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Ramblings from another nerd on the grid
In Case You Won Powerball Tonight
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/27/2013
Active Directory (AD) Security Best Practices Guide - download now available
This document provides a practitioner’s perspective and contains a set of practical techniques to...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/27/2013
Office 2013 and Office 365 Identity and Auth Poster
This poster illustrates and explains the new world of identity and authentication in Office 2013 and...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/27/2013
The Kerberos Survival Guide
Since many other operating system vendors are also adopting this MIT-developed authentication...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/27/2013
Microsoft Test Lab Guides on the TechNet WIKI
Test Lab Guides (TLGs) allow you to get valuable hands-on experience with new products and...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/27/2013
New XBOX console?
Now this is a simulator and it is for sale at Costco, if you can afford it.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/12/2013
Moving Applications to the Cloud - 3rd Edition now available for download
This guide is the third edition of the first volume in a series about Windows Azure. It demonstrates...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/04/2013
Cybersecurity 2020 - Student Essay Contest for a chance to win $5000
Microsoft is looking for great student research on the future of cybersecurity policy. If you have...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/03/2013
Why is this dude smiling?
I want to thank the folks at Bing for the smile today. Very Cute. Because he can see the nude...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/01/2013
“I feel the need for speed” - 1200 Horsepower 2013 Shelby 1000 Revealed
Shelby America is making a limited run of the Shelby 1000 with 1200 horsepower. Seems like...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/24/2013
Pandora Now Available for Windows Phone!
Pandora® is a great app for people who love music and want to expand their musical horizons. Simply...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/21/2013
Identity, Activation and Data Access with a User-Based Office
Here’s the latest from the Office IT Pro Blog. In this episode hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/20/2013
Admin Templates (.admx) for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/19/2013
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2013 - now available for download
Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/19/2013
Microsoft Research TechFest - March 6-7 - Online Resources
As you are probably aware, Microsoft Research has a TechFest each year on our Redmond Campus. ...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/06/2013
Resource Guide for Windows 8
This is an excellent resource tool. Go get it @...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/05/2013
Microsoft Research ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content
What does it mean for online content to “go viral”? An analysis of almost a billion information...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/05/2013
La Ferrari 2013
Can someone lend me a few mill? https://www.laferrari.com/en/
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/05/2013
Inside the Microsoft Envisioning Center
Back in the early days of Microsoft, our mission was to put a PC on every desk and in every home —...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/01/2013
Windows disk space explained - “Where Did My Space Go?” by Robert Mitchell
“I have a 250GB hard drive. When I look at the properties of the drive, it tells me that I have 75GB...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/01/2013
Halo 4 Team Uses Agile, Cloud-Based Big Data Solution
The Halo franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that has grown into a global...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/28/2013
Office 365 for Business Announced
REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 27, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide availability of a major...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/27/2013
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Now Globally Available
Internet Explorer 10 is available worldwide in 95 languages for download today. We will begin auto...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/26/2013
The Pixel
I am a fan of great notebook screens. I have some of the best on the market. Needless to...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/21/2013
HTC One Announced
A couple of days ago HTC announced a sweet looking smartphone they call the HTC One. This looks like...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/21/2013
How many of these do you have?
Engadget just released the results of the Readers Choice Awards for 2012 at...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/20/2013
Evaluating Virtual Smart Cards Guide - now available for download
The goal of this document is to present an overview of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) virtual smart...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/20/2013
Alternate Energy Feed Required
Lust. https://www.nvidia.com/titan-graphics-card.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/19/2013
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Toolkit - download now available.
Package Conversion Manager (PCM) A new version of the PCM tool has been released. The new version...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/09/2013
Postermania for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V - get these downloads
Posters are a great way to wrap your mind around some of the subsystems (roles and features) that...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/09/2013
Office 2013 Quick Start Guides released
Go get em @...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/05/2013
DirectAccess Single Server Setup with Mixed IPv4 and IPv6 in Windows Server 2012 - Test Lab Guide available
DirectAccess provides users with the experience of being seamlessly connected to their intranet any...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/03/2013
Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 3–now available for download
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. In addition to the application...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/03/2013
Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office
This add-in enables you to embed a Creative Commons license into a document that you create using...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/03/2013
Office 365 Home Premium Announced
NEW YORK — Jan. 29, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide availability of Office 365 Home...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/29/2013
Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start - Wednesday 1/30 from 8-5
The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to announce the second Jump Start in a...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/28/2013
Surface Pro Announced
Today we announced the Microsoft Surface Pro. See the Surface Pro website for more information. See...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/22/2013
Acura NSX Gets Closer to Reality
https://www.acura.com/future/NSX
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/20/2013
System Center 2012 SP1 - now available for download
Today we announced the final release of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which helps deliver on...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/15/2013
Cloud OS Trivia Challenge - check out the cool prizes
https://www.cloudoschallenge.com
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/15/2013
The New Corvette Stingray is unveiled !!!
See the gallery and other information at https://www.chevrolet.com/new-2014-corvette/. I’d like...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/14/2013
Windows 7 and Windows 8 Dual Boot from VHD
During the football games today, I decided to run some dual booting experiments using a ThinkPad...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/13/2013
Anything interest you from CES 2013 this week?
I browsed the articles and stories throughout the week, but I was pretty surprised at the stuff that...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/11/2013
Robots Rock and Roll
This brought a smile to my day.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/04/2013
Anyone get a hovercraft for Christmas?
See https://www.mercier-jones.com/index.html for more information and the cool gallery. I’d...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 12/29/2012
Using Windows 8 Hyper-V Overview–now available for download
Client Hyper-V® is the virtualization technology built into Windows® 8. Client Hyper-V is the same...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 12/28/2012
Creating a Windows To Go Flash drive
Windows To Go is a new feature in Windows 8 Enterprise Edition that enables you to provision a USB...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 12/28/2012
Have you been naughty or nice?
Merry Christmas! Hope everyone has a great holiday! See you next year.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 12/24/2012