Podcast

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Clint Huffman from Microsoft’s Premier Field Engineering (PFE) about the new version of Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL).
PAL is available on CodePlex. Its job is to help you analyze performance monitor logs for various Microsoft applications and identify out-of-normal values. PAL solves the key problem [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Susan Bradley, the SBS Diva, about her other life — patching servers.
Susan digs into Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), including what it updates and what it doesn’t (check this out for more info), as well as some third party tools for patching. WSUS lets administrators [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Andy Malone about the challenges of social networking for the enterprise. It’s not enough just to cut your users off from social networking at the company — you need to protect the organization from impersonation. Andy digs into what the logical balance of exposure on [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Sahil Malik on what’s coming in SharePoint 2010. Sahil has been working with SharePoint 2010 for more than a year, and the NDAs have finally been lifted, letting him talk about the cool new features of 2010 that will help the IT professional.
Sahil Malik is [...]

Simon Goldstein comes back to the show to talk to Richard and me about what IT professionals need to know when being audited. Whether you’re dealing with SOX, HIPAA, PCI, or any other kind of IT audit, Simon digs into what you should be doing before, during, and after an audit.
Simon is CheckFree’s Director of [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Lara Rubbelke about the Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPM). EPM is a freely downloadable framework for managing detailed policies around SQL Server 2008, 2005 and 2000. You can get EPM here.
Lara Rubbelke brings her passion for architecting, implementing and improving SQL Server solutions to the [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Dana Epp about DirectAccess.
DirectAccess is Microsoft’s new technology using Windows 7 (Enterprise or Ultimate) and Server 2008 R2 together to create remote connectivity that acts in all respects like you’re still inside the corporate network. DirectAccess has the potential to put client-initiated VPN connection out [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Isaac Roybal about Microsoft’s efforts in creating private cloud technologies.
Private cloud focuses on using cloud technologies — within the organization’s firewall. Isaac talks about how Microsoft has been using its own cloud technology internally for PSS and digs into the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit. Also [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Buck Woody about SQL CMS, a tool he’s contributed to codeplex. SQL CMS is actually a collection of tools that together provide content management of SQL Server and other servers in your network, allowing you to identify different servers, who’s responsible for managing them, their [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Dana Epp about the free tools he uses to manage his networks. The list of tools include nmap , Microsoft’s Baseline Security Analyzer , Windows Server Update Services , the Application Compatibility Toolkit, and of course the SysInternals tools.
Dana Epp, Scorpion Software’s founder and CEO, [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to the one-and-only Steve Riley, formerly of Microsoft and now working with the Amazon Cloud Computing group.
Steve is focused on helping enterprise customers understand how to take advantage of Amazon’s cloud computing services. As always, Steve has his eye on the security elements of cloud computing [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Jessica Moss about SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). SSRS can replace typical reporting products like Crystal Reports, but also provides a tool for having users build their own reports. The conversation also moves into the Business Intelligence side of reporting, looking at how SSRS works [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Sahil Malik about managing SharePoint 2007. With the new version of SharePoint just around the corner, it’s time to dig into what the current version of SharePoint does well and what is challenging. Sahil talks about solutions for challenges in SharePoint 2007, including dealing with [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Andy Malone about security in cloud computing. Once an application is moved to the cloud, where is the data itself? It could be distributed across multiple countries. Who is responsible for protecting it, for maintaining legal compliance, etc. Service level agreements are key, but how [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Daniel Nerenberg about Microsoft Online Services. Microsoft Online Services include Exchange, Sharepoint, Office Communicator and more. These are cloud services — you buy them by the user and month. Daniel digs into the advantages of using online services as well as the integration and migration [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Andrew Hayter from ICSA Labs. ICSA Labs is the independent third party for validating security products such as anti-virus, malware, SSL security, etc. Andy digs into the state of the world around malware.
Andrew Hayter manages the anti-malware technology, certification and testing programs including anti-virus, anti-spyware, [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Phil Peery from Premier Field Engineering at Microsoft about the state of Active Directory out in the world. Phil works with a large variety of customers in the New York area in his PFE role, and explores some of the problems that his customers have [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Mark Minasi about the state of Windows today. There’s a bit of discussion about Vista (Mark seems to be its only fan), then over to Windows 7 (it’s Vista with love!), but most of the discussion focuses on the chocolatety goodness of Windows 2008 R2. [...]

With the increased mobility of the workforce, IT is faced with complex challenges of providing reliable and fast tech support to distributed employees while managing costs and productivity.
View this TechRepublic Webcast, featuring guest speaker Chip Gleidman, Forrester’s Principal Analyst, as he reveals the 6 strategies for improving the delivery of reliable and cost-effective IT support.

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In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to David Lowe about the Microsoft Web Platform. The Web platform spans from development and designer tools, through the Web server (IIS) and the databases. David starts out digging into running PHP and mySQL on Windows before moving on into the IIS extensions, including: Application Resource [...]