It's rare that I plug a 3rd party product and even when I do, they are usually very close partners of Microsoft's.  With this product, I'm making an exception because it's been so invaluable to me over the past 7+ years.  (And also, the fact that the developers are from Lake Oswego, OR, the hometown of UCLA Bruin basketball center, Kevin Love, a man who should be nicknamed "Windex" for the way he cleans the glass at Pauley Pavillion... go Bruins!)

Anyway, the product is called Hagel Technologies "DUMeter 4.0".  It's a $24/workstation utility that hovers over your desktop and tells you what kind of bandwidth you're seeing through your network adapter(s).

Dealing with multiple network adapters
Note that I said, "network adapter(s)".  Most people have multiple network adapters.  Take me for instance - This is what I've got:

• Wired 100Mb Ethernet adapter
• Wireless 802.11b/g Ethernet adapter
• Wired dial-up 54kbps Modem adapter
• Wireless Verizon EvDO Cellular Data modem
• Bluetooth Network Connection

DUMeter will present a single graphic and set of numbers of the total bandwidth going to and from your PC across all network connections.  If you have Windows Vista, you could use the Network Utilization gadget however it only works with a a single adapter. 

Working in Kb... and not in KB
So this is a personal preference of mine but I come from a background where all bandwidth was measured in KiloBITS... and not KiloBYTES.  Call me old fashioned but the issue is similar to how some people are used to Celsius versus Fahrenheit.  I grew up amongst 110bps and 300bps modems and my "sense" of bandwidth is attuned to bits not bytes.

Metrics & reporting around downloaded bytes
INHO This is primarily for people using Verizon's EvDO cellular network.  If you use Verizon's EvDO data networking through a passthrough Windows Mobile phone using the $20/month "unlimited PDA networking services", you should know that you have a cap on how much downloaded data you can consume over 2 months. 

The cap is something like 2GB every two months which might sound like a lot but if you've ever actually measured your data consumption, you know that simple web browsing and Outlook mail usage (much less SlingBox remote TV streaming) can consume 2GB VERY QUICKLY.  And the consequences of going over that 2GB is having your data connection rights revoked - or being charged $65/month instead of the $20/month you were used to.

DUMeter can meter and report against how much bandwidth you've consumed on a given connection and more importantly, alert you the moment you may be exceeding your monthly limit.

Windows Vista Gadget Plug-in
And speaking of Windows Vista gadgets, this is the first version of DUMeter that comes with a Windows Vista gadget.  Normally DUMeter hovers over all other desktop items and sit there are a small window however, now you can 'plug it into the sidebar where it belongs'. 

When you install it, it automatically puts a Gadget version of DUMeter into your collection of installed gadgets that you can manually add to your Sidebar.  (See the snapshot of my Windows Vista Sidebar to the right.  Notice the "light blue" graph that shows bandwidth.

(Hagel Technologies - If you're reading this, you should know that this secretly is really the only reason I bought the upgrade from v3.5... and it's also the reason I'm getting a ton of people onboard within Microsoft to buying a copy.  Having a good quality bandwidth meter like DUMeter finally seamlessly integrated with my Windows Vista Sidebar was like scratching an itch that's bothered me for more than a year.  It was enough to get me to cough up the $30+ bucks for a family pack and I'm sure others will follow.  It always bugged me that DUMeter never integrated with the sidebar... I guess it goes to show you that one should never underestimate the potential sales value of cosmetic changes!)

Family Pack Licensing!  Yay!
Let me first say that I'm a staunch advocate of Intellectual Property rights.  MP3 music trading networks and unauthorized digital movie distribution is every bit as illegal as software piracy.  That being said, I've historically used my single license DUMeter on 3 machines in my home.  I'm sorry but I saw no reason to pay $75 for 3 licenses of DUMeter, when I never actually have a running copy on any more than 1 machine.  I don't even keep the PC's running simultaneously and the installations aren't providing any value.  I primarily only really need it running on only 1 machine but once in a blue moon need it on one of the other 2... and I don't plan on uninstalling/reinstalling it between PCs.

But Hagel introduced family pack licensing:  This I quickly and readily jumped on.  It permits the usage of DUMeter on 5 machines in the home (not business) at a cost of $50 (or less with upgrade discounting).  Now this is rationale I can deal with.  It's like car insurance:  I own 3 cars.  If I don't drive my "Sunday driver" car much more than 2 days out of the week, why should I pay full insurance on it relative to my "Primary" vehicle.

RANT:  Wouldn't Family Pack licensing for Windows & Office be great?
BTW, one could argue that the same should apply to Windows & Office:  Why should a home user (not a business user) buy 3 fully licensed copies of Windows Vista Home Premium and Office 2007 Standard when they only really use 1 copy at a time.

Folks - I couldn't agree with you more.  In fact, I think there a lot of reasonable people out there that would be more than happy to license Windows & Office in Family packs to legally and rightfully install it on all their home computers. 

And while some might argue that people buy their licenses through OEMs when they buy their PCs, I would argue that upgrades to new operating systems are different.  For people that have existing hardware or folks that bought Windows Vista Home Basic systems, people should be able to upgrade "in volume" for home use and get good discounts to upgrade all their home PCs to Windows Vista Home Premium... or Ultimate.  (Note:  There really should be no need to upgrade a person's PC to Windows Vista Business since this is a HOME Family Pack upgrade and not a BUSINESS one.)

Now that's a head-turning headline if I ever saw one.  Here's a nice little excerpt:

Late last month, Info-Tech Research Group said its survey of 1,850 businesses found .Net the choice over Java among businesses of all sizes and industries, thanks to its promotion via Visual Studio and SharePoint. Microsoft is driving uptake of the .Net platform at the expense of Java," says George Goodall, a senior research analyst at Info-Tech.

Full article below:
INFOWORLD:  Java is becoming the new Cobol
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/28/52FE-underreported-java_1.html

File this under the "SAY WHAT?" category:
While deleting all the random friend requests I get, I stumbled upon some unknown person that wanted to "add-me-as-a-friend" that appeared to be a link spammer from Thailand but the person's site name had the word "SMS" in it, so naturally, being a geek, I think to myself... hmm.  A Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 admin... maybe?  After all, we do sell SMS2003 translated into Thai.  Welllllll, it turns out to be some girl trying to get people to watch some Thai beauty/talent content and get them to "vote" for her using SMS text messaging.  And it's all written in Thai making it fairly unreadable for us English speaking types.  And admittedly, yeah, she's pretty cute.  Albeit 19 years old.  For the curious, here's the site:  http://nutta086.spaces.live.com/default.aspx.  But I digress.

Windows Live Translator:  Japanese --> English
This got me thinking about Microsoft's Windows Live Toolbar and it's Language Translation technology.  Admittedly, I haven't loaded up the Windows Live Toolbar in a long time because basically, I try to run as few plug-ins and services as I possibly can in an effort to maintain my OS and browser performance.

But many Japanese sites have some great information on them about sake, Information technology, gaming, Japanese cuisine, and other things that I'm interested in.  Hence... it's time to install the toolbar for what is essentially a "one-click" translation function and let 'er rip.

DOWNLOAD:
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=9ca66480-2d87-4341-87f6-86875d9a0908&bt=2&pl=3

So, if you install the Live Toolbar, and press the "translate" button on a foreign language page, it will translate the whole thing into English and put both versions side by side.

Pointing to Translations - Link based Site Usage
The web-based translator site is located at http://www.windowslivetranslator.com.  Basic usage for pointing people to specific translations is simple enough.  All you really need to do is stick the URL of whatever site you want and append it to the end of the following URL string:  http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/BV.aspx?&MKT=en-US#

Example:
A sake sommelier I know, Yuji Matsumoto maintains a Japanese language web site at http://jizakeworld.blogspot.com/, which can be translated by going to:

http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/BV.aspx?&MKT=en-US#http://jizakeworld.blogspot.com/

Happy translating!

Kids wake up on Christmas morning in their pajamas.
Parents say that they'll be eating Apple Cobbler and to get plates from the cabinets.
Chaos ensues.

Merry Christmas everyone.  See you when I get back from E3.

I was at my parent's place and discovered that their home PC's system partition was nearly full.  Naturally the easiest way to free up some storage is to simply delete files that aren't necessary on the hard drive - particularly in the c:\windows directory. 

Here's some quick ways to clear out some unneeded files and free up some space on your system partition.

• SERVICE PACK UNINSTALL (c:\Windows\$NTServicePackUinistall$)
  This is safe to delete, assuming you never plan on uninstalling the currently installed service pack.
  
• SERVICE PACK UPDATE/HOTFIX UNINSTALL BACKUPS (c:\windows\$NTUninstall********)
  These directories are safe to delete, assuming you never plan on doing an uninstall of any of these updates.
  
• DOWNLOADED INSTALLATIONS
  (C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download)
  (C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations)
  These directories are safe to delete.
  
• SERVICESPACKFILES (C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles)
  DO NOT DELETE - This directory is where the operating system gets its backups from if in the event it needs to recover from some sort of file corruption that's detected using Windows File Protection.
  
• HOTFIX MIGRATION (c:\Windows\$hf_mig$)
  DO NOT DELETE - This directory stores copies of the most recent versions of hotfixed system files so that older versions included in subsequently applied patches do not get applied to the operating system accidentally.  (See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824994)

• Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged - $7.99
  http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-882224260756-Xbox-Arcade-Unplugged/dp/B000G5R8JA/

Wik and Outpost are a little more cerebral in comparison to Geometry Wars.  This game though I think it worth buying for Bejeweled alone.  That game drives me crazy.  In any case if you haven't bought a copy yet, go do it!  Because I won't be dropping off a copy to you in the future.  I simply can't get it any more.

If you own SQL Server, Exchange Server, or Sharepoint Server, the Microsoft indexing/search services in Sharepoint can't parse any of the new Office OpenXML file formats - .XLSX, .DOCx, .PPTX, etc.

You have to install these iFilter components to enable the Indexing engine to identify these documents in any of the above repositories so that search results from Sharepoint can properly identify OpenXML file content in them.  Without the iFilters installed, Sharepoint will fail to properly show XML documents in it's results when people search for content in said documents in these data stores.

Yeah.  I know.  It's about time these came out, 'eh?  Boilerplate below.

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This download will install and register IFilters with the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats.

This download will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.

To register these IFilters with a specific Search product, please see the associated KB article below:

• Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
• Search Server 2008 - Search Server 2008 registration steps
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
• Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 - Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
• Exchange Server 2007 - Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
• SQL Server 2005 - SQL Server 2005 registration steps
• SQL Server 2008 - SQL Server 2008 registration steps
• Windows Desktop Search 3.1, Windows Search 4
  Because Windows Desktop Search (WDS) consumes IFilters from Windows Indexing Service, the IFilters will be automatically registered and available for use by WDS. 
  (Translation:  No further registration needs to take place after installing.)

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en

Windows Server® 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP)
By Joseph Davies and Tony Northrup with the Microsoft Networking Team
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11160.aspx

This book describes how to plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot networks with Windows Server 2008. This book includes detailed instructions for all major networking and network security services including Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and IPv6, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Windows Firewall, Internet Protocol security (IPsec), quality of service (QoS), scalable networking, Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), network authentication infrastructure, protected wired and wireless connectivity, virtual private network (VPN) connections, and the new Network Access Protection (NAP) platform.

The NAP section of this book contains 6 six chapters and over 200 pages of detailed technical information and instructions for deploying and troubleshooting the IPsec, 802.1X, VPN, and DHCP enforcement methods.

You can pre-order this book from the following online booksellers:

• Amazon
• B&N
• Bookpool

This is an old hack and it's well documented all over the place so I don't feel so bad about cutting & pasting the content but nonetheless it was taken from Computerworld.

By default, IE allows only two simultaneous download sessions from a single Web server. This can affect the speed of your Web browsing, because you're not able to simultaneously download all the objects that make up a Web page, so the page displays more slowly. If you could force IE to download more objects at once, Web pages would display more quickly.

A tweak to the Windows Registry does the trick. With this tweak, you can force IE to use more than two simultaneous sessions. A good number is 10. Here's how to do it:

1. Run the Registry Editor by typing regedit at a command line or in the Windows Vista Start Search box.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
   \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
   \Internet Settings.
3. Choose Edit --> New --> DWORD Value.
4. Create a new DWORD value called MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server, and give it a value of 10.
5. Choose Edit --> New --> DWORD Value, create another DWORD value called MaxConnectionsPerServer, and give it a value of 10.
   (Note: If you want to experiment with fewer or more than 10 simultaneous connections, change the value in both DWORD values accordingly.)
6. Exit the Registry and close IE. When you restart IE, the new value will be in effect and your Web browsing should speed up.

Expression Blend Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Expression Blend. If you are currently using the trial version of Expression Blend, simply download and install this service pack and continue to use the trial. If you have purchased Expression Blend, download and install this service pack to update your copy of Expression Blend.

You can get specific information about the SP1 update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (944811), Description of Expression Blend Service Pack 1, or the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (944809), Issues that are fixed in Expression Blend by Expression Blend Service Pack 1.

An updated User Guide is also available for Expression Blend SP1. To install the updated User Guide, see Expression Blend Service Pack 1 User Guide and follow the instructions.

DOWNLOAD:  (1.0MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a07196d1-971b-4710-99c8-d3d9603ccfcb&DisplayLang=en

YEAH!  Below is the boilerplate but basically here's the upshot of what the MSI Utility does:

1. FOR SMS/SCCM2007 USERS THAT WANT SOFTGRID
   This tool is primarily for folks using SMS2003 R2 or SCCM2007 software distribution systems.  The tool essentially helps folks using Softgrid to push their packages out using SMS/SCCM.
2. DISABLES MANDATORY CONNECTIVITY TO SOFTGRID SERVER
   Prior to this tool, you needed to have a Softgrid server online for the Softgrid packages to "check back with".  Now with this utility, it's possible to disable this functionality.

The MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization is a new tool designed to extend virtual application deployment in certain key scenarios. In cases where a computer running Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server is not available, the MSI Utility allows delivery of sequenced applications directly to Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Desktops and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Terminal Services.

The MSI Utility enables the distribution of virtual applications without streaming. Instead, it uses Windows Installer to load and configure virtual applications. By leveraging this standard format, the MSI Utility achieves Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 platform version-agnostic distribution of virtual applications if supported by organizational Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) systems. As such, the MSI Utility is a stepping stone to the richer deployment options available in Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server 4.5.

The MSI Utility extends application deployment methods to a broad range of ESD systems, including Systems Management Server 2003 and System Center Configuration Manager, as well as other methods such as network shares, removable disks, and memory keys. By using an ESD system to deploy virtualized application packages to disconnected SoftGrid Application Virtualization Desktop Clients, users can run virtualized applications without connecting to a computer running Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server.

Feature Bullet Summary:

• Deployment of virtual applications via ESD systems
• Deployment of standalone virtual applications via network shares, removable disks, and memory keys

DOWNLOAD:  (8.0MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=37a9e590-4f55-44ac-93e1-36eb63a09240&displaylang=en&tm

Experience the power and promise of Office Communications Server 2007!
Seating is limited - Reserve your spot today!

We would like to extend to you an invitation to an Office Communications Server 2007 Ignite event! This 2-day hands-on technical workshop is intended to provide you with key information regarding Office Communications Server 2007.

This workshop is the best way for you to get introduced to Office Communications Server 2007. During the event, you'll have the opportunity to walk through guided hands-on labs with OCS 2007, and to hear about the technical details behind the features and deployment steps for OCS.

By attending the OCS 2007 Ignite Training, you will:

• See an overview of Microsoft's Unified Communications Vision
• Deploy an Office Communications Server 2007 Infrastructure
• Understand the Rich Presence Model in OCS 2007
• Experience the On-Premise Web Conferencing Capabilities of OCS 2007
• Configure and test the Voice and Telephony Features of OCS 2007

Course Modules

• Architecture
• IM and Rich Presence
• Conferencing
• Manage and Troubleshoot
• Voice Architecture
• Voice Capabilities
• Unified Messaging
• Compliance and Archiving

Dates and Locations:

• February 7 - 8, 2008
  8:30 am – 4:30pm
  Microsoft Irvine Office
  Suite 1600
  3 Park Plaza
  Irvine, CA 92614
  Phone: (949) 263-3000
  
• February 11-12, 2008
  8:30 am – 4:30pm
  Microsoft Los Angeles Office
  Suite 3300
  333 South Grand Ave.
  Los Angeles, CA  90071
  Phone: (213) 806-7431
  

TO REGISTER:
Please contact me for registration code and online registration link as seating is limited and this session is reserved for our Enterprise customers only.

Harness the Power of High Performance Computing

We invite you to attend this exclusive deep dive on technology that is used to solve computationally intensive problems. Learn how High Performance Computing with Windows^® Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS) can create and enable a faster time to insight when executing computational or data-intensive applications.

CCS represents a significant step forward in reducing the barriers to deployment for organizations and individuals who want to take advantage of the power of a HPC solution.

With CCS, customers gain an out-of-the-box deployment experience, an integrated software stack to simplify setup and support from leading HPC applications in a range of industries.

Join us to learn more about how to take advantage of the benefits of deploying a simplified and integrated HPC infrastructure.

Topics to be covered:
§ Overview of Windows CCS 2003
§ Compute Cluster Pack Installation
§ Automated Deployment
§ Cluster Validation
§ Cluster management
§ Job Submission and Management

LOCATION:
Irvine, CA
February 7 and 8th, 2008
Microsoft - Orange County
3 Park Plaza, Suite 1800
Irvine California 92614

Cost $299. US

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363346&Culture=en-US
or call 1-877-673-8368 and reference event code 1032363346

<taken from http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=758 >

The year 2007 has been an interesting year that brought us improved security with Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).   But to get some perspective of how many publicly known holes found in these two operating systems, I’ve compiled all the security flaws in Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista and placed them side by side.  This is significant because it shows a trend that can give us a good estimate for how many flaws we can expect to find in the coming months.  The more monthly flaws there are in the historical trend, the more likely it is that someone will find a hole to exploit in the future.  For example back in April of this year, hackers took over a fully patched Macbook and won $10,000 plus the Macbook they hacked.

I used vulnerability statistics from an impartial third party vendor Secunia and I broke them down by Windows XP flaws, Vista flaws, and Mac OS X flaws.  Since Secunia doesn’t offer individual numbers for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4, I merged the XP and Vista vulnerabilities so that we can compare Vista + XP flaws to Mac OS X.  In case you’re wondering how 19 plus 12 could equal 23, this is because there are many overlapping flaws that is shared between XP and Vista so those don’t get counted twice just as I don’t count something that affects Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 twice.

Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS X vulnerability stats for 2007

                                XP     Vista    XP+Vista     MacOSX
Total extremely critical         3         1           4          0
Total highly critical           19        12          23        234
Total moderately critical        2         1           3          2
Total less critical              3         1           4          7
Total flaws                     34        20          44        243
Average flaws per month       2.83      1.67        3.67      20.25

X Extremely critical
H Highly critical
M Moderately critical
L Less critical

So this shows that Apple had more than 5 times the number of flaws per month than Windows XP and Vista in 2007, and most of these flaws are serious.  Clearly this goes against conventional wisdom because the numbers show just the opposite and it isn’t even close.

Taken from Wired:

The big conundrum this holiday season? It's not how to escape your in-laws. (You're trapped, fool!) It's which media player to buy that special someone. The initial knee jerk reaction is to buy the 80GB iPod Classic. Not so fast, there hotshot. There's also the brand new 80GB Zune 2, which is actually your better bet. The kids are getting a Zune for Christmas, even if they asked Santa for an iPod.

I can honestly say that especially with the new Zune software, I'm lovin' my Zune.  Both my old Zune 30 and my new Zune 8GB Flash.  iPod begone.  The bigger screen on the original Zune and the Zune 80 is great for all the ripped DVDs I have encoded in 256MB Zune-only WMV format.  (320 full length motion picture movies in a single unit, baby!  Yeah!)

Meanwhile, the 8GB is great for working out being that it's not just got a nice viewable color screen and it's flash-based so it's droppable, but also it's got an FM tuner for looking at the TV sets in the cardio area of the gym that are tuned to weird frequencies like 88.1FM and 93.3FM.

LINK:  http://www.wired.com/gadgets/portablemusic/news/2007/12/megaplayer_smackdown

For people with original Zune 30 and new Zune 80 devices, there is a new 2.3 (1145) firmware update available (Go to the desktop software and go to Settings --> Device --> Device Update) that fixes a battery power leak. The problem occurs when users suspend their Zune hard drives by holding down the play/pause button – in some cases the battery continues to drain.

For all Zune users, the firmware update will also improve device recognition as well as stability and reliability during syncing both wirelessly and while connected to a PC.

(Taken from: http://zuneinsider.com/archive/2007/12/18/firmware-update-2-3.aspx)

On December 19th, Blockbuster will premiere the first full-length feature film, Jackass 2.5, directly to online audiences on Windows and Mac using Microsoft Silverlight.  Jackass 2.5 will be made available for free, for anyone in the US 17 or older, courtesy of Blockbuster at www.blockbuster.jackassworld.com beginning December 19th through December 31st, 2007.

This is one of the largest projects in Blockbuster history, made possible using the rich media CDN from Limelight Networks and Silverlight.  Silverlight is a 1.5MB cross-browser, cross-platform plugin for IE, Firefox and Safari users.  Details and download at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight.

Incidentally, this marks a transformational shift in how users are choosing to consume their media today and in the near future, a trend that Microsoft is paying attention to and enabling with Silverlight.  The ecosystem around Silverlight is continuing to grow, with an impressive line-up of customers like MLB.com, BMW, Sony Ericsson, Baidu (#1 search site in PRC), NBA.com, Entertainment Tonight (CBS/Paramount) and UVNTV.com, to name a few.  See more at http://silverlight.net/Showcase/

WEBCAST:  Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 8 of 8): Rights Management Services (Level 400)  December 19, 2007 8:00 AM

Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations, and we outline common IRM needs and scenarios in this webcast.

We first look at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), and we explore the previous version of Microsoft Rights Management Services (RMS), in addition to the two service packs issued for it.

We explain how to employ RMS with RMS-enabled applications, such as Microsoft Office Word documents, Microsoft Office Outlook e-mail messages, and a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server library. Finally, we describe how to extend the reach of IRM to users outside of your own Active Directory forest.

REGISTER:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032359953&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

It’s a New Year. Save Time. Get Focused. Achieve balance.

Join us in this free informative seminar on time management presented by Dale Carnegie Training and Microsoft Corporation.

Get Focused. Get Results.- presented by Dale Carnegie Training
Discover time wasters, stress producers and other time management inhibitors. Learn how to handle demands on your time. Identify tools to plan, organize, and manage your time.

Everyday Productivity Tips Using Microsoft Office - presented by Microsoft
Get more out of the tools you use every day. In this informative session, you’ll learn timesavers and tips to help you deliver better results faster, get more out of your information, and work more effectively with others.

REGISTER TODAY!

TIME/DATE:
Irvine  – January 30, 2008
7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION:
The Westin South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Boulevard
Costa Mesa, California  92626
Free seminar
Breakfast and Self-parking included

AGENDA
7:30 - 8:00 | Check-In & Breakfast
8:00 – 10:00 | “Get Focused. Get Results.” – Dale Carnegie Training
10:00 - 11:30 | Everyday Productivity Tips Using Microsoft Office

About Dale Carnegie Training
Founded in 1912, Dale Carnegie Training has evolved from one man's belief in the power of self-improvement to a performance-based training company with offices worldwide. We focus on giving people in business the opportunity to sharpen their skills and improve their performance in order to build positive, steady, and profitable results.

You are one of the unsung heroes of technology. The work you do every day helps your company to be more competitive, and now Microsoft launches three powerful new products to make it even easier for you to be a hero every day.

Three ways to be a hero.
One event to launch them.

See the applications in action. Attend break-out sessions and meet with product experts. Have Q&A sessions with development teams. And leave with a promotional kit that includes versions of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008.

Register for your launch event today.

LOS ANGELES LAUNCH:
Wednesday, February 27, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Registration begins at 7:00 AM in front of the Nokia Theatre

Nokia Theater
777 Chick Hearn Ct.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Directions: http://www.nokiatheatrelalive.com/parking.php

Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90015
Directions: http://www.lacclink.com/pages/shared/maps.aspx