Techno Tuesday

So, something new I’m going to start for my geek readers is a feature posted every Tuesday that has to do with technology. I’m a Systems Administrator/Network Engineer by trade and I do a lot of searching the internet for my job. One thing I love about my job is that there is always a challenge. Sometimes it’s nice to be in established environments that need just maintenance then sometimes it’s a great learning experience to be admits a changing paradigm.

Today’s links are some blogs that I’ve been checking out this week

1. You had me a EHLO
This is an awesome blog written and maintained by the Microsoft Exchange team. I find myself frequenting this blog a lot as my organization works on supporting our Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment. They also mention other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Office Communications Server or OCS for short. Then you also have MOSS, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server – something we’re also working on implementing. For anyone who deals with Microsoft Exchange, this is something you must check out.

2. NetNerds.com
I stumbled across this when looking for Sharepoint websites.  I began to read through the blog archives and see that there is a good bit of useful information here. Much of the information pertains to Microsoft products but the blog is very multifaceted in its content. It was here that I found the tool that is quickly changing how I do remote desktop. This tool is called “visionapp Remote Desktop (vRD 1.5)” you will find the product for FREE at the bottom of the link. Registration is required but is a small inconvenience for the power of this tool. It allows you to easily manage multiple remote desktop sessions, saves them, AND saves your credentials. This makes managing a large (and even smaller networks) a lot easier if you find yourself using multiple RDP sessions. So check out the tool and NetNerds.net.

That’s about it for this first Techno Tuesday. Look here each Tuesday for some geek speak (or l33t speak for you uber geeks). I will also post original content on solutions to problems I’ve encountered and other technology I encounter on a daily basis in my job.

Take it easy,
- J