Network Access Protection can deny or limit your access to the network based upon the health of your system. Is there a virus checker installed? Is the firewall up? If not prepared to be restricted or automatically remediated!. In this episode we take our first look at the new Windows 2008 NAP features, specifically DHCP enforcement. A little shoddy, but hey it gets the message across I recon.

This week we turn our attention to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. in particular its software distribution features. After a gentle introduction to SCCM we attempt to deploy Quicktime player across the ITidiots network. Okay so we got a typo in the command line, but other than that I reckon we do a reasonable job of showing you the deployment mechanism and also troubleshooting techniques by viewing status messages and log files with SCCM Trace.

Maintaining a set of standard base applications across your network makes your life so much easier. Whatever the deployment method, System Center, LanDesk or just plain old group policies one of the m

Hyper-V is a key feature of Windows Server 2008. Virtual machines now communicate through a thin layer of software called the hypervisor, instead of sitting on top of a full operating systems, as with

Previously we showed the Asus EEE PC, in pretty much an out of the box configuration running Linux. Now Nick, or more specifically his Dad, has got Windows XP running on it, and it continues to amaze

This week we are back to Exchange 2007. We discuss the availability options across all the roles but not after a bit of a banter so be warned! Anyway when we get back to it we demonstrate SP1 s new

We continue to look at Windows Server 2008, this time at some of the new features found in Terminal Services. RemoteApp allows an application running on the terminal server to seamlessly integrate wit

So, we have upgraded our domain to Windows 2008 and now we add a Windows 2008 core server. Windows 2008 server core is basically a stripped down version of Windows Server 2008, no GUI, no tools, not e

In this episode we get to play with Nicks new toy, the Asus Eee PC. Its quite amazing really, for around 200 you get an ultraportable notebook with a 7 inch colour display, ethernet, Wireless

Upgrading a server between Christmas and New Years was not the best idea in the world. Anyway we managed to get email up and running after a little bit of hastle, wear Christmas hats and pull a cracke