Ready or not Windows 7 is coming.  I admit it, I skipped Vista like many IT Pros did.

Coach Culbertson over @ TrainSignal generously created a free 6 hour introductory video series for us. This free mini-course is divided into 10 lessons and covers the essentials of Server 2008. He focuses on a lot of new features that have been included or updated in the new Windows Server version.

Our Friends over @ Windows Server HQ just wanted to let you all know the following:
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by Coach Culbertson
Hey gang, Coach here with a really cool video clip that brings Hyper-V and SQL Server together.
Mel and I recently did a bonus video on how to install SQL Server 2008 on Hyper-V for our SQL Server 2008 Administration and Hyper-V trainings and today we wanted to share a short clip from that video.
The complete video on how to install SQL Server on Hyper-V will be available as …

Active Directory (AD) is a technology created by Microsoft

Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management (ECM). It couples the innovation of open source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. The open source model allows Alfresco to use open source technologies and contributions from the open source community to get higher quality software produced more quickly at much lower cost.
Alfresco is led by John Newton, founder of Documentum, and John Powell, former COO of Business Objects, and is backed by Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund and SAP Ventures.

BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux and WinXX PCs and laptops to a server’s disk. It is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain. The program is written in Perl and extracts backup data via SMB using Samba, tar over ssh/rsh/nfs, or rsync. It is robust, reliable, well documented and freely available as Open Source on SourceForge.
Key Features

Optional compression support further reducing disk storage. Since only new files (not already pooled) need to be compressed, there is only a …

WPKG is an automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.

Are you looking for some apps that can ease your workload & free up some room in your budget?
Then you came to the right place.  Here are 7 apps that will help you accomplish both.

Disk fragmentation is generally main cause of slow and unstable computer performance. Smart Defrag helps defragment your hard drive most efficiently. Smart Defrag not only defragments computer deeply but optimizes disk performance. With ‘install it and forget it’ feature, Smart Defrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest.

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista.
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge.