Charles Betz talks to Richard and Greg about the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). The ITIL provides guidance on all aspects of an IT operation, including service support and delivery, implementing service management, asset management, security, application, communications and even business perspectives.
David Lowe of the Windows Server Team talks to us about Windows Server 2008 Core installation. The Core installation removes most of the GUI, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer and other overhead of the operating system that you don't need for a remote access server. The result is a server with an 80% smaller footprint in diskspace and substantially less memory consumed.
We chat with Donald Farmer about data mining with the Analysis Services components of Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. Donald takes us away from the traditional business-use of data mining (like a 'people who liked this book also liked' application) and into the idea that we can mine our application and event logs for data that will help the IT pro optimize and anticipate problems in the information systems.
Bob Roudebush talks to us about how disaster recovery works when Microsoft Virtual Server and/or VMWare is involved. We dig into the details around backing up within the guest VM and via the host.
Richard and Greg talk with Sarbjit Singh Gill calling all the way from Singapore about Sharepoint 2007. Along the way they explore the history of Sharepoint, and how Microsoft has learned from earlier versions to create a powerful focal point for your information system.
Richard and Greg chat with Stephen Rose about Server Virtualization, including Microsoft's Virtual Server and VMWare's products. Stephen digs into the advantages (and disadvantages) of server virtualization, talks about migrating existing servers and getting the maximum use out of your hardware.
Our most requested topic is finally addressed! Steve Whitner from Quantum talks to us about disk-based backup and how it fits into the ecosystem of backup solutions along with tape backup and replication over WAN connections. We also dig into how disk backup solution use de-duplication to be more space efficient.
Three months after the first discussion on the client side of CardSpace (Show #3), Dana Epp returns to the show to talk about the server side of CardSpace and how quickly the technology is evolving into the future of authentication across multiple platforms.
Richard and Greg dive into a discussion with Charlie Russel on Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp, but not before a detour to talk about Charlie's networking disaster around Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 Server R2. RemoteApp is a new feature for Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 that allows users to remotely access an application as if it was running locally on their own machine.
The final installment of interviews from Microsoft Tech Ed US 2007 in Orlando, Richard and Greg talk to Jeff Sigman, the Release Manager for Network Access Protection (NAP). Jeff digs into exactly what NAP is all about, how it interact with Windows Server 2008, Vista and Windows XP.
Another Tech Ed US 2007 interview from Orlando, Richard and Greg sit down with Richard Turner and discuss how CardSpace impacts the IT professional. CardSpace (formerly codenamed "InfoCard") is a key technology in Microsoft's Identity Platform.
Richard and Greg talk to Bill Varga about what IP (that's Internet Protocol) Intelligence is all about. They also dig into how IP geolocation helps with regulatory compliance and fraud detection. Bill also talks about the new technology Quova (his employer) has developed that can deal with geolocation of satellite and megaproxy IP addresses.
While at Tech Ed US 2007 in Orlando, Richard and Greg sat down to talk to Isaac Roybal, a Product Manager on the Windows Server team who is deeply involved in Web Workload, especially IIS 7. Isaac digs into the details of the new management features in IIS 7, now available as part of Windows Server 2008 Beta 3.
Richard and Greg talk to Eric Marvets about securing laptop drives and other portable media using TrueCrypt. Along the way they dig into different levels of security and the entropy of passwords. Links: Eric's blog TrueCrypt Web Site
Richard and Greg talk to Brian Komar about the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Extended Validation (EV) Certificates and whether or not anybody notices the green bar in Internet Explorer 7.
Rory McCaw talks with Richard and Greg around Microsoft Operations Manager 2007.
Wes Miller talks with Richard and Greg about Vista x64 and Longhorn Server x64, and the issues that surround 64-bit Windows.
Author and MVP John Savill talks to Richard and Greg about Application Virtualization.
Simon Goldstein talks to Richard and Greg about making sense out of compliance with rules and regulations around Information Technology.
Richard and Greg speak to Microsoft Security MVP Dana Epp about Microsoft's CardSpace initiative for secure authentication. They hint at another show focusing on the server side.
Exchange MVP David Sengupta discusses issues and best practices around email policy and related strategies.
Patrick Hynds from Critical Sites kicks off this all-new Microsoft-centric IT podcast with a discussion about storage. This show is atypically long. We're trying for 30 minutes per show.
