strategic editor, Windows IT Pro (agrubb@windowsitpro.com)]]>AnneMon, 07 Jan 2008 08:40:48 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Jan 2008 11:11:10 GMT
Curt, great article. Just proves that the command line isn’t as scary as everyone seems to think and is usually the only way to get out of problem. Thanks for reminding me on a command line tool I hadn’t used in a while.]]>DennisFri, 04 Jan 2008 11:11:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Jan 2008 07:34:29 GMT
Excellent article! This should be required reading, as a reminder, for all Administrators.]]>TimFri, 04 Jan 2008 07:34:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Jan 2008 07:27:17 GMT
Excellent article. It proves a few things we all should already know: - The learning process in our chosen field is forever ongoing - Help can come from unexpected places. - Don’t panic - Always be as prepared as possible. Speaking of learning more and being prepared, I think I’ll respond to this renewal letter I just got from Windows IT Pro. JamesNT]]>JamesFri, 04 Jan 2008 07:27:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorThu, 03 Jan 2008 20:51:23 GMT
I love the titles to your articles, Curt! You make reading what could be a boring subject a lot of fun. As Mark mentions above, we all need to take a step back from time to time and remember that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Great article, Curt. Keep ‘em coming. Eric]]>EricThu, 03 Jan 2008 20:51:23 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorThu, 03 Jan 2008 17:14:11 GMT
A good, straight forward example of a far too common scenario. One of Windows’ greatest benefits is that so many tools are easily accessible due to the great UI. One of its greatest problems is that this has allowed many of us get lazy. Every Windows admin should be VERY familiar with the CLI alternatives to the rich GUI-based admin tools. SC is just one of them.]]>netmarcos,netmarcos Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:14:11 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/castaway-on-command-prompt-island#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorThu, 10 Nov 2005 11:30:44 GMT
Excellent article, it contributed to my "Learn something new every day" plan. Where do I get the CD you mentioned, "Tuning Your Windows 2000 Servers"? Is this an audio book? I can find nothing on Amazon.]]>WardThu, 10 Nov 2005 11:30:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Nov 2005 08:07:08 GMT
Another great article from Curt dealing with “Real World” IT issues… Very informative article, definitely going into our Tips and Tricks collection. Another reminder why we also have the Minasi collection… Tim Bolton]]>ASMB-Support Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:07:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorThu, 27 Oct 2005 16:21:09 GMT
Nice article Curt. Persistance is the key to success in gaining the trusted advisor approach of a VAR. Nice job....]]>CURTThu, 27 Oct 2005 16:21:09 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorThu, 27 Oct 2005 13:39:20 GMT
Nice bit of troubleshooting, Curt. Although it is easy to suspect a resource leak of some kind, it is not always trivial to find it, especially if it is not just ’memory’ but handles or even more esotheric stuff. Good job.]]>CURTThu, 27 Oct 2005 13:39:20 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorThu, 27 Oct 2005 06:58:49 GMT
Great Article. Even better Troubleshooting. Thanks for sharing the though process as I am sure it will help me one day in the wee a.m hours. David B]]>DavidThu, 27 Oct 2005 06:58:49 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchorWed, 26 Oct 2005 08:59:45 GMT
Great article Curt. Many times those small little applications that these companies add on to the servers are more trouble than they are worth. I make it a point to completely format and rebuild from scratch any server that is for production, just for the sole purpose to clean all the bloat off of there. Nice troubleshooting as well. Michael Pietrzak]]>MICHAELWed, 26 Oct 2005 08:59:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/crouching-server-hidden-memory-leak#commentsAnchor