Category Archives: Products

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Posted on December 28, 2011 by John

The number of virtual servers that we have deployed in the Lab for evaluations and trial software continues to grow. We decided that this might be a good time to deploy Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and see if we … Continue reading →

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 SP1

Posted on December 23, 2011 by John

For the longest time, here at the lab, we didn’t seem to find a need to install a copy of Windows Server 2008 R2. At last a project came our way that piques our interest. My previous experience with Windows … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Evaluation – Part 3

Posted on November 18, 2011 by John

Previous posts in the series covered Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Server and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Outlook Client installation. This post will explore some of the basic CRM Functionality provided by the new application.

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Evaluation – Part 1

Posted on November 5, 2011 by John

Level 7 Tech Group has taken up the challenge of evaluating an on-premise deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. The evaluation will consist of three parts: Server and client installation and a Functional evaluation of the product and user interface. … Continue reading →

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Blogger vs WordPress

Posted on October 21, 2011 by John

I had recently returned from a vacation and wanted a platform to showcase the story and the pictures that I took on the trip. According to No1Reviews.com (http://photo-sharing-websites.no1reviews.com/), the top 10 photo sharing sites are 1) SmugMug, 2) Phanfare, 3) … Continue reading →

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Netgear Powerline Adapter – AV200

Posted on October 20, 2011 by John

I had been having sporadic problems with the wireless connection in the residence for quite some time. Everyone knows the drill. Boot up a laptop and try to make a connection. Some days/times it works other times it does and … Continue reading →

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Gmail-Outlook Calendar/Contact Sync

Posted on September 26, 2011 by John

In an earlier post, I described how to integrate Outlook 2010 with Gmail using IMAP. I described the calendar and contact synchronization and mentioned a third-party tool that’s been suggested by a number of individual in forums across the Internet. … Continue reading →

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Gmail-Outlook IMAP Integration

Posted on September 10, 2011 by John

In a previous post, I described how to synchronize a Gmail calendar with Outlook 2010 using the IMAP email protocol. This post will describe how to create an Outlook profile that will support multiple IMAP Gmail e-mail accounts, a contact … Continue reading →

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Windows Failover Clustering

Posted on July 29, 2011 by John

As a Business Intelligence (BI) Build Engineerworking in Microsoft IT Services, I was brushing up on SQL Server 2008 High Availability options when I found two books on the subject in the Microsoft Library on the subject and checked them … Continue reading →

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Application Server Evaluations – Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, Overview

Posted on July 5, 2011 by John

This is the kick off to my review of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, the successor to CRM Version 4. This will be an on-premise installation. Sorry, I just have to get involved at the system level. Of course once the … Continue reading →

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